John Algeo

British or American English?

A Handbook of Word and Grammar Patterns
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• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a clearly organized guide to the differences - and similarities - between the grammar of British and American speakers of English. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, and containing extensive quotations from real-life English on both sides of the Atlantic, it provides an accessible account of contemporary English in use.

Produktdetails

• Studies in English Language
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 696g
• ISBN-13: 9780521371377
• ISBN-10: 0521371376
• Artikelnr.: 21659112

Autorenporträt

John Algeo is Professor Emeritus in the Department of English, University of Georgia, Athens.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. Parts of Speech: 1. Verbs
2. Determiners
3. Nouns
4. Pronouns
5. Adjectives
6. Adverbs
7. Qualifiers
8. Prepositions
9. Conjunctions
10. Interjections
Part II. Syntactic Constructions: 11. Complementation
12. Mandative constructions
13. Expanded predicates
14. Concord
15. Propredicates
16. Tag questions
17. Miscellaneous
Bibliography of British book citation sources
Bibliography of studies, dictionaries and corpora
Index of words.

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Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Parts of Speech: 1. Verbs; 2. Determiners; 3. Nouns; 4. Pronouns; 5. Adjectives; 6. Adverbs; 7. Qualifiers; 8. Prepositions; 9. Conjunctions; 10. Interjections; Part II. Syntactic Constructions: 11. Complementation; 12. Mandative constructions; 13. Expanded predicates; 14. Concord; 15. Propredicates; 16. Tag questions; 17. Miscellaneous; Bibliography of British book citation sources; Bibliography of studies, dictionaries and corpora; Index of words.

Rezensionen

'... no other book covers quite the same ground. It will be useful for lexicographers, translators, editors, and material writers, as well as linguists and researchers. Not least, it will provide many ideas for students who are beginning research into the varieties ...' Journal of English Linguistics