ilość książek w kategorii: 1814
The Oxford English Grammar
ISBN: 9780198612506 / Angielski / Twarda / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by one of the world's leading grammarians, The Oxford English Grammar is an authoritative review of and topic reference for English grammar. Opening with an outline of national, regional, and social var iation in English, the book details descriptive and prescriptive appro aches and attitudes to English among both native and non-native speake rs. This is followed by an account of the development of grammar, and a review of modern approaches to this complex subject. The central sec tion of the book is a presentation of current English grammar at sente nce, clause, phrase, and word...
Written by one of the world's leading grammarians, The Oxford English Grammar is an authoritative review of and topic reference for English grammar. O...
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300,01 zł |
Black Talk: Words and Phrases from the Hood to the Amen Corner
ISBN: 9780395969199 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers readers an up-to-date reference source to African American English.
Offers readers an up-to-date reference source to African American English.
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80,39 zł |
Instant Word Power: The Unique, Proven Program for Increasing Your Vocabulary--Your Vital Key to Social, Academic, and Career Success
ISBN: 9780451166470 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scientific surveys have shown that academic, social, and professional advancement are directly linked to the scope and effectiveness of your vocabulary. Now, vocabulary-building expert Norman Lewis opens a wonderful new world to you--the world of word power. Here is a proven and entertaining program packed with exercises, quizzes, hints, and reviews that will help you strengthen not only your vocabulary but your spelling, pronunciation, and grammar skills as well. And every lesson you complete will boose you one step further in your climb to success. With the aid of easy-to-follow,...
Scientific surveys have shown that academic, social, and professional advancement are directly linked to the scope and effectiveness of your vocabular...
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38,14 zł |
The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville
ISBN: 9780521837491 / Angielski / Twarda / 490 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work is a complete English translation of the Latin Etymologies of Isidore, Bishop of Seville (c.560 636). Isidore compiled the work between c.615 and the early 630s and it takes the form of an encyclopedia, arranged by subject matter. It contains much lore of the late classical world beginning with the Seven Liberal Arts, including Rhetoric, and touches on thousands of topics ranging from the names of God, the terminology of the Law, the technologies of fabrics, ships and agriculture to the names of cities and rivers, the theatrical arts, and cooking utensils. Isidore provides...
This work is a complete English translation of the Latin Etymologies of Isidore, Bishop of Seville (c.560 636). Isidore compiled the work between c.61...
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873,23 zł |
Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies: A Lighthearted Look at How Foods Got Their Names
ISBN: 9780595345038 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Everything in [this book] is delightful to learn. Barnette takes us through languages and across millennia in a charming style . . . that offers endless food for thought." --The New Yorker
What makes the pretzel a symbol of religious devotion, and what pasta is blasphemous in every bite? How did a drunken brawl lead to the name lobster Newburg? What naughty joke is contained in a loaf of pumpernickel? Why is cherry a misnomer, and why aren't refried beans fried twice? You'll find the answers in this delectable exploration of the words we put into our mouths. Here are foods named for... "Everything in [this book] is delightful to learn. Barnette takes us through languages and across millennia in a charming style . . . that offers endl...
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84,63 zł |
The Handbook of Good English
ISBN: 9780671707972 / Angielski / Miękka / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now substantially revised and updated, this essential guide is arranged in an easy-to-follow, topical style that takes readers from the rules governing basic sentence structure to methods of achieving effective expression.
Now substantially revised and updated, this essential guide is arranged in an easy-to-follow, topical style that takes readers from the rules governin...
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118,57 zł |
English Words Instructor's Manual
ISBN: 9780816509805 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the Instructor's Manual for the second edition of Donald M. Ayers's English Words from Latin and Greek Elements, as revised and expanded by Thomas D. Worthen. It is intended as a guide to accompany Ayers's classroom text. It can be purchased here or requested gratis upon adoption of the text.
This is the Instructor's Manual for the second edition of Donald M. Ayers's English Words from Latin and Greek Elements, as revised and expande...
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106,96 zł |
Household Words: Bloomers, Sucker, Bombshell, Scab, Nigger, Cyber
ISBN: 9780816645534 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Looking in detail at words that "treat people as things, and things as people, and do so at that strange space where joking, ridiculing, demeaning, oppressing, resisting, and regretting converge," Household Words is a study of how certain words act as indices of political and social change, perpetuating anxieties and prejudices even as those ways of thinking have been seemingly resolved or overcome by history. Specifically, Stephanie A. Smith examines six words--bloomer, sucker, bombshell, scab, nigger, and cyber--and explores how these words with their contemporary...
Looking in detail at words that "treat people as things, and things as people, and do so at that strange space where joking, ridiculing, demeaning, op...
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118,79 zł |
Ancient Celtic Placenames in Europe and Asia Minor, Number 39
ISBN: 9781405145701 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An original study revealing the history of place-names from Ireland to Anatolia, from Scotland to the Apennines, and from to Andalusia the Black Seas.
An original study revealing the history of place-names from Ireland to Anatolia, from Scotland to the Apennines, and from to Andalusia the Black Seas....
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125,04 zł |
English for All Levels: An Essential Reference for All Students & Learners of English
ISBN: 9781412099073 / Angielski / Miękka / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anxious to get an alphabetical as well as bilingual reference of English Grammar & Conversation? Want to keep abreast of everything on English Grammar & Conversation? Get the best-seller reference in Saudi Arabia!
Anxious to get an alphabetical as well as bilingual reference of English Grammar & Conversation? Want to keep abreast of everything on English Grammar...
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121,45 zł |
Linguistic Archaeology: An Introduction
ISBN: 9781552126684 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is about the invention of ancient names and words. Virtually everyone's name hides an agglutinated shorthand sentence which can in most cases be recovered, as is explained with hundreds of examples. The technique of decoding and translating many Ogam inscriptions found in Ireland and Scotland is explained. Invented languages are discussed in detail and their relationship with the universal language of the Neolithics is shown.
This book is about the invention of ancient names and words. Virtually everyone's name hides an agglutinated shorthand sentence which can in most case...
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201,92 zł |
Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary
ISBN: 9789004145313 / Angielski / Twarda / 628 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary is an indispensable research tool for the study of Old Frisian, Germanic languages, and Proto-Indo- European. With this first etymological dictionary of Old Frisian based on the lexicon of Riustring 1 manuscript, Old Frisian becomes accessible to a wide circle of scholars of Germanic and Indo-European. The latest insights of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics have been systematically incorporated. The entries are provided with a meticulous analysis of Old Frisian dialectal forms, with Proto-Frisian reconstructions, and with a wealth of...
The Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary is an indispensable research tool for the study of Old Frisian, Germanic languages, and Proto-Indo-...
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1094,13 zł |
Academic Listening Encounters: American Studies Teacher's Manual: Listening, Note Taking, and Discussion
ISBN: 9780521684347 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Academic Encounters series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. There are two books for each content area. The Teacher's Manual for this title contains general teaching guidelines for the course, task by task teaching suggestions, answers for all tasks, lecture quizzes and quiz answers, and the listening script for the audio program.
The Academic Encounters series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. There are two books...
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466,86 zł |
Divine Epithets in the Ugaritic Alphabetic Texts
ISBN: 9789004157699 / Angielski / Twarda / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study of the divine epithets in the Ugaritic alphabetic cuneiform texts from Ras Shamra and Ras Ibn Hani provides a new and comprehensive analysis of the epithets of the individual Ugaritic deities.
This study of the divine epithets in the Ugaritic alphabetic cuneiform texts from Ras Shamra and Ras Ibn Hani provides a new and comprehensive analysi...
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928,48 zł |
Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
ISBN: 9780415474337 / Angielski / Miękka / 972 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This dictionary gives the origins of some 20,000 items from the modern English vocabulary, discussing them in groups that make clear the connections between words derived by a variety of routes from originally common stock. As well as giving the answers to questions about the derivation of individual words, it is a fascinating book to browse through, since every page points out links with other entries. It is easy to pursue such trails as the longer articles are written as continuous prose clearly divided up by means of numbered paragraphs and subheadings, and there is a careful system of... This dictionary gives the origins of some 20,000 items from the modern English vocabulary, discussing them in groups that make clear the connection... |
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413,31 zł |
International English in Its Sociolinguistic Contexts: Towards a Socially Sensitive EIL Pedagogy
ISBN: 9780805863376 / Angielski / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Present-day globalization, migration, and the spread of English have resulted in a great diversity of social and educational contexts in which English learning is taking place. A basic assumption of this book is that because English is an international language, effective pedagogical decisions cannot be made without giving special attention to the many varied contexts in which English is taught and learned. Its unique value is the combination of three strands - globalization, sociolinguistics, and English as an international language - in one focused volume specifically designed for... Present-day globalization, migration, and the spread of English have resulted in a great diversity of social and educational contexts in which Engl... |
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775,06 zł |
Colin Gets a Chance
ISBN: 9781434399861 / Angielski / Miękka / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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79,95 zł |
Ladyfingers and Nun's Tummies: From Spare Ribs to Humble Pie--A Lighthearted Look at How Foods Got Their Names
ISBN: 9780375702983 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Everything in this book] is delightful to learn. Barnette takes us through languages and across millennia in a charming style . . . that offers endless food for thought." --The New Yorker
What makes the pretzel a symbol of religious devotion, and what pasta is blasphemous in every bite? How did a drunken brawl lead to the name lobster Newburg? What naughty joke is contained in a loaf of pumpernickel? Why ischerry a misnomer, and why aren't refried beans fried twice? You'll find the answers in this delectable exploration of the words we put into our mouths. Here are foods named for... "Everything in this book] is delightful to learn. Barnette takes us through languages and across millennia in a charming style . . . that offers endl...
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55,15 zł |
Abraham Ibn Ezra the Book of the World: A Parallel Hebrew English Critical Edition of the Two Versions of the Text. Abraham Ibn Era's Astrological Wri
ISBN: 9789004179141 / Angielski / Twarda / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The present volume offers the first critical edition of the Hebrew text of the two versions of Ibn Ezra's Book of the World, accompanied by an English translation and a commentary. These twin treatises represent the first Hebrew work, unique in medieval Jewish science, to discuss the theories and techniques of historical and meteorological astrology that had accumulated from Antiquity to Ibn Ezra's time, on the basis of Greek, Hindu, Persian, and Arabic sources. This volume also incorporates the first critical edition, translated and annotated, of Māshāallāh's Book on Eclipses,...
The present volume offers the first critical edition of the Hebrew text of the two versions of Ibn Ezra's Book of the World, accompanied by an English...
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588,47 zł |
Language Contact and the Origins of the Germanic Languages
ISBN: 9780415355483 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title introduces the ideas behind Indo-European language and gives a survey of its subfamilies.
This title introduces the ideas behind Indo-European language and gives a survey of its subfamilies.
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749,23 zł |