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Author : George Stone Saussy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : English language
ISBN : 0140085203
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:917585427
Author : The Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-27
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780547350332
Curious George gets curious about words in this illustrated dictionary designed for children from preschool through kindergarten. In an illustrated introduction to this unique dictionary, Curious George learns how to look up words before embarking on an educational adventure through a vocabulary list chosen specifically for children ages four to six. The dictionary itself presents approximately 600 words, with six words to a page. Each entry is illustrated with a full-color drawing, and more than half of the illustrations include a sample sentence that puts the word in context. At the end of the book, eight full-page features present groups of thematically related words such as colors, shapes, and numbers.
Author : David Wells
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1997-09-04
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780141929408
Why was the number of Hardy's taxi significant? Why does Graham's number need its own notation? How many grains of sand would fill the universe? What is the connection between the Golden Ratio and sunflowers? Why is 999 more than a distress call? All these questions and a host more are answered in this fascinating book, which has now been newly revised, with nearly 200 extra entries and some 250 additions to the original entries. From minus one and its square root, via cyclic, weird, amicable, perfect, untouchable and lucky numbers, aliquot sequences, the Cattle problem, Pascal's triangle and the Syracuse algorithm, music, magic and maps, pancakes, polyhedra and palindromes, to numbers so large that they boggle the imagination, all you ever wanted to know about numbers is here. There is even a comprehensive index for those annoying occasions when you remember the name but can't recall the number.
Author : Janet Whitcut
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015040990049
This is a fascinating and enjoyable anthology of words with curious and interesting origins.
Author : Robin Devoe
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1545109273
A dictionary of English's 3500 most interesting and/or beautiful words. Many are obscure words -- this book is not useful for foreigners learning English, but best enjoyed by fluent or native speakers. A book for word-lovers who enjoy learning and appreciating more of the English language. Includes some poetical quotes showing usage and select etymologies.
Author : Gyles Brandreth
Publisher : Atria Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781982127404
For anyone who wants to make fewer (not less) grammar mistakes, a lively, effective, and witty guide to all the ins and outs of the English language, reminiscent of the New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves. Our language is changing, literary levels are declining, and our grasp of grammar is at a crisis point. From commas to colons, apostrophes to adverbs, there are countless ways we can make mistakes when writing or speaking. But do not despair! Great Britain’s most popular grammar guru has created the ultimate modern manual for English speakers on both sides of the Atlantic. In this brilliantly funny and accessible guide to proper punctuation and so much more, Gyles Brandreth explores the linguistic horrors of our times, tells us what we’ve been doing wrong and shows us how, in the future, we can get it right every time. Covering everything from dangling participles to transitive verbs, from age-old conundrums like “lay” vs. “lie,” to the confounding influences of social media on our everyday language, Have You Eaten Grandma? is an endlessly useful and entertaining resource for all.
Author : Werner Delanoy,Jörg Helbig,Allan James
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783825805494
When one looks at the history of English Studies there has been a noticeable proliferation of research interests since the 1970s. As a result of such development, attempts have been made to create a new basis for communication and cooperation inside Anglistics and across disciplines. Making a case for a Dialogic Anglistics is such an attempt. A Dialogic Anglistics is based on a normative concept of dialogue aiming for egalitarian forms of cooperation both inside, between and across disciplines leading to the redefinition of old and creation of manifold new directions for English Studies. In the nineteen articles presented in this volume dialogic encounters are encouraged both within and between different fields within Anglistics. Furthermore, dialogic links are created with colleagues from other academic disciplines.
Author : David L. Gold
Publisher : Universidad de Alicante
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9788479085179
Dictionaries usually give only brief treatment to etymologies and even etymological dictionaries often do not lavish on them the attention which many deserve. To help fill the gap, the author deals in depth with several etymologically problematic words in various Germanic, Jewish, Romance, and Slavic languages, all of which have hitherto either been misetymologized or not etymologized at all. Sometimes, he succeeds in cracking the nut. Sometimes, he is able only to clear away misunderstanding and set the stage for further treatment. Usually, he marshals not only linguistic but also historical and cultural information. Since this book also discusses methodology, it has the makings of an introduction to the science, art, and craft of etymology. David L. Gold is the founder of the Jewish Name and Family Name File, the Jewish English Archives, and the Association for the Study of Jewish Languages, as well as the editor of Jewish Language Review and Jewish Linguistic Studies.
Author : Steven Schwartzman
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1994-12-31
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781614445012
Explains the orgins of over 1500 mathematical terms used in English. This book concentrates on where those terms come from and what their literal meanings are.
Author : Susie Dent
Publisher : John Murray
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781399811699
Join Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, on a curious and exceedingly interesting adventure through all the very best RED HERRINGS, COCK AND BULL STORIES and NINE-DAY WONDERS in the English language. Who was SWEET FANNY ADAMS? What's the dramatic true story behind STEALING THUNDER? Why is it CHANCING YOUR ARM when you take a risk? What do bears have to do with LICKING INTO SHAPE? Or robbers with PULLING SOMEONE'S LEG? Why are CIRCLES VICIOUS? And, what's so bad about a WHITE ELEPHANT? 'Nobody on earth knows more about the English language than Susie Dent' Gyles Brandreth
Author : Nick Cave
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781838852252
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Stranger Than Kindness is a journey in images and words into the creative world of musician, storyteller and cultural icon Nick Cave. This highly collectable book invites the reader into the innermost core of the creative process and paves the way for an entirely new and intimate meeting with the artist, presenting Cave’s life, work and inspiration and exploring his many real and imagined universes. It features full colour reproductions of original artwork, handwritten lyrics, photographs and collected personal artefacts along with commentary and meditations from Nick Cave, Janine Barrand and Darcey Steinke. Stranger Than Kindness asks what shapes our lives and makes us who we are, and celebrates the curiosity and power of the creative spirit. The book has been developed and curated by Nick Cave in collaboration with Christina Back. The images were selected from ‘Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition’, opening at the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen in June 2020.
Author : Dave Field
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781593747565
What would you do if a beautiful woman confronted you, told you she was a witch, and asked you to help her in a desperate battle to help save the world from destruction? It happened to Shaun Spencer, and his life was changed forever.
Author : David G. Wells
Publisher : Penguin Mass Market
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : UOM:39015028400540
"A companion volume to the author's "Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers", which focuses on arithmetic and number theory. The entries in this book cover curves, topology, tilings and all branches of plane and three-dimensional geometry, from Euclid to fractals."
Author : Fred McDonald
Publisher : Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : English language
ISBN : 014028298X
Compiled by Fred McDonald, this new book traces the origins and explains the meanings of approximately 15,000 words. Words with similar ancestry or semantic development are cross-referenced or subsumed into one entry, making comparisons easier for the reader. There is also a short introduction explaining the book's purpose and layout, and giving a very short account of the English language and the languages that have contributed to it.
