TY - BOOK ID - 30309792 TI - One language, two grammars? : differences between British and American English AU - Rohdenburg, Gunter AU - Schluter, Julia PY - 2009 SN - 9780521872195 0521872197 9780511551970 9780521183963 9780511480676 0511480679 9780511477478 0511477473 0511479875 9780511479878 9780511478994 0511478992 0511476027 9780511476020 1107197775 0511737300 9786612001536 0511551975 0521183960 9781107197770 9780511737305 6612001534 PB - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - 802.0 <73> KW - 802.0-08 KW - 802.0-56 KW - 802.0-56 Engels: syntaxis semantiek KW - Engels: syntaxis semantiek KW - 802.0-08 Engels. Engelse taalkunde--?-08 KW - Engels. Engelse taalkunde--?-08 KW - 802.0 <73> Amerikaans KW - Amerikaans KW - vergelijkende grammatica KW - Amerikaans Engelse taal. KW - vergelijkende grammatica. KW - English language KW - American English KW - American language KW - English language in the United States KW - Americanisms KW - 802.0-56 Engels: syntaxis; semantiek KW - Engels: syntaxis; semantiek KW - Grammar, Comparative KW - Grammar, Historical KW - Variation KW - Dialects KW - Historical linguistics KW - Dialectology KW - United States KW - Great Britain KW - Engelse taal KW - Grammar, Comparative. KW - Grammar, Historical. KW - Variation. KW - Groot-Brittannië. KW - Verenigde Staten. KW - varianten. KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Language & Linguistics KW - Germanic languages KW - English language - Grammar, Comparative KW - English language - Grammar, Historical KW - English language - Variation KW - English language - Great Britain KW - English language - United States KW - Anglais (langue) KW - Grammaire comparée KW - Grammaire historique KW - Variation linguistique KW - États-Unis KW - Grande-Bretagne KW - United States of America UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30309792 AB - 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. ER -