James B Mcmillan
Biographic Data
| ID | 732163 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James B Mcmillan |
| GIVEN NAMES | James B |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcmillan |
| SIGNATURE | MCMILLAN J B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama, emeritus |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9533-9688 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1939 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Suspect in Dictionaries
Vice president and president: Syntax and Semantics
Research Article| December 01 1994 23. Vice president and president: Syntax and Semantics James B. McMillan James B. McMillan University of Alabama, emeritus Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Publication of the American Dialect Society (1994) 78 (1): 169–173. https://doi.org/10.1215/-78-1-169 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Lin…
Annotated Bibliography of Southern American English
Annotated Bibliography of Southern American English
Knot Four Gym
A Classic Returns
Toponymic Lapses: A Case Study
One practical aim of systematic place-name study is the correction of errors on maps and in records. As Frederic G. Cassidy remarks in his model Dane County monograph, "Even the most dependable sources sometimes go astray, " and detailed search of local evidence is necessary to correct mistakes. But emendation is not necessarily a final goal. We can look for causes of lapses for help in accounting for seemingly intractable names
Intensifying Good and
Indian Place Names in Alabama
Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States, Vol. I
Infixing and Interposing in English
American Lexicology, 1942-1973
Three Replies
A Controversial Consonant
T HE ENGLISH voiced alveolopalatal fricative transcribed I//, /3/, and /zh/, and spelled variously in words like azure, jabot, luxury, negligee, treasure, and Zhukov, has been troublesome to various people in various ways over many years. British and American speakers disagree on the use of the consonant in a number of words: Americans prefer / / in words like aphasia, anesthesia, and excursion, which in Britain have /zI/, /sI/, and /~/, and indi…
Updating Dictionaries
Variant Spellings
Of Matters Lexicographical
Of Matters Lexicographical
Dialectology and Speech Pathology
Of Matters Lexicographical
A Bibliography of American English in the South
Indian Place Names
Doubling Consonants before Suffixes
Proverbs and Proverbial Sayings
Research Article| April 01 1964 Proverbs and Proverbial Sayings James B. McMillan James B. McMillan University of Alabama Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Publication of the American Dialect Society (1964) 41 (1): 41. https://doi.org/10.1215/-41-1-41 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation James B. McMillan; Proverbs and Proverbial Sayings. Publication of the American Dialect Society 1 Ap…
The President’s Report
Research Article| April 01 1955 The President’s Report James B. McMillan James B. McMillan President Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Publication of the American Dialect Society (1955) 23 (1): 51–53. https://doi.org/10.1215/-23-1-51 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation James B. McMillan; The President’s Report. Publication of the American Dialect Society 1 April 1955; 23 (1): 51–53. do…
Infixing and Interposing in English
Observations on American Place-Name Grammar
Indian Place Names in Delaware
Indian Place Names
Historical Notes on American Words
8 1 SHESE notes on several words and phrases in the American vocabu1 lary are intended to suggest additions to the Dictionary of American English and minor revisions of DAE statements. As evidence to support the suggestions, dated quotations from American publications are cited. Rather than being conclusive findings, some of the notes are invitations to other readers of pre-lgoo Americana to help fill gaps in our knowledge of American lexical his…
New American Lexical Evidence
INETY-FIVE words and combinations are listed in the glossary below, with at least one dated citation attesting the use of each in American English. The terms do not belong to one semantic category, but are miscellaneous by-products of systematic reading for words used in American business, cotton-farming, politics, and railroading. The glossary is intended to supplement the evidence provided in the Dictionary of American English by furnishing add…
Vowel Nasality as a Sandhi-Form of the Morphemes -Nt and -Ing in Southern American
FIGURE 1. The word and as recorded on the kymograph. (All the kymograms acompanying this paper were made with mouthpiece and nasal olive; hence the upper line represents nasal vibrations, and the lower line represents buccal vibrations.) FIGURE 2. The word ant. It is plainly seen that the nasal resonance occurs only during the vowel resonance, not between the vowel and the final [t]. FIGURE 3. The sentence Don't set it [d6t set It]. Here the [t] …
Lexical Evidence from Charles Sealsfield
N THE WORKS of the German-American writer Charles Sealsfield, Professor Krumpelmann has discovered an unusually fruitful source of knowledge about American English and has made historical lexicography indebted to him for valuable evidence.' It is the purpose of this article to add some notes on additional words from Sealsfield; the list consists of (1) several words from the German texts, (2) several words from two of Sealsfield's English writing…
New American Lexical Evidence
INETY-FIVE words and combinations are listed in the glossary below, with at least one dated citation attesting the use of each in American English. The terms do not belong to one semantic category, but are miscellaneous by-products of systematic reading for words used in American business, cotton-farming, politics, and railroading. The glossary is intended to supplement the evidence provided in the Dictionary of American English by furnishing add…
Historical Notes on American Words
8 1 SHESE notes on several words and phrases in the American vocabu1 lary are intended to suggest additions to the Dictionary of American English and minor revisions of DAE statements. As evidence to support the suggestions, dated quotations from American publications are cited. Rather than being conclusive findings, some of the notes are invitations to other readers of pre-lgoo Americana to help fill gaps in our knowledge of American lexical his…
Supplementing Word-Lists
Research Article| November 01 1947 Supplementing Word-Lists James B. McMillan; James B. McMillan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google I. Willis Russell I. Willis Russell University of Alabama Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Publication of the American Dialect Society (1947) 8 (1): 39–41. https://doi.org/10.1215/-8-1-39 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Sea…
Observations on American Place-Name Grammar
A Word Geography of the Eastern United States
A Further Note on Place-Name Grammar
Indian Place Names in Delaware
A New Study of the American Language
Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names
The President’s Report
Research Article| April 01 1955 The President’s Report James B. McMillan James B. McMillan President Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Publication of the American Dialect Society (1955) 23 (1): 51–53. https://doi.org/10.1215/-23-1-51 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation James B. McMillan; The President’s Report. Publication of the American Dialect Society 1 April 1955; 23 (1): 51–53. do…
Proverbs and Proverbial Sayings
Research Article| April 01 1964 Proverbs and Proverbial Sayings James B. McMillan James B. McMillan University of Alabama Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Publication of the American Dialect Society (1964) 41 (1): 41. https://doi.org/10.1215/-41-1-41 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation James B. McMillan; Proverbs and Proverbial Sayings. Publication of the American Dialect Society 1 Ap…
Doubling Consonants before Suffixes
Of Matters Lexicographical
A Bibliography of American English in the South
Indian Place Names
Of Matters Lexicographical
Dialectology and Speech Pathology
Of Matters Lexicographical
Variant Spellings
Updating Dictionaries
A Controversial Consonant
T HE ENGLISH voiced alveolopalatal fricative transcribed I//, /3/, and /zh/, and spelled variously in words like azure, jabot, luxury, negligee, treasure, and Zhukov, has been troublesome to various people in various ways over many years. British and American speakers disagree on the use of the consonant in a number of words: Americans prefer / / in words like aphasia, anesthesia, and excursion, which in Britain have /zI/, /sI/, and /~/, and indi…
American Lexicology, 1942-1973
Three Replies
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