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A diachronic study of some lexical differences between american and british english

Anna Kjellgren

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The aim of this paper was to investigate some lexical differences between American and British English. I endeavoured to see why the two varieties have ended up with a different vocabulary for the ...

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The aim of this paper was to investigate some lexical differences between American and British English. I endeavoured to see why the two varieties have ended up with a different vocabulary for the ...

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The aim of this paper was to investigate some lexical differences between American and British English. I endeavoured to see why the two varieties have ended up with a different vocabulary for the ...

Key concepts: British English, Linguistics, Lexical item, Varieties of English, Lexical density, American English, Vocabulary, Lexicology

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