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Record ID marc_nuls/NULS_PHC_180925.mrc:24182181:2635
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LEADER: 02635cam 2200385 a 4500
001 9921441900001661
005 20150423134712.0
008 970421s1997 nyua 001 0 eng
010 $a 97015369
019 $a38018350
020 $a019510692X (alk. paper)
035 $a(CSdNU)u66809-01national_inst
035 $a(OCoLC)36824756
035 $a(Sirsi) 01-AAH-1364
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-us---
049 $aCNUM
050 00 $aPE2846$b.S59 1997
100 1 $aFlexner, Stuart Berg.
245 10 $aSpeaking freely :$ba guided tour of American English from Plymouth Rock to Silicon Valley /$cStuart Berg Flexner and Anne H. Soukhanov.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1997.
300 $avii, 472 p. :$bill. ;$c29 cm.
500 $aBased on Stuart Berg Flexner's I hear America talking and Listening to America.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aAdvertising: getting the word out -- American spoken by Americans -- Booze: American's love affair with the bottle -- Communications: from snail mail to email -- Crime watch -- Cyberspace: I hear America clicking -- Dirty words: pardon my French -- Disaster areas -- "It's the economy, stupid!" -- English English -- Environmental studies -- Fashions of the times -- Fighting words -- Fit as a fiddle -- Food for thought: America eats -- On the fringes -- Fueling the fires -- It's your funeral -- Gender gaps -- Talkin' 'bout my generation -- Genetic engineering...and linguistic reengineering -- Geography: it's on the map -- To your health -- That holiday spirit: red-letter days -- Homeless alone -- The word of the law and the law of the land -- Manners and mannerisms -- Politically correct -- Politics: no term limits -- Pop culture -- Yo! America raps -- Getting religion -- The American way of sex -- Outer space: the final frontier -- The sporting life -- I hear America talking...on the talk shows -- Transportation: hitchin' a ride -- Trash and garbage -- The wild, wild west.
650 0 $aEnglish language$zUnited States$xEtymology.
650 0 $aEnglish language$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aEnglish language$zUnited States$xSlang.
650 0 $aAmericanisms.
700 1 $aSoukhanov, Anne H.,$d1943-
700 1 $aFlexner, Stuart Berg.$tI hear America talking.
700 1 $aFlexner, Stuart Berg.$tListening to America.
948 $a10/13/1999$b10/13/1999
999 $aPE 2846 S59 1997$wLC$c1$i31786101037205$lREFERENCE$mNULS$rN$sY $tREF-BOOK$u8/25/1998$o.STAFF. Pieces: 00001
999 $aPE 2846 S59 1997$wLC$c2$i31786100952222$lREFERENCE$mNULS$rN$sY $tREF-BOOK$u1/27/1998$o.STAFF. Pieces: 00001