TY - BOOK ID - 16179791 TI - American and British English PY - 2017 SN - 9781107088863 9781107460881 1107088860 1107460883 9781316105313 1108365108 1108363547 1316105318 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - English language KW - Social aspects KW - Variation KW - Taalvarianten. KW - Germanic languages KW - English language - Social aspects - United States KW - English language - Social aspects - Great Britain KW - English language - Variation - United States KW - English language - Variation - Great Britain UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:16179791 AB - 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. ER -