Parts of Speech: Essays on English
by Matthews, Brander
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LoC No.:
01022888
Title:
Parts of Speech: Essays on English
Original Publication:
United States: Charles Scribner's Sons,1901.
Contents:
The stock that speaks the language -- The future of the language -- The English language in the United States -- The language in Great Britain -- Americanisms once more -- New words and old -- The naturalization of foreign words -- The function of slang -- Questions of usage -- An inquiry as to rime -- On the poetry of...