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Download full textPedersen, E. Martin – Messana: Rassegna Di Studi Filologici Linguistici E Storici, 1992
American studies is a combination of fields such as literature, history, philosophy, politics, and economics. This publication examines how the different fields of study relate to American studies through folklore or folktales. The use of folktales can provide better illustrations and understandings of U.S. individuals' heritage and evolution.…
Descriptors: American Studies, Folk Culture, Higher Education, Tales
Pedersen, E. Martin – Messana: Rassegna di Studi Filologici Linguistici e Storici, 1993
American slang reflects diversity, imagination, self-confidence, and optimism of the American people. Its vitality is due in part to the guarantee of free speech and lack of a national academy of language or of any official attempt to purify American speech, in part to Americans' historic geographic mobility. Such "folksay" includes…
Descriptors: American Studies, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Folk Culture
