Author : Günter Rohdenburg
Release : 2009-01-22
Genre : Foreign Language Study
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One Language, Two Grammars? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook One Language, Two Grammars? write by Günter Rohdenburg. This book was released on 2009-01-22. One Language, Two Grammars? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.