438 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

438 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

438 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

A Survey of Modern English 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,... Read more

Chapter one: The English Language: Standards and Variation

Chapter two: Vocabulary

Chapter three: The Pronunciation and Spelling of English

Chapter four: Grammar

Chapter five: Written and Spoken Language Use: Diatypes

Chapter six: Dialectal and Sociolinguistic Variation: Users

Chapter seven: English in the British Isles

Chapter eight: English in America

Chapter nine: Standard British and American English in Comparison

Chapter ten: English in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa

Chapter eleven: Pidgin and Creole English

Chapter twelve: English as a Second Language

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Biography

Stephan Gramley is Studiendirektor associated with the Department of Linguistic and Literary Studies at Bielefeld University, Germany. 

Vivian Gramley is a senior lecturer for English linguistics at the Department of Linguistic and Literary Studies at Bielefeld University, Germany. 

Kurt-Michael Pätzold is a former senior lecturer at the Department of Linguistic and Literary Studies at Bielefeld University, Germany.