Way Ahead

Way Ahead

Author: Printha Ellis

Publisher: MacMillan Education, Limited

Published: 1999-11-29

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9780333730140

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Way Ahead is a six-level course for primary school children who are learning English as a second language. The structures and functions of the English language are taught through a variety of child-centred activities, which have been carefully graded and are suitable for classes in a variety of cultural backgrounds.


Learn English the American Way

Learn English the American Way

Author: Okie Quillin

Publisher:

Published: 2014-03-13

Total Pages: 705

ISBN-13: 9781478729174

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A book to help build vocabulary, understand the meaning, and learn how to use them in a full sentence. Also includes synomyms, antonyms and other related words to aid in the understanding of the main words, as well as to further increase your vocabulary.


Dictionary of American Family Names

Dictionary of American Family Names

Author: Patrick Hanks

Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

Published: 2003-05-08

Total Pages: 2094

ISBN-13: 0195081374

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Where did your surname come from? Do you know how many people in the United States share it? What does it tell you about your lineage?From the editor of the highly acclaimed Dictionary of Surnames comes the most extensive compilation of surnames in America. The result of 10 years of research and 30 consulting editors, this massive undertaking documents 70,000 surnames of Americans across the country. A reference source like no other, it surveys each surname giving its meaning, nationality, alternate spellings, common forenames associated with it, and the frequency of each surname and forename.The Dictionary of American Family Names is a fascinating journey throughout the multicultural United States, offering a detailed look at the meaning and frequency of surnames throughout the country. For students studying family genealogy, others interested in finding out more about their own lineage, or lexicographers, the Dictionary is an ideal place to begin research.


On Multiple Source Constructions in Language Change

On Multiple Source Constructions in Language Change

Author: Hendrik De Smet

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2015-11-15

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 9027268002

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In much writing on language change, there is a tacit assumption that change operates on a single source construction to produce an innovative target construction. This volume challenges this assumption, by showing that many changes involve interactions between multiple source constructions. In fact, the involvement of multiple source constructions is unexceptional. The phenomenon is observed in phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. It is seen in language-internal change as well as in contact-induced change. Interactions may obtain between independent but historically related constructions as well as between historically unrelated constructions. The contributions to this volume, on the one hand, present specific case studies on changes involving multiple source constructions, in various domains of grammar and in a variety of languages. On the other hand, they discuss how such changes can be accommodated in current theoretical models of language. Originally published in Studies in Language Vol. 37:3 (2013).


The Construal of Spatial Meaning

The Construal of Spatial Meaning

Author: Carita Paradis

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2013-04-25

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 0191613142

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This book considers how language users express and understand literal and metaphorical spatial meaning not only in language but also through gesture and pointing. Researchers explore the ways in which theoretical developments in language and cognition, new empirical techniques, and new computational facilities have led to a greater understanding of the relationship between physical space and mental space as expressed in human communication.


A Course on Words

A Course on Words

Author: Waldo E. Sweet

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9780472081011

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An attractive pathway to increase vocabulary and one's understanding of the way words are built


ENGLISH IN A SIMPLIFIED WAY

ENGLISH IN A SIMPLIFIED WAY

Author: Tahir al-Bayati

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2014-02-20

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1491857641

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It is a recognized fact that English has been gaining much importance at school, in daily life and in travelling abroad. Taking these fields of application into consideration and aiming at making this international language easy to use, this book has been set to meet the need of the learners of English. Graded subjects have been dealt with in a simplified way so as to eliminate boredom and make the reader more interested in this language. It is well known that the mere mention of grammatical rules is of no use unless such rules are brought into practice through exercises. To fulfill this aim, the book offers plenty of drills accompanied with a key. Also, to keep pace with the modern techniques of learning a foreign language, multiple choice exercises have been included. Therefore, it is advisable for those who are poor in English to go through the book from beginning to end. In addition to the essential subjects, the book contains information on writing a composition, setting a letter as well as the use of various idioms. Much attention has been paid to correcting the common mistakes which a lot of readers tend to make. Such mistakes are made in the use of prepositions, the verb "to be", the verb "to have" and the verb "to do" as well. Furthermore,