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Author : Thomas Pyles
Publisher : New York : Random House
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Americanisms
ISBN : UOM:39015030924503
Author : Anthea Bickerton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Americanisms
ISBN : OCLC:1081665002
Author : Zoltan Kovecses
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2000-09-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781551112299
This book is a cultural-historical (rather than purely linguistic) introduction to American English. The first part consists of a general account of variation in American English. It offers concise but comprehensive coverage of such topics as the history of American English; regional, social and ethnic variation; variation in style (including slang); and British and American differences. The second part of the book puts forward an account of how American English has developed into a dominant variety of the English language. It focuses on the ways in which intellectual traditions such as puritanism and republicanism, in shaping the American world view, have also contributed to the distinctiveness of American English.
Author : Thomas Pyles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Americanisms
ISBN : OCLC:1275516389
Author : John Algeo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139457323
Speakers of British and American English display some striking differences in their use of grammar. In this detailed survey, John Algeo considers questions such as: •Who lives on a street, and who lives in a street? •Who takes a bath, and who has a bath? •Who says Neither do I, and who says Nor do I? •After 'thank you', who says Not at all and who says You're welcome? •Whose team are on the ball, and whose team isn't? Containing extensive quotations from real-life English on both sides of the Atlantic, collected over the past twenty years, this is a clear and highly organized guide to the differences - and the similarities - between the grammar of British and American speakers. Written for those with no prior knowledge of linguistics, it shows how these grammatical differences are linked mainly to particular words, and provides an accessible account of contemporary English in use.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : English language
ISBN : 088850117X
Author : Innovative Language Learning,EnglishClass101.com
Publisher : Innovative Language Learning
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-22
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781641672054
Do you want to learn English the fast, fun and easy way? And do you want to master daily conversations and speak like a native? Then this is the book for you. Learn English: Must-Know American English Slang Words & Phrases by EnglishClass101 is designed for Beginner-level learners. You learn the top 100 must-know slang words and phrases that are used in everyday speech. All were hand-picked by our team of English teachers and experts. Here’s how the lessons work: • Every Lesson is Based on a Theme • You Learn Slang Words or Phrases Related to That Theme • Check the Translation & Explanation on How to Use Each One And by the end, you will have mastered 100+ English Slang Words & phrases!
Author : Charles Carpenter Fries
Publisher : Irvington Publishers
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015030520038
Author : Peter Collin
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2002-07-10
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0071396551
Selling more than 58,000 in its first edition, Beginner's Dictionary of American English Usage has been revised and brought right up-to-date to contain today's 4,000 most commonly used words. Definitions are simple and brief, utilizing only words contained within the dictionary's pages. If you want to learn English as spoken by Americans, this dictionary is for you. It's easy to follow and absolutely indispensable. Each entry offers at least one example sentence, identifies parts of speech, and lists multiple meanings.
Author : Jackie Bolen
Publisher : Jackie Bolen
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798201829995
Learn how to express yourself in English with hundreds of slang expressions, phrases and idioms. Find out how to speak and understand English slang like a pro! These are the slang words and expressions used by Native English speakers in the USA and Canada, on TV and in movies. Get your copy of American English Slang to improve your English quickly and easily. This list of English phrases and expressions will prove to be invaluable. Jackie Bolen has fifteen years of experience teaching ESL/EFL to students in South Korea and Canada. She has written dialogues filled with helpful sentences, expressions, and phrases in American English, plus each section has some practice opportunities to make what you've learned more memorable. You'll improve your English vocabulary and conversational skills in no time at all! Pick up a copy of the book today if you want to... Learn some new English slang expressions and phrases Have a variety of authentic dialogues at your fingertips Improve your American English Speak English fluently and confidently Have some fun while learning English Improve your TOEFL, TOEIC, or IELTS score These are the English sentences that you'll hear over and over again in real life. Speak more fluently and gain some confidence with this book. Besides the common English phrases and expressions, there are dialogues so that you can see how the language is used. Plus, some opportunities to put into practice and review the sentences and phrases you've learned. This book is for intermediate-advanced English learners. Pick up your copy of the book, filled with English slang expressions for real life today. American English Slang by Jackie Bolen will help you stay motivated while consistently improving your English skills.
Author : Elizabeth Margaret Kerr
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0155038214
Author : J. L. Dillard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317899594
This impressive volume provides a chronological, narrative account of the development of American English from its earliest origins to the present day.
Author : Richard W. Bailey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199921461
When did English become American? What distinctive qualities made it American? What role have America's democratizing impulses, and its vibrantly heterogeneous speakers, played in shaping our language and separating it from the mother tongue? A wide-ranging account of American English, Richard Bailey's Speaking American investigates the history and continuing evolution of our language from the sixteenth century to the present. The book is organized in half-century segments around influential centers: Chesapeake Bay (1600-1650), Boston (1650-1700), Charleston (1700-1750), Philadelphia (1750-1800), New Orleans (1800-1850), New York (1850-1900), Chicago (1900-1950), Los Angeles (1950-2000), and Cyberspace (2000-present). Each of these places has added new words, new inflections, new ways of speaking to the elusive, boisterous, ever-changing linguistic experiment that is American English. Freed from British constraints of unity and propriety, swept up in rapid social change, restless movement, and a thirst for innovation, Americans have always been eager to invent new words, from earthy frontier expressions like "catawampously" (vigorously) and "bung-nipper" (pickpocket), to West African words introduced by slaves such as "goober" (peanut) and "gumbo" (okra), to urban slang such as "tagging" (spraying graffiti) and "crew" (gang). Throughout, Bailey focuses on how people speak and how speakers change the language. The book is filled with transcripts of arresting voices, precisely situated in time and space: two justices of the peace sitting in a pumpkin patch trying an Indian for theft; a crowd of Africans lounging on the waterfront in Philadelphia discussing the newly independent nation in their home languages; a Chicago gangster complaining that his pocket had been picked; Valley Girls chattering; Crips and Bloods negotiating their gang identities in LA; and more. Speaking American explores--and celebrates--the endless variety and remarkable inventiveness that have always been at the heart of American English.
Author : Winthrop Nelson Francis
Publisher : New York : Ronald Press Company
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Americanisms
ISBN : UOM:39015007010989
Designed as a text for college students.
Author : Sidney I. Landau
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1087 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999-09-13
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0521477611
The authoritative guide to American English as it's really used today. Based on the Cambridge International Corpus, a database that includes more than 200 million words of spoken and written American English, the paperback edition contains more than 40,000 definitions of words and phrases. Entries are organized by meaning, and words with more than one meaning are clearly marked with a boxed guideword, so there's no guesswork involved in finding the right entry. Definitions are written using a carefully controlled 2,000-word defining vocabulary, so they are clear and easy to understand. The dictionary also includes coverage of important Canadian and British words and meanings.