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	Chapter 1. Introductory. 2. The Academic Attitude. Mencken, H.L. 1921. The American Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The American language that he described and argued for was seldom the actual tongue of the folks about him, but often a sort of Volapük made up of one part faulty reporting and nine parts academic theorizing.
		The pioneer dictionary of Americanisms, published in 1816 by John Pickering, a Massachusetts lawyer, 13 was not only criticised unkindly; it was roundly denounced as something subtly impertinent and corrupting, and even Noah Webster took a formidable fling at it.
		The fear voiced by William C. Fowler, professor of rhetoric at Amherst, that Americans might “break loose from the laws of the English language” 17 altogether, was echoed by the whole fraternity, and so the corrective bastinado was laid on.
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/185/2.html (2402 words)

	Chapter 1. Introductory. 3. The View of Writing Men. Mencken, H.L. 1921. The American Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The language of the American people—judging from a comparison between newspapers of the Civil War and of today—has altered considerably in fifty years, so that a modern Whitman would write a language almost needing a glossary for Englishmen.
		Contemporary American poets use this popular language merely for comic effect of for purposes of sentimentality; most of them, since they are cultivated and rather literary, are careful to use a speech which is as well understood here [in England] as in America.
		In American, he said, there was to be seen that easy looseness of phrase and gait which characterized the English of the Elizabethan era, and particularly the Elizabethan hospitality to changed meanings and bold metaphors.
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/185/3.html (3967 words)

	The American Language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mencken was inspired by "the argot of the colored waiters" in Washington, as well as one of his favourite authors, Mark Twain, and his experiences on the streets of Baltimore.
		In the tradition of Noah Webster, who wrote the first American dictionary, Mencken wanted to defend "Americanisms" against the English, whom he increasingly detested.
		The book discusses the beginnings of American variations from English, the spread of these variations, American names and slang over the course of its 374 pages.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_American_Language (286 words)

	Inside the American Language
		At the time, American was very much the same as that spoken back in Britain, but from that point on the two languages started to diverge.
		Americans continue to use it (although it isn't always considered good grammar), but it has long been out of use on the other side of the Atlantic.
		Boss is also an American word, but it came from the New York Dutch in the mid 17th century and was passed back across the Atlantic (as was cookie, a word deriving from the Dutch koekje.
	www.miketodd.net /encyc/lingo.htm (631 words)

	The American Language
		By the American Revolution one-quarter of the American population consisted of African Americans, and as much as 95 percent of the population living in plantation areas was African American.
		Western American English is not all the same, however, because of varying amounts of influence from Spanish residents and because the plains and Western states were settled by different proportions of Northerners, Midlanders, and Southerners.
		The majority of Americans now live in urban and suburban communities instead of on isolated farms, and this change in residence patterns encourages development of informal speech types, each one of which is called a vernacular.
	www.kuleuven.ac.be /iccp/2000/iccp6/TheAmericanLanguage.HTML (3594 words)

	Sign Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Most language teachers needed to pretend that there was such a thing as "a language" that was unified enough to be taught and learned despite the way speakers tended to wander off from the textbook norms.
		In her examination of the Sign Language of the Netherlands (SLN), van der Kooij finds that weak drop in SLN, as it is in American Sign Language (ASL), is acceptable for balanced signs in which both hands move symmetrically with respect to each other.
		In the chapter on Hausa Sign Language, Schmaling discusses some of the difficulties that confront researchers in Northern Nigeria (and other African countries) who face the challenge of distinguishing between the native signed languages and the influence on those native languages of signed languages that are foreign to that country.
	www.sirreadalot.org /society/society/signlanguageaR.htm (3800 words)

	ALI : American Language Institute : San Francisco State University
		San Francisco State University is a leader in the field of English language teaching methodology, and the ALI is well-known for its up-to-date curriculum and the effectiveness of its methods.
		The American Language Institute is a charter member of both the Consortium University and College Intensive English Programs (UCIEP) and the American Association of Intensive English Programs (AAIEP).
		The American Language Institute is located on the campus of San Francisco State University.
	www.sfsu.edu /~ali/about.html (246 words)

	American Indian Language Resources
		The American Language Reprint Series The American Language Reprint (ALR) series aims to make available the various word-lists, vocabularies and phrase books which were compiled in the early years of North American settlement.
		Alaska Native Language Center Established in 1972 by state legislation as a center for documentation and cultivation of the state's 20 Native languages.
		Institute for the Preservation of the Original Languages of the Americas The Institute for the Preservation of the Original Languages of the Americas collaborates with indigenous communities to revitalize and perpetuate the languages and culture of the original inhabitants of the Americas.
	www.lang.osaka-u.ac.jp /~krkvls/lang.html (1693 words)

	Mencken-American Language
		Its actual father was Webster, for it was the long controversy over his simplified spellings that brought the dons of the American Philological Association to a serious investigation of the subject.
		Section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the editors of the Journal of the American Medical Association, it has done much to reform scientific orthography.
		American newspapers seldom distinguish between the masculine and feminine forms of common loan-words.
	foolswisdom.com /users/sbett/mencken.htm (3171 words)

	Istituto Americano - American Language Center - Firenze
		The American Language Center of Florence was founded in 1959 by the United States Information Service and then privatized in the 1960's.
		All instructors at the American Language Center are highly educated Americans, with a university degree and specialization in Teaching English as a Second Language.
		One of the distinct advantages of the American Language Center is the opportunity for visiting American students to meet and interact on a daily basis with our Italian student population.
	www.studyamerican.com /english (825 words)

	A Brief History of the English Language
		Modern English was heavily influenced by classical usage, the emergence of the university-educated class, Shakespeare, the common language found in the East Midlands section of present-day England, and an organized effort to document and standardize English.
		Modern English is composed of several languages, with grammar rules, spelling, and word usage both complimenting and competing for clarity.
		British English words changed into American English words, such as centre to center, metre to meter, theatre to theater, favour to favor, honour to honor, labour to labor, neighbour to neighbor, cheque to check, connexion to connection, gaol to jail, the storey of a house to story, and tyre for tire.
	www.fiu.edu /~hastyd/englhist.html (1128 words)

	The American Indian Language Development Institute
		Language and literature can be taught most effectively by teachers who are native speakers of the language and are trained to teach in elementary and secondary schools with language materials and literature produced by native speakers.
		Key to language maintenance, Fishman (1991; 1996) insists, is intergenerational language transmission--the natural communicative processes in the home, family, and community through which succeeding generations replenish their speakers.
		Languages have been written and high-quality materials developed, however, because AILDI faculty and staff have continued to collaborate with institute participants throughout the school year.
	jan.ucc.nau.edu /~jar/TIL_9.html (5708 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The American Language of Rights (Ideas in Context): Books: Richard A. Primus,Quentin Skinner,Lorraine ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Richard A. Primus examines three crucial periods in American history (the late eighteenth century, the civil war and the 1950s and 1960s) in order to demonstrate how the conceptions of rights prevailing at each of these times grew out of reactions to contemporary social and political crises.
		This study demonstrates the potency of the language of rights throughout American history, and looks for the first time at the impact of modern totalitarianism (in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union) on American conceptions of rights.
		The American Language of Rights is a major contribution to contemporary political theory, of interest to scholars and students in politics and government, constitutional law, and American history.
	www.amazon.co.uk /American-Language-Rights-Ideas-Context/dp/0521616212 (431 words)

	The American Language Summary
		Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) was an American journalist, editor, critic, and philologist.
		Although he was for nearly two decades America's most powerful and influential literary critic, having become in the early 1920s the first (and, for that matter, last) literary dictator, H. Mencken is not generally remembered for his criticism of bell...
		Mencken was inspired by "the argot of the colored waiters" in Washington, as well as one of his favourite authors, Mark Twain, and his experie...
	www.bookrags.com /The_American_Language (328 words)

	Amazon.ca: The American Language of Rights: Books: Richard A. Primus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Richard A. Primus examines three crucial periods in American history (the late eighteenth century, the Civil War and the 1950s and 1960s) and demonstrates how the conceptions of rights prevailing at each of these times grew out of opposition to concrete political cases.
		I found it dry; that is probably a matter of taste, and the willingness of the reader to focus on the writer's abstractions and observations.
		Whether urbane sophisticate or crusader for justice (and especially if both), the reader will find The American Language of Rights an essential resource, distinguished by both the value of its original contributions and the charity and sophistication of its survey of extant literature.
	www.amazon.ca /American-Language-Rights-Richard-Primus/dp/0521652502 (1091 words)

	The American Sign Language Phrase Book CD-ROM Review
		Barry Farber, who taught himself 25 languages, is a nationally syndicated talk host, founder of The Language Club, and author of How To Learn Any Language (1997, Citadel Press).
		33) is that you learn enough of a language "to delight the heart" of someone who uses that language.
		Correct pronunciation of a language must be shaped by mingling with fluent users or getting a teacher's individual feedback.
	www.aslaccess.org /videoreview_theamericansignlanguagephrase.htm (488 words)

	The American Sign Language Connection
		It is the unique language used by Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals that has attracted the interest and admiration of hearing people.
		In fact, ASL is now offered as a foreign language in schools across the country.
		The American Sign Language Connection ä and the Let's Sign Together ä program was formed in an effort to bring this rich and beautiful language of to people of all ages and from all backgrounds.
	www.aslconnection.com (198 words)

	American Sign Language Teachers Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		American Sign Language (ASL) is one of the most widely used languages in the United States.
		ASL is primarily used by Deaf and hard of hearing Americans and Canadians.
		Early sign language was already in use in Colonial America, notably in Martha's Vineyard Island where many deaf people once lived.
	www.aslta.org /language/index.html (843 words)

	The American Language Summary
		Americanisms began with the early settlers' need to describe their new land.
		With the American Revolution came a "national conceit'' that led Americans to reject anything British and embrace anything uniquely American.
		Babylonian Frolics: H. Mencken and The American Language
	www.enotes.com /american-language/12599 (136 words)

	The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. 2000
		The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.
		I am not so lost in lexicography as to forget that words are the daughters of earth, and that things are the sons of heaven.
		Over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes.
	www.bartleby.com /61 (95 words)

	Homepage of the ALR Series
		The American Language Reprint (ALR) series aims to compile the various word-lists, vocabularies and phrase books which were collected in the early years of North American settlement.
		The series begins with the languages and dialects of the Eastern Woodlands, with a primary emphasis on the Eastern Algonquian and Iroquoian families.
		We hope to progressively extend the geographical scope of the project to form a comprehensive linguistic record of native North America prior to the advent of modern linguistics.
	www.evolpub.com /ALR/ALRhome.html (476 words)

	SFSU College of Extended Learning : American Language Institute (ALI)
		Over 40 years of experience meeting the language and academic orientation needs of international students from more than 50 different countries.
		ALI faculty also teach in the university's department of English, and many are internationally known for their work in English language teaching research, writing, and curriculum development.
		For complete information about the American Language Institute, see their Web site at www.sfsu.edu/~ali/.
	www.cel.sfsu.edu /ali/about.cfm (356 words)

	SDSU - CES \| English as a Second Language
		The American Language Institute (ALI) at San Diego State University is one of the largest and most highly regarded intensive English programs in the U.S. Since 1974, the ALI has assisted international students in learning English and realizing their academic and professional goals.
		The Intensive English Communications (IEC) program is designed for students who do not plan to enter an American university, international business professionals, and others who want to improve their language skills for immediate use.
		The American Language Institute at SDSU has extensive expertise in teaching written and verbal English to employees who speak English as a second language.
	www.ces.sdsu.edu /pdplanguage.html (467 words)

	American Language Reprint Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Serving as a kind of lingua franca in the early historical Carolinas, the language owed its prestige to the political power of the Tuscaroras themselves who at their height, may have numbered up to 2,000 fighting men in 15 villages.
		Presenting 144 words from a language of the Eastern Siouan group most closely related to Catawba, A Vocabulary of Woccon is a valuable primary source for a tribe known to history from only the scantest of records.
		The most significant treatment of the language(s) spoken by the Siouan tribes of Virginia is the 1883 article "The Tutelo Tribe and Language" by Horatio Hale.
	www.evolpub.com /ALR/ALRbooks.html (2998 words)

	The Museum of the American English Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		However, French influence on the English language led to the development of new grammar rules and renovated vocabulary, with little recognition.
		US Promotion of the English Language - Language is very much intertwined with government.
		Language of 'The Fancy' - Jane Austen's language
	www.kn.pacbell.com /wired/fil/pages/listlanguagemr7.html (753 words)

	Learn English at The American Language Institute, San Diego State University! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Welcome to the American Language Institute and 32 years of excellence in English language instruction and international programming!
		With the celebration of our 30th anniversary in 2004, the American Language Institute would like to thank the thousands of students, teachers, and international affiliates around the world who have enjoyed this journey with us and who have helped us to promote international understanding, communication, and development worldwide.
		Since 1974 the American Language Institute, a division of SDSU's College of Extended Studies, has helped international students and professionals improve their ability to communicate in English.
	www.americanlanguage.org /home.html (195 words)

	The Old Cause by Joseph Stromberg
		f the truth is the "first casualty of war," then the honest use of language must be "collateral damage." George Orwell rather famously dealt with some of the details in his essay, "Politics and the English Language" (1945).
		Now the American language, such as it is, has taken a few blows on the road to Empire ("greatness thrust upon" us, as one flag-waving historian memorably put it).
		Certainly, the bombs and rockets in that unsingable song of his were weapons of rather wimpy destruction and, for once, someone was throwing them around besides the Americans, and, worse luck, at the Americans.
	www.antiwar.com /stromberg/s081799.html (1683 words)

	Vicki Gray \| The Militarization of the American Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		And unfortunately for those in the "reality-based community," military newspeak has replaced standard American English as the lingua franca of the United States, thanks to the spinmeisters in the White House and a pusillanimous press corps eager to lap up whatever Karl Rove, Tony Snow, and Ken Mehlman feed them.
		In the current circumstance, however, the abuse of the American language has reached pandemic proportions.
		An irony - lost on the American public - was that the Taliban had, a bare two decades ago, comprised the mujaheddin or "freedom fighters" that we had armed and trained to resist the Soviet invaders of the time.
	www.truthout.org /docs_2006/083006B.shtml (3137 words)

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