studies:graduation:final_examination:topics:ba-american:language_and_linguistics
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final examination topics: BA, American track: language and linguistics
The history of American English The study of American dialects Dialects of American English American slang British-American differences Theories of British-American differences Issues in human cognition Categorization Mental frames Metonymy Metaphor Culture and cognition
Recommended readings
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.
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