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MENCKEN/McDAVID PAPERS AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY.

Authors :
Scheideman, J.W.
Source :
American Speech; Summer79, Vol. 54 Issue 2, p140, 7/8p
Publication Year :
1979

Abstract

Reports on the presentation of Raven I. McDavid of his H.L. Mencken correspondence and the 1963 manuscript of the 1963 revision of Mencken's classic study 'The American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the United States' to the Newberry Library of Chicago, as of June 1979. Description of the letters; Value of the literature; Benefits for U.S. linguistics.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00031283
Volume :
54
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
American Speech
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
9750688