Название: Grammars, Grammarians and Grammar-Writing in Eighteenth-Century England
Автор: Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
Издательство: Mouton de Gruyter
Год: 2008
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 372
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

The book offers insight into the publication history of eighteenth-century English grammars in unprecedented detail. It is based on a close analysis of various types of relevant information: Alston's bibliography of 1965, showing that this source needs to be revised urgently; the recently published online database Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) with respect to sources of information never previously explored or analysed (such as book catalogues and library catalogues); Carol Percy's database on the reception of eighteenth-century grammars in contemporary periodical reviews; and so-called precept corpora containing data on the treatment in a large variety of grammars (and other works) of individual grammatical constructions. By focussing on individual grammars and their history a number of long-standing questions are solved with respect to the authorship of particular grammars and related work (the Brightland/Gildon grammar and the Bellum Grammaticale; Ann Fisher's grammar) while new questions are identified, such as the significant change of approach between the publication of one grammar and its second edition of seven years later (Priestley), and the dependence of later practical grammars (for mothers and their children) on earlier publications

Название: English: History, Diversity and Change (English Language: Past, Present and Future)
Автор: David Graddol, Dick Leith, Joan Swann
Издательство: Routledge
Год: 1996
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 408
Размер: 41 MB
Язык: English

The story of English is often presented as one of progress: from a set of Germanic dialects to a fully-fledged national and international language. The emphasis in this book is on the diversity of English throughout its history and the changing social meanings of different varieties of English.

Название: English Vocabulary in Use Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate Book
Автор: Stuart Redman
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Год: 2003
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 270
Размер: 10 MB
Язык: English

While maintaining the clarity of the first edition, this revised edition contains new illustrations and is published in full colour. This top-selling vocabulary book is now available with a CD-ROM offering hundreds of completely new exercises. The CD-ROM has a built-in dictionary with full definitions and example sentences of key vocabulary

Название: NTC's Super-Mini English Idioms Dictionary
Автор: Richard A. Spears, Betty Kirkpatrick
Издательство: NTC\/Contemporary Publishing Group, Inc.
Год: 2000
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 289
Размер: 3 MB
Язык: English

This includes more than 1,800 of the most frequently used idioms in contemporary British English, each with at least two example sentences. Compiled with non-native speakers in mind, the entire collection is compressed into a pocket-size edition.

Название: English as a Second F*cking Language: How to Swear Effectively, Explained in Detail with Numerous Examples Taken From Everyday Life
Автор: Sterling Johnson
Издательство: St. Martin's Griffin
Год: 1996
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 96
Размер: 10 MB
Язык: English

English as a Second F*cking Language (ESF*L) is the perfect way for nonnative speakers to learn the basics of swearing. At the same time, it also offers native speakers a wide variety of twists and new refinements. Page after page, ESF*L provides a smorgasbord of swearing synonyms designed to boost your vocabulary-everything from the conventional d*mn and sh*t to a host of more inventive terms that would make any truck driver blush

Название: Ways of Reading: Advanced Reading Skills for Students of English Literature
Автор: M. Montgomery
Издательство: Routledge
Год: 2006
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 384
Размер: 4 MB
Язык: English

Ways of Reading is a well-established core textbook that provides the reader with the tools to analyze and interpret the meanings of literary and non-literary texts.Six sections, split into self-contained units with their own activities and notes for further reading, cover: techniques and problem-solving language variation attributing meaning poetic uses of language narrative media texts. This third edition has been redesigned and updated throughout with many fresh examples and exercises, updated further reading suggestions and new material on electronic sources and the Internet, language and power, and drama

Название: Irish English, volume 1 - The North of Ireland (Dialects of English)
Автор: Karen P. Corrigan
Издательство: Edinburgh University Press
Год: 2010
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 160
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

This volume provides an accessible overview of the English spoken in the Northern dialect regions of Ireland. The text begins with a basic overview of the location of the historical nine-county province of Ulster and the degree of contact its divergent peoples have had with the Republic of Ireland, as well as other areas of the British Isles and, more widely, within continental Europe and further abroad. The volume also takes a complete inventory of the phonetic and phonological features of Northern varieties of Irish-English and its morphological and syntactic characteristics; the distinctive lexis of Northern Irish English; language contact and shift; and language changes in progress

Название: Another Word A Day: An All-New Romp through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English
Автор: Anu Garg
Издательство: Wiley
Год: 2005
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 241
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

A smorgasbord of surprising, obscure, and exotic wordsIn this delightful encore to the national bestseller A Word A Day, Anu Garg, the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day Web site (wordsmith.org), presents an all-new collection of unusual, intriguing words and real-life anecdotes that will thrill writers, scholars, and word buffs everywhere. Another Word A Day celebrates the English language in all its quirkiness, grandeur, and fun, and features new chapters ranging from "Words Formed Erroneously" and "Red-Herring Words" to "Kangaroo Words," "Discover the Theme," and "What Does That Company Name Mean?" In them, you'll find a treasure trove of curious and compelling words, including agelast, dragoman, mittimus, nyctalopia, quacksalver, scission, tattersall, and zugzwang

Название: A Year In the Life of an ESL
Автор: Edward J. Francis
Издательство: Trafford Publishing
Год: 2004
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 308
Размер: 40 MB
Язык: English

A Year in the Life of an ESL Student is an essential addition to the advanced level ESL classroom. By studying the varied and interesting dialogues and completing the challenging exercises, students will dramatically improve their comprehension and usage of everyday idioms and advanced vocabulary.The book follows Andre, a student from Switzerland, as he spends a year completing his English studies at a private language school in North America: from his arrival at the airport, to getting around the city, to attending school, to hanging out with his classmates

Название: Oxford English for Computing. Student's Book. (Lernmaterialien)
Автор: Keith Boeckner, P. Charles Brown
Издательство: Cornelsen & Oxford University Press
Год: 2001
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 212
Размер: 24 MB
Язык: English

A course for people studying computer science or working with computers. It covers a wide range of computing areas, giving practice in all four language skills. Particular emphasis is placed on the vocabulary and grammar of the English used in computer science