Название: The Cambridge guide to English usage
Автор: Pam Peters
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Год: 2004
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 621
Размер: 4 MB
Язык: English

Providing an indispensable new A-Z reference to English usage for the twenty-first century, this guide covers more than 3000 points of word meaning, spelling, punctuation, grammar and style on which students, teachers, writers and editors regularly require guidance. It also addresses larger issues of inclusive language, and effective writing and argument, and provides guidance on grammatical terminology. Based on large international corpora, it differentiates clearly between U

Название: The Oxford companion to the English language
Автор: Tom McArthur
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Год: 1992
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 1216
Размер: 33 MB
Язык: English

Language is the life blood of a culture, and to be interested in culture is in some sense to be interested in language, in the shapes and sounds of words, in the history of reading, writing, and speech, in the endless variety of dialects and slangs, in the incessant creativity of the human mind as it reaches out to others. It is surprising then that until now there has been no major one-volume reference devoted to the most widely dispersed and influential language of our time: the English language. A language-lover's dream, The Oxford Companion to the English Language is a thousand-page cornucopia covering virtually every aspect of the English language as well as language in general

Название: Mathematics for New Speakers of English
Автор: Неизвестен
Издательство: Saddleback Educational Publishing, Inc.
Год: 2005
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 156
Размер: 3 MB
Язык: English

This text is designed to help teachers work with beginning ESL students in grades 5 to 12. It provides lessons and activities that will develop the students' vocabulary, English usage, and mathematical understanding. A balance of high-interest activities, cultural sidebars, vocabulary review and chapter tests reinforce mathematical concepts in English

Название: Oxford Fowler's Modern English Usage Dictionary
Автор: H. W. Fowler, Sir Ernest Gowers
Издательство: Oxford University Press, USA
Год: 1983
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 749
Размер: 24 MB
Язык: English

A standard reference work throughout the English-speaking world, this work is remarkable not only for the completeness of its information but for the wit and common sense with which it has been compiled.Amazon.com Review A guide to precise phrases, grammar, and pronunciation can be key; it can even be admired

Название: Elsevier's dictionary of computer science in English, German, French, and Russian
Автор: B. Delijska, P. Manoilov
Издательство: Elsevier Science
Год: 2001
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 849
Размер: 43 MB
Язык: English

The dictionary contains 10,120 terms with about 4,000 cross references that are commonly used in the theory and practice of computers. The terminology covers the following fields and subfields: software and hardware engineering computer architecture theory of algorithms computer algebra information systems data processing and databases microprogramming computer graphics computer networks and communications multimedia office automation computer education.

Название: Modals and quasi-modals in English
Автор: Peter Collins
Издательство: Rodopi
Год: 2009
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 204
Размер: 3 MB
Язык: English

Modals and Quasi-modals in English reports the findings of a corpus-based study of the modals and a set of semantically-related 'quasi-modals' in English. The study is the largest and most comprehensive to date in this area, and is informed by recent developments in the study of modality, including grammaticalization and recent diachronic change. The selection of the parallel corpora used, representing British, American and Australian English, was designed to facilitate the exploration of both regional and stylistic variation

Название: The mother tongue.. English and how it got this way
Автор: Bryson B.
Издательство: Springer
Год: 1990
Формат: djvu
Страниц: 270
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

«Материнский язык» - это книга Билла Брайсона, в которой собраны истории и истоки английского языка и различные причуд

Название: English Grammar in Use: Reference and Practice for Intermediate Students of English
Автор: Murphy R., Altman R., Rutherford W.E.
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Год: 1998
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 275
Размер: 12 MB
Язык: English

This American English edition of English Grammar in Use can be used both as a classroom text and as a grammar reference for students. Each unit deals with a particular grammar point (or points), providing clear explanations and examples on the left-hand page, with exercises to check understanding on the facing right-hand page. The book covers many of the problems intermediate students of American English encounter, including tense usage, modals, conditionals, the subjunctive and prepositions

Название: The Heinemann ELT English Grammar
Автор: Beaumont D., Granger C.
Издательство: Macmillan Education Australia
Год: 2005
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 352
Размер: 8 MB
Язык: English

Предлагаемое учебное пособие - The Heinemann ELT English Grammar- предназначено для лиц, изучающих английский язык. Цель пособия состоит в том, чтобы помочь изучающим овладеть грамматикой и использовать ее на практике. Главным образом, пособие рассчитано на тех, кто работает самостоятельно

Название: English for work: Everyday Business English
Автор: Badger I.
Издательство: Longman
Год: 2003
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 94
Размер: 12 MB
Язык: English

Everyday Business English is suitable for anyone who needs to work in the business world, and for students in adult education classes, schools, colleges and universities.The book contains a range of language common to all who need to use English in their business lives. Whether you use English in meetings, presentations, on the phone or in emails, you will find language to help you work more effectively in this book