TY - BOOK
T1 - American English & Culture, second edition
A2 - Forchini, Pierfranca
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The present work is a collection of readings and language notes which sketch out a picture of North America and aim to stimulate interest in further investigations and studies. More specifically, Part 1 offers a series of selected passages introducing American Culture, while Part 2 focuses on American English as a language variety, comparing it to British English. In particular, aspects of spelling, lexis, grammar and pronunciation are accounted for. The examples given in the notes are taken from reference books, movies and from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA).
AB - The present work is a collection of readings and language notes which sketch out a picture of North America and aim to stimulate interest in further investigations and studies. More specifically, Part 1 offers a series of selected passages introducing American Culture, while Part 2 focuses on American English as a language variety, comparing it to British English. In particular, aspects of spelling, lexis, grammar and pronunciation are accounted for. The examples given in the notes are taken from reference books, movies and from the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA).
KW - American Culture
KW - American English
KW - American Culture
KW - American English
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/1801
M3 - Other report
BT - American English & Culture, second edition
PB - EDUCatt
ER -