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, Réka Benczes, Kognitív nyelvészet. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 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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