American and British English - Divided by a Common Language?Paperback
American and British English - Divided by a Common Language?Paperback Is British English becoming more like American English? This book compares examples of American and British language data from…
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American and British English - Divided by a Common Language?Paperback
Is British English becoming more like American English? 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. If so, why, and in what ways?
Baker explores the changing aspects of American and British society which help to explain the 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.
British Language and Culture