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Author: Tony Thorne Publisher: Abacus Software ISBN: 9780349121031 Category : English language Languages : en Pages : 345
Book Description
A wonderfully entertaining compendium of the hundred words and phrases that have over the last century become the cornerstones of modern spoken English, and have been used - sometimes deliberately, but often inadvertently - to stake out the common identity that unites the English, to define what makes us who we are.
Author: Tony Thorne Publisher: Abacus Software ISBN: 9780349121031 Category : English language Languages : en Pages : 345
Book Description
A wonderfully entertaining compendium of the hundred words and phrases that have over the last century become the cornerstones of modern spoken English, and have been used - sometimes deliberately, but often inadvertently - to stake out the common identity that unites the English, to define what makes us who we are.
Author: David Crystal Publisher: Profile Books ISBN: 1847654592 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 283
Book Description
Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient words ('loaf') to cutting edge ('twittersphere') and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ('and', 'what') to the more fanciful ('fopdoodle'), Crystal takes us along the winding byways of language via the rude, the obscure and the downright surprising. In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, linguistics expert David Crystal draws on words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively English word was written down in the fifth century ('roe', in case you are wondering).
Author: Tony Thorne Publisher: ISBN: Category : English Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
A wonderfully entertaining compendium of the hundred words and phrases that have over the last century become the cornerstones of modern spoken English, and have been used - sometimes deliberately, but often inadvertently - to stake out the common identity that unites the English, to define what makes us who we are.
Author: American Heritage Dictionaries Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 054735018X Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 304
Book Description
Find the right words to make a point, seal the deal, or just keep folks listening! Chosen by the editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries, these words can help anyone who wants to be a more compelling communicator—as a worker, consumer, advocate, friend, dinner companion, or even romantic prospect. The book includes a colorful variety of words, including handy words of just one syllable (such as glib) and words derived from the names of famous people (such as Freudian slip and Machiavellian). There are expressions from popular culture (Catch-22) and words that date back to classical civilization (spartan and stoic). Each word is clearly defined and shown in context with quotations from magazines, newspapers, broadcast media, movies, and television. For many words, quotations from distinguished authors and speakers are also given and word histories are explained. 100 Words to Make You Sound Smart provides an enjoyable way to communicate more effectively, distinctively, and articulately.
Author: Tony Thorne Publisher: Little Brown GBR ISBN: Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 360
Book Description
* A wonderfully informative and entertaining guide to our national language - and in particular those words which help define the British identity
Author: Editors of the American Heritage Di Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780547350257 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 104
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100 Words Every Word Lover Should Know is the perfect book for people who enjoy reading about words that have absorbing histories, intriguing coinages, surprising but useful meanings, or have been used by famous writers throughout the history of English. Many of these 100 words are accompanied by notes that explain in detail the path the word has undertaken, providing useful etymological information about how the usage of a word develops over time. Additionally, 100 Words Every Word Lover Should Know features scores of quotations from authors including Henry James, Jane Austen, Sylvia Plath, William Golding, Douglas Coupland, and Donna Tartt. A great gift for anyone who appreciates the beauty, history, and depth of the English language, 100 Words Every Word Lover Should Know will appeal to all who are avid readers and take pride in a vibrant, active vocabulary.
Author: Fraih Solaiman Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers ISBN: Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 121
Book Description
This book is dealing with common English words that have different meanings. A certain word may have a certain meaning in a specific context,then the same word has a different meaning in another context.
Author: Editors of the American Heritage Di Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0547350236 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 99
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What should the vocabulary of a well-rounded high school graduate be like? These 100 words provide the starting point in answering that question. The list is representative of the words that serious students will encounter in their coursework and will come to use as adults, whether in conversation or while reading the daily newspaper. Each word is fully defined and shown in context with example sentences from well-known authors. 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know is a must-have for every grad, perfect for building vocabulary, quizzing friends and family — and just having fun.
Author: Robert Beard Publisher: ISBN: 9780984172306 Category : English language Languages : en Pages : 0
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This book explores what is beautiful in English words by looking closely at the 100 loveliest of them selected by Dr. Robert Beard, formerly Dr. Language at yourDictionary.com and currently Dr. Goodword at alphaDictionary.com. The book begins with an essay on what makes words beautiful and a background essay on the relationships between European and Indian languages. This is followed by essays that examine the pronunciation, meaning, usage, and history of words like cynosure, desultory, ephemeral, gambol, petrichor, serendipity, and Susquehanna. Each word is accompanied by creative examples featuring Beard's regular cast of characters, including Natalie Cladd, Maude Lynn Dresser, Gilda Lilly and the twins, Rita and Rhoda Book.
Author: Tony Thorne
Author: Tony Thorne
Author: David Crystal
Author: Tony Thorne
Author: American Heritage Dictionaries
Author: Tony Thorne
Author: Editors of the American Heritage Di
Author: Fraih Solaiman
Author: Editors of the American Heritage Di
Author: Robert McCrum
Author: Robert Beard