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Names New and Old
These essays tell the story of geographic, literary, personal and various other types of names. Information on names is offered chronologically from 1391 up to the present time and the 'hip-lit' names used in Bret Easton Ellis's Less than Zero. There are also technical studies, such as the names of drugs in the world of street-Spanish, and the sound patterns of proper names in the English language.
Annotated Bibliography of Southern American English
A collection of the total range of scholarly and popular writing on English as spoken from Maryland to Texas and from Kentucky to Florida The only book-length bibliography on the speech of the American South, this volume focuses on the pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, naming practices, word play, and other aspects of language that have interested researchers and writers for two centuries. Compiled here are the works of linguists, historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and educators, as well as popular commentators. With over 3,800 entries, this invaluable resource is a testament to the significance of Southern speech, long recognized as a distinguishing feature of the South, and the abiding interest of Southerners in their speech as a mark of their identity. The entries encompass Southern dialects in all their distinctive varieties—from Appalachian to African American, and sea islander to urbanite.
Fain Families of Southwest Georgia
A genealogy and a history of the descendants of Nicholas Fain born about 1730 in Ireland. He married Elizabeth Taylor about 1752. They immigrated to America and settled in New Garden, Chester Co., Pennsylvania. In 1766 the family was living in Virginia. Nicholas died after 1789 at his home near Jonesboro, Washington Co., Tenn.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals
Spanish Loanwords in the English Language
The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies, which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics. For further publications in English linguistics see also our Dialects of English book series. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Natalie Fecher.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index, a Consolidated Index to More Than 3,200,000 Biographical Sketches in Over 350 Current and Retrospective Biographical Dictionaries, Second Edition. 1981-82 Supplement
A consolidated index to biographical sketches in current and retrospective biographical dictionaries.
