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Kiadó: | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
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Kiadás helye: | New York |
Kiadás éve: | |
Kötés típusa: | Ragasztott papírkötés |
Oldalszám: | 206 oldal |
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Nyelv: | Angol |
Méret: | 23 cm x 15 cm |
ISBN: | 0-471-30841-2 |
Acknowledgments | |
Introduction | |
Part I Understanding American English | |
Exporting American English | 3 |
International travel | 4 |
Social Conversations | 6 |
Confusing Cognates | 8 |
Pronunciation | 9 |
Misunderstood American Slang | 11 |
Why American English Is So Difficult | 15 |
1066 and All That | 16 |
English Spoken Here...and Everywhere | 17 |
What Should We Call American English? | 19 |
Playing the Word Game | 20 |
Oxymorons | 24 |
Nonexistent Words | 25 |
Regional American English | 26 |
Pronunciation | 26 |
Filers | 28 |
Black English | 29 |
Youth Slang | 30 |
Political Jargon | 31 |
Doublespeak | 31 |
Bureaucratese | 32 |
Summary | 33 |
Mangled Misstatements | 34 |
Part II Understanding World English | |
English English | 47 |
Bloody Awful Words | 49 |
Riding the Highway of Words | 53 |
Food is Not Necessarily Foode | 54 |
Grammar: Garbled or Grand? | 56 |
Spelling | 57 |
Is It Briton or Brit? | 58 |
A Dog's Breakfast | 59 |
Reference Books | 62 |
Summary | 63 |
English: The Global Language | 64 |
The First Faux Pas | 65 |
Canada | 66 |
Australia | 70 |
New Zealand | 73 |
South Africa | 75 |
Where Is English Spoken? | 78 |
What You Need to Know about Other English-speaking Nations | 81 |
Part III Becoming a Global Communicator | |
Using Interpreters | 85 |
Avoiding Translation Sickness | 86 |
Translating the Written Word | 87 |
Computerized Translations | 88 |
Presidential Pratfalls | 90 |
Telephone Translations | 90 |
Tips for Travelers Using Interpreters | 91 |
More Translation Anecdotes | 93 |
Social Conversations around the World | 96 |
United Kingdom | 97 |
Germany | 101 |
Italy | 103 |
France | 104 |
Russia | 105 |
Japan | 106 |
Thailand | 108 |
Korea | 109 |
China | 111 |
General Comments on the S Word - Sex | 115 |
The Tower of Business Babel | 118 |
From Boardrooms to Bathrooms | 120 |
Workaday Words or Business Bombshells? | 122 |
Business Abbreviations and Acronyms | 124 |
Shocking Similes | 127 |
Bumbled Brand Names | 128 |
Eurospeak | 131 |
Summary | 132 |
Confusing Cognates and Telephone Talk | 134 |
Spanish Cognates | 135 |
German Cognates | 136 |
Telepone Talk | 137 |
How to Be Understood | 139 |
Ten Tips for Using American English | 139 |
Other Ways to Communicate | 143 |
Colors Communicate Too | 144 |
The Meaning of Numbers | 145 |
Other Ways to Comprender | 146 |
Epilogue - Words about Words | 149 |
Appendix - What to Know about Other Languages and Cultures | 153 |
Japanese | 155 |
German | 160 |
French | 165 |
Italian | 169 |
Spanish | 172 |
Chinese | 176 |
Glossaries | 181 |
Australian English to American English | 181 |
American English to English English | 192 |
New Zealand English to American English | 196 |
Cockney Slang | 200 |
Oxymorons | 201 |
Index | 203 |
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