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Dictionary of American Regional English, Volume IV : P-Sk by Joan Houston Hall (2002, Hardcover)

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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. More than six hundred maps pinpoint where you might live if your favorite card games are sheepshead and skat; if you eat pan dulce rather than pain perdu .

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PublisherHarvard University Press

ISBN-100674008847

ISBN-139780674008847

eBay Product ID (ePID)2225276

Product Key Features

Number of Pages1056 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameDictionary of American Regional English, Volume IV : P-Sk

Publication Year2002

SubjectVocabulary, Dictionaries, Word Lists, Linguistics / General

TypeNot Available

Subject AreaRéférence, Language Arts & Disciplines

AuthorJoan Houston Hall

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height2 in

Item Weight83.1 Oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width8.5 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN84-029025

Dewey Edition19

ReviewsA staggering work of collective scholarship...DARE is not only a reference treasure for the scholar and the general word lover, it's a lode for raiding parties by specialists of all kinds...Most of all, DARE is evidence that American speech will never become stale and fusty, that the great linguistic homogenization of television is a myth., More than 20 years in the making, this brand-fire-new tome is loaded with the bare-naked speech that Americans really use when they 'bump their gums' with or without having had some 'sweet spirits o' cats-a-fightin' or 'conversation fluid' to make their chin music happen. The result is a testimonial to the metaphor-making power of the American language at its most vigorous., Because these volumes are the most complete lexical records we have of the American experience, much of the history and contemporary condition of American society can be found in their pages...We are very fortunate to have DARE; it is not a dictionary; it is a national treasure., A staggering work of collective scholarship... DARE is not only a reference treasure for the scholar and the general word lover, it's a lode for raiding parties by specialists of all kinds...Most of all, DARE is evidence that American speech will never become stale and fusty, that the great linguistic homogenization of television is a myth., To open its pages is to thrill at the exploration of the New World and to trace the course of American history through its language...Its editors, led by Professor Frederic G. Cassidy, have caught the native poetry of America on every page., 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., It already seems clear that...the dictionary will rank as one of the glories of contemporary American scholarship...it is endlessly rewarding to dip into, and if you look up a particular word or phrase you are in constant danger of being seduced to something else...It is a work to consult, and a work to savor--a work to last a lifetime., In its scope and thoroughness, Cassidy's dictionary is unmatched as a kind of refuge for colloquialisms threatened with extinction...Writers, etymologists and other devotees of verbal arcana have never been given a richer browsing ground. But while they are discovering that a blind tiger is a place to buy and drink moonshine, or that there are 176 names for dust balls under the bed, they are also bound to be awed by the dictionary's staggering scholarship., 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., Proof that tourism, television and technological change haven't rounded off all the gaudy and gracious edges of the way we talk., This long-awaited, definitive and fascinating Dictionary of American Regional English [ DARE ]...is all we had hoped for and more. It includes the regional and folk language, past and present, of the old and the young, men and women, white and black, the rural and the urban, from all walks of life...Although DARE will be one of the most scholarly, comprehensive and detailed dictionaries ever completed...it will also be one of the easiest and most enjoyable to use or browse in...This is an exciting, lasting work of useful scholarship accomplished with excellence, a work that scholars and laypeople alike will study, use and enjoy for generations., This long-awaited, definitive and fascinating Dictionary of American Regional English [DARE]...is all we had hoped for and more. It includes the regional and folk language, past and present, of the old and the young, men and women, white and black, the rural and the urban, from all walks of life...Although DARE will be one of the most scholarly, comprehensive and detailed dictionaries ever completed...it will also be one of the easiest and most enjoyable to use or browse in...This is an exciting, lasting work of useful scholarship accomplished with excellence, a work that scholars and laypeople alike will study, use and enjoy for generations., Because these volumes are the most complete lexical records we have of the American experience, much of the history and contemporary condition of American society can be found in their pages...We are very fortunate to have DARE ; it is not a dictionary; it is a national treasure.

IllustratedYes

Volume NumberVolume IV

Dewey Decimal427/.973

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Lc Classification NumberPe2843 .D52 1985

Table of ContentDARE Staff, Volume IV Preface Acknowledgments The Anatomy of a DARE Entry The DARE Map Pronunciation Guide List of Abbreviations Dictionary of American Regional English, P-Sk