Название: Colour Oxford Dictionary & Thesaurus ISBN: 0199607931 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199607938 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 1424.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: An authoritative and easy-to-use dictionary and thesaurus in one volume containing 45,000 words, phrases, and definitions and 65,000 synonyms.
Автор: Albanese, Nicholas Spani, Giovanni Balma, Phillip Название: Streetwise italian dictionary/thesaurus ISBN: 0071430709 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780071430708 Издательство: McGraw-Hill Рейтинг: Цена: 3945.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Useful for students, tourists, and business travelers, this is a reference for Italian slang. It features: more than 2,500 terms and expressions; A-Z thematic arrangement in 34 English themes and 158 subcategories; literal meanings, example sentences for context, and entertaining exercises to develop active vocabulary; and more.
Описание: Containing more than 7,000 phrases, this dictionary covers situations from talking to a doctor to ordering a meal, and helps learners communicate personal feelings, and make small talk.
Описание: A smorgasbord of surprising, obscure, and exotic words
In 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. Each entry includes a concise definition, etymology, and usage example, interspersed with illuminating quotations.
Praise for a word a day
""Anu Garg's many readers await their A Word A Day rations hungrily. Now at last here's a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up "" --Barbara Wallraff, Senior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly and author of Word Court
""AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg's refreshing approach to words: words are fun and they have fascinating histories."" --John Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary
Автор: Wolfram Walt, Lodge K R, Thomas E Erik, Blair Kari Название: Development of African American English ISBN: 0631230874 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780631230878 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 9179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This volume focuses on the past and present development of African American vernacular English, particularly its development during the antebellum period and its trajectory of change in 20th-century. It studies an isolated bi-racial community situated in a distinctive dialect region.
Автор: Stockwell, Robert Paul Minkova, Donka Название: English words ISBN: 0521709172 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521709170 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6019.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Discusses the learned vocabulary of English - the words borrowed from the classical languages. This new edition covers the recent trend of blending and shortening associated with texting and other forms of electronic communication, and discusses types of allomorphy and Grimm`s law. An online workbook contains extra readings and exercises.
Автор: Hughes, Geoffrey Название: History of english words ISBN: 063118855X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780631188551 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 7120.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book traces the remarkable reconfigurations that English lexis has undergone in the past millennium. The vocabulary is studied as an indicator of social change, a symbol reflecting different social dynamics between speech communities, on models of dominance, cohabitation, colonialism and globalisation.
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