Matthew Engel: That's The Way It Crumbles

Cover: 9781781256695 | That's The Way It Crumbles | Matthew Engel | Taschenbuch | 280 S.

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Are we tired of hearing that fall is a season, sick of being offered fries and told about the latest movie? Yeah. Have we noticed the sly interpolation of Americanisms into our everyday speech? You betcha. And are we outraged? Hell, yes. But do we do anything? Too much hassle. Until [...] That's The Way It Crumbles Matthew Engel presents a call to arms against the linguistic impoverishment that happens when one language dominates another. With dismay and wry amusement, he traces the American invasion of our language from the early days of the New World, via the influence of Edison, the dance hall and the talkies, right up to the Apple and Microsoft-dominated present day, and explores the fate of other languages trying to fend off linguistic takeover bids. It is not the Americans' fault, more the result of their talent for innovation and our own [...] explains how America's cultural supremacy affects British gestures, celebrations and way of life, and how every paragraph and conversation includes words the British no longer even think of as Americanisms. Part battle cry, part love song, part elegy, this book celebrates the strange, the banal, the precious and the endangered parts of our uncommon common language.

Über den Autor

Matthew Engel is a journalist and author. He has written for the Guardian and Financial Times, among other publications, and was the editor of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for twelve years. His books include Eleven Minutes Late: A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain and Extracts from the Red Notebooks. Engel's England is out in October 2014.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Genre:	Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft , Importe
Rubrik:	Sprachwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	280 S.
ISBN-13:	9781781256695
ISBN-10:	1781256691
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Engel, Matthew
Auflage:	Main
Hersteller:	Profile Books Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße:	195 x 126 x 22 mm
Von/Mit:	Matthew Engel
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.03.2018
Gewicht:	0,237 kg