An Introduction to American English explores American English in the context of American history and institutions, while also making comparisons with British English.
About the Author
Gunnel Tottie is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. She is author of Negation in English Speech and Writing (1991) and editor of Creating and Using English Language Corpora (with Udo Fries and Peter Schneider, 1994), and Negation in the History of English (with Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade and Wim van der Wurff, 1999).
Features
Investigates the cultural and social factors that make American vocabulary unique
Offers a systematic treatment of word-formation in American English with up-to-date examples
Provides extensive coverage of pragmatics and grammatical features
