Author: Ernest Weekley
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486122867
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
The compiler of this dictionary of word and phrase origins and history was not only a linguist and a philologist but also a man of culture and wit. When he turned his attention, therefore, to the creation of an etymological dictionary for both specialists and non-specialists, the result was easily the finest such work ever prepared. Weekley's Dictionary is a work of thorough scholarship. It contains one of the largest lists of words and phrases to be found in any singly etymological dictionary — and considerably more material than in the standard concise edition, with fuller quotes and historical discussions. Included are most of the more common words used in English as well as slang, archaic words, such formulas as "I. O. U.," made-up words (such as Carroll's "Jabberwock"), words coined from proper nouns, and so on. In each case, roots in Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Greek or Latin, Old and modern French, Anglo-Indian, etc., are identified; in hundreds of cases, especially odd or amusing listings, earliest known usage is mentioned and sense is indicated in quotations from Dickens, Shakespeare, Chaucer, "Piers Plowman," Defoe, O. Henry, Spenser, Byron, Kipling, and so on, and from contemporary newspapers, translations of the Bible, and dozens of foreign-language authors.
An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, Vol. 2
Author: Ernest Weekley
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486122867
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
The compiler of this dictionary of word and phrase origins and history was not only a linguist and a philologist but also a man of culture and wit. When he turned his attention, therefore, to the creation of an etymological dictionary for both specialists and non-specialists, the result was easily the finest such work ever prepared. Weekley's Dictionary is a work of thorough scholarship. It contains one of the largest lists of words and phrases to be found in any singly etymological dictionary — and considerably more material than in the standard concise edition, with fuller quotes and historical discussions. Included are most of the more common words used in English as well as slang, archaic words, such formulas as "I. O. U.," made-up words (such as Carroll's "Jabberwock"), words coined from proper nouns, and so on. In each case, roots in Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Greek or Latin, Old and modern French, Anglo-Indian, etc., are identified; in hundreds of cases, especially odd or amusing listings, earliest known usage is mentioned and sense is indicated in quotations from Dickens, Shakespeare, Chaucer, "Piers Plowman," Defoe, O. Henry, Spenser, Byron, Kipling, and so on, and from contemporary newspapers, translations of the Bible, and dozens of foreign-language authors.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486122867
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
The compiler of this dictionary of word and phrase origins and history was not only a linguist and a philologist but also a man of culture and wit. When he turned his attention, therefore, to the creation of an etymological dictionary for both specialists and non-specialists, the result was easily the finest such work ever prepared. Weekley's Dictionary is a work of thorough scholarship. It contains one of the largest lists of words and phrases to be found in any singly etymological dictionary — and considerably more material than in the standard concise edition, with fuller quotes and historical discussions. Included are most of the more common words used in English as well as slang, archaic words, such formulas as "I. O. U.," made-up words (such as Carroll's "Jabberwock"), words coined from proper nouns, and so on. In each case, roots in Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Greek or Latin, Old and modern French, Anglo-Indian, etc., are identified; in hundreds of cases, especially odd or amusing listings, earliest known usage is mentioned and sense is indicated in quotations from Dickens, Shakespeare, Chaucer, "Piers Plowman," Defoe, O. Henry, Spenser, Byron, Kipling, and so on, and from contemporary newspapers, translations of the Bible, and dozens of foreign-language authors.
Everyday English, Vol. 2
Author: Jean Sherwood Rankin
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780243937431
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Excerpt from Everyday English, Vol. 2: Language Lessons for Grammar Grades Everyday English has been written, not to exploit a theory, but to meet the loudly-voiced demand of American educators for a different sort of language training. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780243937431
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Excerpt from Everyday English, Vol. 2: Language Lessons for Grammar Grades Everyday English has been written, not to exploit a theory, but to meet the loudly-voiced demand of American educators for a different sort of language training. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
English Catholicism, 1680-1830, vol 2
Author: Michael Mullett
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040243290
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Offers a collection of English-language Catholic literature covering the long eighteenth century. This book focuses on the periods of martyrdom and violent persecution from the end of the sixteenth to the end of the seventeenth centuries and, latterly, on the so-called 'Second Spring' of English Catholicism.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040243290
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Offers a collection of English-language Catholic literature covering the long eighteenth century. This book focuses on the periods of martyrdom and violent persecution from the end of the sixteenth to the end of the seventeenth centuries and, latterly, on the so-called 'Second Spring' of English Catholicism.
English Made Easy Volume Two
Author: Jonathan Crichton
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462918484
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
This is a fun and user-friendly way to learn English English Made Easy is a breakthrough in English language learning--imaginatively exploiting how pictures and text can work together to create understanding and help learners learn more productively. It gives beginner English learners easy access to the vocabulary, grammar and functions of English as it is actually used in a comprehensive range of social situations. Self-guided students and classroom learners alike will be delighted by the way they are helped to progress easily from one unit to the next, using a combination of pictures and text to discover for themselves how English works. The pictorial method used in this book is based on a thorough understanding of language structure and how language is successfully learned. The authors are experienced English language teachers with strong backgrounds in language analysis and language learning. English Made Easy, Volume 2 consists of a total of 20 units arranged in groups of five. The first four units present language and provide learners the opportunities to practice as they learn. The first page of each unit has a list of all the words and phrases to be learned in that unit, together with a pronunciation guide. At the end of each unit, an interesting story which uses the language that has just been learned is presented. The fifth unit in each group contains exercises designed to reinforce the language learned in the first four units.
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462918484
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
This is a fun and user-friendly way to learn English English Made Easy is a breakthrough in English language learning--imaginatively exploiting how pictures and text can work together to create understanding and help learners learn more productively. It gives beginner English learners easy access to the vocabulary, grammar and functions of English as it is actually used in a comprehensive range of social situations. Self-guided students and classroom learners alike will be delighted by the way they are helped to progress easily from one unit to the next, using a combination of pictures and text to discover for themselves how English works. The pictorial method used in this book is based on a thorough understanding of language structure and how language is successfully learned. The authors are experienced English language teachers with strong backgrounds in language analysis and language learning. English Made Easy, Volume 2 consists of a total of 20 units arranged in groups of five. The first four units present language and provide learners the opportunities to practice as they learn. The first page of each unit has a list of all the words and phrases to be learned in that unit, together with a pronunciation guide. At the end of each unit, an interesting story which uses the language that has just been learned is presented. The fifth unit in each group contains exercises designed to reinforce the language learned in the first four units.
An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, Vol. 1
Author: Ernest Weekley
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486122875
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The compiler of this dictionary of word and phrase origins and history was not only a linguist and a philologist but also a man of culture and wit. When he turned his attention, therefore, to the creation of an etymological dictionary for both specialists and non-specialists, the result was easily the finest such work ever prepared. Weekley's Dictionary is a work of thorough scholarship. It contains one of the largest lists of words and phrases to be found in any singly etymological dictionary — and considerably more material than in the standard concise edition, with fuller quotes and historical discussions. Included are most of the more common words used in English as well as slang, archaic words, such formulas as "I. O. U.," made-up words (such as Carroll's "Jabberwock"), words coined from proper nouns, and so on. In each case, roots in Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Greek or Latin, Old and modern French, Anglo-Indian, etc., are identified; in hundreds of cases, especially odd or amusing listings, earliest known usage is mentioned and sense is indicated in quotations from Dickens, Shakespeare, Chaucer, "Piers Plowman," Defoe, O. Henry, Spenser, Byron, Kipling, and so on, and from contemporary newspapers, translations of the Bible, and dozens of foreign-language authors.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486122875
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The compiler of this dictionary of word and phrase origins and history was not only a linguist and a philologist but also a man of culture and wit. When he turned his attention, therefore, to the creation of an etymological dictionary for both specialists and non-specialists, the result was easily the finest such work ever prepared. Weekley's Dictionary is a work of thorough scholarship. It contains one of the largest lists of words and phrases to be found in any singly etymological dictionary — and considerably more material than in the standard concise edition, with fuller quotes and historical discussions. Included are most of the more common words used in English as well as slang, archaic words, such formulas as "I. O. U.," made-up words (such as Carroll's "Jabberwock"), words coined from proper nouns, and so on. In each case, roots in Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Greek or Latin, Old and modern French, Anglo-Indian, etc., are identified; in hundreds of cases, especially odd or amusing listings, earliest known usage is mentioned and sense is indicated in quotations from Dickens, Shakespeare, Chaucer, "Piers Plowman," Defoe, O. Henry, Spenser, Byron, Kipling, and so on, and from contemporary newspapers, translations of the Bible, and dozens of foreign-language authors.
The Practice of Everyday Life
Author: Michel de Certeau
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816628773
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Volume 1 considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. Volume 2 is based on on microhistories that move from the private sphere (of dwelling, cooking, and homemaking) to the public (the experience of living in a neighborhood). Delves into the subtle tactics of resistance and private practices that make living a subversive art.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816628773
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Volume 1 considers the uses to which social representation and modes of social behavior are put by individuals and groups, describing the tactics available to the common man for reclaiming his own autonomy from the all-pervasive forces of commerce, politics, and culture. Volume 2 is based on on microhistories that move from the private sphere (of dwelling, cooking, and homemaking) to the public (the experience of living in a neighborhood). Delves into the subtle tactics of resistance and private practices that make living a subversive art.
Saints for Young Readers for Every Day
Author: Susan Helen Wallace
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780819870810
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Our immensely popular Saints for Young Readers for Every Day is backnewly revised, updated, and better than ever! Volume 1 features a life of a saint for every day from January through June. A wonderful array of saints and blesseds: women and men, teenag
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780819870810
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Our immensely popular Saints for Young Readers for Every Day is backnewly revised, updated, and better than ever! Volume 1 features a life of a saint for every day from January through June. A wonderful array of saints and blesseds: women and men, teenag
Everyday English Volume 2
Author: Jeannie Yang
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
This volume is more intense and personalized. Not only will you learn English, but American culture and friendly dialogues you can use with acquaintances. The main characters (Ken & Diane) are really getting to know each other! In this volume, you will get to know the main characters' personalities much better: (Excerpt from the text)"Ken: I do get mad at times, but I try to reason with people first.Diane: Define "reason." Ken: It's a logical, dispassionate exchange of opinions on a topic of controversy.Diane: You sound like a professor.Ken: I'm studying to be one, remember?Diane: A lot of people don't want to reason."The complete book has been divided into separate volumes for easy use. Each volume is a continuation, so it will be most helpful if you begin from Volume 1. San Francisco, 2020
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
This volume is more intense and personalized. Not only will you learn English, but American culture and friendly dialogues you can use with acquaintances. The main characters (Ken & Diane) are really getting to know each other! In this volume, you will get to know the main characters' personalities much better: (Excerpt from the text)"Ken: I do get mad at times, but I try to reason with people first.Diane: Define "reason." Ken: It's a logical, dispassionate exchange of opinions on a topic of controversy.Diane: You sound like a professor.Ken: I'm studying to be one, remember?Diane: A lot of people don't want to reason."The complete book has been divided into separate volumes for easy use. Each volume is a continuation, so it will be most helpful if you begin from Volume 1. San Francisco, 2020
Urban Aesthetics in Early Modern London
Author: Christopher D'Addario
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009100343
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
A new literary history of the origins of metaphysical poetry in the urban environment of early modern London, considering the work of John Marston, Thomas Nashe, John Manningham and John Donne.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009100343
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
A new literary history of the origins of metaphysical poetry in the urban environment of early modern London, considering the work of John Marston, Thomas Nashe, John Manningham and John Donne.
A List of Words and Phrases in Every-day Use by the Natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham
Author: Francis Milnes Temple Palgrave
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description