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    <subTitle>an inquiry into the development of English in the United States</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Mencken, H. L.  (Henry Louis)</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1880-1956</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>McDavid, Raven Ioor</namePart>
    <namePart type="termsOfAddress">Jr</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1911-1984</namePart>
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    <publisher>Alfred A. Knopf</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1977</dateIssued>
    <copyrightDate encoding="marc">1963</copyrightDate>
    <edition>1-vol. abridged ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xxv, 777, cxxiv pages ; 24 cm.</extent>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">by H. L. Mencken ; the fourth edition and the two supplements, abridged, with annotations and new material, by Raven I. McDavid, Jr., with the assistance of David W. Maurer.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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    <geographic>Estados Unidos</geographic>
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