A Survey of Modern EnglishFully revised and updated, the second edition of this authoritative guide is a comprehensive, scholarly and systematic review of modern English. In one volume the book presents a description of both the linguistic structure of present-day English and its geographical, social, gender, and ethnic variations. Covering new developments such as the impact of email on language and corpus-based grammars, this accessible text has been extensively rewritten and brings the survey of modern English right up to date. It also offers new examples and suggestions for further reading. |
Contents
standards and variation | 1 |
Vocabulary | 25 |
New words | 33 |
Words in combination | 48 |
The pronunciation and spelling of English | 66 |
Grammar 97 46 | 97 |
Written texts and English for specific purposes ESP | 145 |
Spoken discourse | 168 |
English in the British Isles | 227 |
English in America | 250 |
Standard British and American English in comparison | 272 |
English in Australia New Zealand and South Africa | 296 |
English as a second language ESL | 314 |
| 349 | |
General bibliography | 355 |
| 379 | |
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