The World of Words: A Language ReaderBarnet Kottler, Martin Light |
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adjectives advertising American English American Speech appears argot become called century Cobras college slang common concept course culture dialect dictionary educated Emily Dickinson England English language essay example experience expression fact feel Ford Foundation fraternity French frequently gang grammar H. L. Mencken Hemingway Holden human idiom Ingsoc jargon jazz language of science large number Latin linguistic literal literary literature living Loco-foco meaning metaphor mind Missouri modern nature Negro Newspeak non-U noun original pecuniary perhaps permission person phrase poem poet poetic poetry political preterite prison reader regional Reprinted Revlon sense sentence Shipibo slang slang words social society sometimes sound speak speakers street style sub-groups Sunkist symbols T. S. Eliot talk things thought tion translation truth University usage Vance Randolph verb verbal vernacular vocabulary Whitman writing York