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Parts of Speech: Essays on English
Chapters (15)
- PARTS OF SPEECH ESSAYS ON ENGLISH: PREFATORY NOTE 0:00
- I THE STOCK THAT SPEAKS THE LANGUAGE 2:22
- II THE FUTURE OF THE LANGUAGE 30:47
- III THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE UNITED STATES 48:30
- IV THE LANGUAGE IN GREAT BRITAIN 1:24:54
- V AMERICANISMS ONCE MORE 1:41:21
- VI NEW WORDS AND OLD 2:14:33
- VII THE NATURALIZATION OF FOREIGN WORDS 2:56:31
- VIII THE FUNCTION OF SLANG 3:18:37
- IX QUESTIONS OF USAGE 3:51:25
- X AN INQUIRY AS TO RIME 4:17:32
- XI ON THE POETRY OF PLACE-NAMES 4:49:52
- XII AS TO “AMERICAN SPELLING” 5:13:56
- XIII THE SIMPLIFICATION OF ENGLISH SPELLING 5:39:44
- XIV AMERICANISM—AN ATTEMPT AT A DEFINITION 6:05:55