American English compendium: a portable guide to the idiosyncrasies, subtleties, technical lingo, and nooks and crannies of American English
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| Vorheriger Titel: | 21st century American English compendium |
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
| Veröffentlicht: |
Lanham, Md. [u.a.]
Rowman & Littlefield
2014
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| Ausgabe: | 4. ed., 1. Rowman & Littlefield ed. |
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| Online-Zugang: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Beschreibung: | XVIII, 524 S. |
| ISBN: | 9781442232822 |
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| adam_text | Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Prologue to the Revised Fourth Edition xiii
Foreword XV
Guide to the Use oi This Book xvii
Introduction 1
1 American Spoken Here—English Understood 3
2 Proverbs, Slogans, and Aphorisms 19
3 Popular American Expressions 73
4 Proverbial Commentaries 85
5 Similes and Metaphors Indicating Extremes 97
6 A Pronounced Difference 105
7 American Slang and Colloquialisms 109
Animal Kingdom 111
A ns and Entertainment 120
Business and Industry 123
Food, Drink, Cooking, and Culinary Arts 126
Games and Sports 133
Human Body, The 138
Legal, Law Enforcement, and Crime 150
V
vi AMERICAN ENGLISH COMPENDIUM
Medicine and Pharmaceuticals 151
Military 152
Senses and Feelings 155
Transportation 157
8 Oddball American English Words 161
9 British vs. American English (and Vice Versa) 167
British vs. American English 170
Automotive, Aircraft, and Transportation 211
American vs. British English 216
10 Worldwide English 267
Australian and New Zealand English 268
Indian English 272
Irish English 273
Scottish English 276
South African English 278
11 Foreign Words and Phrases Frequently Used in English 281
Latin 283
French 287
German 291
Italian 293
Japanese 295
Spanish 297
Yiddish 300
12 Common American Legal Terms 303
13 Common American Medical Terms 333
14 Business Colloquialisms, Slang, and Acronyms 393
15 Neologisms 403
16 Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms 409
Acronyms, General 411
Abbreviations and Initialisms 416
Clothing Sizes and Colors 416
Streets and Roads 416
Times and Dates 416
Medical, Science, and Math 417
Radio and Television 418
Weights and Measures 418
Degrees and Titles 418
CONTENTS
vii
Geography 420
Businesses and Organizations 421
Commerce and Education 424
Grammar, Literature, and Writing 425
General Use 426
17 Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms in the
Computer, Internet, and Communications Industries 431
18 From Where Do You Hail? 445
19 For the Symbol Minded 457
20 Currencies of the World 461
21 International Measurements 465
22 Baby Talk 469
23 The Birds and the Trees 471
Animal Kingdom Terminology 472
Flowers 479
Birds 480
Fish 482
Trees 483
24 The Colorful American Language 485
25 Color Commentaries 489
26 Language and Laughter 497
Postscript to the Fourth Edition 501
Bibliography 503
Index 511
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