An American linguist living and working across the pond explores the age-old sibling rivalry between British and American English How do social structures, national mythologies, and deeply held values affect the language that we speak? Lynne Murphy explores those elements in The Prodigal Tongue, where she delves into the sibling rivalry between British and American English. Providing ample evidence against the popularly held belief that American English is newer (and morally inferior to) the British English spoken today, she considers how stereotypes and social...
An American linguist living and working across the pond explores the age-old sibling rivalry between British and American English <...