Words and Ways of American English
Author | : Thomas Pyles |
Publisher | : New York : Random House |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1952 |
Genre | : Americanisms |
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Author | : Thomas Pyles |
Publisher | : New York : Random House |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1952 |
Genre | : Americanisms |
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Author | : John Algeo |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 13 |
Release | : 2006-08-10 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1139457322 |
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.
Author | : Thomas Pyles |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : Americanisms |
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Author | : Thomas Pyles |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : Americanisms |
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Author | : Ralph Ellison |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1952 |
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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 | : Anthea Bickerton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 47 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Americanisms |
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Author | : Allan A. Metcalf |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780618043620 |
In short, delightful essays, a professor of English explains the key features that make American speech so expressive and distinct. With chapters on ethnic dialects and dialects in the movies, the author reveals the resplendence of one of our nation's greatest natural resources--its endless and varied talk.
Author | : Thomas Pyles |
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Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 196? |
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Total Pages | : 10 |
Release | : 1952 |
Genre | : Americanisms |
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