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Building English Wordsby Tom McArthurISBN 0003252213 (0-00-325221-3)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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The Concise Oxford Companion to the English Languageby Tom McArthur , Roshan McArthurISBN 0192806378 (0-19-280637-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language'Book summary:First published in 1992, The Oxford Companion to the English Language was described by The Times as an `excellent guide to the history, geography and contours of English', one that `immediately establishes itself as a necessary book'. A carefully-planned shorter version of the Oxford Companion to the English Language, this new Concise concentrates on the central themes in the language: grammar, usage, dialect, pronunciation, and the history of English. Within each theme all the key subjects are covered, and individual entries offer all the most essential information from the parent Companion.
With nearly 2,000 articles in A-Z format the Concise Companion is an ideal reference for both students and general readers wanting access to the highly readable scholarship of the Companion in a portable and affordable format. [via]More editions of The Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language:
- The Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language: ISBN 0198631367 (0-19-863136-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language: ISBN 0192800612 (0-19-280061-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language: ISBN 0198600526 (0-19-860052-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language: ISBN 0192806378 (0-19-280637-8)
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- The Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language: ISBN 0198631367 (0-19-863136-7)
Dictionary of English Phrasal Verbs and Their Idiomsby Tom McArthur , B. T. S. AtkinsISBN 0003252671 (0-00-325267-1)
Hardcover, Collins
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English Today 1by Tom McArthurISBN 0521308054 (0-521-30805-4)
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English Today 2by Tom McArthurISBN 0521308062 (0-521-30806-2)
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English Today 3by Tom McArthurISBN 0521308070 (0-521-30807-0)
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English Today 4by Tom McArthurISBN 0521308089 (0-521-30808-9)
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English Today 5by Tom McArthurISBN 0521320941 (0-521-32094-1)
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English Today 6by Tom McArthurISBN 052132095X (0-521-32095-X)
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A Foundation Course for Language Teachersby Tom McArthurISBN 0521272718 (0-521-27271-8)
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Learning Rhythm and Stressby Mohamed Heliel, Tom McArthurISBN 0003252256 (0-00-325225-6)
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The Oxford Companion to the English Languageby Tom McArthurISBN 019214183X (0-19-214183-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to the English Language'Book summary:Language is the life blood of a culture, and to be interested in culture is in some sense to be interested in language, in the shapes and sounds of words, in the history of reading, writing, and speech, in the endless variety of dialects and slangs, in the incessant creativity of the human mind as it reaches out to others. It is surprising then that until now there has been no major one-volume reference devoted to the most widely dispersed and influential language of our time: the English language.
A language-lover's dream, The Oxford Companion to the English Language is a thousand-page cornucopia covering virtually every aspect of the English language as well as language in general. The range of topics is remarkable, offering a goldmine of information on writing and speech (including entries on grammar, literary terms, linguistics, rhetoric, and style) as well as on such wider issues as sexist language, bilingual education, child language acquisition, and the history of English. There are biographies of Shakespeare, Noah Webster, Noam Chomsky, James Joyce, and many others who have influenced the shape or study of the language; extended articles on everything from psycholinguistics to sign language to tragedy; coverage of every nation in which a significant part of the population speaks English as well as virtually every regional dialect and pidgin (from Gullah and Scouse to Cockney and Tok Pisin). In addition, the Companion provides bibliographies for the larger entries, generous cross-referencing, etymologies for headwords, a chronology of English from Roman times to 1990, and an index of people who appear in entries or bibliographies. And like all Oxford Companions, this volume is packed with delightful surprises. We learn, for instance, that the first Professor of Rhetoric at Harvard later became President (John Quincy Adams); that "slogan" originally meant "war cry"; that the keyboard arrangement QWERTY became popular not because it was efficient but the opposite (it slows down the fingers and keeps them from jamming the keys); that "mbenzi" is Swahili for "rich person" (i.e., one who owns a Mercedes Benz); and that in Scotland, "to dree yir ain weird" means "to follow your own star."
From Scrabble to Websters to TESOL to Gibraltar, the thirty-five hundred entries here offer more information on a wider variety of topics than any other reference on the English language. Featuring the work of nearly a hundred scholars from around the world, this unique volume is the ideal shelf-mate to The Oxford Companion to English Literature. It will captivate everyone who loves language. [via]More editions of The Oxford Companion to the English Language:
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Oxford Guide to World Englishby Tom McArthurISBN 0198607717 (0-19-860771-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oxford Guide to World English'Book summary:Long gone are the days when English as proprietarily used by educated people in the tiny triangle of southern England formed by Oxford, Cambridge and London is deemed correct and all other versions wrong. The Oxford Guide to World English takes as its "descriptivist" starting point that English is now spoken in every continent by over a billion people across the world, about a quarter of them native speakers. In 70 countries worldwide English is an official or semi official language and has a significant role in 20 more. And because of the Internet--the language of which is 75 per cent English--the number of English users is rising exponentially with middle classes everywhere seeking it for their children as a global resource owned by nobody and everybody. Sadly, it has also become a very powerful almost predatory--language which seriously threatens endangered languages.
The regional varieties and their evolution make a fascinating study that forms the main body of Tom McArthurs book, a spin-off from his The Oxford Companion to the English Language (1992). In Singapore, for example, the particles "on" and "off" can be used as verbs as in "to on/off the light" and he lists 34 expressions used in Antarctic English which have "ice" as a prefix ranging from "ice year" and "ice tongue" to "icepan" and "ice pilot." Each variety of English is minutely discussed in terms of its history, grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary.
The 500 pages of The Oxford Guide to World English conclude by examining the ways in which English continues to change, and the role of so called "standard" English and whether or not the world now needs an international Standard version. Then theres the vexed question of English teaching. Should it be, or is it, a profession, a social service or a global industry? Macarthur quotes Indian journalist Santanu Bora writing in the Maharashtra Herald: "I am speaking a living language and writing one too. I dont hate Bob Marleys English any more than Paul McCartneys. Pauls got rain and snow in his way of speaking and Bobs got sun and sand in his speech. I have the monsoon, the mystic, religions, caste, poverty, the Queen... the list in long, in mine."--Susan Elkin [via]
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The Secret Life of John Logie Bairdby Peter Waddell, Tom McArthurISBN 0091587204 (0-09-158720-4)
Hardcover, Hutchinson
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Times, Tenses and Conditionsby John Hughes, Tom McArthurISBN 0003252272 (0-00-325227-2)
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Using Modal Verbsby Richard Wakely, Tom McArthurISBN 0003252264 (0-00-325226-4)
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Using Phrasal Verbsby Tom McArthurISBN 000325223X (0-00-325223-X)
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Worlds of Reference : Learning and Language from the Clay Tablet to the Computerby Tom McArthurISBN 0521314038 (0-521-31403-8)
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Worlds of Reference: Lexicography, Learning and Language from the Clay Tablet to the Computerby Tom McArthurISBN 052130637X (0-521-30637-X)
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