United States of English, The Alexander Elder Author(s): Marilla Svinicki

Author(s): Marilla Svinicki

Creating streams

following a critical report to the Parliament

Specific chapters focus on the treatment of common conditions including depression

United States of English, The Alexander Elder Author(s): Marilla SvinickiThe story of how English became American and how it became Southern, Bostonian, Californian, African American, Chicano, elite, working class, urban, rural, and everything in between By the time of the Revolution, the English that Americans spoke was recognizably different from the British variety. Americans added dozens of new words to the language, either borrowed from Native Americans (raccoon, persimmon, caucus) or created from repurposed English