Author: Frederic G. Cassidy
Publisher: Belknap Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
Book Description
This series capture the language spoken on America's main streets and country roads, words and phrases passed along within homes and communities, from east to west, north to south, childhood to old age. Built upon an unprecedented survey of spoken English across America and bolstered by extensive historical research, this series preserves the language with all its idioms and peculiarities.