The Prodigal Tongue The Love-Hate Relationship Between American and British English【電子書籍】[ Lynne Murphy ]

＜p＞**CHOSEN BY ＜em＞THE ECONOMIST＜/em＞ AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR＜/p＞ ＜p＞An American linguist teaching in England explores the sibling rivalry between British and American English**＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞“English accents are the sexiest.”＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜em＞“Americans have ruined the English language.”＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Such claims about the English language are often repeated but rarely examined. Professor Lynne Murphy is on the linguistic front line. In ＜em＞The Prodigal Tongue＜/em＞ 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.＜/p＞ ＜p＞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 America．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る