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Thursday, 30 September 2010
A Comparative Corpus-Aided Analysis of American and British English: A Case Study of Slang
Abstract: This MA thesis should be set against the background of linguistic Globalisation and its diffusion through the media. The mass media allow for linguistic shifts taking place in American English to spread to other World Englishes (above all on the levels of syntax and lexis) as a result of an increasing trend towards colloquialisation, Americanisation and a more democratic model of (power) relationships. The present dissertation constitutes a corpus-based study that analyses the frequency of use of a series of grammatical structures and lexical items in American and British English, particularly focusing on American slang. The study takes as a basis chiefly audiovisual corpora in parallel to which real linguistic data (drawn from a survey on slang) are examined. Results provide evidence of the so called Americanisation of other World Englishes, among them, British English, and that this influence can be observed in both written and audiovisual corpora.
Hernando Carnicero, Carmen. “A Comparative Corpus-Aided Analysis of American and British English: A Case Study of Slang.” MA Diss. Universidad de Extremadura. Cáceres, Dec. 2009.
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2 comments:
hi, Carmen, nice to meet you again.
I am so interested with your paper.
would you like send me it, I want to know more about it because I am still studying at under graduated level, and now writing a project paper as requirement to finish my study.
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Hi Martos,
Nice seeing you over here :) I really like your blog. I can see you're interested in teacher training ;) As for your project, I'm sure you're gonna do great.
If you like, you can check my article online at http://anglogermanica.uv.es:8080/Journal/Viewer.aspx?Year=2009-10&ID=hernando.pdf
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