The Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume 6, English in North America Hardback - Hardcover

Algeo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521264790 ISBN 13: 9780521264792

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

This volume traces the history of English in North America during the past 400 years. It considers the continuing relationship between American and British English, the political and social changes that have affected English in North America, and the contact with other languages and with British varieties throughout history.

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'The entire volume is written in a manner that makes the subject both interesting and attractive. The scholarship is there but is not in a form - so frequent in many linguistic works - that is incomprehensible to non-linguists. The contributors, editor and Cambridge University Press are all to be congratulated on another outstanding contribution to our understanding of what has become the world's language.' Contemporary Review

'Try volume VI of The Cambridge History of the English Language: English in North America, edited with great flair by John Algeo ... here you will find a delicious chapter on slang by Jonathan E. Lighter ... the most useful part of Cambridge's monumental effort is the glossary.' New York Times

'A work on language as a manifestation of cultures and their changes, English in North America is a magisterial achievement, and a fitting completion of The Cambridge History of the English Language.' Amerikastudien

Biografía del autor

John Algeo is Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0521264790
• ISBN 13: 9780521264792
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 662