Cookies, coleslaw, and stoops : the influence of Dutch on the North American languages / / Nicoline van der Sijs [[electronic resource]]
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Sijs Nicoline van der
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| Titolo: |
Cookies, coleslaw, and stoops : the influence of Dutch on the North American languages / / Nicoline van der Sijs [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (320 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 422.403 |
| Soggetto topico: | English language - Foreign words and phrases - Dutch |
| English language - Dialects - United States | |
| Note generali: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021). |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [300]-308) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 1. The Dutch language in North America --2. Dutch words that have left their mark on American English: a thematic glossary --3. Dutch influence on North American Indian languages. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | From Santa Claus and his sleigh to a dumbhead talking poppycock, the contributions of the Dutch language to American English are indelibly embedded to some of our most vernacular terms and expressions. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Cookies, coleslaw, and stoops |
| ISBN: | 1-282-45385-8 |
| 9786612453854 | |
| 90-485-1042-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996208148503316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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