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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 6 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
ritish pronunciation follows is not easy to see; one hesitates now to urge afresh the old suggestion that in this word, as in schist, the determining influence is German. The pronunciation of either, neither, with the diphthong of eye, which is not recorded before the eighteenth century, has met with better reception in Americale of widely various opportunities, is the problem of American English. It is a serious problem. With Italian-American, Yiddish-American, Scandinavian-American, German-American yammering in our ears, it is not a time for academicians to regret that we write toward and not towards, or for teachers of oral English to endeavour to language-groups among Americans, although only German, French, and Yiddish may be said to show something like a special literature of their own.—the editors. I. German The memoirs, poems, and essays, the books of travel, fiction, and science that have been written in the German language in the United States, are of greater h