Added by: bukka | Karma: 785.36 | Fiction literature | 16 September 2007
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Beowulf
" 'Tis better to die than to live in shame." The oldest existing story written in Old English, "Beowulf" is the classic tale of courage and honor. In the Great Hall of Hrothgar, King of the Danes, the warrior Beowulf, son of a Swedish King, wages battle with the monster Grendel. The introduction contains a short history of the English language and a description of Anglo-Saxon culture.
This volume consists of an introduction and two groups of essays by Paul M. Postal, each with a connecting theme. The first, positive group of papers, contains five previously unpublished studies of English syntax. These include a long study of so-called "locative inversion," two investigations related to raising to non-subject status, an argument for the existence of a hitherto ignored nominal grammatical category and a study of vulgar negative polarity items. Each investigation of specific English details is argued to have significant theoretical consequences.
Pack includes: English Vocabulary in Use: Elementary. English Vocabulary in Use: Pre-Intermediate to Intermediate. English Vocabulary in Use: Upper-Intermediate to Advanced. Business Vocabulary in Use: Intermediate to Upper-intermediate. PDF Publisher: Cambridge University Press Language: British English
Everyday English, Book 1 by Jean Sherwood Rankin (Rare Book Collection)
To make good speech a sort of social obligation will impress a child infinitely more than all the abstractions known as rules of grammar. There is no more interesting, even fascinating subject than that of language use, whether relative to the old or young. Yet vital books about language are the exception. There seems to be a wellnigh fatal penalty attached to the handling of such a theme; to wit, the dryasdust manner, a lack of all freshness, color and movement. This is all the stranger since we are all implicated in the questions of the use and abuse of the mother tongue and no topic is more eagerly discussed or awakens a more alert attention. The little volume here following contains, it seems, a thoroughly acceptable treatment of the principles of language use for the guidance of children.
Disney's World Of English Sing Along 1-4
Sing, dance, and play along with Mickey and the gang in fun-filled musical adventures! It's easy as you read the on-screen lyrics to favorite kid songs! In CAMPOUT AT WALT DISNEY WORLD, Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, and the Sing-Along Kids pitch their tents and explore Discovery Island, River Country, and even participate in a Talent Show! It's the most fun you'll have on a campout!