Kategoria BISAC: Language Arts & Disciplines >> Linguistics - Etymology

Understanding English Grammar presents a linguistic introduction to the structure of English that is accessible to students who have had little or no opportunity to study the language.

• Familiarizes students with the essential structural characteristics of English.
• Features accessible coverage of syntax, morphology, and phonology, as well as basic linguistic concepts.
• Includes numerous examples, exercises, and an indexed glossary.
• Is supported by an online instructor's manual available at: http: //www.blackwellpublishing.com/wardhaugh.
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Understanding English Grammar presents a linguistic introduction to the structure of English that is accessible to students who have had little or no opportunity to study the language.

• Familiarizes students with the essential structural characteristics of English.
• Features accessible coverage of syntax, morphology, and phonology, as well as basic linguistic concepts.
• Includes numerous examples, exercises, and an indexed glossary.
• Is supported by an online instructor's manual available at: http: //www.blackwellpublishing.com/wardhaugh.
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For readers of Bill Bryson, Henry Beard, and Richard Lederer, Forgotten English is an eye-opening trip down a delightful etymological path. Readers learn that an ale connor sat in a puddle of ale to judge its quality, that a beemaster...

There are no direct records of the original Indo-European speech. By comparing the vocabularies of its various descendants, however, it is possible to reconstruct the basic Indo-European roots with considerable confidence. In The Origins of English Words, Shipley catalogues these proposed roots and follows the often devious, always fascinating, process by which some of their offshoots have grown.

Anecdotal, eclectic, and always enthusiastic, The Origins of English Words is a diverting expedition beyond linguistics into literature, history, folklore, anthropology,...

In her book, Geneva Smitherman makes a substantial contribution to an understanding of Black English by setting it in the larger context of Black culture and life style. In addition to defining Black English, by its distinctive structure and special lexicon, Smitherman argues that the Black dialect is set apart from traditional English by a rhetorical style which reflects its African origins. Smitherman also tackles the issue of Black and White attitudes toward Black English, particularly as they affect educational policy.

Documenting her insights with quotes from notable Black...

Separate sections on Latin and Greek derivations. Each section has 20 lessons--with assignments following each lesson--giving the user a vast technical vocabulary and increased word-recognition ability.

A Definitive Reference:

Hundreds of Greek and Latin stems, prefixes, and suffixes show the precise application of the classical languages to biological and medical usage. Topic-organized bibliography, index of bases.

Why a whole book based on this approach? Ayers' text exposes students to a wider range of roots, introduces new English words in context sentences, and...

Are you a lover of language?

Awaken your passion for words, and savor the sheer deliciousness of the things people say

Casual Lex holds the hidden pleasures found in our usage of words. This fresh edition of the classic Why You Say It will turn you on to the fascinating?and often surprising?stories behind everyday words and phrases. Experience Casual Lex and discover:

• The phrase hell on wheels comes from the early American practice of renting railway flatcars to create rolling casinos and brothels bound for the Wild West.
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Ever wonder why some French words have become so common in English as to be cliches? Or why your witty repartee wouldn't be quite so witty without them?

In Say Chic, Francoise Blanchard and Jeremy Leven collect more than seventy familiar French words and phrases that have become a permanent part of the American vocabulary. In their clever, often amusing style, the authors explain the origin of each word, its meaning, and how it came to be adopted into English. Uniting the sensibilities of an American author and a French...