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AMERICAN IDENTITIES:
During the turn of 19 th century, searching foran identity was America s problem.
America s main concern was the slowemergence and establishment of its literaturecompared with what was happening inEurope at that time.
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The lack of literary works of well-acclaimedliterary figures is viewed as the main reason
for the limited lexical growth.
A beautiful start:
Walt Whitman s 1st
edition of Leaves of Grass(1855)Harriet Beecher Stowe s Uncle Tom s Cabin
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AMERICA TALKING
The new American vocabulary of the 19 thcentury was brought about by a mixture of
languages. Spanish and Native Americanwords were influential in the Americanlanguage s development. The opening of theWest and the arrival of waves of immigrantstoward the end of the century were twomajor factors in lexical expansion.
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BREAKING THE RULES
The American spelling had become so
established in the 1860s, that several writersdared to play about with it and gained famefrom doing so.
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The comic-spelling genre
A RTEMUS W A RD
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J OSHBILLINGS
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J osh B illing s Sayings:
Chaztity iz like an isikel. if it onse melts that sthe last ov it.
After awl ced and dun the gran secret of winningis tew win.
It iz tru that welth won t maik a man vartouz, buti notis thare ain t ennyboddy who wants tew bepoor jist for the purpiss ov being good.
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VARIETY AWARENESS
O ne of the most interesting features of the
19th century was Americans awareness aboutthe nature and use of language.
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The historical relationship between Sanskrit,Greek, and Latin paved the way to the age of
comparative philology (historical linguistics).This discovery stimulated arguments aboutthe nature of language change, correctness inusage, and methods of teaching.
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THE LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE
Scientific English was also recognized as a
language variety. This was one of theconsequences of the Industrial revolution,
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MICHA EL F A R A DAY
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CHA RLESDA RWIN
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These discoveries gained widespread
publicity and paved the way to theintroduction of nomenclatures or scientificterms.
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Source:
Linguistic Encyclopedia by David Crystal
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