{"product_id":"british-or-american-english-a-handbook-of-word-and-grammar-patterns-hardback-9780521371377","title":"British or American English?; A Handbook of Word and Grammar Patterns (Hardback) 9780521371377","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBritish or American English?\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Handbook of Word and Grammar Patterns\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA detailed guide to the differences between British and American English grammar, with authentic examples.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Algeo (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521371377, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 10 August 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e364 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 2.8 cm, 0.686 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… no other book covers quite the same ground. It will be useful for lexicographers, translators, editors, and material writers, as well as linguists and researchers. Not least, it will provide many ideas for students who are beginning research into the varieties …' Journal of English Linguistics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSpeakers 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Parts of Speech: 1. Verbs\u003cbr\u003e 2. Determiners\u003cbr\u003e 3. Nouns\u003cbr\u003e 4. Pronouns\u003cbr\u003e 5. Adjectives\u003cbr\u003e 6. Adverbs\u003cbr\u003e 7. Qualifiers\u003cbr\u003e 8. Prepositions\u003cbr\u003e 9. Conjunctions\u003cbr\u003e 10. Interjections\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Syntactic Constructions: 11. Complementation\u003cbr\u003e 12. Mandative constructions\u003cbr\u003e 13. Expanded predicates\u003cbr\u003e 14. Concord\u003cbr\u003e 15. Propredicates\u003cbr\u003e 16. Tag questions\u003cbr\u003e 17. Miscellaneous\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography of British book citation sources\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography of studies, dictionaries and corpora\u003cbr\u003e Index of words.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007146217752,"sku":"9780521371377","price":88.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521379939_cef06d25-c2db-4a25-b27f-392e3dfcb034.jpg?v=1691375859","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/british-or-american-english-a-handbook-of-word-and-grammar-patterns-hardback-9780521371377","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}