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final examination topics: BA, American track: language and linguistics

  1. The history of American English
  2. Differences between British and American pronunciation
  3. Differences between British and American spelling
  4. Differences between British and American vocabulary
  5. Differences between British and American grammar
  6. American speaking style
  7. The basic principles of Cognitive Linguistics
  8. Categorization
  9. Mental frames
  10. Conceptual metonymy
  11. Conceptual metaphor
  12. Cognition and American culture
  • Dillard, J. L., A History of American English. New York: Longman, 1992.
  • Zoltán Kövecses, American English: An Introduction. Peterborough: Broadview Press, 2000.
  • Kövecses, Zoltán, Language, Mind, and Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
  • Kövecses, Zoltán, RĂ©ka Benczes, KognitĂ­v nyelvĂ©szet. Budapest: AkadĂ©miai KiadĂł, 2010.
  • Lakoff, George, Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.
  • Lakoff, George, Mark Johnson, Metaphors We Live By. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980.
  • McCrum, R., W. Cran, R. MacNeil, The Story of English. New York: Penguin Books, 1986.
  • Mencken, H. L., The American Language. New York: Knopf, 1919.
studies/graduation/final_examination/topics/ba-american/language_and_linguistics.txt · last touched 2021-12-02 16:00 by Vera Benczik