Author : David Crystal
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 45,48 MB
Release : 2005
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780141021102
Anyone who needs to check a spelling quickly and easily will find this pocket dictionary absolutely indispensable. As well as showing how to spell virtually all the words that are likely to encountered day to day, it highlights common areas of confusion and traps for the unwary.Part of Penguin's major new series of reference titles ranging from Spanish and French dictionaries to books on spelling and babies' names.
Author : David Pickering
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 27,39 MB
Release : 2005-08-25
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0141916397
What's in a name? Rather more than you might at first suspect, for names are steeped in history and myth and have much to tell us about our past, our beliefs - even our personality traits. The Penguin Pocket Dictionary of Babies' Names takes a close look at 3500 names, explaining origins and meanings, showing how some have changed in popularity and use over time and providing all the diminutive and variant forms. Part of Penguin's major new series of reference titles ranging from Spanish and French dictionaries to books on spelling and quotations.
Author : Greg Brooks
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 42,89 MB
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1783741074
This book will tell all you need to know about British English spelling. It's a reference work intended for anyone interested in the English language, especially those who teach it, whatever the age or mother tongue of their students. It will be particularly useful to those wishing to produce well-designed materials for teaching initial literacy via phonics, for teaching English as a foreign or second language, and for teacher training. English spelling is notoriously complicated and difficult to learn; it is correctly described as much less regular and predictable than any other alphabetic orthography. However, there is more regularity in the English spelling system than is generally appreciated. This book provides, for the first time, a thorough account of the whole complex system. It does so by describing how phonemes relate to graphemes and vice versa. It enables searches for particular words, so that one can easily find, not the meanings or pronunciations of words, but the other words with which those with unusual phoneme-grapheme/grapheme-phoneme correspondences keep company. Other unique features of this book include teacher-friendly lists of correspondences and various regularities not described by previous authorities, for example the strong tendency for the letter-name vowel phonemes (the names of the letters ) to be spelt with those single letters in non-final syllables.
Author : Rosalind Fergusson
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 38,85 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Need a rhyme but can't spare the time? Want to make your jingles tingle or crack the code to the ode? This is a useful companion for those who write verse. Easy to use, it offers a range of rhymes for words, from the common to the obscure.
Author : Richard Delacy
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 44,27 MB
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780804839617
Tuttle Pocket Hindi Dictionary is the most up-to-date and portable Hindi-English and English-Hindi dictionary available today. It contains a comprehensive range of contemporary Hindi vocabulary and phrases including Internet and social media terms. This Hindi dictionary is specifically designed to meet the needs of English speakers who are studying or using the Hindi language on a daily basis. It contains over 14,000 entries including all vocabulary (in both directions) in common, everyday use in India today. Pocket Hindi Dictionary is fully Romanized, and the Hindi-English section is organized alphabetically. Both Romanized forms and Devanagari forms are given for all Hindi words and expressions. Key features of this Hindi dictionary include: Bidirectional Hindi-English and English-Hindi sections Designed specifically to meet the needs of English speakers All Hindi terms are given in both Romanized and Devanagari forms Contains over 14,000 essential words and expressions Latest computer, smartphone, Internet and social media vocabulary Provides an overview of Hindi in contemporary India and a pronunciation guide
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Publisher : Edition Peters
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 15,1 MB
Release : 2022-05
Category : Music
ISBN :
The Lost Words by composer James Burton takes its inspiration and text from the award-winning 'cultural phenomenon' and book of the same name by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris: a book that was, in turn, a creative response to the removal of everyday nature words like acorn, newt and otter from a new edition of a widely used children's dictionary. Both the book and Burton's 32-minute work, which is written in 12 short movements for upper-voice choir in up to 3 voice parts (with either orchestral or piano accompaniment), celebrates each lost word with a beautiful poem or 'spell', magically brought to life in Burton's music. At its heart, the work delivers a powerful message about the need to close the gap between childhood and the natural world. Burton's piece was co-commissioned by the Hallé Concerts Society for the Hallé Children's Choir and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The piano accompaniment version was premiered at the Tanglewood Festival in 2019 by the Boston Symphony Children's Choir, of which Burton is founder and director. The Hallé Children's Choir will premiere the orchestral version of the full work in Manchester, UK, post-pandemic. Vocal Score Co-commission by Boston Symphony and Hallé Concerts Society for their respective Children's Choirs. Two versions - with orchestral or with piano accompaniment. The vocal score is the same for both versions. James Burton is a composer but also a conductor. He is conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and choral director of the Boston Symphony. The book The Lost Words, exquisitely designed, has won multiple awards and is an international best-seller. The vocal score includes Jackie Morris's beautiful imagery in its cover design.
Author : Market House Books
Publisher :
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 28,15 MB
Release : 2001-07-01
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780140623086
Author : John A. Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 46,43 MB
Release : 2002-04-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780195218893
The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.
Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher :
Page : 1180 pages
File Size : 34,75 MB
Release : 1833
Category :
ISBN :
Author : David Crystal
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 33,87 MB
Release : 2006-09-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 019158746X
Lynne Truss's 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' injected new life into the long-standing arguments over rights and wrongs in English usage. Now David Crystal brings together his own distinctive style and unique expertise to provide the first thorough-going assessment of the ongoing debate. With a lively, humorous, and accessible approach, Crystal charts the battles past and present, illustrating the characters and attitudes involved from a wide range of written sources. He combines a chronological survey of key influences in the area of usage with discussion of particular themes such as punctuation, spelling, and pronunciation. And he looks ahead to the future in the context of recent education policy shifts. A positive and compelling case is made for variation in usage of English based on appropriateness of situation, arguing that 'zero tolerance' in relation to language is a profoundly flawed approach. Crystal offers an original and authoritative counter-argument to the prescriptivist agenda that has been expounded in many accounts of English usage over the years. The Fight for English is the book that everyone concerned with English usage has been eagerly awaiting.
