Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul
160 sider, hæftet. An enthusiastic and practical approach to language learning. - A riveting and valuable combination of David Crystal's language expertise and Geoff Barton's sound,... Læs mere
Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul
The triumphant third volume in David Crystal's classic series on the English language combines the first history of English punctuation with a complete guide to how to use it - now in paperback.
Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul
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... Læs mere
Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul
From the first words of an infant to the peculiar modern dialect of text messaging, this book reveals language's myriad intricacies and quirks. It sheds light on the... Læs mere
Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul
The world's best-known authority on the English language reveals the secrets and subtleties of its grammar.
Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul
The Cambridge Biographical Dictionary is the outstanding paperback reference guide to the world's noted personalities, living and dead. From Aeschylus and Alexander the... Læs mere
Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul
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.
Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul
This superbly well-informed - and also wonderfully entertaining - history of the English language answers all these questions, showing how the many strands of English (Standard English, dialect and slang among them) developed to create the richly-varied language of today.
Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul
Banter, chit-chat, gossip, natter, tete-a-tete: these are just a few of the terms for the varied ways in which we interact with one another through conversation.... Læs mere
Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul
The vocabulary of past times is always fascinating, especially when we see how it was pilloried by the satirists of... Læs mere
Bemærk: Kan ikke leveres før jul
This dictionary includes descriptions of hundreds oflanguages from A to Z and definitions of literary and grammatical concepts, as well as explanations of terms used in linguistics, language teaching, and speech pathology.
Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul
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... Læs mere