- Hardcover: 960 pages
- Publisher: Harvard University Press; Subsequent edition (3 Jan 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0674008847
- ISBN-13: 978-0674008847
- Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 22.4 x 5.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,155,699 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Here is the big news in the world of lexicography: "DARE IV" has come out of the wordwork. "The Dictionary of American Regional English"--repository of the most delicious dialect sources and the most colorful evidence of the Americanization of the English language--has now covered letters P to Sk...[This] is the penultimate (one more to go) volume in the set that no library can afford to absquatulate.--William Safire"New York Times Magazine" (12/08/2002)
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Every page in the new volume of the "Dictionary of American Regional English" makes it wonderfully clear that regional expressions still flourish throughout the United States. Depending on where you live, your conversation may include such beguiling terms as "paddybass" (North Carolina), "pinkwink" (Cape Cod) or "scallyhoot" (West); if you're invited to a "potluck dinner", in Indiana you're likely to call it a "pitch-in", while in northern Illinois it's a "scramble"; if your youngsters play "hopscotch", they may call it "potsy" in Manhattan, but "sky blue" in Chicago. Like the popular first three volumes of DARE, the fourth is a treasure-trove of linguistic gems, a book that invites exclamation, delight and wonder. Nearly 600 maps pinpoint where you might live if your favourite card games are "sheepshead" and "skat"; if you eat "pan dulce" rather than "pain perdu"; if you drive down a "red dog road" or make a purchase at a "racket store"; or if you look out your window and see a "parka squirrel" or a "quill pig". The language of our everyday lives is captured in DARE, along with expressions our grandparents used but our children will never know. Based on thousands of interviews across the country, the "Dictionary of American Regional English" presents our language in its infinite variety. Word lovers should delight in the wit and wisdom found in the quotations that illustrate each entry, and should prize the richness and diversity of our spoken and written culture.
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Dictionary of American Regional English by Cassidy et al.
1 Sep 2004
Format:Hardcover
This dictionary contains approximately 11,000 entries. It is
geared to local idioms or word embodiments. The local idiom,
definition (preferred embodiment) and sometimes the date
are included. For instance, here are examples.
o felt-plant- genus--Horsfordia plant
o fandango- 1807- Spanish dance in triple time
o did - she- cackle-- a children's game
This would be an invaluable research volume for any professional
writer, editor or author.
geared to local idioms or word embodiments. The local idiom,
definition (preferred embodiment) and sometimes the date
are included. For instance, here are examples.
o felt-plant- genus--Horsfordia plant
o fandango- 1807- Spanish dance in triple time
o did - she- cackle-- a children's game
This would be an invaluable research volume for any professional
writer, editor or author.
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