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Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"An American linguist teaching in England explores the sibling rivalry between British and American English. "If Shakespeare were alive today, he'd sound like an American." "English accents are the sexiest." "Americans have ruined the English language." "Technology means everyone will have to speak the same English." Such claims about the English language are often repeated but rarely examined. Professor Lynne Murphy is on the linguistic front line....
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"This collection of interconnected essays tackles words, concepts, and phrases that have become part of the cultural conversation--but deserve to be reexamined. Combining sharp criticism, lyricism, and play, this book argues for judicious and imaginative speech"--
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Why do we speak the way we do, and what do our voices tell others about us? What is the truth behind the myths that surround how we speak? Jane Setter explores these and other fascinating questions in this engaging introduction to the power and the science of the voice. 0The book first takes us on a tour of the sounds in our language and how we produce them, as well as how and why those sounds vary in different varieties of English. The origins of...
5) The American way of writing: how to communicate like a native at school, at work, and on the road
Author
Publisher
Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"This book explains the uniquely American cultural references that appear in American English for students and professionals to increase their written command of the language." --
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Is English a bridge or a barrier to economic advancement and social mobility as it spreads worldwide? To what extent do domestic and global politics determine those outcomes? Who are the winners, losers, and resisters? How are France and China using the "soft power" of language to overtake English and to what ends? What role do globalization, a knowledge-based economy, and neoliberalism play in these developments? Using education as its lens, this...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Smart and funny I loved it!" Mignon Fogarty, author of New York Times bestseller Grammar Girl s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing A lively linguistic exploration of the speech habits we love to hate and why our like s and literally s actually make us better communicators Paranoid about the ums and uhs that pepper your presentations? Concerned that people notice your vocal fry? Bewildered by hella or the meteoric rise of so ? What if these...
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