The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins PDF
The most comprehensive single-volume reference of its kind,
has been completely updated and expanded and now contains definitions and origins of more than 15,000 words and expressions.
This … Read More
simple English for presentations PDF
A simple information on how you can make a presentation in English, meant for audio system of English as a second language. Provides tips about how you can construction presentations and how you can … Read More
Language Contact and the Origins of the Germanic Languages PDF
History, archaeology, and human evolutionary genetics provide us with an increasingly detailed view of the origins and development of the peoples that live in Northwestern Europe. This book aims … Read More
Spell It Out. The Curious, Enthralling and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling
THE FASCINATING AND SURPRISING HISTORY OF ENGLISH SPELLING FROM DAVID CRYSTAL, EVERYONE’S FAVORITE EXPERT LOGOPHILE
With The Story of English in 100 Words, David Crystal took us on … Read More
Lexical Perspectives on Transitivity and Ergativity: Causative constructions in English PDF
Fusing insights from cognitive grammar, systemic-functional grammar and Government & Binding, the present work elaborates and refines Davidse’s view that the English grammar of lexical causatives is … Read More
Studying Literature in English An Introduction PDF
This book is designed primarily as a point of entry for people who are engaged with British, American and postcolonial literature at university. It will be particularly useful to students in … Read More
Patterns for College Writing, Brief Edition: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide (13 edition) PDF
Laurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell, authors with thirty years of experience teaching college writing, know what works in the classroom and have a knack … Read More
A Historical and Etymological Dictionary of American Sign Language PDF
The story of how American Sign Language (ASL) came to be is almost mythic. In the early 19th century, a hearing American reverend, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, met a … Read More
Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings, 11th Edition PDF
Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings has sustained its reputation as a leader in argumentation through 10 editions, and that’s no coincidence. Authors Ramage, Bean, and Johnson present argument … Read More
The Syntactic Process PDF
In this book Mark Steedman argues that the surface syntax of natural languages maps spoken and written forms directly to a compositional semantic representation that includes predicate-argument structure, quantification, and information structure without constructing … Read More