The English Language in America
Author | : George Philip Krapp |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Americanisms |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : George Philip Krapp |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Americanisms |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Richard Ohmann |
Publisher | : UPNE |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780819562944 |
A reissue of a controversial analysis of the literature profession.
Author | : J. L. Dillard |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 365 |
Release | : 2014-09-25 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1317899598 |
This impressive volume provides a chronological, narrative account of the development of American English from its earliest origins to the present day.
Author | : J. L. Dillard |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2014-09-25 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1317899601 |
This impressive volume provides a chronological, narrative account of the development of American English from its earliest origins to the present day.
Author | : Richard Hogg |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 2008-03-17 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1139451294 |
The history and development of English, from the earliest known writings to its status today as a dominant world language, is a subject of major importance to linguists and historians. In this book, a team of international experts cover the entire recorded history of the English language, outlining its development over fifteen centuries. With an emphasis on more recent periods, every key stage in the history of the language is covered, with full accounts of standardisation, names, the distribution of English in Britain and North America, and its global spread. New historical surveys of the crucial aspects of the language are presented, and historical changes that have affected English are treated as a continuing process, helping to explain the shape of the language today. This complete and up-to-date history of English will be indispensable to all advanced students, scholars and teachers in this prominent field.
Author | : Thomas Pyles |
Publisher | : New York : Random House |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1952 |
Genre | : Americanisms |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Henry Louis Mencken |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 526 |
Release | : 1921 |
Genre | : Americanisms |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Richard W. Bailey |
Publisher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2012-01-23 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 019517934X |
Speaking American shows what the English language looked like from various points on the American continent at crucial points in its linguistic history.
Author | : Zoltan Kovecses |
Publisher | : Broadview Press |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2000-09-26 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1551112299 |
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.
Author | : Katrin Appenzeller |
Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages | : 22 |
Release | : 2009-04-15 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 3640311477 |
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, University of Duisburg-Essen (Englische Sprachwissenschaft), course: Hauptseminar: Language, Meaning and Use, language: English, abstract: The USA is one of the largest western countries. Its population amount to approximately 250 million people. Thus, American English is spoken by an immense number of people in the world. It is estimated that nearly 2/3 of all native English speakers use any dialect of American English. American English, as an independent variety, differs from British English and even weakens its hegemony. More and more, American language, culture, and business become an integral part of European society. Therefore, it is very interesting to investigate the significant characteristics of this language. To give the reader some background information there is a brief overview of the history of the English language in the USA at the beginning of the study. After that the term American English is explained and analyzed. Further, different linguistic features, among them pronunciation, spelling, grammar, and vocabulary, are described and compared to British English. In addition, sociolinguistic characteristics, such as regional and social dialects, are illustrated. As a result a conclusion follows.