Rosemarie Ostler

Splendiferous Speech

How Early Americans Pioneered Their Own Brand of English

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Produktbeschreibung

"SPLENDIFEROUS SPEECH explores the historical sources of the American vernacular, tracing our country's linguistic independence back to the expanding western frontier, the bumptious world of politics, and the sensation-filled pages of popular nineteenth-century newspapers"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Chicago Review Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 306g
• ISBN-13: 9780912777054
• ISBN-10: 0912777052
• Artikelnr.: 52156096

Autorenporträt

Rosemarie Ostler holds a PhD in Linguistics and has been interviewed on numerous radio programs including NPR's Tell Me More and The Bob Edwards Show. She is the author of four books about American English: Founding Grammars, a finalist for the 2016 Oregon Book Award for Nonfiction; Slinging Mud; Let's Talk Turkey; and Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers. Ostler has written for The Saturday Evening Post, Christian Science Monitor , Writer's Digest, and other magazines.