Western lore and language :
Clark, Thomas L.
Western lore and language : a dictionary for enthusiasts of the American West / Thomas L. Clark. - Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, �1996. - 1 online resource (xvi, 266 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-264).
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Western Lore and Language is the first dictionary to document the extraordinary range of words that are an integral part of the West, old and new. Focusing on words that either originated in the West (forty-niner, skookum, quaking aspen), are used mainly in the West (butte, skink, Spanish sword), or are associated with the West (mesa, rodeo, surfer), Thomas Clark has compiled an entertaining and essential reference of the Western word. This generously illustrated resource gives readers everything they need to talk western: a pinch of Border Spanish, (Tex-Mex, Tejana, Spanglish), some California Mellow, a generous portion of Old West, and a broad scoop of New West (from vineyard cultivation to Valley Girl vapidity). For more serious readers, the dictionary also offers complete lexicological entries for each word - part of speech, pronunciation, definition, source, etymology, dates, cross-references, and editorial comments.
Electronic reproduction.
[S.l.] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2011.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
0585132070 9780585132075
English language--Slang--West (U.S.)--Dictionaries.
Americanisms--West (U.S.)--Dictionaries.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--General.
Americanisms.
English language--Slang.
Manners and customs.
Landeskunde
W�orterbuch
English Language.
English.
Languages & Literatures.
West (U.S.)--Social life and customs--Dictionaries.
West United States.
Amerikanisches Englisch.
USA--Weststaaten
Americanisms West (U.S.) Dictionaries English language West (U.S.) Slang Dictionaries West (U.S.) Social life and customs Dictionaries
Electronic books.
Dictionaries.
PE2970.W4 / C58 1996eb
427/.978
Western lore and language : a dictionary for enthusiasts of the American West / Thomas L. Clark. - Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, �1996. - 1 online resource (xvi, 266 pages) : illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-264).
Use copy
Western Lore and Language is the first dictionary to document the extraordinary range of words that are an integral part of the West, old and new. Focusing on words that either originated in the West (forty-niner, skookum, quaking aspen), are used mainly in the West (butte, skink, Spanish sword), or are associated with the West (mesa, rodeo, surfer), Thomas Clark has compiled an entertaining and essential reference of the Western word. This generously illustrated resource gives readers everything they need to talk western: a pinch of Border Spanish, (Tex-Mex, Tejana, Spanglish), some California Mellow, a generous portion of Old West, and a broad scoop of New West (from vineyard cultivation to Valley Girl vapidity). For more serious readers, the dictionary also offers complete lexicological entries for each word - part of speech, pronunciation, definition, source, etymology, dates, cross-references, and editorial comments.
Electronic reproduction.
[S.l.] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2011.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
0585132070 9780585132075
English language--Slang--West (U.S.)--Dictionaries.
Americanisms--West (U.S.)--Dictionaries.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--General.
Americanisms.
English language--Slang.
Manners and customs.
Landeskunde
W�orterbuch
English Language.
English.
Languages & Literatures.
West (U.S.)--Social life and customs--Dictionaries.
West United States.
Amerikanisches Englisch.
USA--Weststaaten
Americanisms West (U.S.) Dictionaries English language West (U.S.) Slang Dictionaries West (U.S.) Social life and customs Dictionaries
Electronic books.
Dictionaries.
PE2970.W4 / C58 1996eb
427/.978