One language, two grammars? : differences between British and American English
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One language, two grammars? : differences between British and American English
（Studies in English language）
Cambridge University Press, 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 424-451) and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
- Introduction Gunter Rohdenburg and Julia Schluter
- 1. Colonial lag, colonial innovation or simply language change? Marianne Hundt
- 2. Compound verbs Peter Erdmann
- 3. The formation of the preterite and the past participle Magnus Levin
- 4. Comparatives Britta Mondorf
- 5. Phonology and grammar Julia Schluter
- 6. Prepositions and postpositions Eva Berlage
- 7. Argument structure David Denison
- 8. Reflexive structures Gunter Rohdenburg
- 9. Noun phrase modification Douglas Biber, Jack Grieve and Gina Iberri-Shea
- 10. Nominal complements Gunter Rohdenburg
- 11. Non-finite complements Uwe Vosberg
- 12. The present perfect and the preterite Johan Elsness
- 13. The revived subjunctive Goeran Kjellmer
- 14. The mandative subjunctive William J. Crawford
- 15. The conditional subjunctive Julia Schluter
- 16. Tag questions D. J. Allerton
- 17. The pragmatics of adverbs Karin Aijmer
- 18. How different are American and British grammar? And how are they different? Gunnel Tottie
- 19. New departures Gunter Rohdenburg and Julia Schluter.
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