Title An introduction to American English / Gunnel Tottie

Published Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell Publishers, 2002

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Description xx, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series The language library Language library. Contents 1. Writing It and Saying It -- 2. American History for Language Students -- 3. Running America: Government and Education -- 4. Life and Language in the United States -- 5. American English Vocabulary: A Systematic View -- 6. Caught Out or Caught Off Base? Metaphors in American English -- 7. The Grammar of American English -- 8. Using English in the United States -- 9. Varieties of American English -- 10. Language Politics in the United States: English and Other Languages -- Index of Zip Codes for States Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Subject Americanisms. English language -- United States. English language -- Social aspects -- United States. English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers. Genre/Form Textbooks. LC no. 2001043125 ISBN 0631197915 : 0631197923 paperback

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