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ISBN: 9789089641243 9789048510429 9048510422 9089641246 1282453858 9781282453852 Year: 2009 Publisher: [Amsterdam] Amsterdam University Press
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In 1609, the first Dutch settlers arrived in America and established trading posts, small towns, and forts up and down what we now call the Hudson River. To this day, American children are taught the thrilling history of the transformation of this settlement, New Netherland, and its capital, New Amsterdam, from landmark port into present-day New York State and the island of Manhattan. But, the Dutch legacy extended far beyond New York, as Cookies, Coleslaw and Stoops reveals. From Santa Claus (after the Dutch folklore saint Sinterklaas) and his sleigh (the pronunciation of the Dutch slee is almost identical) to a dumbhead talking poppycock, the contributions of the Dutch language to American English are indelibly embedded to some of our most vernacular terms and expressions. The menu in most of our restaurants sports some originally Dutch names, and even our dollar is named after a Dutch coin (daalder). In this captivating volume, the renowned linguist Nicoline van der Sijs glosses over 300 Dutch loan words like these that travelled to the New World on board the Dutch ship the Halve Maan, captained by Henry Hudson, which dropped anchor in Manhattan more than 400 years ago. Surprisingly, the Dutch also gave several Native American languages words for everyday things like "pants", "cat" and "turkey". Lively and accessible, the information presented in this volume charts the journey of these words into the American territory and languages, from more obscure uses which maybe have survived in only regional dialects to such ubiquitous contributions to our language like Yankee, cookie, and dope. Each entry marks the original arrival of its term into American English and adds up-to-date information on its evolving meaning, etymology, and regional spread. Not to be missed by anyone with a passion for the history behind our everyday expressions, Cookies, Coleslaw and Stoops is the perfect gift for the linguistic adventurer in us all.
Sociolinguistics --- Dutch language --- English language --- 802.0-54 --- 802.0 <73> --- Dialect literature, American --- Germanic languages --- 802.0 <73> Amerikaans --- Amerikaans --- 802.0-54 Engels: etymologie --- Engels: etymologie --- Dialects --- Foreign words and phrases&delete& --- Dutch --- Foreign words and phrases
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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.
802.0 <73> --- 802.0-08 --- 802.0-56 --- 802.0-56 Engels: syntaxis semantiek --- Engels: syntaxis semantiek --- 802.0-08 Engels. Engelse taalkunde--?-08 --- Engels. Engelse taalkunde--?-08 --- 802.0 <73> Amerikaans --- Amerikaans --- vergelijkende grammatica --- Amerikaans Engelse taal. --- vergelijkende grammatica. --- English language --- American English --- American language --- English language in the United States --- Americanisms --- 802.0-56 Engels: syntaxis; semantiek --- Engels: syntaxis; semantiek --- Grammar, Comparative --- Grammar, Historical --- Variation --- Dialects --- Historical linguistics --- Dialectology --- United States --- Great Britain --- Engelse taal --- Grammar, Comparative. --- Grammar, Historical. --- Variation. --- Groot-Brittannië. --- Verenigde Staten. --- varianten. --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Germanic languages --- English language - Grammar, Comparative --- English language - Grammar, Historical --- English language - Variation --- English language - Great Britain --- English language - United States --- Anglais (langue) --- Grammaire comparée --- Grammaire historique --- Variation linguistique --- États-Unis --- Grande-Bretagne --- United States of America
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