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Origins of American Linguistics 1643-1914 (History of Linguistics)
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Beginning in the seventeenth century, with the first appearance of manuals written to enable English speakers to understand and communicate with the American Indians, this set charts the development of linguistic studies in North America over two and a half centuries. The set also examines the distinguishing characteristics of American English and its independence from British English.