Author: Kate Fox
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Keywords: english, behaviour, rules, hidden, watching
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2008-05-25
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1857885082
ISBN-13: 9781857885088
A bestseller in the UK, Watching the English is a biting, affectionate, insightful and often hilarious look English Society. Putting the English national character under her anthropological microscope, Fox finds a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and bizarre codes of behavior. Through a mixture of anthropological analysis and her own unorthodox experiments-even using herself as a reluctant guinea-pig-Fox discovers what these unwritten codes tell us about Englishness.
Author: Russell Marcus
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Keywords: english, lao, revised, dictionary
Number of Pages: 424
Published: 2001-05-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0804809097
ISBN-13: 9780804809092
This helpful dictionary includes romanized equivalents of Lao words and provides tone numbers indicating the tone of each syllable.
Author: Khamphan Mingbuapha; Benjawan Poomsan Be
Publisher: Paiboon Publishing
Keywords: lao, english, dictionary
Number of Pages: 780
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 1887521275
ISBN-13: 9781887521277
Designed to help English speakers communicate in Lao. You will find this practical dictionary helpful both in Laos and in Northeast Thailand. You can use it without having to learn the Lao alphabet. However, there is also a comprehensive introduction to the Lao writing system and pronunciation. You will find most of the vocabulary used in everyday life including basic medical, cultural, political and scientific terms.
Author: Michael Newby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: english, grammar, handbook, structure
Number of Pages: 110
Published: 1987-12-25
List price: $16.75
ISBN-10: 0521349966
ISBN-13: 9780521349963
What is a verb? How do you define a sentence? As with many simple questions, the answers can be complex. This concise introduction to the structure of English has been written to help advanced students and teachers who want to know more about English grammar. These are not prescriptive rules, but rather an explanation of the linguistic patterns that govern daily English use. The book’s first part discusses language varieties and standard English, while the second part examines English structure from its smallest part to its largest. A final section provides an extensive glossary of lin
Authors:Valerie Lambert, Elaine Murray,
Publisher: Longman
Keywords: english, work, technical, everyday
Published: 2003-02-20
List price: $18.35
ISBN-10: 0582539633
ISBN-13: 9780582539631
This practical series presents essential vocabulary and phrases in specialist areas. The language is introduced in a short dialogue or text which students can listen to on an audio CD. Key language points are analysed and practised.
Authors:David Blair, Peter Collins,
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
Keywords: english, world, australia, varieties
Number of Pages: 363
Published: 2000-12
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9027248842
ISBN-13: 9789027248848
This title explores the English language in Australia, focusing on aspects such as structure, phonology, morphology and lexicon, to variation from Torres Strait English and Aboriginal to ethnic varieties and regional variations.
Authors:Harriet Diamond M.A., Phyllis Dutwin M.A.,
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Serie
Keywords: english, barron, easy, way
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2003-02-01
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 0764119753
ISBN-13: 9780764119750
The authors demonstrate the importance of translating coherent thinking into coherent grammar, and then offer help in punctuation, vocabulary building, effective expression, and writing style.Over the years, Barron?s popular and widely-used Easy Way books have proven themselves to be accessible self-teaching manuals. They have also found their way into many classrooms as valuable and easy-to-use textbook supplements. The titles cover a wide variety of both practical and academic topics, presenting fundamental subject matter so that it can be clearly understood and provide a foundation for more
