Dictionary of American Regional English: Volume 2

Author: Frederic Gomes Cassidy
Edition:
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 067420512X

Dictionary of American Regional English: Volume 2: D-H

Volume I of the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), published to wide acclaim in 1985, captured the wondrous variety and creativeness of American folk words and expressions and tickled the imagination of lovers of language around the world. Download Dictionary of American Regional English: Volume 2: D-H from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Decades in preparation, the DARE corpus reflects the liveliness of English as it is spoken on America's main streets and country roads-the regional metaphors and similes passed along within homes and communities. Like its popular predecessor, Volume II is a treasury of vernacular Americanisms. In Virginia a goldfinch is a dandelion bird," in Missouri an insufficient rain shower a "drizzle-fizzle." "Gate" was Louis Armstrong's favorite "sender" (a verbal spur to a sideki Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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