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The Architecture of Languageby Noam Chomsky, R. K. Agnihotri, Nirmalangshu Mukherjee, B. N. PatnaikISBN 019564834X (0-19-564834-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Architecture of Language'Book summary:Noam Chomsky is one of the most widely published and influential thinkers on language and mind. This book consists of an edited transcript of a lecture, delivered at the University of Delhi in January 1996, where Chomsky reflects on the history of the 'generative enterprise' to relate it to some strikingly novel advances in recent grammatical theory. [via]
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Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greekby Gilbert Lawall, M. G. BalmeISBN 0195149564 (0-19-514956-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek'Book summary:Combining the best features of traditional and modern methods, Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek, 2/e, provides a unique course of instruction that allows students to read connected Greek narrative right from the beginning and guides them to the point where they can begin reading complete classical texts. Carefully designed to hold students' interest, the course begins in Book I with a fictional narrative about an Attic farmer's family placed in a precise historical context (432-431 B.C.). This narrative, interwoven with tales from mythology and the Persian Wars, gradually gives way in Book II to adapted passages from Thucydides, Plato, and Herodotus and ultimately to excerpts of the original Greek of Bacchylides, Thucydides, and Aristophanes' Acharnians. Essays on relevant aspects of ancient Greek culture and history are also provided.
New to the Second Edition:
* Short passages from Classical and New Testament Greek in virtually every chapter
* The opening lines of the Iliad and the Odyssey toward the end of Book II
* New vocabulary and more complete explanations of grammar, including material on accents
* Many new exercises and additional opportunities for students to practice completing charts of verb forms and paradigms of nouns and adjectives
* Updated Teacher's Handbooks for Books I and II containing translations of all stories, readings, and exercises; detailed suggestions for classroom presentation; abundant English derivatives; and additional linguistic information
* Offered for the first time, Student Workbooks for Books I and II that include self-correcting exercises, cumulative vocabulary lists, periodic grammatical reviews, and additional readings [via]More editions of Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek:
- Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek: ISBN 0195149572 (0-19-514957-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek: ISBN 0195056213 (0-19-505621-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek, Book 2: ISBN 0195056221 (0-19-505622-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek: ISBN 0195149564 (0-19-514956-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
- Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek: ISBN 0195149572 (0-19-514957-2)
Basic English Usageby M. SwanISBN 0194311872 (0-19-431187-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Cognitive Linguistics: An Introductionby David LeeISBN 0195514246 (0-19-551424-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cognitive Linguistics: An Introduction'Book summary:Cognitive linguistics is a relatively new theory of language that challenges many of the basic assumptions of traditional approaches. Drawing on his long-standing interest in the relationship between language and perspective, Lee here sets out to make the theory accessible to readers who have no prior training in the discipline. [via]
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Computers and Human Languageby George W. SmithISBN 0195062825 (0-19-506282-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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The Concise Dictionary of Linguisticsby Peter MatthewsISBN 0198610505 (0-19-861050-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Constructions: A Construction Grammar Approach to Argument Structureby Adele E. GoldbergISBN 0226300862 (0-226-30086-2)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Constructions: A Construction Grammar Approach to Argument Structure'Book summary:Drawing on work in linguistics, language acquisition, and computer science, Adele E. Goldberg proposes that grammatical constructions play a central role in the relation between the form and meaning of simple sentences. She demonstrates that the syntactic patterns associated with simple sentences are imbued with meaning--that the constructions themselves carry meaning independently of the words in a sentence.[via]
Goldberg provides a comprehensive account of the relation between verbs and constructions, offering ways to relate verb and constructional meaning, and to capture relations among constructions and generalizations over constructions. Prototypes, frame semantics, and metaphor are shown to play crucial roles. In addition, Goldberg presents specific analyses of several constructions, including the ditransitive and the resultative constructions, revealing systematic semantic generalizations.
Through a comparison with other current approaches to argument structure phenomena, this book narrows the gap between generative and cognitive theories of language.More editions of Constructions: A Construction Grammar Approach to Argument Structure:
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Conversational Style: Analyzing Talk Among Friendsby Deborah TannenISBN 0195221818 (0-19-522181-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Conversational Style: Analyzing Talk Among Friends'Book summary:This revised edition of Deborah Tannen's first discourse analysis book, Conversational Style--first published in 1984--presents an approach to analyzing conversation that later became the hallmark and foundation of her extensive body of work in discourse analysis, including the monograph Talking Voices, as well as her well-known popular books You Just Don't Understand, That's Not What I Meant!, and Talking from 9 to 5, among others.
Carefully examining the discourse of six speakers over the course of a two-and-a-half hour Thanksgiving dinner conversation, Tannen analyzes the features that make up the speakers' conversational styles, and in particular how aspects of what she calls a 'high-involvement style' have a positive effect when used with others who share the style, but a negative effect with those whose styles differ. This revised edition includes a new preface and an afterword in which Tannen discusses the book's place in the evolution of her work.
Conversational Style is written in an accessible and non-technical style that should appeal to scholars and students of discourse analysis (in fields like linguistics, anthropology, communication, sociology, and psychology) as well as general readers fascinated by Tannen's popular work. This book is an ideal text for use in introductory classes in linguistics and discourse analysis. [via]More editions of Conversational Style: Analyzing Talk Among Friends:
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Desire in Language: A Semiotic Approach to Literature and Artby Julia KristevaISBN 0231048076 (0-231-04807-6)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Desire in Language: A Semiotic Approach to Literature and Art'Book summary:Desire in Language traces the path of an investigation, extending over a period of ten years, into the semiotics of literature and the arts. But the essays of Julia Kristeva in this volume, though they often deal with literature and art, do not amount to either "literary criticism" or "art criticism." Their concern, writes Kristeva, "remains intratheoretical: they are based on art and literature in order to subvert the very theoretical, philosophical, or semiological apparatus."
Probing beyond the discoveries of Sigmund Freud, Jacques Lacan, Roman Jakobson and others, Julia Kristeva proposes and tests theories centered on the nature and development of the novel, and on what she has defined as a signifying practice in poetic language and pictural works. Desire in Language fully shows what Roman Jakobson has called Kristeva's "genuine gift of questioning generally adopted 'axioms,' and her contrary gift of releasing various 'damned questions' from their traditional question marks."
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The Devil's Dictionaryby Ambrose BierceISBN 0195126270 (0-19-512627-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Devil's Dictionary'Book summary:These caustic aphorisms, collected in The Devil's Dictionary, helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San Francisco. First published as The Cynic's Word Book (1906) and later reissued under its preferred name in 1911, Bierce's notorious collection of barbed definitions forcibly contradicts Samuel Johnson's earlier definition of a lexicographer as a harmless drudge. There was nothing harmless about Ambrose Bierce, and the words he shaped into verbal pitchforks a century ago--with or without the devil's help--can still draw blood today. [via]
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A Dictionary of Languageby David CrystalISBN 0226122034 (0-226-12203-4)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Dictionary of Language'Book summary:No ordinary dictionary, David Crystal's Dictionary of Language includes not only descriptions of hundreds of languages literally from A to Z (Abkhaz to Zyryan) and definitions of literary and grammatical concepts, but also explanations of terms used in linguistics, language teaching, and speech pathology. If you are wondering how many people speak Macedonian, Malay, or Makua, or if you're curious about various theories of the origins of language, or if you were always unsure of the difference between structuralism, semiotics, and sociolinguistics, this superbly authoritative dictionary will answer all of your questions and hundred of others.[via]More editions of A Dictionary of Language:
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An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Language and Languagesby David CrystalISBN 0140512349 (0-14-051234-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Language and Languages'Book summary:A large number of terms to do with language crop up in day-to-day speech - but what do they all actually mean? The aim of this book is to provide a guide to linguistic concepts and names. Terms are drawn from the various applied areas of language study, such as language teaching, speech pathology, stylistics, typography and lexicography, as well as from grammar, figures of speech and basic phonetics. With nearly 3000 main entries, this dictionary aims to answer all the questions people are likely to ask about language and its meaning. A selection of cartoons and illustrations reinforces the author's conviction that language study can be fun. [via]
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English Verb Classes and Alternations: A Preliminary Investigationby Beth LevinISBN 0226475336 (0-226-47533-6)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'English Verb Classes and Alternations: A Preliminary Investigation'Book summary:In this rich reference work, Beth Levin classifies over 3,000 English verbs according to shared meaning and behavior. Levin starts with the hypothesis that a verb's meaning influences its syntactic behavior and develops it into a powerful tool for studying the English verb lexicon. She shows how identifying verbs with similar syntactic behavior provides an effective means of distinguishing semantically coherent verb classes, and isolates these classes by examining verb behavior with respect to a wide range of syntactic alternations that reflect verb meaning.[via]
The first part of the book sets out alternate ways in which verbs can express their arguments. The second presents classes of verbs that share a kernel of meaning and explores in detail the behavior of each class, drawing on the alternations in the first part. Levin's discussion of each class and alternation includes lists of relevant verbs, illustrative examples, comments on noteworthy properties, and bibliographic references. The result is an original, systematic picture of the organization of the verb inventory.
Easy to use, English Verb Classes and Alternations sets the stage for further explorations of the interface between lexical semantics and syntax. It will prove indispensable for theoretical and computational linguists, psycholinguists, cognitive scientists, lexicographers, and teachers of English as a second language.More editions of English Verb Classes and Alternations: A Preliminary Investigation:
English Vocabulary Elementsby Keith Denning, William R. LebenISBN 019506609X (0-19-506609-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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An Exaltation of Larks: Or, The Venereal Gameby James LiptonISBN 0140045368 (0-14-004536-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Exaltation of Larks: Or, The Venereal Game'Book summary:For word lovers everywhere, a classic anthology of collective nouns--now vastly expanded and with a new introduction. Infectious in spirit, beautifully illustrated with over 250 witty engravings by Granville, Durer, and other artists, this work is a word lover's garden of delights. [via]
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An Exaltation of Larks: The Ultimate Editionby James LiptonISBN 0140170960 (0-14-017096-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Exaltation of Larks: The Ultimate Edition'Book summary:[via]An "exaltation of larks"? Yes! And a "leap of leopards," a "parliament of owls," an "ostentation of peacocks," a "smack of jellyfish," and a "murder of crows"! For those who have ever wondered if the familiar "pride of lions" and "gaggle of geese" were only the tip of a linguistic iceberg, James Lipton has provided the definitive answer: here are hundreds of equally pithy, and often poetic, terms unearthed by Mr. Lipton in the Books of Venery that were the constant study of anyone who aspired to the title of gentleman in the fifteenth century. When Mr. Lipton's painstaking research revealed that five hundred years ago the terms of venery had already been turned into the Game of Venery, he embarked on an odyssey that has given us a "slouch of models," a "shrivel of critics," an "unction of undertakers," a "blur of Impressionists," a "score of bachelors," and a "pocket of quarterbacks." This ultimate edition of An Exaltation of Larks is Mr. Lipton's brilliant answer to the assault on language and literacy in the last decades of the twentieth century. In it you will find more than 1,100 resurrected or newly minted contributions to that most endangered of all species, our language, in a setting of 250 witty, beautiful, and remarkably apt engravings.
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Fowler's Modern English Usageby R. W. Burchfield, H. W. FowlerISBN 0198610211 (0-19-861021-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fowler's Modern English Usage'Book summary:For generations, lovers of the English language have turned to trusty copies of Fowler's to settle nagging grammatical questions, or, for true hard-core language junkies, for the sheer fun of reading H. W. Fowler's classic outrage contained in entries on "Hackneyed Phrases" or "Pedantic-Humour Words."
The New Fowler's Modern English Usage, the first revision in more than 30 years, has not arrived without controversy. Some language (and Fowler) purists complain that the book is too liberal at times, noting that usage is common as opposed to correct. Those points are debatable, and, indeed, they're what makes the book's nearly 900 pages so interesting to peruse. The currency of the new Fowler's extends to, in the entry on "Vogue Words," such novelties as "couch potato," "flavour of the month," "on a roll," and the notorious "parameter." [via]
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Fundamentals of Linguistic Analysisby Ronald W. LangackerISBN 0155294555 (0-15-529455-5)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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The Good Grammar Bookby Michael Swan, Catherine WalterISBN 0194315207 (0-19-431520-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Good Grammar Book'Book summary:This book will improve students' understanding and use of grammar every time they refer to it. [via]
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How English Works: A Grammar Practice Bookby Michael SwanISBN 0194314561 (0-19-431456-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How English Works: A Grammar Practice Book'Book summary:This book makes grammar practice interesting by presenting rules that are easy to understand and remember, with exercises that entertain as they teach. [via]
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Intonation:Selected Readings: Selected Readingsby Dwight Le Merton BolingerISBN 0140806636 (0-14-080663-6)
Hardcover, Penguin
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Introduction to Old Norseby Eric V. GordonISBN 0198111843 (0-19-811184-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Societyby Raymond WilliamsISBN 0195204697 (0-19-520469-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society'Book summary:Now revised to include new words and updated essays, Keywords focuses on the sociology of language, demonstrating how the key words we use to understand our society take on new meanings and how these changes reflect the political bent and values of society. [via]
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Language & Speciesby Derek BickertonISBN 0226046117 (0-226-04611-7)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Language and Social Context: Selected Readingsby Pier Paolo GiglioliISBN 0140133038 (0-14-013303-8)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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Language and Social Context:Selected Readings: Selected Readingsby Pier Paolo GiglioliISBN 0140802444 (0-14-080244-4)
Hardcover, Penguin
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Language in Danger: The Loss of Linguistic Diversity and the Threat to Our Futureby Andrew DalbyISBN 0231129009 (0-231-12900-9)
Hardcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguisticsby Suzanne RomaineISBN 0198731922 (0-19-873192-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics'Book summary:Why have 1500 separate languages developed in the Pacific region? Why do Danes understand Norwegians better than Norwegians understand Danish? Is Ebonics a language or a dialect?
Linguistics tends to ignore the relationship between languages and the societies in which they are spoken, while sociology generally overlooks the role of language in the constitution of society. In this book Suzanne Romaine provides a clear, lively, and accessible introduction to the field of sociolinguistics and emphasizes the constant interaction between society and language. She shows how our linguistic choices are motivated by social factors, and how certain ways of speaking come to be vested with symbolic value, drawing from evidence from studies of cultures and languages all over the world.
This new edition incorporates new material on current issues in the study of gender as well as other topics such as the linguistic dimension to the ethnic conflict in the Balkans, and the controversy over Ebonics in the United States. [via]More editions of Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics:
- Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: ISBN 0198751346 (0-19-875134-6)
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The Logic Of Conventional Implicaturesby Christopher PottsISBN 0199273839 (0-19-927383-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Logic, Language, and Meaning: Intensional Logic and Logical Grammarby L.T.F. GamutISBN 0226280888 (0-226-28088-8)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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More Than Cool Reason: A Field Guide to Poetic Metaphorby Mark Turner, George LakoffISBN 0226468127 (0-226-46812-7)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'More Than Cool Reason: A Field Guide to Poetic Metaphor'Book summary:"The authors restore metaphor to our lives by showing us that it's never gone away. We've merely been taught to talk as if it had: as though weather maps were more 'real' than the breath of autumn; as though, for that matter, Reason was really 'cool.' What we're saying whenever we say is a theme this book illumines for anyone attentive." Hugh Kenner, Johns Hopkins University[via]
"In this bold and powerful book, Lakoff and Turner continue their use of metaphor to show how our minds get hold of the world. They have achieved nothing less than a postmodern Understanding Poetry, a new way of reading and teaching that makes poetry again important." Norman Holland, University of FloridaMore editions of More Than Cool Reason: A Field Guide to Poetic Metaphor:
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Multilingualismby John EdwardsISBN 0140159517 (0-14-015951-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Multilingualism'Book summary:Multilingualism, both in individuals and in societies, is interesting both from a linguistic and psychological viewpoint and of ever-present political importance. The extent of migration and immigration in the modern world is making multilingualism, both individual and social, increasingly common and of major impact, in politics and particularly in education, all over the world. This book covers all aspects of the subject, from the psychological impact on a child of being raised bilingual, to the political struggles to preserve - or suppress - minority languages and the relationship between nationalistic feeling and language. [via]
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The New Fowler's Modern English Usageby H. W. Fowler, R. W. BurchfieldISBN 0198602634 (0-19-860263-4)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New Fowler's Modern English Usage'Book summary:First published in 1926, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage is one of the most celebrated reference books of the twentieth century. Commonly known as "Fowler," after its inimitable author, H.W. Fowler, it has sold more than a million copies and maintained a devoted following over seven decades, in large part because of its charming blend of information and good humor, delivered in the voice of a genial if somewhat idiosyncratic schoolmaster. "Reading Fowler," William F. Buckley once noted, "provides instruction and knowledge and direction, but the whole of it is a sensual delight." And Jessica Mitford wrote that Fowler's style "has afforded me endless amusement and instruction through my very long life." The first place to turn for sensible advice on the thorny issues of grammar, meaning, and pronunciation, "Fowler" is one of those rare reference books that can also be read simply for pleasure.
Now this classic is available in a new edition--the first major revision since Fowler's original. Rewritten, updated, and expanded to take into account the vast linguistic changes of the past three-quarters of a century, here are thousands of alphabetically arranged entries, offering advice and background information on all aspects of the English language, from grammar to spelling to literary style. This masterful revision has been carried out by Robert Burchfield, hailed by The Chicago Tribune as "the greatest living lexicographer." In his hands, the MEU has retained its beloved traits--accessibility, authority, and (not least) personality--while acquiring new ones, most notably, up-to-the-minute currency. As in "Fowler," the new edition is a cornucopia of information on such troublesome areas as the plural form of foreign words (adagio, curriculum, memorandum, virus); related or like-sounding words (affect/effect, continual/continuous); rarely encountered literary terms (alcaics, alexandrine, arsis); and unusual inflected forms (for instance, taxi, taxis, taxiing). But there are also many innovations. Burchfield, who spent decades working on the Oxford English Dictionary, has introduced the OED's historical approach to the MEU, providing fascinating details on how and when new usages entered the language. In addition, he has combed novels, newspapers, and magazines to replenish the book's many illustrative sentences with new examples from the 1980s and 1990s, taken from such sources as The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books, and from such writers as Saul Bellow, John Updike, Kingsley and Martin Amis, Anita Brookner, and Penelope Lively. The new MEU also covers much more of the English-speaking world than did "Fowler"--including not only the United Kingdom and the United States, but also Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and elsewhere--and pronunciation is now given in the International Phonetic Alphabet, with an easy-to-consult guide given across each double-page spread.
For seventy years, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage has supplied readers with information, guidance, and amusement. This major revision provides an MEU for the next century: a completely up-to-date work based on the immense databases of the Oxford English Dictionary, providing the same insightful, authoritative, and lively coverage that has long made "Fowler" a synonym for correct English. [via]More editions of The New Fowler's Modern English Usage:
Old English Grammarby Joseph and Elizabeth M. WrightISBN 0198119429 (0-19-811942-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Oxford Latin Courseby James Morwood, M. G. BalmeISBN 0195212037 (0-19-521203-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oxford Latin Course'Book summary:Designed for North American students, this special version of the Oxford Latin Course combines the best features of both modern and traditional methods of Latin teaching, providing an exciting, stimulating introduction and approach to Latin based on the reading of original texts.
In this four-volume North American edition, the order of declensions corresponds to customary U.S. usage, and the spelling has been Americanized. In addition, it offers full-color illustrations and photographs throughout Parts I and II and an expanded Teacher's Book with translations for each part. Parts I-III (now available in hardcover editions) are built around a narrative detailing the life of Horace, now based more closely on historical sources, which helps students to get to know real Romans--with their daily activities, concerns, and habits--and to develop an understanding of Roman civilization during the time of Cicero and Augustus. Part IV (paperback) is a reader consisting of extracts from Caesar, Cicero, Catullus, Virgil, Livy, and Ovid.
The second edition of the Oxford Latin Course has been carefully designed to maximize student interest, understanding, and competence. It features a clearer presentation of grammar, revised narrative passages, new background sections, more emphasis on daily life and on the role of women, a greater number and variety of exercises, and review chapters and tests. Each chapter opens with a set of cartoons with Latin captions that illustrate new grammar points. A Latin reading follows, with new vocabulary highlighted in the margins and follow-up exercises that focus on reading comprehension and grammatical analysis. A background essay in English concludes each chapter. Covering a variety of topics--from history to food, from slavery to travel, these engaging essays present a well-rounded picture of Augustan Rome.
The Oxford Latin Course, Second Edition offers today's students and teachers an exceptionally engaging and attractive introduction to the language, literature, and culture of Rome--one that builds skills effectively and is exciting to use. [via]More editions of Oxford Latin Course:
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Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Oxford Latin Course: ISBN 0195215508 (0-19-521550-8)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Oxford Latin Course: ISBN 0195215516 (0-19-521551-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Oxford Latin Course: ISBN 0199120846 (0-19-912084-6)
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Oxford Latin Course: Teacher's Bookby James Morwood, Maurice BalmeISBN 0199122326 (0-19-912232-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Oxford Latin Course, Part 1by M. G. BalmeISBN 0199120838 (0-19-912083-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Oxford Latin Course, Part IIIby Maurice Balme, James MorwwodISBN 0199120927 (0-19-912092-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oxford Latin Course, Part III'Book summary:A new edition of the Oxford Latin Course which combines both modern and traditional methods of Latin teaching from first stages to GCSE. Completely revised and restructured, the book is based on the reading of original texts. Parts I-III are built around a narrative detailing the life of Horace, based closely on historical sources. [via]
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Practical English Usageby Michael SwanISBN 0194420981 (0-19-442098-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Practical English Usage'Book summary:This unique reference guide addresses problem points in the language as encountered by learners and their teachers. It gives information and advice that is practical, clear, reliable, and easy to find. Most of the book is about grammar, but it also covers selected points of vocabulary, idioms, style, pronunciation, and spelling.
· Explanations and examples based on current corpus research.
· Entries on "kinds of English," covering standard English and dialects, correctness, spoken and written English, formality, and variation and change. [via]More editions of Practical English Usage:
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Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Practical English Usage: ISBN 0194311856 (0-19-431185-6)
Softcover, Oxford University Press - Practical English Usage: ISBN 019431197X (0-19-431197-X)
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Pragmaticsby George YuleISBN 0194372073 (0-19-437207-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Pygmalionby George Bernard Shaw, Dan H. LaurenceISBN 0141439505 (0-14-143950-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Role of the Reader: Explorations in the Semiotics of Textsby Umberto EcoISBN 025320318X (0-253-20318-X)
Softcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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"... essential reading for anyone interesting in... the new reader-centered forms of criticism." Library Journal
In this erudite and imaginative book, Umberto Eco sets forth a dialectic between open and closed texts.
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The Romance Languagesby Martin Harris, Nigel VincentISBN 0195208293 (0-19-520829-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Romance Languages'Book summary:Filling a critical gap in modern Romance language scholarship, and providing a theoretically strong, factually reliable reference source for future generations of linguists, this book surveys the structure and evolution of the Romance language family. A systematic balance of diachronic and synchronic approaches, it is the most comprehensive treatment of Romance languages available for both general reference and specialized linguistic investigation, examining Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Rumanian, Catalan, Occitan, Sardinian, Rhaeto-Romance, and Romance-based pidgins and creoles. The treatments of each Romance language, by scholars of established reputation in that language, cover all main features, including phonology, morphology, syntax, and lexis. To aid the reader, each chapter concludes with a select list of reference works and further readings, and the book includes both an analytic index and a system of cross-reference within the main body of the text. [via]
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Sanskirt Grammar for Studentsby Arthur Anthony MacDonellISBN 0198154666 (0-19-815466-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Semantic Analysis: A Practical Introductionby Cliff GoddardISBN 0198700164 (0-19-870016-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Semanticsby Geoffrey LeechISBN 0140134875 (0-14-013487-5)
Softcover, Penguin Uk
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Semantics: A Readerby Stephen Davis, Brendan S. GillonISBN 0195136985 (0-19-513698-5)
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The Social Art: Language And Its Usesby Ronald K. MacaulayISBN 0195106571 (0-19-510657-1)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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Turkish Grammarby Geoffrey L. LewisISBN 0198700369 (0-19-870036-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Turkish Language Reform: A Catastrophic Successby Geoffrey L. LewisISBN 0199256691 (0-19-925669-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Understanding English Grammarby Robert Funk, Martha KollnISBN 0205268552 (0-205-26855-2)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall
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The University of Chicago Spanish Dictionaryby Carols Castillo, Otto F. BondISBN 0226104028 (0-226-10402-8)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Hardcover, University of Chicago Press - The University of Chicago Spanish Dictionary: A New Concise Spanish-English and English-Spanish Dictionary of Words and Phrases Basic to the Written and Spoken Languages of Today, plus a List of 1000 Spanish Idioms and Sayings with Variants and English Equivalents: ISBN 0226096734 (0-226-09673-4)
Hardcover, University of Chicago Press - The University of Chicago Spanish Dictionary: A New Concise Spanish-English and English-Spanish Dictionary of Words and Phrases Basic to the Written and Spoken Languages of Today, plus a List of 1000 Spanish Idioms and Sayings with Variants and English Equivalents: ISBN 0226096742 (0-226-09674-2)
Hardcover, University of Chicago Press - The University of Chicago Spanish Dictionary: ISBN 0226104001 (0-226-10400-1)
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The University of Chicago Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-english, English-spanishby University of Chicago, Carlos Castillo, Maria Irene Moyna, Gary K. BakerISBN 0226666891 (0-226-66689-1)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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With thousands of added entries, the Dictionary builds on the features that have made it the leader in its field for more than fifty years: authority, scope, clarity, and conciseness. And with this edition, the Dictionary brilliantly captures the current core vocabularies of two rapidly changing--and increasingly connected--languages and cultures.
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What Is Linguistics?by Suzette Haden ElginISBN 0139524088 (0-13-952408-8)
Hardcover, Prentice-Hall
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Oxford Latin Course Part Iby James Morwood, Maurice BalmeISBN 0199122261 (0-19-912226-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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