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001			ocn994316083
003			OCoLC
005			20180722230252.0
008			180103s2018 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2017057417
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019			_a994634139 _a1030147828
020			_a9780143131106 _qpaperback
020			_a0143131109 _qpaperback
035			_a(OCoLC)994316083 _z(OCoLC)994634139 _z(OCoLC)1030147828
042			_apcc
043			_an-us--- _ae-uk---
092			_a427.9 _bM978
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aMurphy, M. Lynne, _eauthor. _9357496
245	1	4	_aThe prodigal tongue : _bthe love-hate relationship between American and British English / _cLynne Murphy.
246	3	0	_aLove-hate relationship between American and British English
264		1	_aNew York, New York : _bPenguin Books, _c[2018]
300			_a360 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe Queen's English, corrupted -- The wrong end of the bumbershoot: stereotypes and getting things wrong -- Separated by a common language? -- America: saving the English language since 1607 -- More American, more Ænglisc? -- Logical nonsense -- Lost in translation -- The standard bearers -- The prognosis -- Beyond Britain and America.
520			_a"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. In The Prodigal Tongue she explores the fiction and reality of the special relationship between British and American English. By examining the causes and symptoms of American Verbal Inferiority Complex and its flipside, British Verbal Superiority Complex, Murphy unravels the prejudices, stereotypes and insecurities that shape our attitudes to our own language. With great humo(u)r and new insights, Lynne Murphy looks at the social, political and linguistic forces that have driven American and British English in different directions: how Americans got from centre to center, why British accents are growing away from American ones, and what different things we mean when we say estate, frown, or middle class. Is anyone winning this war of the words? Will Yanks and Brits ever really understand each other?"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"An American linguist teaching in England explores the sibling rivalry between British and American English"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xSocial aspects _zUnited States. _9288242
650		0	_aEnglish language _xSocial aspects _zGreat Britain. _9357497
650		0	_aEnglish language _xVariation _zUnited States. _9230257
650		0	_aEnglish language _xVariation _zGreat Britain. _9230256
650		0	_aEnglish language _xPsychological aspects. _9357498
650		0	_aEnglish language _xUsage. _9101112
650		0	_aEnglish language _xHistory. _9146683
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