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H.L. Mencken (1880–1956). The American Language. 1921.

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Chapin, Florence A.: Spanish Words That Have Become Westernisms, Editor, July 25, 1917.
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Griffis, William Elliot: The Dutch Influence in New England, Harper’s Magazine, vol. 1xxxviii, p. 213.
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Matthews, Brander: On the Naturalization of Foreign Words, Bookman, vol. iv, p. 433.
——: What is Pure English? (in Essays on English; New York, 1921).
Navarino, James: The Slavoníc Element in English, English, March, 1921, p. 468.
Pound, Louise: Domestication of a Suffix (-ski), Dialect Notes, vol. iv, p. 304.
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5. Pronunciation
 
Andrews, Eliza Frances: Common Sense in the Pronunciation of English, Chautauquan, vol. xxii, p. 595.
Anon.: Standard Pronunciation, Journal of Education, vol. x1iv, p. 48.
Bell, Alexander Graham: The “Nasal Twang,” Modern Language Notes, vol. v, p. 150.
Bridges, Robert: A Tract on the Present State of English Pronunciation; Oxford, 1913.
——: On English Homophones (in Tract No. II, Society for Pure English; Oxford, 1919).
Burch, G. J.: The Pronunciation of English by Foreigners; Oxford, 1911.
Crowley, Mary C.: Miss Anderson and Her “Moybid” Friend, Critic, vol. xiii, p. 233.
Dunstan, A. C.: Englische Phonetik; Berlin, 1912.