Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red
Discover hundreds of intriguing, entertaining, and often hilarious origins to the English language's most curious phrases in this fascinating trivia book from best-selling author Andrew Thompson.English is filled with curious, intriguing, and bizarre phrases. This book reveals the surprising, captivating, and even hilarious origins behind four hundred of them, including: - Read Between the Lines - Cat Got Your Tongue? - Put a Sock in It - Close, but No Cigar - Bring Home the Bacon - Caught Red-Handed - Under the Weather - Raining Cats and Dogs Perfect for trivia and language lovers alike, this entertaining collection is the ultimate guide to understanding these baffling mini mysteries of the English language.
Translating the New Philosophy in the Dutch Early Enlightenment (1640-1720)
A small group of freethinkers from the Dutch Republic played a key role in the major intellectual changes of the Early Enlightenment (1640-1720). In the wake of Cartesianism, their rationalist ideas transformed debates about science, theology, medicine, and political theory. This book studies the position of four translators in these debates on the 'New Philosophy' Jan Hendriksz Glazemaker, Pieter Balling, Abraham van Berkel, and Stephan Blankaart. It presents a comparative history of their Dutch translations of philosophical treatises by Ren矇 Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, and Benedictus de Spinoza. A combined methodology of computational and qualitative analysis offers new insights into the form and function of translated philosophical texts within the intellectual debates about language, reason, and knowledge that were partly inspired by those texts. These insights change our understanding of the crucial function of translations, multilingualism, and linguistic purism in the Dutch Early Enlightenment.
Schott's Significa
The perfect gift for word lovers, trivia fanatics, and the culturally curious. From the author of the international bestseller Schott's Original Miscellany comes a visually rich book that breaks down the colorful language and systems of signs that make up the vocabulary of our world. Named a Best Book of October 2025 by Kirkus, Financial Times, and Town & Country Here is an obsessive and fascinating look at the systems of language and knowledge that surrounds us. Ben Schott breaks down the lingo, slang, and jargon found in dozens of fascinating professions, events, and subcultures--from the insider language used in casino gambling to the NYC diamond district and professional sommeliers to London cabbies. For those who wish to gain access to rarified worlds, this book is an elegant and smart look at so much hiding in plain sight around us. With its gorgeously erudite and detailed design, full-color photos throughout, and thoroughly researched survey of lingo and culture, Schott's Significa will change how you see the world.
Word-Formation - European Languages
This reader is part of a five-volume-edition and comprises an in-depth presentation of the state of the art in word-formation. Volume 5 offers 26 descriptive portraits of word-formation in Indo-European and Non-Indo-European languages of Europe that exemplify the range of structures made possible by the word-formation processes discussed in the previous volumes.
Useless Etymology
Did you know that an "astronaut" is literally a "star sailor," that a thesaurus is, in fact, a "treasure trove" of words, and that someone who is "sinister" is actually just "left-handed"? Have you ever wondered why English isn't considered a Romance language if 60% of our words are Latin-derived? Did Shakespeare really invent 1,700 words, and if not, why the heck do we say that he did? Why is the English language stuffed with so many synonyms? Let's be real: English can seem pretty bonkers. And, well, sometimes it is. But through thorough thought and a pinch of curiosity, method can be found within the madness of our modern tongue-even within the disparate pronunciation of the words "through," "thorough," and "thought." Derived from Germanic, Romance, Hellenic, Semitic, African and Native American languages, English contains multitudes. It has been (and continues to be) transformed by war and conquest, art and literature, science and technology, love and hate, wit and whim. Useless Etymology takes readers on a time-traveling adventure to unlock the beauty, wonder, and absurdity within our everyday words, how they came to be, and the unexpected ways their origins weave a global, cross-cultural labyrinth of meaning. Filled with fun facts and delightful discoveries, this is an enlightening read for anyone who wants to know more about why the English language works the way that it does.
ESP Learning in Chinese Employment-Oriented University
This book included two academic articles. One article explored the English learning motivation in English for Specific Purposes in Chinese employment-oriented university, concluding that teacher-related motivation plays the important role in ESP learning. The other one explored the application of project-based learning in the English for Specific Purposes class, and the approach's role in improving students' English proficiency, as well as two employability soft skills-team cooperating, and problem-solving, concluding that PBL approach contributes obviously to the improvement of student's team cooperating and problem-solving, rather than English proficiency compared with traditional approach.
Mobile Learning for Undergraduates
Technology has affected every aspect of human life, amongst all the things teaching learning has no exemption. The study incorporates the enthrallment to find the impact of digitalization on education. Digital teaching has injected action and autonomy by engaging the students and by letting them experience the process of learning. By centralizing the learning experience, the natural workflow is noticed by learners and educators. In this research, it is found that the digital teaching-learning theories such as RAT, SAMR, TPACK, Digital Blooms, and Connectivism concerning Vygotsky's theory have helped teachers and students to outline their critical thinking, innovation and reformation through problem-solving techniques.
Why is It Called That?
Why is It Called That? The Origin of 350 Everyday WordsHave you ever stopped and wondered why we call things what we do?From everyday expressions to the names of objects you use without a second thought, the origins of words often hide fascinating stories of history, culture, and imagination.Why is it called that? takes you on a journey through 350 carefully selected words and phrases, uncovering their surprising beginnings and how they have evolved through time.Inside this book, you'll discover: ✦ The hidden history behind common everyday words✦ How ancient languages shaped the way we speak today✦ Curious stories of invention, culture, and coincidence✦ Connections between English and Latin, Greek, Old Norse, and more✦ How words reveal the way people once thought, lived, and dreamedWritten in a clear, engaging style, this book is perfect for: Readers who love trivia and wordplayLanguage enthusiasts and etymology fansTeachers, students, and lifelong learnersWords are more than labels - they are living links to the past.By the end of this book, you'll never look at everyday language the same way again.If you've ever asked yourself "Why is it called that?" - this book has the answers.Anyone who enjoys fun facts to share with friends
No-Nonsense Arabic Vocabulary
The No-Nonsense Arabic Vocabulary book contains 80% of Quranic vocabulary. It is divided by chapter and designed to used in tandem with the No-Nonsense Arabic Textbook and the No-Nonsense Arabic Workbook.
No-Nonsense Arabic Workbook
This book contains exercises and drills designed to practice the concepts covered in the No-Nonsense Arabic Textbook. The curriculum builds up to the translation of verses of the Quran from Arabic to English.
Fun with English
The book offers a fascinating and concise exploration of the delightful oddities inherent in the English language. It delves into an entertaining array of topics, including curious manias, evocative similes, challenging tongue-twisters, and inventive portmanteau words. This compilation serves as a treasure trove of known and unknown trivia, presenting enjoyable nuggets of information that highlight the unique and often amusing peculiarities of English usage. Designed for a wide audience, it aims to captivate and amuse not only students, teachers, and professionals who work with the language daily but also dedicated aficionados and logophiles. The intent is to provide a lighthearted yet insightful journey through the language's quirky side, moving beyond dry grammar rules to celebrate its character and charm. Ultimately, it empowers all readers to appreciate the playful flexibility of English and enables them to genuinely have some fun with the language, transforming everyday communication into a more engaging and enjoyable experience.
Scarcely English
The English language has evolved throughout its history, and usually for good reasons. However, in recent years, egged on by social media and the ubiquity and velocity of the internet, it has been subject to some grave assaults. There appear no longer to be any rules, in an era when, thanks to the web (another word to have changed its meaning) everyone can be a published author, completely unedited and unregulated. This often has dire consequences for the English tongue. Simon Heffer's A to Z runs though a whole litany of common confusions ('flaunt' and 'flout', 'imply' and 'infer', 'uninterested' and 'disinterested'), unidiomatic English ('fed up of', 'focus around', the use of 'impacted' in such construction as 'the loss impacted him badly'), and lazy expressions (these days every extended activity is an '-athon', every scandal is a 'Something-gate'). It bemoans some truly awful neologisms, 'infotainment' and 'funwashing' among them. And it registers the horror of those of us who do not believe that you can answer the question 'How are you?' with the words 'I'm good'. Trenchant and sprinkled with dry wit, Scarcely English is both a chamber of horrors of bad and lazy English and a plea for accuracy, clear thinking and elegance.
Old English Charms, Poems, and Proverbs 5
Old English (?nglisc) is the earliest recorded form of the English language. It was brought to Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th century. The first literary works in Old English date from the mid 7th century. Spelling was not standardised but varied by region and dialect over time.Contained in this book: Precepts (A Father's Instruction To His Son), The Order of the World (On The Wonders of Creation), The Gifts of Men (Of The Endowments and Pursuits of Men), Charm 1 For Unfruitful Land (?cerbot)The texts are presented in their original Old English, with a literal word-for-word line-by-line translation, and a Modern English translation, all side-by-side. In this way, it is possible to see and feel how Old English worked and how it has evolved. Also included are individual word lists for each text, and an overall word list.This book is designed to be of use and interest to anyone with a passion for the Old English language, Anglo-Saxon history, or languages and history in general.
Gobsmacked!
A spot-on guide to how and why Americans have become so bloody keen on Britishisms--for good or ill The British love to complain that words and phrases imported from America--from French fries to Awesome, man!--are destroying the English language. But what about the influence going the other way? Britishisms have been making their way into the American lexicon for more than 150 years, but the process has accelerated since the turn of the twenty-first century. From acclaimed writer and language commentator Ben Yagoda, Gobsmacked! is a witty, entertaining, and enlightening account of how and why scores of British words and phrases--such as one-off, go missing, curate, early days, kerfuffle, easy peasy, and cheeky--have been enthusiastically taken up by Yanks. After tracing Britishisms that entered the American vocabulary in the nineteenth century and during the world wars, Gobsmacked! discusses the most-used British terms in America today. It features chapters on the American embrace of British insults and curses, sports terms, and words about food and drinks. The book also explores the American adoption of British spellings, pronunciations, and grammar, and cases where Americans have misconstrued British expressions (for example, changing can't be arsed to can't be asked) or adopted faux-British usages, like pronouncing divisive as "divissive." Finally, the book offers some guidance on just how many Britishisms an American can safely adopt without coming off like an arse. Rigorously researched and documented but written in a light, conversational style, this is a book that general readers and language obsessives will love. Its revealing account of a surprising and underrecognized language revolution might even leave them, well, gobsmacked.
Drama Start
Drama Start: Christmas Edition is a joyful and imaginative collection of drama games, action poems, movement stories, and short festive plays created especially for children aged 3+. Brimming with seasonal sparkle, this book invites children to step into the magical world of elves, reindeer, snowflakes, stars, and Santa Claus, bringing the wonder of Christmas to life through drama and play.Designed with busy educators, facilitators, and parents in mind, this resource is perfect for early years and primary classrooms, after-school clubs, holiday workshops, or home use. The activities are easy to follow, require little to no preparation, and need only minimal resources. From lively warm-ups and festive listening games to creative movement stories and ready-to-use Christmas plays, each section is filled with ideas that spark imagination, encourage expressive communication, and nurture social skills.The book is process-led and child-centred, focusing on building confidence, creativity, and cooperation rather than polished performances. Children can pretend to be reindeer in training, elves in Santa's workshop, or twinkling stars in the night sky, all while developing language skills, collaboration, and storytelling abilities. With activities that are playful yet purposeful, this collection supports both educational outcomes and the sheer joy of festive fun.Whether you are looking to plan a full Christmas programme or simply add a touch of drama to your December sessions, this book offers everything you need to create meaningful and magical experiences. No props, costumes, or stage are required-just a group of children, a safe space to move and imagine, and a little Christmas spirit.A must-have for teachers, childcare professionals, drama facilitators, and parents who want to add creativity, celebration, and festive theatre to their Christmas season.
Easy for You to Say
You have a presentation tomorrow - for your boss, your team, new clients, or an audience of thousands. Where do you start? How do you know the audience will listen, agree, take action (and not fall asleep)? How do you strategically prep for this without sounding robotic and rehearsed? Open this handbook to any page, and you'll find the answers. You can follow the steps in order or skip ahead to your greatest needs. Write all over it, bend the pages, and use the steps to share your story. Backed by the science of adult learning and decades of live & virtual training, "Easy For You To Say" is a simple handbook that elevates your communication and lives up to its name.
Easy for You to Say
You have a presentation tomorrow - for your boss, your team, new clients, or an audience of thousands. Where do you start? How do you know the audience will listen, agree, take action (and not fall asleep)? How do you strategically prep for this without sounding robotic and rehearsed? Open this handbook to any page, and you'll find the answers. You can follow the steps in order or skip ahead to your greatest needs. Write all over it, bend the pages, and use the steps to share your story. Backed by the science of adult learning and decades of live & virtual training, "Easy For You To Say" is a simple handbook that elevates your communication and lives up to its name.
Savage Words
The meaning these texts are intended to convey is rather monotonous; they all say, in one form or another, "I don't like you." Hence, the whole point of producing them is to communicate this age-old message in new and unprecedented ways. We might be rather unimaginative in our day-to-day interactions, but when we sit down to write, a certain degree of novelty is imperative. In fact, one would say that in order to work, no two orationes invectivae can be exactly alike (not even humanistic ones). At the same time, however, one doesn't want to be so inventive that the audience fails to recognize the text for what it actually is. This double constraint (creativity and transparency) produces an endless quantity of variations, and is the real engine of that verbal inventiveness we see at play; ultimately, this is the reason why we find these texts so interesting to study and to write.From the Introduction by Gianluca Rizzo
The Marginalia Fan's Pocket Journal
Some readers simply read books. Others talk back.The Marginalia Fan's Pocket Journal is a guided companion created for the readers who underline favourite lines, highlight in rainbow colors, doodle in the margins, or argue with the author when the story takes a turn. If you've ever felt that white space on the page is wasted space, this journal was made for you.Inside you'll discover carefully designed prompts, decorative icons, and writing spaces that invite you to: Record unforgettable quotes and add your personal reactionsSwatch your favourite pens and highlighters to create your color codeCollect the funniest or sharpest margin notes you've ever seenExperiment with symbols, arrows, doodles, and other margin shortcutsReflect on your annotation style and what it says about you as a readerCapture the emotional journey of reading: the lines that made you laugh, argue, or cryThe result is a keepsake of your reading life: part reading journal, part creative workbook, part time capsule.Printed on cream paper for a comfortable, bookish feel, this pocket-sized journal travels easily in a bag or book stack. It is beautifully illustrated with icons and decorative flourishes that make every page feel like an open invitation to scribble, note, and create.Perfect for: Readers who follow BookTok and Bookstagram annotation trendsAnyone who loves to personalize their books with highlights and notesBook club members looking to capture insights and memorable quotesWriters, students, or critics who use annotation as a creative toolGift-givers searching for something fresh, bookish, and originalWhy it works: this isn't just a notebook, it's an identity. Using it reinforces that you belong to the growing community of readers who see books as interactive conversations rather than silent objects. Each page you fill strengthens your connection to the story you're reading and creates a tangible record you can look back on. Your notes become a mirror of your reading life, a treasure that no one else could duplicate.Whether your style is neat, chaotic, colorful, or cryptic, The Marginalia Fan's Pocket Journal helps you celebrate the art of annotation and claim your place in a long tradition of readers who leave their mark.Margins are the new canvas. Make them yours.
Possible Worlds Theory and Readers' Emotional Responses to Literature
This book develops a cognitive stylistic exploration of readers' emotional experiences of literature. Adopting Possible Worlds Theory as a framework, the volume constructs a stylistic analysis of some of the ways in which novels elicit readers' emotions. A typology of past, present, and future textual actual and possible worlds is formulated to frame analysis of three novels: A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry, Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates, and The Trick Is to Keep Breathing by Janice Galloway. The author integrates close stylistic analysis with the use of empirical data drawn from reader interviews and online reader reviews. The analysis of these diverse 20th-century novels works to show the utility of the typology for analysis formulated for this book, as well as to demonstrate the value of incorporating empirical reader data in analysis of the ways in which novels may affect readers' emotions.
Pattern, Construction, System
Construction Grammar and Systemic Functional Grammar take different approaches to the study of lexico-grammar, based on language as a cognitive and as a social phenomenon respectively. This is the first book to bring the two approaches together, using corpus-based Pattern Grammar as an underlying descriptive framework, in order to present a comprehensive and original treatment of verb-based patterns in English. It describes in detail two processes: deriving over 800 verb argument constructions from 50 verb complementation patterns; and using those constructions to populate systemic networks based on 9 semantic fields. The result is an approach to the lexis and grammar of English that unifies disparate theories, finding synergies between them and offering a challenge to each. Pattern Grammar, Construction Grammar and Systemic-Functional Grammar are introduced in an accessible way, making each approach accessible to readers from other backgrounds. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.
Linguistics and Oral History
This edited volume brings together linguistic and oral history practitioners to explore the intersections between both disciplines. This book is comprised of contributions from linguists (corpus linguists, sociolinguists, dialectologists and second language acquisition experts) to present how they investigate oral history texts from a linguistic perspective as well as contributions from oral history practitioners who focus on language-related aspects of their subject. In presenting perspectives from both disciplines, this book exposes the synergies that exist between oral history and linguistics including methodological parallels in constructing and analysing written transcriptions of spoken events, analytical approaches to determining salient themes and linguistic items, relevant theoretical perspectives that frame discourse practices in oral histories and the practical considerations facing researchers when investigating large samples of spoken discourse. This book shows that oral historians and linguists are often doing the same things in different ways and makes the case for more collaboration between the disciplines to promote exchange of ideas, efficiency of practice and reciprocal progression.
World Englishes and Social Media
As social media keeps changing, so does the representation of World Englishes across the wide range of platforms available. This edited volume explores the different varieties of English on various social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, and YouTube. Social media platforms showcase an ever-increasing diversity in languages and varieties of languages used on them. Divided into three parts, the book focuses in turn on language variation in digital contexts, identities and social meaning making, and metalinguistic commentary, and ends with a discussion chapter providing an overview of World Englishes and social media. Investigating these areas in detail, the book covers a wealth of topics, including ethical questions and research methodology, linguistic features and creativity, and meta-discourse. By offering up-to-date coverage of English use across different platforms, it provides an in-depth insight into the dynamic space of language variation online.
Conspiracy as Genre
From anti-vaccine politics to aliens, this volume explores diverse critical approaches to conspiracy narratives representing them as playful stories with serious ideologies and effects. It examines conspiracy in relation to social power and authority, moving beyond either disinformation or revelation. In addition, it looks at how the genre of conspiracy is the performance of questioning authority to produce new forms of expertise which frequently stabilize existing power hierarchies. Across three parts, the book theorizes how conspiracy narratives are told, what they do in the social world, and how they circulate these social meanings. Part One offers semiotic and narrative analyses of the language of conspiracy as a genre. Part Two examines the social effects of these narratives, arguing that elite conspiracy is a means to stabilize social power, looking in particular at gender-related conspiracies around feminism, abortion and trans rights. Part Three considers the circulation of conspiracies and the ideologies they narrate, using unique mixed methods approaches to look at multilingual data in sites and communities in Brazil, Germany, and the USA.
Unrealized Arguments and the Grammar of Context
In null instantiation (NI) an optionally unexpressed argument receives either anaphoric or existential interpretation. One cannot accurately predict a predicator's NI potential based either on semantic factors (e.g., Aktionsart class of the verb) or pragmatic factors (e.g., relative discourse prominence of arguments), but NI potential, while highly constrained, is not simply lexical idiosyncrasy. It is instead the product of both lexical and constructional licensing. In the latter case, a construction can endow a verb with NI potential that it would not otherwise have. Using representational tools of sign based construction grammar, this Element offers a lexical treatment of English null instantiation that covers both distinct patterns of construal of null-instantiated arguments and the difference between listeme-based and contextually licensed, thus construction-based, null complementation.
Language and Social Justice
Language, whether spoken, written, or signed, is a powerful resource that is used to facilitate social justice or undermine it. The first reference resource to use an explicitly global lens to explore the interface between language and social justice, this volume expands our understanding of how language symbolizes, frames, and expresses political, economic, and psychic problems in society, thus contributing to visions for social justice. Investigating specific case studies in which language is used to instantiate and/or challenge social injustices, each chapter provides a unique perspective on how language carries value and enacts power by presenting the historical contexts and ethnographic background for understanding how language engenders and/or negotiates specific social justice issues. Case studies are drawn from Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America and the Pacific Islands, with leading experts tackling a broad range of themes, such as equality, sovereignty, communal well-being, and the recognition of complex intersectional identities and relationships within and beyond the human world. Putting issues of language and social justice on a global stage and casting light on these processes in communities increasingly impacted by ongoing colonial, neoliberal, and neofascist forms of globalization, Language and Social Justice is an essential resource for anyone interested in this area of research.
Semiotics with a Conscience
Demonstrating how semiotic theory and method can be applied to decoding false representations and dangerous discourses, this book explores how semiotics can be used as a potentially powerful science of conscience. Confronting the sometimes negative perception of semiotics as academically inward-looking and lacking in morality, Marcel Danesi turns this view on its head. Instead, Danesi highlights how the same techniques that have allowed the use of semiotics for self-serving commercial purposes, such as advertising or marketing, could also be applied to deciphering current world problems. Through describing the semiotic notions and methods that can be used to analyze misrepresentations, propaganda, or meaning collapses, the book enables readers to become conscientiously aware of their hidden meanings and the harmful effects that they have on society. Identifying key issues of concern, such as climate change and anti-science discourses, it shows how they can be interpreted in terms of basic semiotic theory. This analysis of crucial issues demonstrates how semiotics can be used to raise awareness of critically important matters in modern society, and to encourage the development of more robust and ethical attitudes towards them.
Supplement to the Akkadian Dictionaries
The Akkadian (Babylonian-Assyrian) lexicon is currently accessible via two reference dictionaries, Wofram von Soden's Akkadisches Handworterbuch (1958-1981) and The Assyrian Dictionary of the University of Chicago (1956-2010). However, due to a large number of new cuneiform texts published during the last decades, both dictionaries are outdated in part, especially in their earlier volumes. The Supplement to the Akkadian Dictionaries (SAD), funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, is meant to update both dictionaries. Without any claim to be comprehensive, SAD evaluates a strictly defined text corpus and a limited amount of secondary literature. SAD pays particular attention to new words, new verbal stems, and references which expand the distribution of a word or help to define its meaning, form or etymology. SAD volume L, M, N, R contains 1354 lemmata, among them 301 new words.
World Englishes as Components of a Complex Dynamic System
This Element proposes to view World Englishes as components of an overarching Complex Dynamic System of Englishes, against the conventional view of regarding them as discrete, rule-governed, categorial systems. After outlining this basic idea and setting it off from mainstream linguistic theories, it introduces the theory of Complex Dynamic Systems and the main properties of such systems (systemness, complexity, perpetual dynamics, network relationships, the interplay of order and chaos, emergentism and self-organization, nonlinearity and fractals, and attractors), and surveys earlier applications to language. Usage-based linguistics and construction grammar are outlined as suitable frameworks to explain how the Complex Systems principles manifest themselves in linguistic reality. Many structural properties and examples from several World Englishes are presented to illustrate the manifestations of Complex Systems principles in specific features of World Englishes. Finally, the option of employing the NetLogo programming environment to simulate variety emergence via agent-based modeling is suggested.
Communicating Food to Children
This book offers a systematic account of communication on food aimed at children, investigating verbal and visual strategies used in food media in English from synchronic and diachronic perspectives.While there is a wide body of research on food discourse, there has been little to date on children as a particular category of actors within food-related communication. Cesiri integrates work from corpus linguistics, genre analysis, and multimodality to analyze verbal and visual components in media that transmit specialist knowledge and familiarize children with foundational food concepts, the extra-linguistic factors that shape food-related communication, and the ways in which different genres represent culinary traditions to children. The volume features an extensive corpus of technical products such as cookbooks, commercial products such as advertisements, and institutional products such as leaflets from international institutions. In applying a multi-layered perspective to a diverse range of food-related communication materials, Cesiri seeks to unpack whether potential differences in communicative strategies can be attributed to the source culture of interactants or those shared by a specific community of actors, and in turn, further insights into the nature of domain-specific discourse.This volume will appeal to scholars in discourse analysis, multimodality, corpus linguistics, and childhood studies.
Italian Immersion (Naples Edition)
Benvenuto! Italian Immersion is a journey through Italy, where language comes alive in stories. Instead of memorizing lists, you'll learn naturally, just as words are lived in caf矇s, markets, and piazzas. Each volume is set in a different city, from beginner basics in Rome to confident fluency in Milan. Along the way, engaging narratives introduce vocabulary and culture side by side, helping you absorb Italian without even noticing. Six books. Six cities. One path toward fluency through the magic of storytelling. In this Naples edition suitable for A2 learners, you'll follow Luca, a curious traveler, as he arrives at Napoli Centrale, finds his Airbnb in Spaccanapoli, orders his first Neapolitan coffee, tastes authentic pizza, and even cheers at a Napoli football match. Each short story introduces you to real-life Italian vocabulary and expressions, while giving you a taste of Naples' vibrant culture.Inside, you'll find: Engaging stories you'll actually enjoyEveryday vocabulary for travel, food, and cultureItalian + English translation on every pageFree audio included for listening and speaking practiceWhether you're preparing for a trip to Italy, improving your skills for study, or just want a fun and natural way to learn, Italian Immersion (Naples Edition) will help you gain confidence, expand your vocabulary, and fall in love with Italian.
Nice White Anglophones
Nice White Anglophones: Privilege, Power and Monolingualism is an innovative work exploring race, power and ideology via an extended fictional case study centring a monolingual white American family-"The Smiths".
Nice White Anglophones
Nice White Anglophones: Privilege, Power and Monolingualism is an innovative work exploring race, power and ideology via an extended fictional case study centring a monolingual white American family-"The Smiths".
Asymmetry and Markedness Theory I
This first volume explores asymmetry in language by examining how affirmative and negative constructions reveal markedness phenomena.
The dynamics of feminisation A corpus-based diachronic analysis of Dutch and German feminising morphology
In this book, feminisation - the marking of female sex on personal nouns - in Dutch and German is investigated contrastively, diachronically, and corpus-linguistically. The corpus-based approach entails a theoretical and methodological shift from a structuralist and essentialist approach to the interplay of language and sex to a poststructuralist, usage-based and holistic perspective, which has long been lacking from the scientific domain of Gender Linguistics. Starting from the observation that feminising morphology seems less frequently used in Dutch than in German in the same contexts, the goal is to examine how intra- and extralinguistic factors influence the choice for or against the use of these morphological patterns. These (only partly consciously made) choices are called differentiation and neutralisation, respectively. On the intralinguistic level, the link between the use of feminising morphology and properties of the grammatical gender system is investigated contrastively and diachronically, as well as more generally various semantic and pragmatic factors (semantics of the personal noun, animacy, referentiality) that may contribute to a more or less stable feminisation system. On the extralinguistic level, the effect of diverging views on gender-fair language use in both language areas, and within the respective areas (North vs. South for Dutch, East vs. West for German), stands out. Drawing on diachronic corpus data, the effects of these factors are investigated empirically in three case studies by focusing on the form (Case Study I) and function (Case Study II: feminisation in human reference and Case Study III: feminisation in nonhuman reference) of feminising morphology. Both formally and functionally, Dutch feminisation is a complex system, whereas the German one is more uniform and straightforward. The use of feminising morphology in Dutch has been restricted since at least the second half of the 20th century, but less so in Northern than in Southe
The Cornish Language in the Nineteenth Century
This book offers a radical re-examination of the history of the Cornish language, challenging the long-held belief that it became extinct with the death of Dolly Pentreath in 1777. Instead, it reveals compelling evidence that Cornish continued to be used throughout the 19th century, by the working class, by academics, and by those seeking to preserve the language. Exploring the research of antiquarians such as Dr. Fred W.P. Jago, Reverend Lach-Szyrma, and Henry Jenner, this book uncovers overlooked accounts of Cornish speakers and reassesses their linguistic knowledge. By tracing the language's survival beyond its supposed extinction, the author argues that during the nineteenth century Cornish should be classified as critically endangered rather than extinct. Essential for scholars of minority languages, heritage researchers, and the Cornish language community, this book reshapes our understanding of Cornish history--proving that its story is one of resilience, not disappearance.
Spoken English: The Basics
Spoken English: The Basics offers a clear, non-jargonistic introduction to what the study of spoken English entails, ranging from its basic phonology and the grammar and vocabulary of speaking to the role of speaking in society.
Word-Formation - Language Contact and Diachrony
This reader is part of a five-volume-edition and comprises an in-depth presentation of the state of the art in word-formation. Volume 4 studies the mechanisms of diachronic change based on in-depth studies of different languages. The influence of diachronic change on the productivity patterns is addressed as well as the role of language contact.
Konkani To English Phrasebook - Everyday Common Words And Phrases
Ukrainian To English Phrasebook - Everyday Common Words And Phrases
Ukrainian To English Phrasebook is a practical language guide containing essential phrases and expressions for travellers. It covers greetings, directions, dining, travel, and more.
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A Dialogue In The Devonshire Dialect, By A Lady [m. Palmer]
"A Dialogue In The Devonshire Dialect, By A Lady" offers a fascinating glimpse into the unique vernacular of Devonshire, England. Authored by Mary Palmer, this work presents a conversation rendered in the authentic dialect of the region, providing valuable insights into the linguistic characteristics and cultural nuances of Devon. Accompanying the dialogue is a comprehensive glossary compiled by J.F. Palmer, which serves as an essential guide for understanding the specialized vocabulary and idiomatic expressions used. This glossary enhances the accessibility of the text, making it a useful resource for both linguistic scholars and readers interested in regional English dialects. This book captures a moment in linguistic history, preserving the Devonshire dialect for future generations and offering a rich tapestry of local language and culture.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Lycian Inscriptions After the Accurate Copies of the Late Augustus Schoenborn
The Lycian Inscriptions After the Accurate Copies of the Late Augustus Schoenborn, by Moriz Wilhelm Constantin Schmidt and Julius Augustus Schoenborn, is a scholarly work dedicated to the study of Lycian inscriptions. This book provides a critical commentary and an essay on the alphabet and language of the Lycians, offering valuable insights into the linguistic and historical context of ancient Lycia. Based on the accurate copies meticulously made by the late Augustus Schoenborn, this book serves as a significant resource for researchers and scholars interested in ancient languages, epigraphy, and the history of Anatolia. It presents a detailed analysis of the inscriptions, shedding light on the culture, society, and linguistic features of the Lycian civilization. This work remains essential for anyone studying the Lycian language and its place within the broader context of ancient Mediterranean cultures.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Studying the English Language
Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses and commentaries.Revised throughout, the third edition of Studying the English Language (previously Introducing English Language) covers the key disciplines and concepts of linguistics as well as core areas in language study, including acquisition, standardisation and the globalisation of English. The new edition offers: - An updated and more accessible structure with separate threads on semantics, pragmatics, text and discourse, and new material on identity- A new thread on 'Meanings', focusing purely on semantics, including both lexical semantics and new material on propositional semantics- New explanations on relevance theory, text linguistics, corpus linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)- A more international outlook with the inclusion of bilingual views, a discussion of post-colonial power and a revised section on Global Englishes- Coverage of new developments in areas such as politeness, discourse analysis, text-worlds, cognitive poetics and corpus stylistics- Updated further reading recommendations, examples and exercises- A re-imagined D section with a diverse range of resources, including passages of key texts and the authors' own research, questions, prompts and guidance to engage with the texts, summaries of key works with discussion points and guidance for further research.Written by two experienced teachers and authors, this accessible introduction to the study of English language is an essential resource for all students of English language and linguistics.Supplementary online material for this title can be found at www.routledge.com/9781032563923.
Where Language Meets Thought
In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their most interesting publications - extracts from books, key articles, research findings, and practical and theoretical contributions.
Immigrant Englishes Around the World
Immigrant Englishes Around the World is a collection that explores the varieties of English that emerge when speakers whose native languages are not English immigrate to an English-speaking country.
