C Merton Babcock

Biographic Data

ID681454
NAMEC Merton Babcock
GIVEN NAMESC Merton
FAMILY NAMEBabcock
SIGNATUREBABCOCK C M
AFFILIATIONSMichigan State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS20
TOTAL CITATIONS6
AUTHOR COUNT20
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1949
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1966
H-INDEX1

  • Pioneer Magic

    Leo E Oliva, William Hattich et al.ARTICLEWestern Folklore1966

  • "Mark Twain, Mencken and "The Higher Goofyism

    Open AccessC Merton Babcock, Chris BabcockARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1964

  • A Word-List from Zora Neale Hurston

    C Merton BabcockARTICLEPublication of the American…1963

    Research Article| November 01 1963 A Word-List from Zora Neale Hurston C. Merton Babcock C. Merton Babcock Michigan State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Publication of the American Dialect Society (1963) 40 (1): 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1215/-40-1-1 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation C. Merton Babcock; A Word-List from Zora Neale Hurston. Publication of the American Dial…

  • The Lingua Frankenstein of the Fabulous Fifties

    Open AccessC Merton BabcockARTICLEJournal of Communication1960

    Journal Article The Lingua Frankenstein of the Fabulous Fifties Get access C. Merton Babcock C. Merton Babcock 1Dr. Babcock is Professor of Communication Skills, Michigan State He is the Immediate Past Editor of The Journal of Communication Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 10, Issue 1, March 1960, Pages 39–43, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1960.tb00515.x Published: 07 …

  • Americanisms in the Novels of Sinclair Lewis

    C Merton Babcock, Sinclair LewisARTICLEAmerican Speech1960Cited by: 1

    S INCLAIR LEWIS will be remembered, among other things, for his authentic transcriptions of American speech rhythms. He had a keen ear for the nuances of popular language, and recorded not only the scenes but also the sounds of middle-class society in the 1920zos. Carl Van Doren, in his biographical sketch of the author, emphasizes a certain 'seismographic' quality in Lewis, a sensitiveness to 'the ground swell of American popular thinking and fe…

  • Have You Got Eyes to Scoff

    C Merton BabcockARTICLEAmerican Speech1960

  • The Echo of a Whistle

    Open AccessC Merton Babcock, Chris BabcockARTICLEWestern Folklore1960

  • Some Expressions from Herman Melville

    C Merton BabcockARTICLEPublication of the American…1959

    Research Article| April 01 1959 Some Expressions from Herman Melville C. Merton Babcock C. Merton Babcock Michigan State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Publication of the American Dialect Society (1959) 31 (1): 3–13. https://doi.org/10.1215/-31-1-3 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation C. Merton Babcock; Some Expressions from Herman Melville. Publication of the American Dia…

  • The Critical Importance of Communication in General Education

    Open AccessC Merton BabcockARTICLEJournal of Communication1954

    Journal Article The Critical Importance of Communication in General Education Get access C. Merton Babcock C. Merton Babcock 1Department of Written and Spoken English, Michigan State College, East Lansing, Michigan. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 4, Issue 3, September 1954, Pages 94–97, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1954.tb00236.x Published: 07 February 2006

  • Herman Melville's Whaling Vocabulary

    C Merton BabcockARTICLEAmerican Speech1954Cited by: 1

  • A Sailor's Treasury. Being the Myths and Superstitions, Lore, Legends and Yarns, the Cries, Epithets, and Salty Speech of the American Sailorman in the Days of Oak and Canvas

    Open AccessC Merton Babcock, Frank Shay et al.ARTICLEWestern Folklore1953

  • A Dynamic Theory of Communications

    Open AccessC Merton BabcockARTICLEJournal of Communication1952

    Journal Article A Dynamic Theory of Communications Get access C. Merton Babcock C. Merton Babcock 1Department of Written and Spoken English, Michigan State College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 2, Issue 1, May 1952, Pages 64–68, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1952.tb00181.x Published: 07 February 2006

  • The Vocabulary of Moby Dick

    C Merton BabcockARTICLEAmerican Speech1952Cited by: 1

    CRITICAL appraisal of the language employed by Herman Melville in his novels and tales has varied, in the ioo years since the publication of Moby Dick, from caustic ridicule to lavish praise. Melville's contemporaries lampooned the 'extravagance' and 'eccentricity' of the author's expression, characterizing it as 'execrable' English and 'drunken' language.1 Recent critics, who have developed insights leading to a thorough reevaluation of the auth…

  • Melville's Proverbs of the Sea

    C Merton BabcockARTICLEWestern Folklore1952Cited by: 1

  • Melville's Backwoods Seamen

    Open AccessC Merton BabcockARTICLEWestern Folklore1951

  • "The Language of Melville's "Isolatoes

    C Merton BabcockARTICLEWestern Folklore1951Cited by: 1

  • The Vocabulary of Social Life on the American Frontier

    Open AccessC Merton BabcockARTICLEWestern Folklore1950

  • The Social Significance of the Language of the American Frontier

    C Merton BabcockARTICLEAmerican Speech1949Cited by: 1

    THE SET Of attitudes which made the conquest of the American frontier a matter of social, historical, and political reality, and which became one of the primary forces in the development of a unified complexity to be called 'the American Spirit' is best defined in the characteristic language of the frontiersman.' If languages grow and change only as they accompany the daily activities of men and women, the vocabulary of the frontiersman should co…

  • "A Serbian Parallel to "Barbara Allen

    Open AccessC Merton BabcockARTICLEWestern Folklore1949

  • Czech Songs in Nebraska

    Open AccessC Merton BabcockARTICLEWestern Folklore1949