Author: Adrian Room
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN: 9780844251356
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A comprehensive reference to the major changes in meanings in English words.
NTC's Dictionary of Changes in Meaning
Author: Adrian Room
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN: 9780844251356
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A comprehensive reference to the major changes in meanings in English words.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN: 9780844251356
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A comprehensive reference to the major changes in meanings in English words.
NTC's Dictionary of Changes in Meanings
Author: Adrian Room
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
NTC's Dictionary of Changes in Meaning
Author: Adrian Room
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A comprehensive reference to the major changes in meanings in English words.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A comprehensive reference to the major changes in meanings in English words.
Dictionary of Lexicography
Author: R. R. K. Hartmann
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134768281
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Dictionaries are among the most frequently consulted books, yet we know remarkably little about them. Who makes them? Where do they come from? What do they offer? How can we evaluate them? The Dictionary of Lexicography provides answers to all these questions and addresses a wide range of issues: * the traditions of dictionary-making * the different types of dictionaries and other reference works (such as thesaurus, encyclopedia, atlas and telephone directory) * the principles and concerns of lexicographers and other reference professionals * the standards of dictionary criticism and dictionary use. It is both a professional handbook and an easy-to-use reference work. This is the first time that the subject has been covered in such a comprehensive manner in the form of a reference book. All articles are self-contained, cross-referenced and uniformly structured. The whole is an up-to-date and forward-looking survey of lexicography.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134768281
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Dictionaries are among the most frequently consulted books, yet we know remarkably little about them. Who makes them? Where do they come from? What do they offer? How can we evaluate them? The Dictionary of Lexicography provides answers to all these questions and addresses a wide range of issues: * the traditions of dictionary-making * the different types of dictionaries and other reference works (such as thesaurus, encyclopedia, atlas and telephone directory) * the principles and concerns of lexicographers and other reference professionals * the standards of dictionary criticism and dictionary use. It is both a professional handbook and an easy-to-use reference work. This is the first time that the subject has been covered in such a comprehensive manner in the form of a reference book. All articles are self-contained, cross-referenced and uniformly structured. The whole is an up-to-date and forward-looking survey of lexicography.
NTC's Dictionary of Easily Confused Words
Author: Deborah Williams
Publisher: Contemporary Books
ISBN: 9780844257877
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
An easy-to-use guide that will help the user understand confusing words and their usage and to then choose the correct spelling or meaning of a word for any given situation.
Publisher: Contemporary Books
ISBN: 9780844257877
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
An easy-to-use guide that will help the user understand confusing words and their usage and to then choose the correct spelling or meaning of a word for any given situation.
NTC's Dictionary of American English Phrases
Author: Richard A. Spears
Publisher: National Textbook Company
ISBN: 9780844208480
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
"NTC's Dictionary of American English phrases, " by Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., provides more than 15,000 examples of usage for approxiamtely 7,000 common and useful American English expressions.
Publisher: National Textbook Company
ISBN: 9780844208480
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
"NTC's Dictionary of American English phrases, " by Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., provides more than 15,000 examples of usage for approxiamtely 7,000 common and useful American English expressions.
NTC's Dictionary of Tricky Words
Author: Deborah K. Williams
Publisher: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780844257648
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
This book will help you master confusing words and their usage. This easy-to-use reference focuses on three major classes of complicated words: Words that are pronounced alike but are different in spelling, meaning or both, such as sail and sale; gilt guilt.
Publisher: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780844257648
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
This book will help you master confusing words and their usage. This easy-to-use reference focuses on three major classes of complicated words: Words that are pronounced alike but are different in spelling, meaning or both, such as sail and sale; gilt guilt.
NTC's Dictionary of Japan's Cultural Code Words
Author: Boye De Mente
Publisher: Contemporary Books
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
For centuries the Japanese used their language as a barrier to prevent non-Japanese from learning about the inner workings of Japnese society and to ward off foreign influence. In fact, for a long period in Japan's history the teeaching of Japanese to foreigners was a serious crime against the state. In this enlightening work, renowned Japanologist Boye Lafayette De Mente discusses how the psychology of the social and political system that evolved over the centuries became imbued in and expressed by the language to a degree seldom seen in other cultures. The author brings more than 25 years of experience in Japan to the task of revealing the hidden cultural significance of current expressions in the Japanese language. With ample reference to history, psychology, philosophy, and religion, the reader learns how the Japanese view certain behaviours and attitudes and why they are conditioned to respond in certain ways to specific situations. Features: 230 quintessentially Japanese expressions that every Japanese knows - and believes that non-Japanese cannot possibly understand a 14-entry set of introductory readings, designed to offer a broad cultural overview of Japan cross-referencing of entires by thematic groupings, such as "Loyalty," "Collective Behaviour," and "Leadership" This innovative text provides readers with the insights necessary for effective communication with their Japanese counterparts. Whatever your involvement with Japan - personal, travel, or business - NTC's Dictionary of Japan's Cultural Code Words is an invaluable and one-of-a-kind reference.
Publisher: Contemporary Books
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
For centuries the Japanese used their language as a barrier to prevent non-Japanese from learning about the inner workings of Japnese society and to ward off foreign influence. In fact, for a long period in Japan's history the teeaching of Japanese to foreigners was a serious crime against the state. In this enlightening work, renowned Japanologist Boye Lafayette De Mente discusses how the psychology of the social and political system that evolved over the centuries became imbued in and expressed by the language to a degree seldom seen in other cultures. The author brings more than 25 years of experience in Japan to the task of revealing the hidden cultural significance of current expressions in the Japanese language. With ample reference to history, psychology, philosophy, and religion, the reader learns how the Japanese view certain behaviours and attitudes and why they are conditioned to respond in certain ways to specific situations. Features: 230 quintessentially Japanese expressions that every Japanese knows - and believes that non-Japanese cannot possibly understand a 14-entry set of introductory readings, designed to offer a broad cultural overview of Japan cross-referencing of entires by thematic groupings, such as "Loyalty," "Collective Behaviour," and "Leadership" This innovative text provides readers with the insights necessary for effective communication with their Japanese counterparts. Whatever your involvement with Japan - personal, travel, or business - NTC's Dictionary of Japan's Cultural Code Words is an invaluable and one-of-a-kind reference.
NTC's Thesaurus of Everyday American English
Author: Anne Bertram
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780844258256
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
"NTC's Thesaurus of Everyday American English" presents the information users need to make decisions about correct word choice and is designed to help the user learn how to select the best word for a particular purpose.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780844258256
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
"NTC's Thesaurus of Everyday American English" presents the information users need to make decisions about correct word choice and is designed to help the user learn how to select the best word for a particular purpose.
What did Jesus Mean?
Author: Anna Wierzbicka
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198031408
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
In this highly interdisciplinary work, linguist Anna Wierzbicka casts new light on the words of Jesus by taking her well-known semantic theory of "universal human concepts"- concepts which are intuitively understandable and self-explanatory across languages-and bringing it to bear on Jesus' parables and the Sermon on the Mount. Her approach results in strikingly novel interpretations of the Gospels. Written in dialogue with other biblical commentators, What Did Jesus Mean? is both scholarly rigorous yet accessible.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198031408
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
In this highly interdisciplinary work, linguist Anna Wierzbicka casts new light on the words of Jesus by taking her well-known semantic theory of "universal human concepts"- concepts which are intuitively understandable and self-explanatory across languages-and bringing it to bear on Jesus' parables and the Sermon on the Mount. Her approach results in strikingly novel interpretations of the Gospels. Written in dialogue with other biblical commentators, What Did Jesus Mean? is both scholarly rigorous yet accessible.