One language, two grammars? : differences between British and American English

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One language, two grammars? : differences between British and American English

edited by Günter Rohdenburg and Julia Schlüter

(Studies in English language)

Cambridge University Press, 2009

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 424-451) and index

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内容説明

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.

目次

  • 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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