Latin is alive and well. Beginning in Rome around 600 BC Latin became the language of the civilized world and remained so for over two millennia. French, Spanish, Italian, and Romanian are among its progeny and it still provides the international vocabulary of law and life science. No known language, including English - itself enriched by Latin words and phrases - has achieved such success and longevity. Tore Janson tells its history from origins to the present. Brilliantly conceived and written with the same light touch as Speak, his bestselling history of languages, A Natural History of Latin is a masterpiece of adroit synthesis. The author charts the expansion in the classical world, its renewed importance in the Middle Ages, and its survival into modern times.
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This is a short, lively, and accessible introduction to the sounds of modern English. Its emphasis on variation, with examples from British, American, New Zealand, and Singaporean English, make it suitable for both native and non-native speakers. McMahon focuses on the vowels and consonants, but also discusses syllables, stress, and the phonology of words and phrases. She introduces new tools and terminology gradually, and discusses the motivation for key concepts.
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What exactly are words? Are they the things that get listed in dictionaries, or are they the basic units of sentence structure? Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy explores the implications of these different approaches to words in English. He explains the various ways in which words are related to one another, and shows how the history of the English language has affected word structure. Topics include: words, sentences and dictionaries; a word and its parts (roots and affixes); a word and its forms (inflection); a word and its relatives (derivation); compound words; word structure; productivity; and the historical sources of English word formation.
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Covering varieties of English spoken in Britain, the U.S.A., Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and the Falkland Islands, this book shows how the major national varieties of English have developed and why similar causes have given rise to different effects in different parts of the world.
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This authoritative survey offers a concise description of Middle English, the language of Chaucer, during the period from 1100 to 1500. Middle English is discussed in relation to both earlier and later stages in the history of English and in regard to other languages with which it came into contact. The book covers the principal features of Middle English spelling, pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary and also introduces Middle English textual studies.
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This accessible overview covers all the basic linguistic elements of Old English, including nouns, adjectives, verbs, syntax, word order, and vocabulary. Offering a unique study of Old English in context, it combines a wide variety of short texts with an up-to-date assessment of the forms of language that remain as the foundation of English today. Comparisons are drawn between Old and present-day English and also with other related languages such as Dutch, German, and French. Old English poetry and dialect variation are also discussed.
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The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is filled with easy-to-understand rules,real-world examples, dozens of reproducible exercises, and pre- and post-tests.
This handy workbook is ideal for teachers, students in middle school through college, ESL students, homeschoolers, and professionals. Valuable for anyone who takes tests or writes reports, letters, Web pages, e-mails, or blogs, The Blue Book offers instant answers to everyday English usage questions.
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- Toutes les difficultés orthographiques
- Les règles d'accord
- Les homonymes
- Un lexique de 23.000 mots
- Toutes les règles pour maîtriser l'orthographe des mots
- Toutes les règles pour savoir accorder
- Le sens et l'orthographe des homonymes
- L'étymologie
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Plus question de vous fâcher avec les verbes lorsque vous êtes au beau milieu d'une lettre ou d'un rapport urgent : ce petit "dictionnaire" rouge de référence regroupe tous les verbes de la langue française (soit 12 000 verbes au dernier recensement), tous indexés et renvoyant aux 88 tableaux de verbes modèles accompagnés de leurs règles d'accord et d'emploi. Outil de référence qui a fait ses preuves, garant d'une conjugaison juste.
- Toutes les règles
- Des exemples commentés
- Des outils d'analyse
- Un index de difficultés
- Toutes les notions grammaticalesDes outils pour analyser les groupes de mots, les phrases, les textes
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Better Reading French has been developed for English speakers who have a basic to intermediate knowledge of French and is designed to help them read French better and to encourage them to read more. To read better, we must read more. As an encouragement for beginning readers, I have organized this book according to eight areas of interest: love, writing, cuisine, music, museums and gardens, science and technology, and symbols of France and Europe. At least one of these areas should interest the reader immediately, and after that subject is explored, interest in another will follow.The selections include material that has appeared in magazines and books, as well as on the Internet. In addition to recipes, essays, poems, book excerpts, and songs, there are original articles appearing in print for the first time. Selections not otherwise credited were compiled, adapted, or created by the author. While each section’s material relates to a topic in French culture, the section as a whole is not intended to be an overview or summary of the topic. Instead, the selections have been chosen for their broad appeal, their variety, and their likelihood to inspire readers to explore new horizons and to feelconfident as they encounter the written word in French in its myriad forms. Each section begins with the selections that are easiest to read, although none of the material has been simplified. The selections become progressively more difficult within each section. Almost all reading selections are followed by one or more exercises designed to help readers develop skills in understanding what they are reading.The overall goal is to help readers develop reading strategies that will help them understand and benefit from future reading material. If we can read better, we will read more.
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Are you looking for a course to help you achieve A-level standard in French? Perhaps you are taking the language up again after a break from it? ‘Teach Yourself Improve your French’ is the ideal way to extend your language skills if you already have some knowledge of French. Whether you’ve completed ‘Teach Yourself French’ or any other beginners’ French course, either by yourself or at evening class, you will find this the perfect course for building on your existing knowledge and improving your spoken and written language.The book covers a wide range of topics of the sort you will want to talk about when in France and teaches you the kind of everyday language and features of speech that will enable you to communicate with confidence and feel comfortable taking part in conversation with native speakers of French. The choice of material aims to give you something of the flavour of France today and each unit is based around a single theme with lively interviews and conversations on the accompanying recording. There are activities based on the interviews and texts to help you remember what you’ve learnt and put your knowledge into practice. The units are divided into sessions – to help you organize your learning time and break up the material into manageable chunks -and there are reminders throughout to refresh your memory of points you have learnt.
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Teach Yourself French is the course for anyone who wants to progress quickly from the basics to understanding, speaking and writing French with confidence. Although aimed at those with no previous knowledge, it is equally suitable for anyone wishing to brush up existing knowledge or refresh rusty 'school French' for a holiday or business trip. Key structures and vocabulary are introduced in 25 thematic units progressing from introducing yourself and dealing with everyday situations to looking for work and buying a house in France. The course covers all structures required for GCSE level and beyond. The emphasis is on communication throughout with important language structures introduced through dialogues on the accompanying recording. There are plenty of exercises to practise the language as it is introduced and tips throughout to help with pronunciation and grammar. Cultural information boxes give useful advice and information for anyone planning a trip to France. There is a revision unit at the back of the book so that learners can check their progress and review areas of difficulty. The new edition retains the tried-and-tested structure of the lessons but has been updated to reflect changes such as the introduction of the euro and the internet. New features include an English-French vocabulary to go alongside the existing French-English vocabulary and reference to over 70 websites for sources of real French in use. The page design has been improved and section headings given in English to make the course easier to use for the self-access learner.
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New Interchange is one of the world's most successful English courses for adult and young adult learners at the beginning to intermediate levels.
- Multi-skills syllabus integrating themes, structures, functions, vocabulary, and pronunciation
- Fresh topics and real-world content in every unit
- Beautiful design, illustrations, and photos
- Comprehensive grammar presentation and practice
- Expanded opportunities to develop listening skills
- High-interest readings leading to thoughtful discussion
- Student-centered fluency activities
- Interleaved Teacher's Editions
- Audio CDs as alternatives to Class and Student's Audio Cassettes
- Video Program revised for use with New Interchange
- CD-ROMs for Intro, Level 1, and Level 2 that offer a wealth of self-study activities
Includes: (Student Book + Work Book + Videos)
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In this classic, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of examples of humor and wordplay, Steven Pinker weaves our vast knowledge of language into a compelling story: language is a human instinct, wired into our brains by evolution. The Language Instinct received the William James Book Prize from the American Psychological Association and the Public Interest Award from the Linguistics Society of America. This edition includes an update on advances in the science of language since The Language Instinct was first published.
Strazny introduces this work by recounting the enormous growth and specialization of linguistic studies. The specialization, as in other fields of inquiry, has created a number of disconnected linguistic worlds. To bridge the communications gap among scholars and to help inform the general public, Strazny, who holds M.A. degrees in linguistics and philology, sets out to provide an accessible introduction and an up-to-date overview of the entire science of linguistics.
Ranging from 1000 to 3000 words, the 508 essays each provide a general introduction to a linguistic topic (including fields of study and issues within them), a language (150 are covered), a crucial phenomenon that linguistic theory must explain, a person important to the field, or a linguistic region. The signed entries are all jargon-free, assuming no knowledge of the subject, and end with a brief bibliography. Strazny was ably assisted by a board of advisers predominately from U.S. universities but also from Europe and Australia. Bottom Line Comprehensive in scope but relatively short, this work invites comparison with the four-volume second edition of the International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, edited by William J. Frawley.
That outstanding reference work nearly doubles Strazny's coverage with about 1000 well-chosen, well-organized, undergraduate-friendly entries, making it perhaps the better choice for academic libraries only able to afford one. Strazny's is recommended for larger public libraries and exhaustive collections.-Paul D'Alessandro, Portland P.L., ME Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Professor Hudson presents a new theory of how we learn and use language, the New Word Grammar. This theory uses elementary principles of cognitive psychology to explain the structures and processes of language, and is put to work in a series of extended explorations of morphology, syntax, semantics, and sociolinguistics. Every step of the argument and exposition is illustrated with examples ranging from the simple to the most challenging.
The author argues that language is a network of concepts which in turn is part of the general cognitive network of the mind. He challenges the widely-held view that language is an innate mental module with its own special internal organization. He shows that language has the same internal organization as other areas of knowledge such as social relations and action schemes, and reveals the rich links between linguistic elements and contextual categories. Language Networks will interest all those concerned with the structure, acquisition, and everyday operations of language, in particular scholars and advanced students in linguistics, psychology, and cognitive behavioural science.
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Teach Yourself German is the course for anyone who wants to progress quickly from the basics to understanding, speaking and writing German with confidence. Although aimed at those with no previous knowledge, it is equally suitable for anyone wishing to brush up existing knowledge or refresh rusty language skills for a holiday or business trip.
The emphasis is on communication throughout with important language structures introduced through dialogues on the accompanying recording. There are plenty of exercises to practise the language as it is introduced and tips throughout to help with pronunciation and grammar. Cultural information boxes give useful advice and information for anyone planning a trip to a German-speaking country.
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This is a complete course in spoken and written Finnish. If you have never learned Finnish before or if you want to improve your skills, the Teach Yourself Finnish Course is for you.
This is a practical course that is both fun and easy to work through. It explains everything clearly along the way and gives you plenty of opportunities to practice what you have learned. The course structure allows you to work at your own pace, arranging your learning to suit your needs.
The course contains:
- Carefully graded units of dialogues, culture notes, grammar, and exercises
- A Pronunciation Guide
- A Grammar Summary
- A Finnish-English Vocabulary
By the end of the course you'll have the language skills and knowledge you need to deal confidently with a whole range of situations.
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This is a complete book/CD course in spoken and written Hungarian. If you have never learned Hungarian before, or if your Hungarian needs brushing up, Teach Yourself Hungarian is for you.
Zsuzsa Pontifex has created a practical course that is both fun and easy to work through. She explains everything clearly along the way and gives you plenty of opportunities to practise what you have learned. The course structure means that you can work at your own pace, arranging your learning to suit your needs.
The course contains:
- 21 graded units of dialogue, culture notes, grammar and exercises
- A guide to Hungarian pronunciation
- A Hungarian-English vocabulary list.
By the end of the course you'll be able to cope with a whole range of situations and participate fully and confidently in Hungarian life.
A practical course designed for the complete beginner, even if you have never studied any languages before.
- Part 1 contains enough information for you to communicate confidently on a holiday or business trip.
- Part 2 builds on the language skills acquired in Part One and is for students who want an in-depth knowledge and understanding of Hungarian.
Colloquial Welsh is easy to use and completely up to date!
Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Welsh. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
What makes Colloquial Welsh your best choice in personal language learning?
- Interactive – lots of exercises for regular practice
- Clear – concise grammar notes
- Practical – useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide
- Complete – including answer key and reference section
By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Welsh in a broad range of everyday situations.
This pack contains the paperback and 120 minutes of audio material, recorded on CDs. These complement the book and will help you with your pronunciation and listening skills.
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This new edition of the best-selling Polish course for beginners has been completely rewritten to make learning the language easier and more enjoyable than before. Written by an experienced teacher and author, Colloquial Polish offers a step-by-step approach to the language as it is spoken and written today. No previous knowledge if Polish is required. Features include: lively dialogues, lots of exercises with full answer key, jargon-free grammar notes, extensive Polish-English and English-Polish word lists. With all the language support you will need, Colloquial Polish will soon have you speaking, reading, and writing Polish with confidence. Two 60-minute cassettes are available to compliment this course book. Recorded by native speakers, they will prove invaluable in helping you perfect your pronunciation and comprehension skills.
Latin is alive and well. Beginning in Rome around 600 BC Latin became the language of the civilized world and remained so for over two millennia. French, Spanish, Italian, and Romanian are among its progeny and it still provides the international vocabulary of law and life science. No known language, including English - itself enriched by Latin words and phrases - has achieved such success and longevity. Tore Janson tells its history from origins to the present. Brilliantly conceived and written with the same light touch as Speak, his bestselling history of languages, A Natural History of Latin is a masterpiece of adroit synthesis. The author charts the expansion in the classical world, its renewed importance in the Middle Ages, and its survival into modern times.
