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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      July 2009
      January 2009
      ISBN:
      9780511551970
      9780521872195
      9780521183963
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511551970
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.9kg, 486 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.64kg, 486 Pages
      • Subjects:
      European Language and Linguistics, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics
      Series:
      Studies in English Language
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    Subjects:
    European Language and Linguistics, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics
    Series:
    Studies in English Language
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    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.

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    Review of the hardback:'… an important book …'

    Source: Journal of English Language and Linguistics

    '… an important and stimulating read for researchers of diverse areas of linguistic research … a great contribution to growing literature on variation studies using large-scale corpus data.'

    Source: Studies in English Literature

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