| 单词 | American language |
| 例句 | Charles Parker did not know much about the American language—but he understood the American dollar very well, and he had used his money and influence to admit his cousin to the asylum without delay. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Most linguists specializing in Native American languages do not discern large, clear-cut groupings other than Eskimo-Aleut and Na-Dene. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But the difficulties that linguists have in agreeing on groupings of Native American languages reflect the difficulties that complex Native American societies themselves faced in expanding within the New World. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Just to be back with people who spoke the good old American language and understood the principle of a flush toilet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z These language replacements in East Asia remind us of the spread of European languages, especially English and Spanish, into the New World, formerly home to a thousand or more Native American languages. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A controversial minority view is that of the linguist Joseph Greenberg, who groups all Native American languages other than Eskimo-Aleut and Na-Dene languages into a single large family, termed Amerind, with about a dozen subfamilies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A report warned earlier this year that all of the state’s 20 Native American languages might cease to exist by the end of this century, if the state did not act. The loss of Native American languages affects our understanding of the natural world 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z It seems that more and more British words are entering the American language. Britishisms in American English? Brilliant 2012-09-28T11:55:12Z “One of the biggest exports of American culture,” said Renée Blake, a linguistics professor at New York University, “is African American language.” The strange journey of ‘cancel,’ from a Black-culture punchline to a White-grievance watchword 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z The title, a word from an indigenous South American language, refers to a look — the moment just before desire is fulfilled, or not. Review: São Paulo Dance Company Makes a Tepid U.S. Debut 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z I consider I'm not a writer of the American West but a writer of the American language, in all its orchestration and reach. Q&A: Author Ivan Doig on 'The Bartender's Tale' and a writer's life 2012-09-17T22:36:12Z Mr. Sylvan “made our American language a thing of beauty every time he sang it,” Mr. Adams wrote in tribute to Mr. Sylvan at the time. Review: A Baritone Ends His Residency With a Poetic Homage 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Nobody does music and landscape and vernacular chitchat spoken in the American language better than them. The Carpetbagger: My Oscar Picks: Sarah Vowell 2012-02-23T20:24:02Z Though Glass married a Native American woman and speaks two Native American languages, relations between white newcomers and the indigenous people of the area remain undefined and merely symbolized. The Suffocating Solemnity of “The Revenant” 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z A singer performing “The Wound-Dresser” must be able to convey the cadences and rhythms of the American language, no less so in Whitman’s elegantly poetic words. Review: A Baritone Ends His Residency With a Poetic Homage 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z A little more than halfway through the Oscar-winning Leonardo DiCaprio movie The Revenant, a voice recites a poem in a Native American language. Woman whose voice was used in The Revenant got no screen credit or money 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z We are native American and in Mexico these native American languages are still spoken by millions. Lila Downs a singer without borders 2012-03-01T18:21:00Z But it was communicating the words that came first; after his death, Mr. Adams tellingly paid tribute to the way Sandy “made our American language a thing of beauty whenever he sang it.” A Singer for Whom Words Always Came First 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z A taxidermied parrot in a hanging birdhouse seems to recite American language lessons. Kemang Wa Lehulere Constructs a History From South Africa’s Shadows 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z And now, home to a dream born of his Irish ardor for the American language and the written word. A museum honoring American writers opens in Chicago. But where are the books? 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z American policies, particularly in the six decades between the 1870s and 1930s, suppressed Native American languages and culture. The loss of Native American languages affects our understanding of the natural world 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z By the 1800s the term had became a permanent fixture in American language. No, white people, you still can’t say the N-word: That word belongs to black people and our culture now — not yours 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z McLean Center for Indigenous and Canadian Art, which they program, they have rendered wall texts for all the works first in the language of the Anishinaabe, one of the oldest North American languages. A Canadian Museum Promotes Indigenous Art. But Don’t Call It ‘Indian.’ 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Noah Webster is best remembered for the words he put in people’s mouths: He published the American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828, codifying an American language that was distinct from England’s. In the footsteps of Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Noah Webster 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z How did the American language change, with all this going on? 2015 in language: “We can get up in each other’s faces so easily” 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z “There is a fashion in American language culture right now to be playful in a way that is often childlike,” Mr. McWhorter said. Where Have All the Vowels Gone? 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z The incredible danger of our polarization lies, I think, in a fact that has become unavoidably clear in recent months: the old common American language has all but evaporated, perhaps permanently. Obama and the Collapse of Our Common American Language 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z Cosby is plainly nuts about the American language, and the novel absolutely sings with it. Review | S.A. Cosby’s new crime novel is provocative, violent — beautiful and moving, too 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z “What I am doing is creating a language. A different American language.” A tribute to artists we lost in 2018, in their own words 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z But placing Native American languages into public schools both affirms the validity of Indigenous cultural knowledge and also asserts the contemporary existence of Native people at the same time. Indigenous languages make inroads into public schools 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Still, only two dual language programs are offered in Native American languages — both in Diné, the language of the Navajo people. Most Hispanic US state weighs benefits of language programs 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z It added 24 of them this week, including Quechua and other Indigenous South American languages such as Guarani and Aymara. Google gets more multilingual, but will it get the nuance? 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z His play about Russian immigrants, which he titled The Melting Pot, became hugely popular, and the term melting pot became part of American language. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A class on the Native American language was introduced over a decade ago, but today, it is offered as a full-credit course. The Indigenous Serrano language was all but gone. This man is resurrecting it 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Census Bureau study released in 2011 found fewer than a half-million people age 5 and over spoke a Native American language at home. Hopi at crossroads of maintaining language for elected posts 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z "The word 'Minnesota' is literally from a Native American language," wrote reporter Tom Weber. Rick Santorum bizarrely claims there was “nothing” in America until white Christians arrived 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z "But what would happen, for instance, if someone made a film set in the US and it was mainly in Native American languages? Would that count at the Globes as a foreign film?" Minari: Oscar favourite sees Korean family chase the American Dream 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Electors of diverse backgrounds greeted the public briefly in English, Spanish and a Native American language. New Mexico electors cast 5 votes for Joe Biden 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Today, small markers identify plant life in the park in English and in several Native American languages. See the city on foot with these 3 walks through Seattle’s Stay Healthy Streets 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Linguists and other experts on Native American languages describe “squaw” as a disparaging word for “woman” or “wife.” Squaw Valley ski resort to drop 'squaw' from name 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z It is the spelling in Salish, the local Native American language, for Spokane, which is pronounced Spo-ka-NEE, according to Evans. Why One Team Named the Indians Won’t Be Changing Its Name 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z “On top of that, the word for sweet potato in Polynesian languages appears to be related to the word used in Indigenous American languages in the Andes.” Evidence uncovered Native Americans reached Polynesia 800 years before European explorers 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Moreover, Polynesian words for the sweet potato are similar to those in indigenous American languages in the Andes. Indigenous Americans had contact with Polynesians 800 years ago, DNA reveals 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z He introduced American words, some of them derived from Native American languages: skunk, squash, wigwam, hickory, opossum, lengthy, and presidential, Congress, and caucus, which were not relevant in England’s monarchy.” Incumbency advantages grow in era of weak parties 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Households that primarily speak Native American languages pose special challenges for census takers, demographic experts say. New Mexico triples spending on census participation 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z One of the jerseys hangs at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., and is said to be the first example of Native American language on a professional baseball uniform. Why One Team Named the Indians Won’t Be Changing Its Name 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Census-takers will confront special challenges in surveying remote desert communities with gaps in communications infrastructure and households that primarily speak Spanish and Native American languages. New Mexico Senate wants more money to promote 2020 Census 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z According to the Public Education Department, six of New Mexico’s 89 school districts offer bilingual multicultural education programs in a Native American language - either Keres, Navajo or Tewa. Finding new ways to engage with language in New Mexico 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z Remote desert communities, gaps in communications infrastructure and households that primarily speak Spanish and Native American languages pose special challenges for census takers, demographic experts say. New Mexico aims to foster trust in census to protect funding 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The South Dakota Education Equity Coalition has presented an idea to the State-Tribal Relations Committee, calling for legislation allowing Native Americans to create charter schools based in a Native American language. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Outreach efforts to boost participation include promotional recordings in Native American languages, and outreach to military veterans and oilfield workers who live in temporary “man camps.” State, nonprofits brainstorm overcoming 2020 Census hurdles 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z In her final year, she received a summons from Boas, who enlisted her in a lifelong project of his, recording Native American languages. How Cultural Anthropologists Redefined Humanity 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Native American language programs require approval from tribal councils or from other appropriate tribal entities. Finding new ways to engage with language in New Mexico 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z Is this American language import the sign of a growing trend? Why politicians are getting SCHOOLED and DESTROYED 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z “It’s not just about the money; it’s about being valued,” said Lyons, an African American language arts teacher in the Detroit public school system. How student debt hinders teacher diversity 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Our Ways focuses on Native American language, cultural values, history and sovereignty. Indian Community School connects students with culture 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z “He incorporates different tonalities and voices within a single story, employing this archaic, almost biblical American language.” 'I'm not a gay writer, I'm a monster': did James Purdy foresee Trump's America? 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z “It is the most notorious racial-ethnic-group slur in the American language, and that is saying something because the American language is filled with slurs,” said Harvard Law professor Randall L. Kennedy. ‘A word that has blood dripping off it’: How a white lawmaker’s slur reverberated in Maryland 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z A district court judge says the state is failing to provide an adequate education to students from low-income and minority communities, especially children who speak Spanish or Native American languages at home. The Latest: House embraces multicultural education bills 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Both drew inspiration for their work from their study of North American languages such as Nootka, Shawnee and Hopi. Behemoth, bully, thief: how the English language is taking over the planet 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Imagine, also, the anguish, desperation and confusion of a parent who may not be fluent in English or Spanish because he or she grew up conversing primarily in an indigenous native American language. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Youth-care workers were told to discourage children from speaking their indigenous Central American languages, he said, before the policy was reversed. Separated immigrant children are all over the U.S. now, far from parents who don’t know where they are 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z He became interested in Lakota after taking a Native American languages course in the spring. Institute aims to create a new generation of Lakota speakers 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z At 150 or so Indian schools around the country, officials made Native American children cut their hair and outlawed all Native American languages. AP Explains: US has split up families throughout its history 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z At 150 or so Indian schools around the country, officials made Native American children cut their hair and outlawed all Native American languages. AP Explains: US has split up families throughout its history 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z But he refused - the older generation feared their children wouldn’t be successful if they spoke a Native American language, she said. University groups keeping indigenous languages alive 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z But he refused — the older generation feared their children wouldn’t be successful if they spoke a Native American language, she said. Making history by saving it: UW groups keep indigenous languages alive 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z There are also a number of Native American languages, German and several languages from India. Census data shows more Minnesota residents are multilingual 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Kiowa, like many North American languages, is “extremely endangered,” says McKenzie, who estimates there are about 60 fluent speakers left. Kansas linguistics professor wins grant to preserve language 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Detainees are given medical care, information is provided in English, Spanish and even Quiché, an indigenous Central American language spoken by some of the new arrivals. DHS audit clears facilities that detain illegal immigrant families 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Here’s an illustration of how our historical amnesia began: Think of all the places you’ve been to that are names taken from Native American languages. American history: Fake news that never goes away — and empowered the Trumpian insurrection 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z Not since HL Mencken has thinking about “the American language” – its diversity, its emancipatory potential – garnered nationwide attention, and he died over six decades ago. Donald Trump is changing our language. We need a vocabulary of resistance | Michelle Moyd and Yuliya Komska 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z In this formulation, Mencken was articulating a vision of American language and society as progressive, innovative and ceaselessly modern. The 100 best nonfiction books: No 49 – The American Language by HL Mencken 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Lankford’s own office is decorated with the word “happiness,” inscribed in limestone blocks in a dozen different languages, including Arabic, French and a regional Native American language. Bloomington elementary students learn to carve limestone 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z The roll call vote for Clinton's nomination included comments in Spanish and Native American languages. A Tale of Two Countries 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z During the war, Native American languages were used to send messages that were never deciphered by the enemy. 91-year-old Mohawk Indian receives Congressional medal 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z “It’s very American language — ‘You’re as young as you feel, and I feel like I’m 22 years old.’ We’re lucky if we get to be old, physician and professor believes 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z Yellow Bird’s voice is used in the movie and the Native American languages being spoken mainly are his product. North Dakota man was technical adviser for ‘The Revenant’ 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z When he speaks, it is often in a Native American language, either to his son or to a helpful Pawnee Indian whom he meets on the trail. Leonardo DiCaprio's 'The Revenant' is a brutal test for awards voters 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The Lakota language, like other Native American languages, is part of the history and culture of this country and its people. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Jorah’s mother told her daughter in a Native American language to run according to the Associated Press. Native American family attacked in deadly shooting on Montana highway 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Baldwin earned a linguistics degree, specializing in Native American languages, from the University of Montana. Can Dying Languages Be Saved? 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Only a few bureau schools fully immerse students in a Native American language or culture. What to know about federally run Indian schools 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z According to the US Census Bureau, more people speak Navajo than any other single Native American language. Navajo tribe disqualifies presidential candidate over language fluency 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Code talkers used Native American languages to deliver important military information. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z This is not, in the end, just an American language. Declaring equality and living equality are two different things She also introduced legislation to help preserve Native American languages and culture. Obama's about to make history 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z The change made it easier for public schools to offer Yurok and other Native American languages. In California, Saving a Language That Predates Spanish and English 2014-04-12T17:55:54Z Klallam belongs to the Salish family of Native American languages, spoken in the Pacific Northwest and southwestern Canada. Last native speaker of Klallam language dies in Washington state 2014-02-07T02:28:08Z It included copious material on about 200 Native American languages, many of them endangered, and a considerable number, like Miami, with no remaining native speakers. Smithsonian archives preserve lost and dying languages 2014-01-20T21:03:43Z They will be satisfied by the beautiful, funny variety of American language, without ever thinking about it. You Say Soda, I Say Pop 2013-11-06T23:05:20Z Ms. Erdrich accepted the award in part in her Native American language. Louise Erdrich’s Novel ‘The Round House’ Wins National Book Award 2012-11-15T04:35:36Z After the next few days, the name Sandy will survive in the lexicon of the American language as one of the worst storms on record that battered the Eastern United States. 10 Stocks To Benefit from Hurricane Sandy 2012-10-29T13:12:45Z We are not seeing a radical change to the American language, says Jesse Sheidlower, American editor at large of the Oxford English Dictionary - rather a "very small, but noticeable" trend. The Britishisation of American English 2012-09-26T23:50:23Z In addition to requiring language instruction for many graduate students, Northwestern enrolls them in a monthlong summer immersion program in American language and culture. College Helps Foreign Students Get Through to American Ears 2012-08-29T02:48:01Z But many linguists who specialize in American languages derided Dr. Greenberg’s proposal, saying they saw no evidence for any single ancestral language like Amerind. Earliest Americans Arrived in 3 Waves, Not 1, DNA Study Finds 2012-07-11T17:14:21Z Vepsian belongs to the Finnic group of the Uralic languages, and Quechua is a native South American language.The rap tactic was in use in India. 7 questions on less-spoken languages 2012-05-30T12:40:13Z What would an educated foreigner—Kossuth, for instance, who learned English by the study of Shakspeare—make of the following specimens of colloquial American language? The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z The Census found that fewer than a half-million people age 5 and over speak a Native American language at home. Census finds fewer than half-million Native American language speakers; majority in Navajo 2011-12-14T18:44:39Z “Language is driven from the ground up,” says Don Thornton, a software developer in Las Vegas who specializes in making video games and mobile apps in Native American languages. Ventures: Everyone Speaks Text Message 2011-12-09T16:57:19Z I must say that your ladyship seems to have considerable difficulty in picking up the American language. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z As a necessary result of this conception of the sentence the American languages possess no true verb, each act being expressed as a whole by a single word. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z The time seems ripe, therefore, to bring the general principles of his philosophy to the knowledge of American scholars, especially as applied by himself to the analysis of American languages. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z Thus it was taken into the Choctaw Native American language, whose expression "okeh" meant something like "it is so". How the word 'OK' conquered the world 2011-02-18T10:49:51Z I allude to the evidence collected in Appendix A, in the form of a “Comparison of the most Common Terms in the African, Asiatic, European and American languages.” Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z They compiled dictionaries of the Indian languages, which are now the only remains of some of these native American languages, important contributions to philology. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Some of his other works feature text in Native American languages, the ones and zeros of binary code and, at the Internal Revenue Service central computing facility in West Virginia, social security numbers. Monumentally Mystifying: Power of Secrets Inspires Public Art 2010-12-07T01:01:00Z The American languages occupied Humboldt’s attention earnestly and for many years. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z Still, analysts say the optimistic American language also masks U.S. frustration. U.S., China Hail Outcome of Summit 2010-05-25T17:09:00Z Not that I'm overwhelmingly in love with the English, but they speak our American language, or at least variations of it. The Guns of Europe She was a lovely woman, as I soon learnt; lovely not only in outward appearance, but in that moral and intellectual sense which the American language connects with the word. Fragments of an Autobiography I stood appalled at the depth and richness of the American language, of which I was privileged to hear a special dialect. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel I have selected the American languages as the special subject of my investigations. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z There is being prepared in the office a bibliography of North American languages. First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1879-1880, Government Printing Office 1881 These and many minor ethnologic facts have already been obtained by the study of American languages. American Languages, and Why We Should Study Them A comparison between the Chinese and American languages in general proves, moreover, that they differ not only in sound, but in form and in grade of development, the Chinese being the lower in the scale. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations "We demand the right to bring the American language to every American, to qualify each inhabitant of these United States for self-determination, self-uplift, and self-defense." Conservation Through Engineering Extract from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior In the completion of this vast scheme, he continued to attach the utmost importance to the American languages. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z This general maxim is ten-fold true when we apply it to a European learning an American language. The Books of Chilan Balam, the Prophetic and Historic Records of the Mayas of Yucatan There is no reason why it should not be addressed to American languages, and we may be sure that it would be most fruitful. American Languages, and Why We Should Study Them Whitney, an American scholar, concludes that "No other dialect of the Old World so much resembles the American languages in structure as the Basque." The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West Traits of Primitive Speech, illustrated from American languages. A Record of Study in Aboriginal American Languages “It is certainly unjust,” he writes, “to call the American languages rude or savage, although their structure is widely different from those perfectly formed.” The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z The demonstrative and possessive personal pronouns are alike in form, and, as in other American languages, are intimately incorporated with the words with which they are construed. The Arawack Language of Guiana in its Linguistic and Ethnological Relations This method of coining words is, however, by no means universal in American languages. American Languages, and Why We Should Study Them No wonder foreigners have a hard time with the American language. The So-called Human Race They came to this country thirty or forty years ago; they settled in the country; they had no opportunity to get acquainted and to learn the American language. A Stake in the Land To these he attributed great importance in the development of language, and especially of American languages. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z “In general,” remarks Prof. Von Martius, “this language betrays the poverty and cumbrousness of other South American languages; yet in many expressions a glimpse is caught of a far reaching, ideal background.” The Arawack Language of Guiana in its Linguistic and Ethnological Relations As a set-off, the American languages avoid confusions of expression which prevail in European tongues. American Languages, and Why We Should Study Them The American languages have as much, or more affinities with the Sanscrit, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Persian, Berber, Turkish, &c., languages, than with the old and modern Hebrew and Arabic. The Ancient Monuments of North and South America, 2nd ed. "I was born here and I speak the American language." A Stake in the Land Nor is this referable to the contrast between an Aryan and an American language. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z Another matter on which historians disagree is the origin of the expression "O.K.," which made its appearance in the American language in the 1830s. Shaman Indeed, Dr. Augustin de la Rosa, of the University of Guadalajara, who is now the only living professor of any American language, says the Mexican is peculiarly adapted to render these metaphysical subtleties. American Languages, and Why We Should Study Them But we require a far longer period than any thus denoted, to account for those changes and subdivisions which have been found in the American languages. Incentives to the Study of the Ancient Period of American History An address, delivered before the New York Historical Society, at its forty-second anniversary, 17th November 1846 We have members in the congregation who are able to understand it, or at least able to do their business in the American language. A Stake in the Land In many American languages the hypothetical supposition expressed in the Latin subjunctive is indicated by the same circumlocution. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z I shall learn all the American languages before I go back to Italy. The Hunter Cats of Connorloa I have been astonished that some writers should bring up the primary meaning of a word in an American language in order to infer the coarseness of its secondary meaning. American Languages, and Why We Should Study Them Nor have we found, so far as I am aware, a single word in the American languages, which exists in the Hindostanee. Incentives to the Study of the Ancient Period of American History An address, delivered before the New York Historical Society, at its forty-second anniversary, 17th November 1846 What strikes one most forcibly at first is the vast number of American languages. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest Again, the infinitive, in its classical sense, is unknown in most, probably in all, American languages. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z I do not know the American language, and therefore I do not claim to distinguish between the American language and the American slang. What I Saw in America Such is the general character of American languages, and such are the reasons why they should be preserved and studied. American Languages, and Why We Should Study Them In this feature, often given as characteristic of American languages, is a variation the greatest possible between two languages closely related. The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages It was bad taste, she averred, and she desired to cultivate the beautiful American language. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter A few American languages may have reached this stage. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z One of our pensionnaires objected very much to the American language. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 In stereotyped phrases, in ready-made sentences, in the small change of meaningless words, the American language is peculiarly rich. American Sketches 1908 Some of the features often assigned as peculiarities of American languages were according to Bopp and Schleicher features of the I. E. languages in their earlier stages. The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages There are many distinct groups of American languages. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. September 26, 27 and 28 1923 The deficiency in true conjunctions and relative pronouns is met in many American languages by a reversal of the plan of expression with us. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z She tried it as Zend, she tried it as Sanskrit, and Japanese, and the American language, and finally she tried it as Irish. He And while the American language is collecting those dried and shrivelled specimens of verbiage, it does not disdain the many-coloured flowers of lively speech. American Sketches 1908 Of most other features said to characterize American languages I find in Dak. but faint traces. The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages Is not grammar rather, or at least quite as much, the art of speaking and writing the American language correctly, and shall he sit calmly by and witness this gross outrage upon his dearest rights? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 Here he brings into view the dual and plural endings of a list of American languages, and explains the motives on which they base the inclusive and exclusive plurals so common among them. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z This general maxim is tenfold true when we apply it to a European learning an American language. The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 301-398 The word, though common on our side of the Atlantic now, was at that time peculiar to the American language. Gossamer 1915 It fully agrees with other American languages in its wonderful facility for forming derivatives. The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages Whitney and Waitz thought that all American languages proceeded from a single original one. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals One of the most common forms of sentences in American languages is to bring together an adjective and a substantive, the substantive verb being omitted. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z But there is, in New York City, at least the beginning of one American language—the language of the street. Confessions of a Book-Lover My dear Rosie, I am not talking slang, but the pure American language; and I think you are more considerate about other people’s brothers than you are of your own. Janet's Love and Service As a matter of fact we know scarcely anything concerning the structure of American languages aside from the Algonquin and Iroquois groups, and a very few isolated languages. The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages Mr. J. C. Pilling continued his bibliographic studies during the year, with the intention of completing for the press his bibliography of North American languages. Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 Probably it is from the same source that in some American languages every adjective is so considered that it includes not the idea alone, but the expression, “it is thus, and thus constituted.” The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z Compared with many American languages, the Maya is simple in construction. The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 After the employees of a store came to be numbered by scores and the employees of a factory by hundreds, the word "apprentice" became obsolete in the American language. A History of American Christianity In investigating the relations of the Dakotan to other American languages we are therefore compelled to base our conclusions chiefly on vocabulary. The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages It was just gorgeous, Mrs. Van, and if there was a more gorgeous word than that in the American language I'd use it," replied Zaidie, with another hug, "Why didn't you come? A Honeymoon in Space The formation of certain tenses by means of auxiliaries is also frequent in American languages. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z For it forms one of the rare examples of American languages possessing vitality enough not only to maintain its own ground, but actually to force itself on European settlers and supplant their native speech. The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 These same tropes recur in American languages in the same connection. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America I once resided a year among the Chippewas, and in various ways have had much better opportunities of comparing the Dakota with the Chippewa than with any other American language. The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages "The English speak a dialect somewhat resembling the American language, Jimmie," I said, soothingly. At Home with the Jardines The noun must always be united to a possessive pronoun, a trait common to all the Orinoco tongues and many other American languages. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z In many American languages, we are told, the same word is used for storm and for god; so, too, with certain tribes in Central Africa. Nature Mysticism But in American languages, the diversity of dialects is even more remarkable than the identity and constancy of roots. The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages "What shall I say in the plain American language?" Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang All theories based upon the supposed poverty of American languages must be abandoned. Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 It is very common in American languages to find the noun and the verb using the same pronouns, with the former to indicate possession, with the latter the subject. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z Or an American language supplies one kind of plural suffix for blood-relations, another for the rest of human beings. Anthropology First, it is found necessary to enlarge the alphabet so as to include a greater number of sounds, which have been discovered in the North American languages, and to mark other letters with greater precision. Catalogue Of Linguistic Manuscripts In The Library Of The Bureau Of Ethnology. (1881 N 01 / 1879-1880 (Pages 553-578)) Mr. James Carew, who played Edward Early, was conspicuous as the sole male representative of the American language in this American play. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 25th, 1920 A few other South American languages are almost equally destitute of numeral words. The Number Concept Its Origin and Development No American language is free from these drawbacks to perfection of form in the conjugations. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z For instance, in some American languages, things are either animate or inanimate, and must be distinguished accordingly by accompanying particles. Anthropology "I don't know why we should leave all the good words to Shakespeare," I said, "but I was under a great many hallucinations about the American language in England, and I daresay I did." A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') Be careful, Oh, be careful as you can, and then, in your American language, a lot more. The Forest of Swords A Story of Paris and the Marne That the American languages in general, are rich in words and in grammatical forms, and that in their complicated construction, the greatest order, method and regularity prevail. Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians If by augment we mean a vowel sound prefixed to the verb in certain tenses in addition to their usual signs, then the Mexican is the only American language which possesses one. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z Similarly, "I" has a collective form amongst some American languages, and this is ordinarily employed, whereas the corresponding selective form is used only in special cases. Anthropology An American newspaper printed in the German and American languages":— "At last the mask is removed from the hypocritical face of England. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 31, 1917 I've been in this port these four months, and I haven't heard the sound of the American language in all that time. Kernel Cob And Little Miss Sweetclover He told me he spoke the American language, having learned it among my countrymen at Nicolayevsk, but had never studied English. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life It may be advisable to explain that these Fables are written in the colloquial American language. People You Know "Me speak little honorable American language," she said. The Motor Maids in Fair Japan What a succession of groans, hurrahs, cheers, and all the onomatopoeia of which the American language is so full. The Moon-Voyage The process is also found in a number of aboriginal American languages. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech I dropped my bag into my section—if that’s what they call it in your atrocious American language—looked out and saw him coming along the platform. The House of a Thousand Candles Lessons for the British in the "American language" while you wait! My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form "I make studying of American language one time," she said. The Motor Maids in Fair Japan The train left the station of Baltimore upon the whistle of the engine-driver amidst the hurrahs and all the admiring interjections of the American language. The Moon-Voyage The American language: an inquiry into the development of English in the United States. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1975 January - June Besides, there is one striking peculiarity in the construction of American languages, which has no counterpart in the Hebrew. A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America For the paper was the Continental News, published in "the American language" for American visitors. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form On the other side of you sits the returned emigrant, chattering irrepressibly in his queer version of the 'American language', and showing you the newspapers which are mailed to him every fortnight from the States. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey A principle that prevails in the American languages, as far as my information extends, is, that the verb, with its nominative and objective cases, be inseparably connected. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers At the whistle of the driver, amid the hurrahs, and all the admiring vociferations of the American language, the train left the platform of Baltimore. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon He was delivering a little dissertation on "the English and American languages." Ponkapog Papers What Anderson employs here is a stylized version of the American language, sometimes rising to quite formal rhetorical patterns and sometimes sinking to a self-conscious mannerism. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life He regretted that he had never learned the American language. One Day's Courtship Alone of all the races of the old continent the Basques or Euskarians of northern Spain and southwestern France have a speech of that highly complex and polysynthetic character which distinguishes the American languages. The Iroquois Book of Rites In the morning, when the spy was brought to some one who could comprehend the American language, the whole Continental force had crossed the East River, and the empire over thirteen colonies had slipped away. The Virginians Nothing short of an imperative sense of duty could tempt me to set forth on that most perilous emprise, a discussion of the American language. America To-day, Observations and Reflections The American languages, from Hudson's Bay to the Straits of Magellan, are in general characterized by a total disparity of words combined with a great analogy in their structure. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 He does not even speak the American language, whatever outlandish accent he uses in speaking his own. Seven English Cities The general character in this respect has caused the term Polysynthetic to be applied to the American languages. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation Trix possesses one of the chief elements of perpetual human happiness—an appetite that never fails, a digestion that, in her own metaphorical American language, "never goes back on her." A Terrible Secret It was quite on the cards that a new American language might have developed from a fusion of all the diverse tongues of all the scattered races of the earth. America To-day, Observations and Reflections Doubtless they will be able to converse in the American language, and it will be so interesting to hear them talk! Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 38, December 17, 1870. "Well, if they are Americans, why don't they talk the American language then?" he demanded. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front That is what it is not to know your wonderful American language. The Moving Picture Boys at Panama Stirring Adventures Along the Great Canal The Chayma, like the Tamanac and most of the American languages, is entirely destitute of certain letters, as f, b, and d. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 The days I managed to get through by working hard and making observations on the American language. The Making of an American "All right," said the earnest student of the American language, "but in all other things the Boy Scouts are all right for my family." The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw The Swedes are crazy; they've hired all the lawyers in town, and are murdering more good American language than would fill Bering Strait. The Spoilers They are cast in the American language, and liberally enriched with unintelligibility. The Fiend's Delight It appears less astonishing, that men, who are well acquainted with only two languages extremely heterogeneous, the Castilian and the Biscayan, should have found in the latter a family resemblance to the American languages. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 But similar attempts to connect American languages with the outside world break down. The Dawn of Canadian History : A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada But they were so glad to have me have a good chance to learn the American language, that they would not quite forbid me. The Boy Scouts in Front of Warsaw The word "Say!" more almost than any word in the American language, is capable of a variety of shades of expression. Indiscretions of Archie I do not say "an" historical side, because I am speaking the American language. Mark Twain's Speeches The American languages, on the contrary, are like complicated machines, the wheels of which are exposed to view. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 When you say you will do a thing 'directly,' you mean 'immediately'; in the American language—generally speaking—the word signifies 'after a little.' Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories If the Senora couldn't keep hers, with Senor Felipe to help her, and he knows all about the law, and can speak the American language, what chance is there for us? Ramona If you want to know the origin of American institutions, American law, American thought, and American language, you must go to England; you must go farther still to France, Italy, Hellas, and the Orient. Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes No, Excellency; the gentlemen were talking earnestly—he believed, in the South American language—and had not spoken to him. A Ward of the Golden Gate This substitution was found easy: the Indians of the different tribes adopted it with docility, and thenceforward those American languages generalized became a ready medium of communication between the missionaries and the neophytes. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 If one asks 'How old is that man?' the Briton answers, 'He will be about forty'; in the American language we should say, 'He is about forty.' Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories American art, like the American language and American education, was as far as possible sexless. The Education of Henry Adams These men might well decide how the American language should be spoken in the great American theatre, and we should then have an authority in this country at last for the pronunciation of certain words. Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors He wrote before the great American language was born, and he wrote as well as any novelist of his time. Notes on Life and Letters This example from the Greenland language shows how the governed and the personal pronouns form one compound, in the American languages, with the root of the verb. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 |
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