| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 266 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-264). |
| Summary |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- West (U.S.) -- Slang -- Dictionaries.
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English language. |
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Slang. |
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Dictionaries.
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West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- Dictionaries.
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Americanisms -- West (U.S.) -- Dictionaries.
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Americanisms. |
| Indexed Term |
Americanisms West (U.S.) Dictionaries |
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English language West (U.S.) Slang Dictionaries |
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West (U.S.) Social life and customs Dictionaries |
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Electronic books.
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Dictionaries.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Clark, Thomas L. Western lore and language. Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©1996 0874805104 (DLC) 96012089 (OCoLC)34476971 |
| ISBN |
0585132070 (electronic book) |
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9780585132075 (electronic book) |
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0874805104 (alkaline paper) |
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9780874805109 (alkaline paper) |
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