Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation Books
Princeton University Press One Day in the Life of the English Language
Book SynopsisGenerations of student writers have been subjected to usage handbooks that proclaim, "This is the correct form. Learn it"--books that lay out a grammar, but don't inspire students to use it. By contrast, this antihandbook handbook, presenting some three hundred sentences drawn from the printed works of a single, typical day in the life of the languTrade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016 "This little volume has several things going for it: it's compact, bound in the style of an industrial manual, so it can take a lot of punishment."--Mary Norris, Times Literary Supplement "Cioffi effectively employs a fast-paced narrative style that readers will find entertaining and insightful."--Teaching Matters Monthly "The work is accessible, fun to read, and packed with helpful information on almost every page. It will appeal to a wide audience--not only those who love grammar but also those who do not."--Library Journal "For readers at any level who are seeking to improve their written English, One Day in the Life of the English Language helps to make grammar relatable and rewarding... A creative alternative for students of all ages."--Sarah Powell, Reference Reviews "Cioffi has created a different kind of grammar handbook, one that not only lays out the 'rules' of Standard English but also makes readers more sensitive to language and so better able to communicate ideas... He used the material in this book in a freshman composition course, to good effect, and readers will find that this clever book sharpens their awareness."--ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface xi Navigation Tips xix Introduction The Starting Idea: You and Your Audience 1 Preview of the Following Pages 7 December 29, 2008, as History 10 Two Disclaimers 20 On Using Sentences from the Real World 23 Formal Usage-Its Rules and Value 31 "If you don't have grammar, you don't have sense" 40 1Actants, Actions, Ongoing States: Nouns, Verbs, and the Sentences They Form Why Learn the Parts of Speech? 45 Fundamentals 49 Fine Tuning 56 Deep Focus 71 2Words That Modify and Orient: Adjectives, Adverbs, Conjunctions, Prepositions, Articles, Interjections The Power of Small Words Well Deployed 88 Adjectives 89 Adverbs 99 Conjunctions 114 Prepositions 123 Articles 128 Interjections 133 3Who Is He/She? Pronouns A Whole Chapter on Pronouns? 134 Fundamentals 135 Fine Tuning 150 Deep Focus 160 4Punctuation, Part I-The Comma: Promiscuous Uses Introduction: Punctuation Substitutes for Oral Emphases, Facial Expressions, and Body Language 167 Fundamentals 169 Fine Tuning 193 Deep Focus 200 5Punctuation, Part II-The Colon, Semicolon, and More Mysteries of Punctuation The Colon and Semicolon 207 The Apostrophe 217 The Dash 228 The Quotation Mark 232 End Punctuation and Combining Sentences 241 6Diction: Sentences as Clockwork On the Interconnectedness of Words 254 Fundamentals 258 A Microconclusion 286 Appendix I: Fifteen Myths of Digital-Age English 293 Appendix II: Using This Book to Teach College Writing: A Microguide 301 Fifty Key Terms: A Microglossary 317 Works Cited General Sources 329 December 29, 2008, Examples 335 Index 351
£23.75
John Wiley & Sons Inc The Grouchy Grammarian
Book SynopsisThis is an entertaining guide to the most common grammatical mistakes in English, from apostrophe atrocities to the lie/lay conundrum. Using examples of errors found in major newspapers, magazines, and TV broadcasting, Thomas Parrish's fictional friend "the Grouchy Grammarian" explains basic elements of grammar and good writing.Trade Review“…this is a lighthearted but highly effective reminder for anyone looking to avoid the pitfalls of the English language…” (Good Book Guide, June 2003)Table of ContentsThe Grouch and I. The Topics. 1. Think! 2. Agreement; or, Where Did the Subject Go? 3. Special Kinds of Subjects. 4. A Bit More about Each. 5. There-the Introducer. 6. Former Greats. 7. Just Because They Sound Alike. 8. The Reason Isn't Because. 9. May and Might: Did They or Didn't They? 10. As of Yet. 11. Floaters and Danglers. 12. A.M./Morning, P.M./Afternoon, Evening. 13. Would Have vs. Had. 14. Apostrophe Atrocities. 15. It's a Contraction-Really. 16. Whom Cares? 17. Whiches, Who's, and That's. 18. Where's the Irony? 19. The Intrusive Of. 20. Preposition Propositions. 21. But Won't You Miss Me? 22. Well, Better, Best, Most. 23. Between Who and What?: Prepositions with More Than One Object. 24. Other . . . or Else. 25. Lie, Lay. 26. A Case of Lead Poisoning. 27. Silly Tautologies. 28. False Series. 29. French Misses. 30. None Is, None Are? 31. Drug Is a Drag. It Must Have Snuck In. 32. And/Or. 33. Overworked and Undereffective. 34. Quantities, Numbers. 35. Watering What You're Writing: The Alleged Criminal and the Alleged Crime. 36. Only But Not Lonely. 37. Pairs-Some Trickier Than Others. 38. Between vs. Among. 39. Those Good Old Sayings. 40. Fuzz. 41. As . . .Than. 42. Not Appropriate. 43. Sorry, You've Already Used That One. 44. From Classical Tongues. 45. Like, Like. 46. Just the Facts, Ma'am. 47. Lost Causes? The Grouch Reflects. Afterword. Using This Book. Thanks. From the Grouch's Shelves-A Bibliography. Index.
£16.99
Scholastic Teaching Resources Great Grammar Practice Grade 5
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£11.39
Edelsa Grupo Didascalia, S.A. Competencia gramatical En Uso
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£18.00
Pearson Education Limited Stimmt Edexcel GCSE German Higher Vocab Book pack
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£20.90
Cambridge University Press Skills for Effective Writing Level 1 Students
Book SynopsisSkills for Effective Writing teaches these skills, such as identifying topic sentences and recognizing irrelevant information, and offers extensive practice opportunities. When students master discrete skills, all of their writing improves. This allows teachers to focus their time and feedback on the content of student work.
£30.25
John Murray Press English for the Natives: Discover the Grammar You
Book Synopsis'My first English lesson was grammar with the terrifying Mrs Petrie. She spent the entire time marching up and down the classroom, thwacking various items of school furniture with a ruler while she banged on about the ING part of the verb. I sat there, vibrating with fear, desperately trying to figure out what on earth she could mean. Irregular Negative Gerund? Intransitive Nominative Genitive? It was only years later, when I was teaching English to foreign students, that I realised that English grammar wasn't obscure and wilfully difficult but a fascinating subject which I was already brilliant at - and this book will prove that you are too.'Forget the little you think you know about English grammar and start afresh with this highly entertaining and accessible guide. English for the Natives outlines the rules and structures of our language as they are taught to foreign students - and have never before been explained to us. Harry Ritchie also examines the grammar of dialects as well as standard English and shows how non-standard forms are just as valid. With examples from a wide variety of sources, from Ali G to John Betjeman, Margaret Thatcher to Match of the Day, this essential book reveals some surprising truths about our language and teaches you all the things you didn't know you knew about grammar.Trade ReviewRitchie's approach to English grammar in this entertaining book on the subject is a relief * Sunday Times *This informative read reassures that mastering our language is easier than it seems * Mail on Sunday, Paperback of the Week *A hugely entertaining read, full of attitude and verve and sharp running jokes. And underneath all this lies rigorous linguistic heft, which gives the book real authority * Daily Mail *I learnt a lot about my own language from English for the Natives, and about how our language and our understanding of the world have developed in tandem. And I particularly appreciated Harry Ritchie's bold dismantling of the metaphysics of Chomskyan structuralism. Wonderful to have such a fresh first-hand observation of how language actually works * Michael Frayn *Clear, trenchant, funny, Ritchie makes thinking a pleasure * John Carey *Essential reading * Nick Hornby *An engaging response to an educational disaster . . . This book is sensible, valuable and written with a sense of fun * TLS *How many new books are there about words, grammar and language? Nonetheless, Harry Ritchie's English for the Natives leaps to the top of the pile for its sharp, good sense, linguistic rigour [and] sense of humour -- Marcus Berkmann * The Spectator *On the pleasantly scholarly end of the word book spectrum. Informed by linguistics, it has a particularly good discussion of the controversy between "innatists" (following Chomsky) and others * Guardian *
£12.58
Letterland International Grammar Activity Book 4
Book SynopsisThis book shows children how to use the present and past tense of verbs appropriately and consistently in their writing. It introduces verbs in their progressive form, both in the present and past tense, in order to describe an activity that is ongoing.
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iEdutainments Ltd Learn 101 English Verbs in 1 Day: With LearnBots
Book SynopsisThe colour coded verb table allows the reader to focus all of their attention on one colour tense at a time enabling them to make immediate connections between the subject and the verb! The English LearnBots are a great resource for dyslexic learners, children and adult learners. Children can start to identify what a verb is and the way it changes with the subject of the sentence. Advanced learners can go on to learn the different tenses and improve their accuracy. This book also works along-side its very own kick-starter app on Googles Android and Apples App Store allowing the user the ability to hear some of the conjugations being read out loud by a native speaker. The app also allows the user to test their ability in remembering verbs and conjugations.Trade ReviewBook review for LearnBots by Dr. Josep-Lluis Gonzalez Medina (Eton College England) "After a number of years in which educational trends favoured oral fluency over grammatical accuracy, it is encouraging to see a book which goes back to basics and makes learning verbs less daunting and even easy. At the end of the day, verb patterns are fundamental in order to gain linguistic precision and sophistication, and thus should not be regarded as a chore but as necessary elements to achieve competence in any given language. The colour coding in this book makes for quick identification of tenses and the running stories provided by the pictures are an ideal mnemonic device in that they help students visualize each verb. I would heartily recommend this fun verb book for use with pupils in the early stages of learning and for later on in their school careers. It can be used for teaching but also, perhaps more importantly, as a tool for independent study. This is a praiseworthy attempt to make verbs more easily accessible to every schoolboy and girl in the country."
£15.94
Penguin Random House Australia See IT And Say IT in Spanish
Book SynopsisMaster Spanish quickly and easily with this guide—written by internationally famous language teacher Margarita Madrigal—that has two built-in learning aids that has helped thousands of beginner students learn to speak Spanish.THE WORD AND PICTURE METHOD—Each new word, phrase, or sentence is accompanied by a line drawing that immediately explains its meaning.READY-MADE VOCABULARY—Right from the starts, this books leads you to speaking conversational Spanish. It utilizes everyday Spanish words and phrases that look and sound like their English equivalents.Also includes:• A traveler''s word list• A pronunciation guide• A grammar section
£9.44
Fundacin Santa Mara-Ediciones SM Coleccion Gomez Torrego Analisis sintactico
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£23.66
De Gruyter The Structure of the Clause
Table of ContentsFrontmatter -- Table of contents -- List of tables and figures -- Abbreviations used in FG-representations -- 1. Methodological preliminaries -- 2. Some basic concepts of linguistic theory -- 3. Preview of Functional Grammar -- 4. The nuclear predication -- 5. States of Affairs and semantic functions -- 6. On the function and structure of terms -- 7. Term operators -- 8. Non-verbal predicates -- 9. Nuclear, core, and extended predication -- 10. Perspectivizing the State of Affairs: Subject and Object assignment -- 11. Reconsidering the Semantic Function Hierarchy; Raising; Ergativity -- 12. Predication, proposition, clause -- 13. Pragmatic functions -- 14. Expression rules -- 15. The operation of expression rules -- 16. Principles of constituent ordering -- 17. Constituent ordering: problems and complications -- 18. Prosodic features -- Backmatter
£41.00
Max Hueber Verlag Erste Hilfe Deutsch - Grammatik einfach und klar
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£11.95
Max Hueber Verlag Kurzgrammatik Deutsch Kurzgrammtik Deutsch
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£15.68
Cle International Grammaire progressive du francais: Exercices
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£22.72
Max Hueber Verlag Deutsch Grammatik leicht: Deutsch Grammatik
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£13.25
DK English for Everyone English Vocabulary Builder
Book Synopsis"3,000 of the most useful English words and phrases you''ll ever learn. English for Everyone: English Vocabulary Builder is a unique combination of illustrated reference and practical workbook. Write in your own translations, work through hundreds of practice exercises, and listen to the free online audio to cement the English words in your mind and improve your English-language skills." -- Back cover.
£27.00
Edinburgh University Press Business Arabic
Book SynopsisPacked with more than 2,000 expressions and coinages commonly used in the workplace, including 700 new words for this edition and both American and British terms and spellings, each thematic section includes an alphabetical list of the lexical components you need to comprehend, translate, write and speak modern business Arabic.
£19.94
Faithlife Corporation An Introduction to Biblical Greek
Book SynopsisA complete introductory grammar that builds on a classic approach to learning Greek. In An Introduction to Biblical Greek, John D. Schwandt integrates the rigor of a classic Greek grammar with the fruit of contemporary language learning. The result is a one-stop introduction to New Testament Greek that is both scholarly sound and academically friendly. This textbook teaches students the basics of the Greek language through 37 lessons that are supported by translation and writing exercises from the New Testament. These practical lessons and exercises will help readers grasp Greek grammar and vocabulary as they start to translate the text of the New Testament itself. Appendixes on additional grammatical topics offer students the opportunity to dive deeper into their study of the Greek language.
£26.09
Max Hueber Verlag Hueber dictionaries and study-aids: Verbtabellen
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£13.25
Klett (Ernst) Verlag,Stuttgart Langenscheidt Grundwortschatz Deutsch als
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£12.75
Pearson Education Stimmt Edexcel GCSE German Foundation Vocabulary
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£20.43
OUP Oxford Oxford English Grammar Course Advanced with Key includes ebook
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£34.41
Max Hueber Verlag Basisgrammatik DaF A1B1
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£25.02
Tiger of the Stripe Grammar of the Gothic Language: and the Gospel of St Mark, Selections from the Other Gospels and the Second Epistle to Timothy with Notes and Glossary
£15.19
Rumian Publishing The English Tenses Exercise Book
£21.53
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co On the Move!: Spanish Grammar for Everyday
Book Synopsis"On the Move! Spanish Grammar for Everyday Situations is accurate, engaging, and pedagogically sound. The authors provide concise explanations of complex grammar and incorporate them into chapters organized by the presentation of cultural material relevant to major cities throughout the Spanish-speaking world. This is an innovative approach to teaching grammar in context that will be far more engaging for students than the dry, abstract, and lengthy explanations that one finds in other textbooks. . . . The approach is consistent with content-based teaching and compatible with expectations for the abilities of intermediate-level learners as described by ACTFL Proficiency Standards. Juliet Lynd, Illinois State UniversityFeatures include: A unifying theme of travel offers students the opportunity to develop their grammatical skills in context through the exploration of life and culture in twelve Spanish-speaking cities Eighty original full-color artworks provide panoramic views of each city as well as colorful drawings on which are based a wide variety of exercises Brief audio recordings, streaming freely online, allow students to hear for themselves regional differences in accents, intonations, and linguistic variations Text selections showcase both classic and new voices, including such authors as Gabriel García Márquez, Laura Freixas, José María Arguedas, Elizabeth Acevedo, and many others.
£43.34
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Letterland International Grammar Activity Book 1
Book SynopsisJust as road signs tell car drivers how to behave on the roads, punctuation enables readers to successfully navigate sentences and paragraphs. This book introduces sentences and explains how punctuation helps a reader to understand meaning.
£7.08
Letterland International Grammar Activity Book 2
Book SynopsisJust as there are lots of different types of streets, so there are lots of different types of sentences. This activity book helps children to recognise the grammatical patterns of expanded noun phrases, statements, questions, exclamations and commands.
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Cambridge University Press Four Corners Level 1A Students Book with Digital Pack
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£25.36
Broadview Press Ltd Grammar by Diagram: Understanding English Grammar
Book SynopsisGrammar by Diagram is a book designed for anyone who wishes to improve grammatical understanding and skill. Using traditional sentence diagraming as a visual tool, the book explains how to expand ten basic patterns for simple sentences into compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences, and how to employ verbals (infinitives, gerunds, and participles), other specialized structures, and even punctuation for additional versatility. The third edition includes more exercises at the foundational level and more focus on how to arrange and combine sentences for maximum effect. It also includes a new initial chapter on “preliminaries” to define a few basic but overarching concepts, a separate chapter on pronouns, and a chapter devoted to the connection between understanding grammar and writing effective sentences. Trade Review“Grammar for English majors is as important as mathematics for physics majors; it is the invisible structure that determines how language works. Unlike math, however, almost everyone learns to speak a language well without studying it in school. Grammar is unconscious logical structure we know without knowing it. Cindy Vitto’s Grammar by Diagram makes it conscious and comprehensible and will improve students’ writing and analytical skills, no matter their majors.” — Gordon Sayre, University of OregonPraise for the second edition“Rejoice! After years of neglect, sentence diagraming can unapologetically return to college courses. Cindy Vitto’s Grammar by Diagram makes this a fruitful return by using diagraming first to lay bare the structural bones of English and then to demonstrate ways in which writers use these components to create effective sentences. Through diagraming, students see that a strong sentence is a purposefully structured unit and not a set of words aimlessly strung together. Thus Grammar by Diagram gives students not only skills for crafting better sentences but also tools for examining language with greater care.” — Candace Barrington, Central Connecticut State University“Grammar by Diagram is a dream come true for me. I grew up academically on diagraming, and I have always thought it is one of the best ways for students to visualize the structure of the language.” — George Edward Stanley, Cameron University“Vitto deftly integrates diagraming into her descriptive gram-mar approach to instruction on basic and advanced grammar topics, resulting in a book that is not about sentence diagraming but that offers it as a tool to demonstrate abstract concepts that otherwise are not easily visualized. … I look forward to using Grammar by Diagram to help my students visualize the abstractions of grammar by creating concrete representations of it. That is likely to result in both the comprehension and the enjoyment that Vitto states are her intentions for readers as they study the grammar of English.” — Kevin Moberg, The Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar JournalTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Preliminaries Chapter 2 The Eight Parts of Speech: Building a Sentence with Noun or Pronoun + Verb Chapter 3 The Eight Parts of Speech—Adding Information and Connections: Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection Chapter 4 Basic Sentence Patterns for Be and Linking Verbs Chapter 5 Basic Sentence Patterns for Intransitive and Transitive Verbs Chapter 6 Combining and Expanding Patterns: Compound Structures Chapter 7 Combining and Expanding Patterns: Complex Sentences with Adverb and Relative Clauses Chapter 8 Combining and Expanding Patterns: Complex Sentences with Noun Clauses Chapter 9 Verbals Chapter 10 Crafting Better Sentences Chapter 11 Verbs Chapter 12 Pronouns Chapter 13 Usage Problems Associated with Adjectives and Adverbs Chapter 14 Punctuation and Capitalization Appendix 1 Summary of Clauses and Verbals Appendix 2 Diagraming Summary Appendix 3 Verb Conjugations (See and Be) Appendix 4 The Least You Should Know about Punctuation and Usage Answer Key Index
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De Gruyter Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch
£20.89
Klett (Ernst) Verlag,Stuttgart Einfach Grammatik: Einfach Grammatik
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£20.95
Harrassowitz Verlag Grammar of Written Mongolian: Text in Roman and
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£46.16
Letterland International Grammar Activity Book 3
Book SynopsisWords are like buildings that can be changed, developed and extended. Prefixes and suffixes are like the porches or extensions we can add to houses.The structure of the house remains the same, but the function is extended. In this book, children learn to use different types of suffixes and are also introduced to compound nouns.
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Zephyros Press The English Grammar Workbook for Grades 6, 7, and
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£16.14
Max Hueber Verlag Deutsch Grammatik leicht
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£13.05
Klett (Ernst) Verlag,Stuttgart Langenscheidt grammars and study-aids:
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£12.82
HarperCollins Publishers French Visual Dictionary
Book SynopsisThe home of trusted full-colour visual dictionaries for everyday use.A photographic guide to the key words and phrases in French. This attractive pocket-sized book is a perfect travel companion and provides a practical guide to France and French language and culture.Everyday words are arranged in themes with carefully selected up-to-date images to illustrate key words and phrases, and an English and French index help you to find words quickly as you learn.3,000 essential words and phrases for modern life in France are at your fingertips with topics covering food and drink, home life, work and school, shopping, sport and leisure, transport, technology, and the environment.Great care has been given to represent modern French culture and enhance your experience of France and its people, including customs, celebrations, and festivals.Plus, download your free audio to hear native speakers pronounce the word for each image and get your pronunciation pitch perfect, available from collinsdicti
£7.59
Barcharts, Inc Japanese Vocabulary
Book SynopsisEssential functions and situations, and simple sentence patterns.
£8.98
Hachette Hourra 1 Cahier dactivités
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£15.95
Fernand Nathan Pratique vocabulaire Livre B1 corriges Audio en
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£29.28
Editions Hatier Bescherelle Espagnol : les verbes: Ouvrage de
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£15.15
Didier L'atelier + niv .B1 (édition 2022) - Cahier +
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£17.95
Didier Imagine 1 Niv. A1 didierfle.app
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