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Randolph Quirk states: ‘the image of a uniform American English sharply contrasting as a whole with any part of the extremely heterogeneous English of Britain is one that has seemed soundly based for more than two centuries by observers in both communities’ (The English Language and Images of Matter);
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courses.nus.edu.sg/course/elltankw/history/American.htm
courses.nus.edu.sg/course/elltankw/history/American.htm
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Mencken, Henry Louis. The American Language: An inquiry into the development of English in the United States. Knopf, 1919. Fourth Edition and Two Supplements, with annotations and new material by Raven I. McDavid Jr., 1986.
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www.americansc.org.uk/Online/berube.htm
www.americansc.org.uk/Online/berube.htm
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A short history of the origins and development of English ... Today, American English is particularly influential, due to the USA's dominance of cinema, television, popular music, trade and technology (including the Internet).
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www.englishclub.com/english-language-history.htm
www.englishclub.com/english-language-history.htm
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Webster's spelling handbooks sold about 80 million copies in his own day and were highly influential in the development of a standard form of American English...
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mockingbird.creighton.edu/english/fajardo/teaching/ENG5...
mockingbird.creighton.edu/english/fajardo/teaching/ENG520/amenglish.htm
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Slang has added spice to the feast of American literature as American writers have increasingly written in an American voice, with the words and rhythms of everyday American discourse. Listen to the Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes:
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legacy.adams12.org/webpages/ScowT/Documents/Assignments...
legacy.adams12.org/webpages/ScowT/Documents/Assignments/Slang.htm
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African American Vernacular English (AAVE, also Black English, Ebonics) is the language system employed within African American speech communities to communicate that society's thoughts, feelings, and experiences in their daily interactions.
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www.blackwellreference.com/public/tocnode?id=g978140512...
www.blackwellreference.com/public/tocnode?id=g9781405129923_chunk_g978140512992368
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Most prominent among these is the development of African American English during the antebellum period and the trajectory of change in twentieth-century AAVE.
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www.amazon.co.uk/Development-African-American-English-L...
www.amazon.co.uk/Development-African-American-English-Language/dp/0631230866
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The Development of African American English (Language in Society) (Paperback) ... by Walt Wolfram (Author), Erik Thomas (Author) "The synchronic and diachronic status of African American Vernacular English (AAVE) has now been scrutinized more than that of any other vernacular variety in the..." (more);
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www.amazon.co.uk/Development-African-American-English-Language/dp/digital-features/0631230874
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The Development of African American English [Illustrated] (Paperback) ... This book focuses on one of the most persistent and controversial questions in modern sociolinguistics: the past and present development of African American Vernacular English (AAVE). See all Product Description...
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