wyszukanych pozycji: 7
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Understanding English Homonyms: Their Origins and Usage
ISBN: 9789888390632 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Understanding English Homonyms: Their Origins and Usage explores the phenomenon of homonyms in English by analyzing a selection of those with the most interesting histories. This book not only illustrates how homonyms are used in various contexts but also provides etymological explanations of how they came to be such a prominent feature of the language. The introduction offers the reader a brief summary of the social, historical, and linguistic influences that contributed to the evolution of this phenomenon in modern English. A glossary of the linguistic terms referred to in the text...
Understanding English Homonyms: Their Origins and Usage explores the phenomenon of homonyms in English by analyzing a selection of those with t...
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211,11 |
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Understanding English Homonyms: Their Origins and Usage
ISBN: 9789888390649 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Understanding English Homonyms: Their Origins and Usage explores the phenomenon of homonyms in English by analyzing a selection of those with the most interesting histories. This book not only illustrates how homonyms are used in various contexts but also provides etymological explanations of how they came to be such a prominent feature of the language. The introduction offers the reader a brief summary of the social, historical, and linguistic influences that contributed to the evolution of this phenomenon in modern English. A glossary of the linguistic terms referred to in the text...
Understanding English Homonyms: Their Origins and Usage explores the phenomenon of homonyms in English by analyzing a selection of those with t...
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87,11 |
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Just the Job: How Trades Got Their Names
ISBN: 9781851245505 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Highly original and enjoyable examation of the etymology behind a selection of trades and professions, unearthing intriguing nuggets of historical information along the way. Includes explanations of common surnames; obsolete jobs such as pardoner or telegraph boy; and roles for the modern era, such as wedding planner and sky marshal.
Highly original and enjoyable examation of the etymology behind a selection of trades and professions, unearthing intriguing nuggets of historical inf...
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66,56 |
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The Deelham Ghost
ISBN: 9781326004743 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Three sisters - Elizabeth, Kirsty and Katy - are spending a few days at their Granny's house in the country and their Granny lets slip that there used to be talk in the village of a ghost walking about at night. As the three girls decide to find out more about the mysterious 'sightings', they are drawn into a strange world somewhere between dreams and reality. They come face to face with 'the ghost' and a strange horse-drawn carriage whisks them away into the dead of night. When they reappear they are people from a by-gone age and the transformation causes alarm and consternation among their...
Three sisters - Elizabeth, Kirsty and Katy - are spending a few days at their Granny's house in the country and their Granny lets slip that there used...
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34,82 |
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The Story of Liverpool
ISBN: 9780750945080 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. There is something special about Liverpool. From its earliest beginnings it has always been associated with the ups and downs, the triumphs and tribulations of the rest of the country, acting like a mirror to the events that have shaped the country we now think of as Great Britain.
There is something special about Liverpool. From its earliest beginnings it has always been associated with the ups and downs, the triumphs and tribul...
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85,50 |
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It's All Greek: Borrowed Words and their Histories
ISBN: 9781851245055 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Did you know that marmalade, pirate, sketch and purse trace their linguistic origins back to the Athens of 500 bce? This book offers a word-by-word look at the influence of Greek on everyday words in English, telling the stories behind their etymological developments.
Did you know that marmalade, pirate, sketch and purse trace their linguistic origins back to the Athens of 500 bce? This book offers a word-by-word lo...
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65,37 |
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the siege of malta and bizarro
ISBN: 9780748624874 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Siege of Malta and Bizarro are Scott's final works, written in Malta and Italy at the end of 1831 and the beginning of 1832. Although extracts from The Siege of Malta have been published, this is the first complete edition. Bizarro has not been available in print until now. The Siege of Malta begins as a novel but ends as a historical account of the extraordinary defence of Malta by the Order of St John of Jerusalem and their Maltese helpers against much larger Muslim forces. It is an epic tale of endurance, resulting in inevitable defeat for some of the Knights, and for the rest, in the...
The Siege of Malta and Bizarro are Scott's final works, written in Malta and Italy at the end of 1831 and the beginning of 1832. Although extracts fro...
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512,40 |