Speaking American: A History of English in the United States refugee books Grounded in a series of

Grounded in a series of mediations upon the life of the feeling heart in the world

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revealing the lethal bias in 'balanced' reporting

Speaking American: A History of English in the United States refugee books Grounded in a series ofAuthor Contributor(s): Bailey, Richard W Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Date: 04 01 2015 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW When did English become American? What distinctive qualities made it American? What role have America's democratizing impulses, and its vibrantly heterogeneous speakers, played in shaping our language and separating it from the mother tongue? A wide ranging account of American English, Richard Bailey's Speaking American