Mencken, H.L. <br/><br/>
The American language :  an inquiry into the development of English in the United States / 
by H.L. Mencken ; the fourth edition and the two supplements, abridged, with annotations and new material, by Raven I. McDavid, Jr., with the assistance of David W. Maurer. 
 - New York, N.Y. :  Alfred A. Knopf,  1992. 
 - xxv, 777 p. and suppl. cxxiv p. ;  24 cm. 
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<br/><br/>The two streams of English--The materials of inquiry--The beginnings of American--The period of growth--The language today. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0394733150 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--United States.<br/>Names--United States.