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The American language : an inquiry into the development of English in the United States

The classic work on the evolution of American English from British English, American Pronunciation, spelling, proper names, and slang

Print Book, English, 1936
4th ed., cor., enl., and rewritten
A.A. Knopf, New York, 1936