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One language, two grammars? : differences between British and American English /
"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 c...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Studies in English language.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Colonial lag, colonial innovation or simply language change?
- 2. Compound verbs
- 3. The formation of the preterite and the past participle
- 4. Comparatives
- 5. Phonology and grammar
- 6. Prepositions and postpositions
- 7. Argument structure
- 8. Reflexive structures
- 9. Noun phrase modification
- 10. Nominal complements
- 11. Non-finite complements
- 12. The present perfect and the preterite
- 13. The revived subjunctive
- 14. The mandative subjunctive
- 15. The conditional subjunctive
- 16. Tag questions
- 17. The pragmatics of adverbs
- 18. How different are American and British grammar? And how are they different?
- 19. New departures.