Word: americanism
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Bryce's "American Commonwealth" is having a good sale...
...subject which forms the topic of the lectures being given by Professor Lyon is one almost entirely new to students of the University. It was not until comparatively recently that American archaeologists made the first steps towards carrying out the projects of excavation and discovery in Babylonia and Assyria. In their first determined effort, however, they were signally successful, and the specimens of Babylonian books which they secured form the nucleus of a collection which it is to be hoped will increase from year to year as discoveries are made. It is upon this American collection together with the famous...
...first American expedition was formed and it succeeded in unearthing some of the rarest of all the specimens of tablet-writing, and of the half-human half-beast figures of which there were found many in the excavations. At present a body of American gentlemen, of which Prof. Peters of the University of Pennsylvania is the head, is engaged in discoveries in Babylonia...
...must always possess a peculiar interest to those interested in the development of spoken language. English, as spoken in America is not characterized by the strongly marked dialects which are observed in the speech of the people in the different parts of England, and yet, in the speech of Americans there exist differences, oftentimes as slight as the mere variation in the pronunciation of some words, which indicate the existence in a more or less advanced stage, of some development of distinct dialects in the spoken language of our country. The dialect stories which have been published in the magazines...
...this meeting a permanent organization was effected and a constitution adopted. By this constitution the society will be known as the "American Dialcct Society." The officers will consist of a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and editing committee of three, of whom the secretary shall be one; these officers together with three other members of the society shall constitute an executive committee, which shall control all expenditures; this committee shall also have authority to appoint secretaries for different parts of the country, who shall supervise the work of their districts, and shall constitute an Advisory Board. An annual meeting will...