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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages :
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The BRITS Index: Title index
The BRITS Index: Title index
Author: British Theses Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 1158
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 1158
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The Prodigal Tongue
Author: Lynne Murphy
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1524704881
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
CHOSEN BY THE ECONOMIST AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR An American linguist teaching in England explores the sibling rivalry between British and American English “English accents are the sexiest.” “Americans have ruined the English language.” Such claims about the English language are often repeated but rarely examined. Professor Lynne Murphy is on the linguistic front line. In The Prodigal Tongue she explores the fiction and reality of the special relationship between British and American English. By examining the causes and symptoms of American Verbal Inferiority Complex and its flipside, British Verbal Superiority Complex, Murphy unravels the prejudices, stereotypes and insecurities that shape our attitudes to our own language. With great humo(u)r and new insights, Lynne Murphy looks at the social, political and linguistic forces that have driven American and British English in different directions: how Americans got from centre to center, why British accents are growing away from American ones, and what different things we mean when we say estate, frown, or middle class. Is anyone winning this war of the words? Will Yanks and Brits ever really understand each other?
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1524704881
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
CHOSEN BY THE ECONOMIST AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR An American linguist teaching in England explores the sibling rivalry between British and American English “English accents are the sexiest.” “Americans have ruined the English language.” Such claims about the English language are often repeated but rarely examined. Professor Lynne Murphy is on the linguistic front line. In The Prodigal Tongue she explores the fiction and reality of the special relationship between British and American English. By examining the causes and symptoms of American Verbal Inferiority Complex and its flipside, British Verbal Superiority Complex, Murphy unravels the prejudices, stereotypes and insecurities that shape our attitudes to our own language. With great humo(u)r and new insights, Lynne Murphy looks at the social, political and linguistic forces that have driven American and British English in different directions: how Americans got from centre to center, why British accents are growing away from American ones, and what different things we mean when we say estate, frown, or middle class. Is anyone winning this war of the words? Will Yanks and Brits ever really understand each other?
The BRITS Index: Subject index
Author: British Theses Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : British Library. Document Supply Centre
Languages : en
Pages : 1156
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : British Library. Document Supply Centre
Languages : en
Pages : 1156
Book Description
The BRITS Index: Author index
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The BRITS Index: Subject index
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Bibliotheca Britannica; Or a General Index to British and Foreign Literature. By Robert Watt, M.D. in Two Parts: - Authors and Subjects
Bibliotheca Britannica; Or, A General Index to British and Foreign Literature
Author: Robert Watt
Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
Index of NLM Serial Titles
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1118
Book Description
A keyword listing of serial titles currently received by the National Library of Medicine.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1118
Book Description
A keyword listing of serial titles currently received by the National Library of Medicine.