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English in America: A Linguistic History, Hörbuch, Digital, 355min
Think about this: How would you address a group of two or more people? Would you say "you", "you all", "yous", "you lot", "y'all", "you guys", "you'uns", "yinz", or something else? Would that change depending on whom you were talking to or where you were? Your answers can provide revealing insights into who you are, where you grew up or live now, and your social, economic, and educational background. Welcome to the enthralling world of linguistics. If you've ever been curious about how words like awesomesauce ever came to be, let alone made it into the Oxford English Dictionary, or if you've wondered why you say "firefly" and someone else calls the same insect a "lightning bug", English in America is for you. There's an incredibly rich and colorful history behind American English. A profoundly diverse assortment of cultures has influenced our vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar, and the language continues to grow and shift. Dialect variations are widespread and actually increasing, and the new words, accents, and sentence structures both reflect and shape changes in our culture and society. Investigating these dialects is the domain of sociolinguistics, the study of the intricate interrelation between language variation and cultural, interpersonal, and personal identity. Over 24 lectures, you'll encounter a wide range of ethnic and social groups that have shaped the course of the development of American English over the centuries: English speakers from all over the British Isles; speakers of West African languages; immigrants from Western and Eastern Europe; speakers of languages from Asia; and Spanish speakers from all over the world. In considering the contributions of these groups, you'll also gain deep insights into the perceptions - and misperceptions - about language and dialect variation. As you'll discover, American English is an umbrella term for many different EnglishES, reflecting who we hav Language: English. Narrator: Natalie Schilling. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tcco/000432/bk_tcco_000432_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Modern English personal pronouns
Modern English personal pronouns ab 15.49 € als Taschenbuch: Gender-neutral pronouns Singular they It Gender-specific pronoun Spivak pronoun Generic antecedent English personal pronouns Old English pronouns You Y'all She We One Yinz Subject complement Generic you Them. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, English, International, Englische Taschenbücher,- Shop: hugendubel
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Yinz
A violent forbidden love story in the heart of the Rust Belt. High school student Brad Levin and his guidance counselor Mindy are having a secret affair. When the school's principal, Tommy Tomasetti, discovers their romance, he threatens Brad and Mindy. If Brad and Mindy don't break off their relationship, Tomasetti will turn in Mindy to the police and do everything in his power to ruin Brad's life. Brad can't accept the thought of losing Mindy, so he plans a prank to scare Tomasetti into leaving them alone. When Tomasetti refuses to ignore Brad and Mindy's relationship, the plan turns to horrific violence. Brad's two best friends are complicit in the crime. When they try to figure out how to get away with it, their friendships break down along racial and economic fault lines. Can they stick together to stay out of jail?- Shop: odax
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