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Lexicology. Semantics --- English language --- -English language --- -Names, English --- 801.56 --- English names --- Germanic languages --- Noun --- Semantics --- Syntaxis. Semantiek --- Names --- Names, English. --- Semantics. --- Noun. --- 801.56 Syntaxis. Semantiek --- Names, English --- Semasiology --- Nominals --- English language Semantics

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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.

English language --- Grammar, Comparative --- Grammar --- Variation --- 802.0-08 --- Engels. Engelse taalkunde--?-08 --- 802.0-08 Engels. Engelse taalkunde--?-08 --- American English --- American language --- English language in the United States --- Americanisms --- Dialects --- Analysis and parsing --- Diagraming --- Composition and exercises --- Grammar, Comparative. --- Grammar. --- Variation. --- Anglais (Langue) --- Grammaire comparée --- Grammaire --- Grammatica --- Vergelijkende taalkunde --- Engelse taalkunde --- Groot-Brittannië --- Verenigde Staten van Amerika --- Comparative linguistics --- Great Britain --- United States --- Americanisms. --- Provincialisms --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Germanic languages --- English language - Great Britain --- English language - United States --- English language - Grammar, Comparative --- English language - Grammar --- English language - Variation --- United States of America

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Volume VI of The Cambridge History of the English Language traces the history of English in North America from its British background to its present position among the varieties of English used around the globe. The influences that have formed American English include the political, social, and cultural changes in American life, contact with other languages in North America, and continuing immigration from the British Isles and around the globe. In this book, sixteen leading authorities in the field consider how the vocabulary (both standard and slang), grammar, spelling, and usage in both the standard language and regional and social dialects have evolved in response to these influences, and examine the relationship of and interaction between British and American English. Separate chapters deal with African-American English, Canadian English and Newfoundland English and the volume also includes suggestions for further reading, a glossary of linguistic terms, and an extensive bibliography.

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English language --- Anglais (Langue) --- History --- Histoire --- -Germanic languages --- -History --- Germanic languages