A Survey Of Modern English Av Stephan Gramley, Vivian Gramley, Kurt-Michael Patzold

<P><EM>A Survey of Modern English</EM> covers a wide selection of aspects of the modern English language. Fully revised and updated, the major focus of the third edition lies in Standard American and British English individually and in comparison with each other. Over and beyond that, this volume treats other Englishes around the world, especially those of the southern hemisphere countries of Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa as well as numerous varieties spoken in southern, eastern and western Africa, south and southeast Asia, and the Pacific. The main areas of investigation and interest include:</P><UL><P><LI>pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary;</LI><P></P><P><LI>multiple facets of English dialects and sociolects with an emphasis on gender and ethnicity;</LI><P></P><P><LI>questions of pragmatics as well as a longer look at English-related pidgin and creole varieties.</LI><P></P></UL><P>This authoritative guide is a comprehensive, scholarly, and systematic review of modern E