International English UsageLoreto Todd, Ian Hancock First published in 1986. This comprehensive guide to written and spoken English offers details of usage in all countries where English used. The writer's, speaker's and reader's handy companion; the student's source. A book for browsing, for rules and for reference. |
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abbreviations acceptable adverbs African English alliteration applied Australian English auxiliary borrowed calques century clauses co-occur colloquial conjunction consonant clusters contexts countable creoles derives described dialect dictionary diphthongs etymology example expressions folk etymology formal French frequently function grammar Greek Hiberno-English idioms implies indicate influence intonation involving John Latin letters lexical lingua franca linguistic meaning metaphor modals modifier morpheme mother tongue non-rhotic norms noun phrase object occasionally occur official language one’s past participle patterns person Phonology pidgins pidgins and creoles plural position predicate preposition pronouns pronunciation purist quotation marks realised Received Pronunciation refers regional rhotic rhyme Scottish English semantic sentence sing singular sound speech spelling spoken Standard English stress structure style stylistic syllables syntactic tend tendency tense term transformational grammar types UK English usage usually verb phrase vocabulary vowel whereas word formation word order writing written medium