wyszukanych pozycji: 71
Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion
ISBN: 9780140291179 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 676 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Suitable for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood by modern audience. It features different panels that look at such areas of Shakespeare's language as greetings, swear-words and terms of address.
Suitable for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood by modern audience...
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101,06 zł |
Just a Phrase I'm Going Through: My Life in Language
ISBN: 9780415485746 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In what is both an entertaining autobiography and an introduction to the field of linguistics, Professor David Crystal gives his answer to the question 'What happens when you become a liguist?' Surprisingly, the answer he gives is 'Kidnapping, attempted assassination, espionage ...'
In what is both an entertaining autobiography and an introduction to the field of linguistics, Professor David Crystal gives his answer to the questio...
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148,92 zł |
Pronouncing Shakespeare: The Globe Experiment
ISBN: 9781108466691 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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93,85 zł |
Txtng: The Gr8 Db8
ISBN: 9780199571338 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Text messaging has spread like wildfire. Indeed texting is so widespread that many parents, teachers, and media pundits have been outspoken in their criticism of it. Does texting spell the end of western civilization?
In this humorous, level-headed and insightful book, David Crystal argues that the panic over texting is misplaced. Crystal, a world renowned linguist and prolific author on the uses and abuses of English, here looks at every aspect of the phenomenon of text-messaging and considers its effects on literacy, language, and society. He explains how texting began, how it works,... Text messaging has spread like wildfire. Indeed texting is so widespread that many parents, teachers, and media pundits have been outspoken in their c...
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48,30 zł |
Profiling Linguistic Disability 2e
ISBN: 9781870332934 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Profiling has been acknowledged as a major contribution to the treatment of language disorder. First developed with reference to grammatical disability, profiling is extended in this book to cover segmental phonology, prosody and semantics. The book also includes a revised version of the grammatical profiling procedure, LARSP.
Profiling has been acknowledged as a major contribution to the treatment of language disorder. First developed with reference to grammatical disabilit...
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389,07 zł |
You Say Potato: The Story of English Accents
ISBN: 9781447255468 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. An authoritative, entertaining book about our accents, and what they say about us
Some people say scohn, while others say schown. He says bath, while she says bahth. You say potayto. I say potahto And wait a second, no one says potahto. No one's ever said potahto. Have they? From reconstructing Shakespeare's accent to the rise and fall of Received Pronunciation, actor Ben Crystal and his linguist father David travel the world in search of the stories of spoken English. Everyone has an accent, though many of us think we don't. We all have our likes and dislikes about the way other people... An authoritative, entertaining book about our accents, and what they say about us
Some people say scohn, while others say schown. He says bath, w... |
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50,87 zł |
A Date with Language: Fascinating Facts, Events and Stories for Every Day of the Year
ISBN: 9781851246113 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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127,28 zł |
The Fight for English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left
ISBN: 9780199207640 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The story of battles--both past and present--surrounding English language usage, The Fight for English explores why millions of people feel linguistically inferior. Unhappy with the "zero tolerance" approach to punctuation offered by Lynn Truss's Eats, Shoots, and Leaves, David Crystal offers a view of the subject that is much more balanced. Instead of answering the claims made by other manuals of English usage, Crystal provides an explanation and analysis of the genre as a whole.
Crystal weaves an intricate and engaging account that traces the history of the English language and its... The story of battles--both past and present--surrounding English language usage, The Fight for English explores why millions of people feel linguistic...
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179,03 zł |
Spell It Out: The singular story of English spelling
ISBN: 9781846685682 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Why is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish employees are to blame: without a dictionary or style guide to hand in fifteenth century Bruges, the typesetters simply spelled it the way it sounded to their foreign cars, and it stuck. This book takes you on a journey through English spelling.
Why is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish employees are to blame: without a dictionary or style gui...
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55,97 zł |
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
ISBN: 9780521736503 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 526 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This new, thoroughly revised edition of the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language incorporates the major developments in language study which have taken place since the mid 1990s. Two main new areas have been added: the rise of electronic communication in all its current forms from email to texting, and the crisis affecting the world's languages, of which half are thought to be so seriously endangered that they will die out this century. - All language statistics have been updated, and additional information provided about their linguistic affiliation - All topics involving technology...
This new, thoroughly revised edition of the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language incorporates the major developments in language study which h...
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242,51 zł |
Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language
ISBN: 9780199585854 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 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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88,99 zł |
Cygnus: A Constellation of Crystal Clear Quotes
ISBN: 9781645879725 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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55,98 zł |
Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
ISBN: 9780199829927 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 1128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Much more than a word list, the Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus is a browsable source of inspiration as well as an authoritative guide to selecting and using vocabulary. This essential guide for writers provides real-life example sentences and a careful selection of the most relevant synonyms, as well as new usage notes, hints for choosing between similar words, a Word Finder section organized by subject, and a comprehensive language guide. The text is also peppered with thought-provoking reflections on favorite (and not-so-favorite) words by noted contemporary writers, including Joshua...
Much more than a word list, the Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus is a browsable source of inspiration as well as an authoritative guide to selecting...
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169,59 zł |
Oxford Illustrated Shakespeare Dictionary
ISBN: 9780192737502 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The Oxford Illustrated Shakespeare Dictionary is the first of its kind, a brand new illustrated alphabetical dictionary of all the words and meanings students of Shakespeare need to know. Every word has an example sentence selected from the twelve most studied plays including Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Henry V. Usage notes and theatre notes provide additional background to Shakespearean times and the performance of his plays. Further support is provided by language panels on select topics like the...
The Oxford Illustrated Shakespeare Dictionary is the first of its kind, a brand new illustrated alphabetical dictionary of all the words and ...
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76,32 zł |
Investigating English Style
ISBN: 9780582550117 / Angielski / Miękka / 1973 / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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277,36 zł |
My Learning Adventure: A Keepsake Book
ISBN: 9781728669533 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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26,53 zł |
Pumpkin Spice Madness
ISBN: 9781729371688 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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27,55 zł |
I Didn't Know What to Say: Being a Better Friend to Those Who Experience Loss
ISBN: 9780692478806 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Being A Better Friend to Those Experiencing Loss. Knapp draws on his own experience of losing both his first and second wife to cancer to provide insight into some of the unhelpful responses we often make, and presents a repertoire of ideas on how to be a genuine friend and helper to a grieving person. Various chapters in the book deal with different kinds of losses, including the trauma of losing a spouse or child, divorce, loss of pets, and other losses that we sometimes fail to recognize need to be grieved over if healing is to occur. A veteran teacher, Knapp supplements his chapters with...
Being A Better Friend to Those Experiencing Loss. Knapp draws on his own experience of losing both his first and second wife to cancer to provide insi...
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42,40 zł |
Sounds Appealing: The Passionate Story of English Pronunciation
ISBN: 9781781256107 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it ... There have long been debates about 'correct' pronunciation in the English language, and Britain's most distinguished linguistic expert, David Crystal, is here to set the record straight. Sounds Appealing tells us exactly why, and how, we pronounce words as we do. Pronunciation is integral to communication, and is tailored to meet the demands of the two main forces behind language: intelligibility and identity. Equipping his readers with knowledge of phonetics, linguistics and physiology - with examples ranging from Eliza Doolittle...
It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it ... There have long been debates about 'correct' pronunciation in the English language, and Br...
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50,87 zł |
Clinical Linguistics
ISBN: 9783709140031 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 229 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. This volume is one in a series of monographs being issued under the general title of "Disorders of Human Communication." Each monograph deals in detail with a particular aspect of vocal communication and its disorders, and is written by internationally distinguished experts. Therefore, the series will provide an authoritative source of up-to-date scientific and clinical informa tion relating to the whole field of normal and abnormal speech communication, and as such will succeed the earlier monumental work "Handbuch der Stimm und Sprachheilkunde" by R. Luchsinger and G. E. Arnold (last issued...
This volume is one in a series of monographs being issued under the general title of "Disorders of Human Communication." Each monograph deals in detai...
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192,30 zł |