Describing 400 Years of American English Can be Like Comforting, Super Interesting, and Literally Challenging

Johnson, David

doi:10.1215/00031283-11777442

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Describing 400 Years of American English Can be Like Comforting, Super Interesting, and Literally Challenging

The United States of English: The American Language from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century

by Ostler, Rosemarie.

New York

:

Oxford University Press

,

2023

. Pp.

294

. ISBN 978-0-19-764729-5; $27.95

David Johnson

Kennesaw State University

DAVID JOHNSON is professor of English at Kennesaw State University, where he teaches courses in linguistics and the history of the English language. His research focuses on applied linguistics and online learning. Email: [email protected].

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American Speech (2025) 100 (1): 130–133.

https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-11777442

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