American and British English: Divided by a Common Language?
- ISBN-10
- 1107088860
- ISBN-13
- 9781107088863
- Category
- Foreign Language Study
- Pages
- 276
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-09-30
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Paul Baker
Description
Is British English becoming more like American English? Paul Baker tracks the changes, trends and distinctions of both languages to answer this question.
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