Zbirka: Jezik: zgodovina in splošna dela
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English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice(2017) CARLEY, PAUL (UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER, UK),MEES, INGER M. (COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL, DENMARK)Practical English Pronunciation provides an introduction to basic articulatory phonetics for students of English. Built around a collection of graded practice materials, this book teaches the pronunciation of modern standard non-regional British English tVezava: Mehka70,32 € -
How to Talk Like a Local(2011) DENT, SUSIEFrom dardledumdue, which means daydreamer in East Anglia, through forkin robbins, the Yorkshire term for earwigs, to clemt, a Lancashire word that means hungry, this title investigates an astonishingly rich variety of regional expressions, and provides inVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Emoji Revolution(2019) SEARGEANT, PHILIPIdeal for general readers as well as students and researchers of language, linguistics and communication, this book examines the evolution of emoji, how people use them, and what they can teach us about the nature of language, as well as our relationshipsVezava: Mehka53,22 € -
Mysteries of English Grammar(2021) CALUDE, ANDREEA S.,BAUER, LAURIEThis book illuminates some of the complexities of the grammar of English, the areas where new discoveries await and why it matters. Both aimed at the interested general reader and the beginning student of English language and linguistics, this is a freshVezava: Mehka45,61 € -
Latin inscriptions(2016) BOOMS, DIRKIllustrated with the best examples of inscriptions from the British Museum's Roman collection, this book explores the meaning of putting up public inscriptions and the standardised system of abbreviation that was used to ensure Romans from all areas of thVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Highly Irregular(2021) OKRENT, ARIKA (LINGUIST AND AUTHOR OF IN THE LAND OF INVENTED LANGUAGES, LINGUIST AND AUTHOR OF IN THE LAND OF INVENTED LANGUAGES)Vezava: Trda27,32 € -
Creating Canadian English(2019) DOLLINGER, STEFAN (UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER)This lively account of the making of Canadian English traces the variety's conceptual, social and linguistic developments from the twentieth century to the present. Revealing the hard work, persistence and sheer luck required in codifying a standard varieVezava: Mehka53,22 € -
Dictionary Wars(2020) MARTIN, PETERA compelling history of the national conflicts that resulted from efforts to produce the first definitive American dictionary of English The Dictionary Wars recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitive national dictVezava: Mehka27,45 € -
Words in Time and Place(2014) CRYSTAL, DAVID (HONORARY PROFESSOR OF LINGUISTICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES, BANGOR)How has the English language developed over time? How have words entered the English language, or changed their meaning? David Crystal takes us on a wonderful tour through the origins and evolution of 15 groups of words, from dying to spacecraft. His sourVezava: Trda29,43 € -
Dictionaries(2011) MUGGLESTONE, LYNDA (PROFESSOR OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH, PEMBROKE COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)Dictionaries are far more than works which list the words and meanings of a language. In this Very Short Introduction Lynda Mugglestone takes a look at how dictionaries are made, considering how they reflect the dominant social and cultural assumptions ofVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Dictionary Wars(2019) MARTIN, PETERA compelling history of the national conflicts that resulted from efforts to produce the first definitive American dictionary of English In The Dictionary Wars, Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitVezava: Trda40,39 € -
Analysing Sentences(2021) BURTON-ROBERTS, NOEL (UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE, UK)Accessible and clear, this book is the perfect textbook for readers coming to this topic for the first time. Featuring in-text and end-of-chapter exercises, it is suitable for self-directed study as well as for use as core reading on introductory syntax cVezava: Mehka72,22 € -
Writing a War of Words(2021) MUGGLESTONE, LYNDA (PROFESSOR OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH, PROFESSOR OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)Writing a War of Words is the first investigation of a valuable archive of war-time notebooks documenting changes to the English language on the Home Front. Using unconventional sources, it explores the effect of war on the language of ordinary people, anVezava: Trda61,76 € -
English Begins at Jamestown(2022) MACHAN, TIM WILLIAM (MARY LEE DUDA PROFESSOR OF LITERATURE, MARY LEE DUDA PROFESSOR OF LITERATURE, UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME)English Begins at Jamestown explores how people tell and have told the story of English, from its Indo-European origins to its present-day status as a global language. It shows that there are better, worse, and wrong ways to relate the language's history,Vezava: Trda57,01 € -
Bagels, Bumf, and Buses(2019) HOROBIN, SIMON (PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)This book explores the fascinating origins of the words and phrases that we use every day. Simon Horobin takes the reader through a typical day's activities - waking up, eating meals, going to work - and looks at the etymology of the words we use to descrVezava: Trda29,43 € -
Wit's End(2019) GEARY, JAMES (HARVARD UNIVERSITY)“A witty book about wit that steers an elegant path between waggishness and wisdom.” — Stephen FryVezava: Mehka19,95 € -
Story of Be(2017) CRYSTAL, DAVIDIt's the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: 'to be'. Yet it is jam-packed with more different meanings, forms, and uses than any other English word. As he reveals be's multiple incarnations, David Crystal takes us to the heart of our flexibleVezava: Trda21,71 € -
Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language(2018) CRYSTAL, DAVID (UNIVERSITY OF WALES, BANGOR)An essential text for a new generation of twenty-first-century English language enthusiasts, its dual purpose as both a reference and textbook will appeal to English language lecturers and students as well as non-native English speakers. Audio resources rVezava: Mehka74,13 €
