Orin Hargraves

Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions

Making Sense of Transatlantic English

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The appendices and extensive index provide a ready point of entry for quick look-ups, and there will be an extra chapter on Canadian, Australian, and Asian English.

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As if written from a point in the Atlantic exactly between Britain and the United States, this engaging and often witty book catalogs the differences between the "two" languages by taking a culturally neutral stance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 164mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 619g
• ISBN-13: 9780195157048
• ISBN-10: 0195157044
• Artikelnr.: 22452081

Autorenporträt

Orin Hargraves is a longtime freelance lexicographer with much experience in both US and UK writing.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: The Arrangement of Letters
2: A Choice of Words
3: Money, Work, and Business
4: The Government and the Law
5: Education
6: Sickness and Health
7: Food, Clothing, and Shelter
8: Transport(ation)
9: Sport(s) and Leisure
10: What You Don't Say
11: The Stuff of Life
Appendices
1: Other Major Dialects
2: Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
3: Measures and Numbers
4: Calendar
Bibliography
Subject Index
Word Index