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American English
Author | : Zoltan Kovecses |
Publsiher | : Broadview Press |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2000-09-26 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781460403099 |
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This book is a cultural-historical (rather than purely linguistic) introduction to American English. The first part consists of a general account of variation in American English. It offers concise but comprehensive coverage of such topics as the history of American English; regional, social and ethnic variation; variation in style (including slang); and British and American differences. The second part of the book puts forward an account of how American English has developed into a dominant variety of the English language. It focuses on the ways in which intellectual traditions such as puritanism and republicanism, in shaping the American world view, have also contributed to the distinctiveness of American English.
British or American English
Author | : John Algeo |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 13 |
Release | : 2006-08-10 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781139457323 |
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Speakers of British and American English display some striking differences in their use of grammar. In this detailed survey, John Algeo considers questions such as: •Who lives on a street, and who lives in a street? •Who takes a bath, and who has a bath? •Who says Neither do I, and who says Nor do I? •After 'thank you', who says Not at all and who says You're welcome? •Whose team are on the ball, and whose team isn't? Containing extensive quotations from real-life English on both sides of the Atlantic, collected over the past twenty years, this is a clear and highly organized guide to the differences - and the similarities - between the grammar of British and American speakers. Written for those with no prior knowledge of linguistics, it shows how these grammatical differences are linked mainly to particular words, and provides an accessible account of contemporary English in use.
The American Heritage Book Of English Usage
Author | : Editors of the American Heritage Di |
Publsiher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 1996-09-09 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 0547563213 |
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For the first time, the editors of the acclaimed American Heritage(R) Dictionary have applied their efforts to word usage as its own subject. The result is this practical guide that includes chapters on grammar, style, diction, gender, social groups, pronunciation, word formation, science terms, and a subject and a word index.
The Columbia Guide to Standard American English
Author | : Kenneth G. Wilson |
Publsiher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 501 |
Release | : 1996-08-30 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780585041483 |
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In the most reliable and readable guide to effective writing for the Americans of today, Wilson answers questions of meaning, grammar, pronunciation, punctuation, and spelling in thousands of clear, concise entries. His guide is unique in presenting a systematic, comprehensive view of language as determined by context. Wilson provides a simple chart of contexts—from oratorical speech to intimate, from formal writing to informal—and explains in which contexts a particular usage is appropriate, and in which it is not. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English provides the answers to questions about American English the way no other guide can with: * an A–Z format for quick reference; * over five thousand entries, more than any other usage book; * sensible and useful advice based on the most current linguistic research; * a convenient chart of levels of speech and writing geared to context; * both descriptive and prescriptive entries for guidance; * guidelines for nonsexist usage; * individual entries for all language terms. A vibrant description of how our language is being spoken and written at the end of the twentieth century—and how we ourselves can use it most effectively—The Columbia Guide to Standard American English is the ideal handbook to language etiquette: friendly, sensible, and reliable.
African American English
Author | : Lisa J. Green |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2002-08-08 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0521891388 |
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This authoritative introduction to African American English (AAE) is the first textbook to look at the grammar as a whole. Clearly organised, it describes patterns in the sentence structure, sound system, word formation and word use in AAE. The textbook examines topics such as education, speech events in the secular and religious world, and the use of language in literature and the media to create black images. It includes exercises to accompany each chapter and will be essential reading for students in linguistics, education, anthropology, African American studies and literature.
American English
Author | : Zoltan Kovecses |
Publsiher | : Broadview Press |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2000-09-26 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781770484283 |
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This book is a cultural-historical (rather than purely linguistic) introduction to American English. The first part consists of a general account of variation in American English. It offers concise but comprehensive coverage of such topics as the history of American English; regional, social and ethnic variation; variation in style (including slang); and British and American differences. The second part of the book puts forward an account of how American English has developed into a dominant variety of the English language. It focuses on the ways in which intellectual traditions such as puritanism and republicanism, in shaping the American world view, have also contributed to the distinctiveness of American English.
American English Spelling
Author | : D. W. Cummings |
Publsiher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 606 |
Release | : 1988-05 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0801834430 |
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In this study of the English language as it is spelled in America, D. W. Cummings demonstrates that behind the apparent disorder of spelling in American English lies a self-regulating and self-reorganizing system that is responsive to four kinds of imperative: phonetic, semantic, etymological, and systemic. Cummings offers a systematic theory of orthography and applies this theory to the American English vocabulary with numerous examples. Cummings also describes the explication of written words into their elements, particles, and processes, and he sets out the tactical and procedural rules that control the distribution and sequencing of vowels and consonants. In the largest section of the book, he provides an exhaustive description of the major and minor correspondences between the sounds of American English words and their spellings. An essential reference work, American English Spelling moves beyond questions of how words are spelled to an understanding of why they are spelled as they are.
American English Compendium
Author | : Marv Rubinstein |
Publsiher | : Taylor Trade Publications |
Total Pages | : 519 |
Release | : 2011-12-01 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9781589797260 |
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A compendium of American proverbs, expressions, slang, colloquialisms; British-US glossary; abbreviations and acronyms; and other various odds and ends. Widely used by non-native speakers and translators.