American vs. British English - the lexical perspective

The aim of the work is to compare two varieties of English, British and American, from the lexical perspective and to illustrate how much they differ form each other. I use the examples of influences that had an impact on formation of American vocabulary, their origin, i.e. what words they originate...

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Hlavní autor: Borský, Tomáš (Autor práce)
Další autoři: Chovanec, Jan, 1973- (Vedoucí práce)
Typ dokumentu: VŠ práce nebo rukopis
Jazyk:Angličtina
Vydáno: 2006
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On-line přístup:http://is.muni.cz/th/85492/ff_b/
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Shrnutí:The aim of the work is to compare two varieties of English, British and American, from the lexical perspective and to illustrate how much they differ form each other. I use the examples of influences that had an impact on formation of American vocabulary, their origin, i.e. what words they originate from, the way of their formation etc. Then I am comparing the main differences in spelling and in meaning
Popis jednotky:Vedoucí práce: Jan Chovanec
Fyzický popis:35 l.