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The prodigal tongue: the love-hate relationship between American and British English

Name: The prodigal tongue: the love-hate relationship between American and British English
ISBN: 9781524704889

Lynne Murphy

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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.

Categories:

History

Content Type:

Books

Year:

2018

Publisher:

Penguin

Language:

english

Pages:

311