British or American English?: A Handbook of Word and Grammar Patterns
by John Algeo
Title:
British or American English?: A Handbook of Word and Grammar Patterns
Author:
John Algeo
Series (if any):
Studies in English Language
Edited by:
Algeo John
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
364 pages
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:
9780521371377
EAN:
9780521371377
Classifications:
Linguistics
Weight (g):
816
Dimensions (mm):
159 x 235 x 31
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£136.80
1 copies in stock
Qty
Description
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.
Books in the same Series
Varieties of English : An Introduction to the Study of Language
£56.69
Long-Vowel Shifts in English, c. 1050-1700
Gjertrud Flermoen Stenbrenden
£45.60
The English Phrasal Verb, 1650-Present
Paula Rodríguez-Puente
£31.20
Transitional Morphology
Elisa Mattiello
£110.40
English Binominal Noun Phrase
Elnora (Universitat Graz ten Wolde
£114.00
Consonantal Sound Change in American English
Wiebke H. (Universitat Dortmund) Ahlers
£114.00
English Comparative Correlatives
Thomas Hoffmann
£40.80
Speech Acts in English
Lorena Pérez-Hernández
£31.20
Composite Predicates in English
Eva Berlage
£120.00
Conversation in World Englishes
Theresa Neumaier
£35.99
Books under Linguistics
Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student
Robert J. (Professor of English Connors
£237.59
Natural History of Latin
Tore ( Janson
£9.07
Writing Degree Zero & Elements of Semiology
Roland Barthes
£10.72
Slang
Jonathon (Independent scholar) Green
£8.24
The Phonetics and Phonology of Geminate Consonants
£137.81
VAGUENESS & THOUGHT OPM C
BACON
£123.26
Bad Language
Josh (Professor of Philosophy Dever
£30.59
A Practical Introduction to Phonetics
J. C. Catford
£41.99
Txtng: The Gr8 Db8
David Crystal
£8.24
Handbook of Semiotics
Winfried Noth
£47.25