American language


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Noun1.American language - the English language as used in the United StatesAmerican language - the English language as used in the United States
English, English language - an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
AAVE, African American English, African American Vernacular English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular, Black Vernacular English, Ebonics - a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
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It is impossible to describe the effect produced by the last words of the honorable president-- the cries, the shouts, the succession of roars, hurrahs, and all the varied vociferations which the American language is capable of supplying.
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.
And when I heard you fellows gassing away in the good old American language, I'm if it wasn't all I could do to keep from hugging you!
"But what began as a cultural war of independence from Britain devolved into a battle among lexicographers, authors, scholars, and publishers, all vying for dictionary supremacy and shattering forever the dream of a unified American language," said a review in goodreads.com.
In accordance with the Department's commitment to engage in regular and meaningful consultation and collaboration with American Indian Tribes, the agency's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) and White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education (WHIAIANE) will conduct a Tribal consultation regarding the Native American Language Program (NAL@ED) on April 4 in Acme, Michigan.
Amman, June 6 (Petra) -- English classes and accompanying cultural activities previously provided at the American Language Center (ALC) will be offered by AMIDEAST Jordan as of mid-July, in partnership and with financial support from the U.S Embassy in Amman.
Abu-Zer also noted that the test is compatible with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and it benefitted from the American Language on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), pointing out that it is implemented with a high-level of accuracy and objectivity.
The activity will be led by History Center Interpretive Curator Emma Marston, who will teach about the history of this important American language. Marston welcomes special guest Maine West High School's ASL Club.
Journalist, literary critic, and author of classics like "The American Language."
A number of the books he wrote dur ing this time--his Happy Days, Newspaper Days, Heathen Days, and The American Language with its two thick Supplement volumes--are H.L.
besides English--but quite a few other languages are represented as well, from Tamil to Mi'kmaq, a Native American language spoken in Eastern Canada.

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