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Vocabulary 4000by Jeff Kolby
Nova Press 2001; US$ 9.95English offers perhaps the richest vocabulary of all languages, in part because its words are culled from so many languages. It is a shame that we do not tap this rich source more often in our daily conversation to express ourselves more clearly and precisely. Many a vocabulary book lists esoteric words we quickly forget or feel self-conscious using. However, there is a bounty of choice words between the common and the esoteric that often seem be just on the tip of our tongue. Vocabulary 4000 brings these words to the fore. more...
Check Your English Vocabulary for Banking & Financeby Jon Marks
A&C Black 2007; US$ 11.70This workbook is designed to help non-native English speakers improve their knowledge and understanding of core banking and financial terminology. It includes a variety of engaging activities such as word games, crosswords, speaking exercises and group games, which make learning easy and fun. more...
Chambers Pocket Dictionaryby Ian Brookes
Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd 2006; US$ 12.00Chambers Pocket Dictionary The new edition of Chambers Pocket Dictionary is a clear, reliable and up-to-date dictionary suitable for home and office use. Focusing on contemporary English, it provides straightforward definitions as well as hundreds of notes to help with tricky points of language. It has been fully updated to incorporate new words from modern culture and technology. Dictionary Features: 68,000 definitions explaining the meanings of 42,000 words and phrases; Help with points of grammar; Pronunciation guidance for difficult words; Thousands of example phrases and sentences to demonstrate the use of words. Mobipocket Features: headword and wildcard search; full-text search; help with pronunciation symbols; hyperlinking of cross-references;... more...
Exploring the Language of Dramaby Jonathan Culpeper; Mick Short; Peter Verdonk
Routledge 1998; US$ 48.95This collection introduces students to the stylistic analysis of drama. Written in an engaging and accessible style, the contributors employ a variety of language analysis techniques. more...
The Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrasesby Mary Varchaver; Frank Ledlie Moore
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 24.95"Kudos (Greek), encomiums (Latin), and accolades (French) to the authors for their enlightening and amusing lexicon, a testament that English is the most cheerfully democratic and hospitable language ever cobbled together."-Richard Lederer, author of The Miracle of Language From angst to zydeco, the ultimate guide to foreign terms and phrases This handy, practical, and browsable A-to-Z reference tells you all you need to know to understand, pronounce, and appreciate the nearly 2,000 foreign words and phrases commonly used by speakers and writers of English. The Browser's Dictionary covers a wide variety of subject areas and includes loan-words from more than sixty languages around the world, such as: Latin (desideratum) * the romance languages... more...
Highly Selective Thesaurus for the Extraordinarily Literateby Eugene Ehrlich
HarperCollins US 2009; US$ 12.99Anyone looking to improve his or her vocabulary and anyone who loves words will be enthralled by this unique and impressive thesaurus that provides only the most unusual -- or is it recondite? --words for each entry. more...
No Uncertain Termsby William Safire
Simon & Schuster 2003; US$ 10.99There is no wittier, more amiable or more astute word maven than Pulitzer Prizewinning columnist William Safire. For many people, the first item on the agenda for Sunday morning is to sit down and read Safire's "On Language" column in The New York Times Magazine, then to compose a "Gotcha" letter to the Times. Each of his books on language is a classic, to be read, re-read and fought over. Safire is the beloved, slightly crotchety guru of contemporary vocabulary, speech, language, usage and writing, as close as we are likely to get to a modern Samuel Johnson. Fans, critics and fellow language mavens eagerly await his books on language. This one is no exception. William Safire has written the weekly New York Times Magazine column... more...
The Word Museumby Jeffrey Kacirk
Simon & Schuster 2001; US$ 13.99ENTER A GALLERY OF WIT AND WHIMSY As the largest and most dynamic collection of words ever assembled, the English language continues to expand. But as hundreds of new words are added annually, older ones are sacrificed. Now from the author of Forgotten English comes a collection of fascinating archaic words and phrases, providing an enticing glimpse into the past. With beguiling period illustrations, The Word Museum offers up the marvelous oddities and peculiar enchantments of old and unusual words. more...
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Wordsby Bill Bryson
Broadway Books 2002; US$ 11.99One of the English language’s most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage. As usual Bill Bryson says it best: “English is a dazzlingly idiosyncratic tongue, full of quirks and irregularities that often seem willfully at odds with logic and common sense. This is a language where ‘cleave’ can mean to cut in half or to hold two halves together; where the simple word ‘set’ has 126 different meanings as a verb, 58 as a noun, and 10 as a participial adjective; where if you can run fast you are moving swiftly, but if you are stuck fast you are not moving at all; [and] where ‘colonel,’ ‘freight,’ ‘once,’ and ‘ache’ are strikingly... more...
New Language Bearings in Africaby Margaret Jepkiriu Muthwii; Angelina Kioko
Multilingual Matters 2004; US$ 69.95The collection of papers in this special volume discuss issues and challenges that are pertinent in understanding present-day moves and tendencies in the use of languages in the African contexts. more...









