This textbook on syntax gives students a thorough grounding in the basics of sentence structure, and at the same time acquaints them with the essentials of syntactic argumentation. This new edition is completely revised, with the chapter on X-bar syntax now split in two to give greater prominence to clauses. It also contains many new exercises, which are now graded in terms of level of difficulty. Each chapter has a section on suggested further reading material, and there is a bibliography and list of recommended reference works.
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Advice on good writing from everybody's favorite editorial curmudgeon Persnickety, cantankerous, opinionated, entertaining, hilarious, wise...these are a few of the adjectives reviewers used to describe good-writing maven Bill Walsh's previous book, Lapsing Into a Comma. Now, picking up where he left off in Lapsing, Walsh addresses the dozen or so biggest issues that every writer or editor must master. He also offers a trunkload of good advice on the many little things that add up to good writing. Featuring all the elements that made Lapsing such a fun read, including Walsh's trademark acerbic wit and fascinating digressions on language and its discontents, The Elephants of Style provides:
The Reading and writing resource books series is a flexible photocopiable resource for teachers.
At each level, you can use the material alongside the natural English student's book as extra topic-related skills work or on its own as a dip-in resource. The lessons are based around topical, authentic texts and practise a range of reading and writing skills ideal for students who are on general English courses, doing academic studies, or working.
This book presents the history of English from its obscure Indo-European roots to its twenty-first century position as the world's first language. It shows how English evolved in the British Isles and how it spread to the United States and through the old British empire to every corner of the world. It examines the different versions and roles of the language in every part of the globe and shows how English rose to international pre-eminence.
With approachable but impeccable scholarship fourteen experts chart the history of written and spoken English in all its rich and protean variety. Their accounts are made vivid with examples drawn from an immense range of documentary evidence including letters, diaries, and private records. They explore and explain the mixture of gradual and rapid change in the words, meanings, grammar, or pronunciation of English at different times and in different places. They examine the three-century rise of standard English and received pronunciation and consider their current status and wellbeing.
This book will appeal to everyone with a keen interest in the English language and its development.
Usually illustrated dictionaries address children, but THIS dictionary is intended for adults, including professionals in many fields of human activity. Over 28 000 illustrations will help you quickly understand how called any portion of an internal combustion engine, the element of Construction, the type of shoes or hair, mythological character, a tool surgeon, Suit card, the type of wiring, plant-and a lot more! Therefore it is useful not only for foreigners to learn English, but also for themselves "media" language.
The Elephants of Style: A Trunkload of Tips on the Big Issues and Gray Areas of Contemporary American English
