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Definition of American language
1. Noun. The English language as used in the United States.
Generic synonyms: English, English Language
Specialized synonyms: Aave, African American English, African American Vernacular English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonics
Derivative terms: American
Lexicographical Neighbors of American Language
Literary usage of American language
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1919)
"THE american language. A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in
the United States. By HL Mencken, New York. ..."
2. Language and the Study of Language: Twelve Lectures on the Principles of by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Probable unity of american language ; its polysynthetic structure ; what if meant
by this ; traces of it elsewhere ; other evidences of relationship. 18. ..."
3. Tom Sawyer Abroad Tom Sawyer Detective: And Other Stories by Mark Twain (2001)
"... CONCERNING THE american language* THERE was an Englishman in our compartment,
and he complimented me on — on what? But you would never guess. ..."
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