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One language, two grammars? : differences between British and American English / edited by Günter Rohdenburg and Julia Schlüter.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in English languagePublisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009Description: xxiv, 461 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521872197
  • 9780521872195
Other title:
  • 1 language, 2 grammars
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 427 22
LOC classification:
  • PE1072 .O54 2009
Online resources:
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 / Goran 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.
Summary: "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. Despite being the subject of a vast body of literature, this is the first book-length treatment of British and American English, and is based on empirical analyses of present-day as well as earlier forms of the two varieties. The authors explore some of the better known contrasts, as well as a 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."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 424-451) and index.

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 / Goran 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.

"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. Despite being the subject of a vast body of literature, this is the first book-length treatment of British and American English, and is based on empirical analyses of present-day as well as earlier forms of the two varieties. The authors explore some of the better known contrasts, as well as a 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."--Publisher description.

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