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New dictionary of American slang
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ISBN: 0333441257 9780333441251 Year: 1987 Publisher: London Macmillan


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Zur Phonologie morphologischer Prozesse im amerikanischen English
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ISBN: 3878088698 9783878088691 Year: 1987 Volume: 269 Publisher: Tübingen Narr

Language in the U.S.A. : themes for the 21st century
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ISBN: 9780511809880 9780521771757 9780521777476 9780511210549 051121054X 0521771757 052177747X 9780511215919 0511215916 0511809883 051121054X 0521771757 052177747X 1107143136 9781107143135 1107385539 9781107385535 1283329204 9781283329200 9786613329202 6613329207 0511212313 9780511212314 051121412X 051155690X Year: 2004 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This textbook provides a comprehensive survey of current language issues in the USA. Through a series of specially commissioned chapters by leading scholars, it explores the nature of language variation in the United States and its social, historical and political significance. The book is divided into three sections. Part I, American English, explores the history and distinctiveness of American English, and regional and social varieties. Part II, Other Language Varieties, looks at multilingualism and linguistic diversity. Part III, The Sociolinguistic Situation in the USA includes chapters on attitudes to language, language and education, Rap and Hip Hop, and adolescent language. It also explores issues such as the Ebonics controversy and the English Only movement. Clear, accessible and broad in its coverage, this book will be welcomed by students across the disciplines of English, Linguistics, Communication, American Studies and Popular Culture, as well as anyone interested more generally in language-related issues.


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One language, two grammars? : differences between British and American English
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ISBN: 9780521872195 0521872197 9780511551970 9780521183963 9780511480676 0511480679 9780511477478 0511477473 0511479875 9780511479878 9780511478994 0511478992 0511476027 9780511476020 1107197775 0511737300 9786612001536 0511551975 0521183960 9781107197770 9780511737305 6612001534 Year: 2009 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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It is well known that British and American English differ substantially in their pronunciation and vocabulary - but differences in their grammar have largely been underestimated. This volume focuses on British-American differences in the structure of words and sentences and supports them with computer-aided studies of large text collections. Present-day as well as earlier forms of the two varieties are included in the analyses. This makes it the first book-length treatment of British and American English grammar in contrast, with topics ranging from compound verbs to word order differences and tag questions. The authors explore some of the better-known contrasts, as well as a great variety of innovative themes that have so far received little or no consideration. Bringing together the work of a team of leading scholars in the field, this book will be of interest to those working within the fields of English historical linguistics, language variation and change, and dialectology.

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