How did Adam and Eve talk to each other? How were people able to speak different languages after the Tower of Babel was brought down? How many Greek words are in our English vocabulary? How many Latin, French, German, and Spanish? What were the influences on American English in various parts of our country, manifested in regional accents?
These and other similar questions will be answered in this book by tracing the roots of American English from Biblical times to the Norman Conquest, to the waves of immigrants who arrived on our shores and shared their language and social traditions. All these influences have converged to create a rich and heterogeneous American language and culture.
