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Internet Linguistics: A Student Guide
ISBN: 9780415602686 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Internet is now an integral part of contemporary life and linguists are increasingly concerned with how it is impacting on language. In this student-friendly guidebook, David Crystal investigates how so much junk email gets past the spam filter and how to stop it, and he looks at why we overuse exclamation marks in online communication.
The Internet is now an integral part of contemporary life and linguists are increasingly concerned with how it is impacting on language. In this stude...
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544,64 zł |
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Discover Grammar
ISBN: 9780582294356 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. An enthusiastic and practical approach to language learning * A riveting and valuable combination of David Crystal's language expertise and Geoff Barton's sound, practical classroom experience. * Essential reference for every class working towards GCSE and Standard Grade.
An enthusiastic and practical approach to language learning * A riveting and valuable combination of David Crystal's language expertise and Geoff Bart...
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172,27 zł |
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Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language
ISBN: 9780199695188 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "Let there be light," "A fly in the ointment," "New wine in old bottles," "How are the mighty fallen," "The salt of the earth." All these everyday phrases owe their popularity to the King James Bible. Indeed, it is said that this astonishing Bible has contributed more to the color and grace of the English language than almost any other literary source.
In Begat, best-selling language expert David Crystal offers a stimulating tour of the verbal richness and incredible reach of the King James Bible. How can a work published in 1611 have had such a lasting influence on the language? To... "Let there be light," "A fly in the ointment," "New wine in old bottles," "How are the mighty fallen," "The salt of the earth." All these everyday phr...
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57,28 zł |
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The Gift of the Gab: How Eloquence Works
ISBN: 9780300226409 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. A many-faceted exploration of spoken eloquence: how it works, how it has evolved, and how to tap its remarkable power
We all know eloquence when we hear it. But what exactly is it? And how might we gain more of it for ourselves? This entertaining and, yes, eloquent book illuminates the power of language from a linguistic point of view and provides fascinating insights into the way we use words. David Crystal, a world-renowned expert on the history and usage of the English language, probes the intricate workings of eloquence. His lively analysis encompasses everyday... A many-faceted exploration of spoken eloquence: how it works, how it has evolved, and how to tap its remarkable power
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61,06 zł |
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Making Sense of Grammar
ISBN: 9780582848634 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. The author explains structure and then shows how it works in different language contexts - the literary, the non-literary, the spoken and the written. He explores a wide range of linguistic themes including sociolinguistics, language acquisition and register, and shows how our language can be interpreted.
The author explains structure and then shows how it works in different language contexts - the literary, the non-literary, the spoken and the written....
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263,82 zł |
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Listen to Your Child: A Parent's Guide to Children's Language
ISBN: 9780140110159 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. Learning to talk is probably the greatest milestone in a child's development, a deeply moving and often hilarious experience for all parents. It is also a process which has been intensively studied by psychologists and linguists. This book shows us what they have discovered.
Learning to talk is probably the greatest milestone in a child's development, a deeply moving and often hilarious experience for all parents. It is al...
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45,78 zł |
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David Crystal's 50 Questions About English Usage Pocket Editions
ISBN: 9781108959186 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. David Crystal answers fifty questions about language usage, from general enquiries to specific points of grammar, pronunciation, orthography, vocabulary, idiom, and style. In this compact, user-friendly book, David Crystal draws on his extensive knowledge and experience to answer questions from English language teachers and learners from around the world. The book covers topics ranging from general enquiries about the language as a whole to specific points of grammar, pronunciation, orthography, vocabulary, idiom and style. The author's responses are illustrated by personal anecdotes, placed...
David Crystal answers fifty questions about language usage, from general enquiries to specific points of grammar, pronunciation, orthography, vocabula...
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72,88 zł |
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The Story of Be: A Verb's-Eye View of the English Language
ISBN: 9780198791096 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. It's the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: to be. Yet it is jam-packed with more different meanings, forms, and uses than any other English word. As he reveals be's multiple incarnations, David Crystal takes us to the heart of our flexible and changing language. He tells the intriguing story in 26 chapters, each linked to a particular usage. We meet circumstantial be ("how are you?"), numerical be ("two and two is four"), quotative be ("so I was like, 'wow'"), and ludic be ("oh no he isn't "), and a whole swarm of other meanings....
It's the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: to be. Yet it is jam-packed with more different meanings, forms, and uses than any o...
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76,32 zł |
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Words in Time and Place: Exploring Language Through the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary
ISBN: 9780199680474 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. Did you know that the English language has over 150 words for the adjective 'drunk' developed over 1,000 years? Be prepared to learn words you have never heard before, find out fascinating facts behind everyday words, and be surprised at how lively and varied the English language can be. Published to critical acclaim in 2009, the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary is the first comprehensive thesaurus in the world to arrange words by meaning in order of first recorded use. Using its unique perspective on how the English language has developed, Words in Time and Place takes...
Did you know that the English language has over 150 words for the adjective 'drunk' developed over 1,000 years? Be prepared to learn words you have ne...
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101,79 zł |
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Rediscover Grammar Third edition
ISBN: 9780582848627 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. David Crystal guides readers through the maze of structures and terminology of the English language. He shows how language structures link together, describes their features and usage, and cautions against easy mistakes.
David Crystal guides readers through the maze of structures and terminology of the English language. He shows how language structures link together, d...
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261,79 zł |
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That's the Ticket for Soup!: Victorian Views on Vocabulary as Told in the Pages of Punch
ISBN: 9781851245529 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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81,85 zł |
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Making Sense: The Glamorous Story of English Grammar
ISBN: 9781781256022 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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50,87 zł |
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An Amazing Fish Story
ISBN: 9781684982745 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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64,37 zł |
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We Are Not Amused: Victorian Views on Pronunciation as Told in the Pages of Punch
ISBN: 9781851244782 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Have you ever cringed while hearing someone mispronounce a word--or, worse, been tripped up by a wily silent letter yourself? Consider yourself lucky that you do not live in Victorian England, when the way you pronounced a word was seen as a sometimes-damning index of who you were and how you should be treated. No wonder then that jokes about English usage provided one of Punch magazine's most fruitful veins of humor for sixty years, from its first issue in 1841 to 1900. For We Are Not Amused, renowned English-language expert David Crystal has explored the most common...
Have you ever cringed while hearing someone mispronounce a word--or, worse, been tripped up by a wily silent letter yourself? Consider yourself lucky ...
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70,93 zł |
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A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
ISBN: 9781405152969 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Now completely revised and updated, incorporating new words or senses which have developed in linguistics during the past five years, based on recommendations by a team of experts in phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics and sociolinguistics.
Now completely revised and updated, incorporating new words or senses which have developed in linguistics during the past five years, based on recomme...
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534,81 zł |
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The Oxford Dictionary of Original Shakespearean Pronunciation
ISBN: 9780199668427 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 780 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. This dictionary is the first comprehensive description of Shakespearean original pronuniciation (OP), enabling practitioners to deal with any queries about the pronunciation of individual words. It includes all the words in the First Folio, transcribed using IPA, and the accompanying website hosts sound files to further aid pronunciation. It also includes the main sources of evidence in the texts, notably all spelling variants (along with a frequency count for each variant) and all rhymes (including those occurring elsewhere in the canon, such as the Sonnets and long poems). An extensive...
This dictionary is the first comprehensive description of Shakespearean original pronuniciation (OP), enabling practitioners to deal with any queries ...
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147,60 zł |
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A Date with Language: Fascinating Facts, Events and Stories for Every Day of the Year
ISBN: 9781851246113 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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127,28 zł |
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Language Play
ISBN: 9780226122052 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this text, David Crystal examines why we devote so much time and energy to language games, how professionals make a career of them, and how young children instinctively take to them. Crystal makes a simple argument - that since playing with language is so natural, a natural way to learn language is to play with it - while he discusses puns, cross-words, lipograms, comic alphabets, rhymes, funny voices taken from dialect and popular culture, limericks, anagrams, and scat singing.
In this text, David Crystal examines why we devote so much time and energy to language games, how professionals make a career of them, and how young c...
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131,04 zł |
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The Story of English in 100 Words
ISBN: 9781846684289 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, the foremost expert on linguistics David Crystal draws on the 100 words that best illustrate the huge variety of developments and events that have shaped our vernacular since the first definitively English word was written down in the fifth century.
In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, the foremost expert on linguistics David Crystal draws on the 100 words that best ...
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55,97 zł |
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Just a Phrase I'm Going Through: My Life in Language
ISBN: 9780415560382 / Angielski / CD-Audio / 2009 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Kidnapping, attempted assassination, espionagea ]not the answers youa (TM)d expect to the question a ~what happens when you become a linguist?a (TM) But now, reflecting on a long and hugely successful career at the forefront of the field of English Language and Linguistics, David Crystal answers this question and offers us a special look behind the scenes at the adventures, rewards, challenges and pitfalls of his life in language. Both an autobiography and a highly accessible introduction to the field of linguistics, Just a Phrase Ia (TM)m Going Through illuminates and entertains us... Kidnapping, attempted assassination, espionagea ]not the answers youa (TM)d expect to the question a ~what happens when you become a linguist?a (TM... |
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120,07 zł |
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