Title: British or American English? : a handbook of word and grammar patterns /
Authors: Algeo, John.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: English language Grammar, Comparative; English language Great Britain; English language United States; Americanisms.
Abstract: "Containing extensive quotations from real-life English on both sides of the Atlantic, collected over the past twenty years, this is a clear and highly organized guide to the differences - and the similarities - in the grammar of British and American speakers. Written for those with no prior knowledge of linguistics, it shows how these grammatical differences are linked mainly to particular words, and provides an accessible account of contemporary English as it is actually used."--Jacket.
Contents: British and American as national varieties -- Differences between British and American -- The basis of this study -- Sources of comparative statistics and citations -- Conventions and organization of this study -- Verbs -- Determiners -- Nouns -- Pronouns -- Adjectives -- Adverbs -- Qualifiers -- Prepositions -- Conjunctions -- Interjections -- Complementation -- Mandative constructions -- Expanded predicates -- Concord -- Propredicates -- Tag questions -- Miscellaneous.