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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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