Barnard Shaw once told, “England and America are two countries separated by a common language.” “It [English] is the language”, Jesperson concludes, “of a grown up man having very little childish or ...

English philology is focused on the special characteristics and linguistic variety of the English language, as well as the literature and cultures of English-speaking regions. Objects for examination ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper proposes a new analysis of English partitives in which a quantifier is immediately followed by an of-phrase. It has been claimed ...