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A pronouncing dictionary of American English, by John Samuel Kenyon and Thomas Albert Knott.

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Springfield, Mass., G. &. C. Merriam Co. [c1953]

1953

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Idiom drills for students of English as a second language [by] George P. McCallum.

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New York, Crowell [1970]

1970

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The world of words; an introduction to language in general and to English and American in particular. 3d ed.

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Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries Press [1970]

1970-1948

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A dictionary of slang and unconventional English; colloquialisms and catch-phrases, solecisms and catachreses, nicknames, vulgarisms, and such Americanisms as have been naturalized. [7th ed. Suppl. rev. and enl.]

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London, Routledge & K. Paul [1970]

1970

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Amerikansk slang. [2. uppl.]

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Stockholm Prisma [1971, c1970]

1971-1970

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English idioms and Americanisms for foreign students, professionals, and physicians, by J. E. Schmidt.

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Springfield, Ill., C. C. Thomas [1972]

1972

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Sayings from Old Smoky, some traditional phrases, expressions, and sentences heard in the Great Smoky Mountains and nearby areas; an introd. to a Southern mountain dialect, collected and edited by Joseph S. Hall.

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Asheville, N.C., Cataloochee Press [1972]

1972

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A dictionary of slang and unconventional English; colloquialisms and catch-phrases, solecisms and catachreses, nicknames, vulgarisms and such Americanisms as have been naturalized. In two volumes. [6th ed.] Volume II: The supplement [rev. and enl.]

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London, Routledge & K. Paul, [1967]

1967

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A dictionary of slang and unconventional English; colloquialisms and catch-phrases, solecisms and catachreses, nicknames, vulgarisms, and such Americanisms as have been naturalized. [5th ed., suppl. much enl.]

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London, Routledge & K. Paul [1961]

1961

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An Anglo-American interpreter; a vocabulary and phrase book.

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[Folcroft, Pa.] The Folcroft Press [1970]

1970-1939

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A dictionary of American slang [by] Clement Wood and Gloria Goddard.

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Girard, Kan., Haldeman-Julius Co., [c1926]

1926

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La langue des Américains [par] Guy Jean Forgue et Raven I. McDavid, Jr.

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Paris, Aubier Montaigne, 1972.

1972

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Die Syntaktischen Eigentünlichkeiten des amerikanischen Englisch.

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München, M. Hueber, 1970.

1970

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What's the difference? A British/American dictionary.

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New York, Harper & Row [1973]

1973

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Wörterbuch der Americanismen; Eigenheiten der englischen Sprache in Nordamerika.

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[Walluf bei Wiesbaden] M. Sändig [1972]

1972-1866

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Amerikanisch-deutsche Sprach- und Literaturbeziehungen: systemat. Übersicht u. Forschungsbericht 1945-1970/ Hans Galinsky. -

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Frankfurt (Main): Athenäum-Verlag, 1972.

1972

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A dictionary of Americanisms on historical principles. Edited by Mitford M. Mathews.

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Chicago, University of Chicago Press [1966, c1951]

1966-1951

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The Slanguage dictionary of modern American slang.

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[Newton, Ia., L. B. Robison, 1944]

1944

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Webster's New World dictionary of the American language / David B. Guralnik, editor in chief.

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Cleveland : W. Collins, [1974]

1974

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American talk : where our words come from / J. L. Dillard.

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New York : Random House, c1976.

1976

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Dictionary of American slang / compiled and edited by Harold Wentworth and Stuart Berg Flexner. - 2d supplemented ed.

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New York : Crowell, [1975]

1975

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The lexicon of the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

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[Princeton] 1970.

1970

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A dictionary of the Old West, 1850-1900 / by Peter Watts. 1st ed.

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New York : Knopf, 1977.

1977

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Living language : USA culture capsules for ESL students : dialogs on life in the United States for students of English as a foreign language / Jerrilou Johnson.

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Rowley, Mass. : Newbury House Publishers, c1979.

1979

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Mei yu xin chuan. / Jiao Zhi Gao zhu. Di 4 ban.

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Taibei: Chun wen xue chu ban she, Min'guo 64 [1976]

1976

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Understanding American English.

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Stockholm, Läromedelsförlagen, [1972.]

1972

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Mei yü Ying yü tui chao shou tsʻe.

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Hsiang Kang : Wan li shu tien, 1976.

1976

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Americanisms; content and continuum.

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San Francisco.

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The Jonathan David dictionary of popular slang / by Anita Pearl.

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Middle Village, N.Y. : Jonathan David Publishers, c1980.

1980

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Country talk / by Dick Syatt. 1st ed.

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Secaucus, N.J. : Citadel Press, 1980.

1980

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Slanguage : America's second language / Gibson Carothers & James Lacey.

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New York : Sterling Pub. Co., c1979.

1979

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Words and phrases of early America, by George and Virginia Schaun.

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Annapolis, Greenberry Publications, c1963.

1963

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Dan Burley's Original handbook of Harlem jive; illustrations by Melvin Tapley.

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New York, c1944.

1944

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Beigo no shōgeki : Jisho no uso / Matsuda Yutaka.

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Tokyo : Taishūkan Shoten, 1975.

975

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English English / by Norman W. Schur.

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Essex, Conn. : Verbatim, c1980.

1980-1973

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The language of ethnic conflict : social organization and lexical culture / Irving Lewis Allen.

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New York : Columbia University Press, 1983.

1982

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Die englische Sprache in den USA : Variation und Struktur / Ursula Oomen.

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Tübingen : M. Niemeyer, 1982-

1982-present

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East Tennessee folk speech : a synopsis / Lee Pederson.

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Frankfurt am Main ; New York : P. Lang, c1983.

1983

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A dictionary of slang and unconventional English : colloquialisms and catch-phrases, fossilised jokes and puns, general nicknames, vulgarisms, and such Americanisms as have been naturalised / Eric Partridge ; edited by Paul Beale.

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London : Routledge, 1984.

1984

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Dictionary of American regional English / Frederic G. Cassidy, chief editor.

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Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1985-2013.

1985-2013

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Slovník amerikanismů / Jaroslav Peprník.

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V Praze : Státní pedagogické nakl., 1982.

1982

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New dictionary of American slang / edited by Robert L. Chapman.

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New York : Harper & Row, c1986.

1986

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American talk : the words and ways of American dialects / Robert Hendrickson.

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New York, NY : Viking, 1986.

1986

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American literature and the American language : an address delivered at Washington University on June 9, 1953 / by T.S. Eliot. With an appendix, The Eliot family and St. Louis prepared by the Department of English.

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St. Louis : Committee on Publications, Washington University, 1953.

1953

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American regional dialects : a word geography / Craig M. Carver.

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Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1987.

1987

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Good words to you : an all-new dictionary and native's guide to the unknown American language / John Ciardi.

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New York : Harper & Row, c1987.

1987

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The American language : an inquiry into the development of English in the United States / by H.L. Mencken.

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New York : A. A. Knopf, 1936.

1936

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