- Gebundene Ausgabe: 320 Seiten
- Verlag: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd (4. Juli 1994)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0436201402
- ISBN-13: 978-0436201400
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,4 x 16 x 4,4 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.4 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (25 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 119.644 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Bill Bryson's "Informal History of the English Language in the United States" is, in a word, fascinating. After reading this tour de force, it's clear that a nation's language speaks volumes about its true character: you are what you speak. Bryson traces America's history through the language of the time, then goes on to discuss words culled from everyday activities: immigration, eating, shopping, advertising, going to the movies, and others.
Made in America will supply you with interesting facts and cocktail chatter for a year or more. Did you know, for example, that Teddy Roosevelt's "speak softly and carry a big stick" credo has its roots in a West African proverb? Or that actor Walter Matthau's given name is Walter Mattaschanskayasky? Or that the supposedly frigid Puritans--who called themselves "Saints," by the way--had something called a pre-contract, which was a license for premarital sex? Made in America is an excellent discussion of American English, but what makes the book such a treasure is that it offers much, much more. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch .
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Readers from Toad Suck, Arkansas, to Idiotsville, Oregon--and everywhere in between--will love Made in America, Bill Bryson's Informal History of the English Language in the United States. It is, in a word, fascinating. After reading this tour de force, it's clear that a nation's language speaks volumes about its true character: you are what you speak. Bryson traces America's history through the language of the time, then goes on to discuss words culled from everyday activities: immigration, eating, shopping, advertising, going to the movies, and others.
Made in America will supply you with interesting facts and cocktail chatter for a year or more. Did you know, for example, that Teddy Roosevelt's "speak softly and carry a big stick" credo has its roots in a West African proverb? Or that actor Walter Matthau's given name is Walter Mattaschanskayasky? Or that the supposedly frigid Puritans--who called themselves "Saints," by the way--had something called a pre-contract, which was a license for premarital sex? Made in America is an excellent discussion of American English, but what makes the book such a treasure is that it offers much, much more. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch .
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The image of the spiritual founding of America that generations of Americans have grown up with was created, oddly enough, by a poet of limited talents (to put it in the most magnanimous possible way) who lived two centuries after the event in a country three thousand miles away. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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The image of the spiritual founding of America that generations of Americans have grown up with was created, oddly enough, by a poet of limited talents (to put it in the most magnanimous possible way) who lived two centuries after the event in a country three thousand miles away. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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This book leaves me a bit puzzled as to how characterize it best. It's full of some of the liveliest and most engaging writing about the development of the American tongue, and at the same time it's just riddled with errors of etymology and history. Bryston relies on some of the classic references - Mencken, Flexner et al- to the extent that he has never checked any of the newer references. Hence he still repeats the etymology of "OK" as the mid-19th century "Oll Korrect", despite the more recent scholarship that points to a great number of cognates in West African languages as the more likely source.
His historical treatments are similarly spotty. He notes at least one Native American document that appears to have influenced the language of the Constitution, but is blissfully unaware of the numerous state constitutions and articles of confederation and other historical documents from which ideas and language were lifted. His reading of the first and second amendments are laughingly ahistorical.
In discussing the songs associated with wars, he remarks that unlike the Civil War and WWI, WWII had no memorable songs! He also states that "bought the farm" is a phrase from the Vietnam War, something that would surprise anyone who's ever seen a film about the RAF in WWII. (I believe the phrase is actually a bit older than that). And he thinks "pilot" came from early aviation, when it's a very old nautical term.
The creative etymology he gives for "hacker" along with his 1975 citation is an amatuerish guess; the actual etymology is very well documented in the popular book "Hackers" by Stephen Levy- it first attained popularity as a reference to a technical accomplishment in the MIT Model Railroad Club long before 1975.
These criticisms just scratch the surface; as I read the book, I filled page after page with similar errors. And yet, for all these errors, it's still an engaging and enjoyable book. Read it and enjoy it- but be extremely cautious about citing it. If you want an interesting and accurate book, read instead "English: Its Life and Times" by Robert Claiborn, a lively and yet scholarly history of the language,, from origins to modern useage.
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I love language and all its peculiarities and variations. Scholarly works like David Crystal's Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language are great reference books. So is this, in a very different way. Not only is it a good "people's history" of some aspects of US history, it is one of those books you reach for when your 'favourite' language pedant starts waxing on about how terrible it is that noone speaks's proper any more, or "the kids of today..." As an Australian, and therefore being trilingual (British, American and Australian English) I love to be able to stop some fool in their tracks with the information that some 'vulgar Americanisms' are actually much older forms of English that were transported and survived, at the same time as English mutated in its homeland. The Grammar Pedants won't have it that English is a living language, that usage, spelling and grammar 'rules' change ... this book shows how it does and also demonstrates how some of the most common words we use to deal with life in our age were once US-invented neologisms or even slang. All this (and more) delivered in Bryson's wry and ironic (read witty) tone.
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Ja, der Bill der kann's. Ein humor- und anspruchsvoll geschriebenes Buch über Amerikanismen (und solche, die erstaunlicherweise gar keine sind)und ihre Entstehung im Lauf der letzten Jahrhunderte. Obwohl eine enorme Bandbreite an Informationen abgedeckt wird (Was für eine Recherche und Gedächtnisorganisation!)an keiner Stelle langweilig zu lesen. Allerdings im ersten Drittel sehr "wortgewählt", da musste schon ab und zu das Wörterbuch dazu; danach wird es deutlich lockerer und für den Nicht-Muttersprachler einfacher zu lesen. Empfehlenswert für jeden, der schon immer mal wissen wollte, was unsere Brüder und Schwestern auf der anderen Seite des "Teichs" so bewegt hat.
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Wie schnell ging das denn bitte? Perfekter Ablauf, daher alle 5 Daumen hoch! Auch von einem Ami, der dieses Buch jetzt gerade verschlingt... :-)
Vor 17 Monaten von DerSchotteRockt veröffentlicht
entertaining, educating and much more
wow, bill bryson really knows how it is. i am eruopean and read the book when i returned from america, where i lived for one year. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 9. Juli 2004 von "indravm"
Diamond with small mistakes
Thank you for the book. It is a sparkling diamond. But dear Bill, be careful with the German and Dutch words. I found a lot of mistakes. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. August 2003 von "drkrauseundpartner"
Bill Bryson hat auch eine andere Seite
Sonst ist man von Meister des Humors sicherlich leichtere Seiten gewohnt, aber dennoch behandelt er auch das Thema Amerika und seine Sprachgeschichte gekonnt lustig. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 4. März 2003 von Katharina König
Research made entertaining
Made In America is a delightful look at American history through language, or perhaps the American language through history. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 8. Juni 2000 von Kay Hudson
An English Language book for the rest of us!
I'm not a student of the English language, though the history of words does interest me, therefore I've tried to read William Safire's books but with little success. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 5. Juni 2000 von J. Liesenfelt
linguistics or history?
I found "Made in America" to be an enjoyable read. More of the book is taken up with historical contexts than etymologies, but very interesting and informative... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. März 2000 von "jeff_man"
Brilliant, funny, informative...
Brilliant, funny, informative...and extremely interesting. Read it for detailed research on the history of American English or just read it for fun. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 18. August 1999 veröffentlicht
US-amerikanische Besonderheiten
Der Autor Bill Bryson widmet sich in seinem Bestseller „Made in America" den Besonderheiten von Sprache und Lifestyle der US-Amerikaner. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 19. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
Entertaining, but not the whole story...
Bill Bryson is always entertaining, which is the main goal behind his writing. He is also somewhat of a rarity, being an American who understands irony in its many forms. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 16. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
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