Rosemarie Ostler

Rosemarie Ostler's books

Founding Grammars: How Early America's War over Words Shaped Today's Language

3.70 avg rating — 117 ratings

The United States of English: The American Language from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century

3.58 avg rating — 43 ratings

Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers: A Decade-by-Decade Guide to the Vanishing Vocabulary of the Twentieth Century

3.44 avg rating — 43 ratings

Slinging Mud: Rude Nicknames, Scurrilous Slogans, and Insulting Slang from Two Centuries of American Politics

3.68 avg rating — 25 ratings

Let's Talk Turkey: The Stories Behind America's Favorite Expressions

3.52 avg rating — 21 ratings

Splendiferous Speech: How Early Americans Pioneered Their Own Brand of English

3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings

Theoretical Syntax 1980-1990: An Annotated and Classified Bibliography

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Vanished Vocabulary Obsolete Words from the Twenieth Century by OSTLER (2005-04-01)

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The United States of English: The American Language from Colonial Times to the Twenty-first Century - Library Edition

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