American and British English: Divided by a Common Language?

ISBN-13: 9781107088863 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 276 str.

Paul Baker

Opis

Is British English becoming more like American English? Paul Baker tracks the changes, trends and distinctions of both languages to answer this question.

Recenzje

'American and British English: Divided by a Common Language provides a comprehensive, well-illustrated, and interesting description of how American and British English have changed from the 1930s through the 2000s, focusing on such topics as spelling differences, word frequency variations between the varieties, and the use of profanity and discourse markers.' Charles Meyer, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Spelling differences; 3. Letter sequences and affixation; 4. Higher frequency words; 5. Lower frequency words; 6. Part of speech categories; 7. Semantic categories; 8. Swearing, identity and discourse markers; 9. Conclusion.