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1 online resource (376 pages) |
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The word ain't is used by speakers of all dialects and sociolects of English. Nonetheless, language critics view ain't as marking speakers as ""lazy"" or ""stupid""; and the educated assume ain't is on its deathbed, used only in clichés. Everyone has an opinion about ain't. Even the grammar-checker in Microsoft Word flags every ain't with a red underscore. But why? Over the past 100 years, only a few articles and sections of books have reviewed the history of ain't or discussed it in dialect cont ... |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Table of contents; acknowledgments; introduction; i; chapter one; chapter two; chapter three; ii; chapter four; chapter five; chapter six; chapter seven; iii; chapter eight; chapter nine; chapter ten; iv; chapter eleven; chapter twelve; chapter thirteen; contributors; index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- Etymology.
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English language -- Etymology. |
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English language -- Negatives.
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English language -- Negatives. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Donaher, Patricia.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Katz, Seth. Ain'thology : The History and Life of a Taboo Word. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2015 9781443874502 |
| ISBN |
9781443878722 (electronic book) |
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1443878723 (electronic book) |
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9781443874502 |
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