American and British English
Divided by a Common Language?
(Sprache: Englisch)
Is British English becoming more like American English? Paul Baker tracks the changes, trends and distinctions of both languages to answer this question.
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Is British English becoming more like American English? Paul Baker tracks the changes, trends and distinctions of both languages to answer this question.
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Is British English becoming more like American English? If so, why, and in what ways? This book compares examples of American and British language data from the 1930s, 1960s, 1990s and 2000s, to track the most important ways that both varieties are changing over time, and compares the extent to which they are following similar paths using a mixture of computer and human analysis. The analysis is carried out across several levels, including spelling differences (such as colour vs color), vocabulary (truck vs lorry), and a range of morphological, grammatical, semantic and pragmatic features. Baker explores the changing aspects of American and British society which help to explain the findings.
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1. Introduction; 2. Spelling differences; 3. Letter sequences and affixation; 4. Higher frequency words; 5. Lower frequency words; 6. Part of speech categories; 7. Semantic categories; 8. Swearing, identity and discourse markers; 9. Conclusion.
Autoren-Porträt von Paul Baker
Baker, PaulPaul Baker is Professor of English Language at Lancaster University. He has written fourteen books on a variety of topics including language, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis and identities. These include Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis (2006) and Discourse Analysis and Media Attitudes (Cambridge, 2013). He is a commissioning editor of the journal Corpora.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Paul Baker
- 2017, 276 Seiten, Maße: 15,2 x 22,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN-10: 1107460883
- ISBN-13: 9781107460881
- Erscheinungsdatum: 12.03.2019
Sprache:
Englisch
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