美利坚民族主义知识分子与美国英语*
The American Nationalist and American English
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摘要: 主要论述了美利坚民族主义知识分子对美国英语发展的贡献。为推动民族语言的独立和促进美国英语的进一步发展,面对英国保守势力对美国英语的大肆污蔑和攻击,美利坚民族主义知识分子奋起还击,努力维护美国英语作为美利坚民族语言的地位和尊严,并积极投入到美国英语的创新与改革中。Abstract: This article discusses the role played by the American nationalist intellectuals in pushing the independence and promoting the development of the American English. They launched a counterattack against the ridiculous British criticism upon their own language to justify its legality as a national language of the American people. Meanwhile, they devoted themselves to innovating and reforming the language.