One language, two grammars? :  differences between British and American English / 
 1 language, 2 grammars 
edited by Günter Rohdenburg and Julia Schlüter. 
 - xxiv, 461 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
 - Studies in English language .
 - Studies in English language. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 424-451) and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction /  Colonial lag, colonial innovation or simply language change? /  Compound verbs /  The formation of the preterite and the past participle /  Comparatives /  Phonology and grammar /  Prepositions and postpositions /  Argument structure /  Reflexive structures /  Noun phrase modification /  Nominal complements /  Non-finite complements /  The present perfect and the preterite /  The revived subjunctive /  The mandative subjunctive /  The conditional subjunctive /  Tag questions /  The pragmatics of adverbs /  How different are American and British grammar? And how are they different? /  New departures /  Gunter Rohdenburg and Julia Schluter --  Marianne Hundt --  Peter Erdmann --  Magnus Levin --  Britta Mondorf --  Julia Schluter --  Eva Berlage --  David Denison --  Gunter Rohdenburg --  Douglas Biber, Jack Grieve and Gina Iberri-Shea --  Gunter Rohdenburg --  Uwe Vosberg --  Johan Elsness --  Goran Kjellmer --  William J. Crawford --  Julia Schluter --  D. J. Allerton --  Karin Aijmer --  Gunnel Tottie --  Gunter Rohdenburg and Julia Schluter.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  12.  13.  14.  15.  16.  17.  18.  19. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521872197 9780521872195 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008019562 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Grammar, Comparative.<br/>English language--Grammar, Historical<br/>English language--Variation.<br/>English language--Great Britain<br/>English language--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE1072  / .O54 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>427