Decode the mystery of English grammar to add polish to your papers, emails, business letters, and moreEnglish Grammar Demystified teaches the fundamentals of the subject in an easy, step-by-step approach that allows you to learn at your own pace.
Idioms have always aroused the curiosity of linguists and there is a long tradition in the study of idioms, especially within the fields of lexicology and lexicography.
This volume presents a comprehensive survey of the lexicon and word formation processes in contemporary Japanese, with particular emphasis on their typologically characteristic features and their interactions with syntax and semantics.
Each entry in this volume consists of the idiom and proverbs, its explanatory meaning and where necessary proverbs, its explanatory meaning, and where necessary origin of phrases is given.
With more than a thousand new entries and more than 2,300 word-frequency ratios, the magisterial fourth edition of this book-now renamed Garner's Modern English Usage (GMEU)-reflects usage lexicography at its finest.
If you already have the basics and want to learn more Mandarin Chinese, this advanced beginner audio course will boost your confidence to understand and speak Mandarin Chinese.
The words come from different countries where English is spoken, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, South Africa, and othersThe author's website has received more than 1.
Brush up on your grammar with this easy-to-understand and intuitively designed handbook that teaches crucial grammar principles using real-life examples.
English Sentence Constructions departs from a usage-based theoretical perspective in which all language units -- which we refer to as constructions -- have both a meaning and form, and context is all-important in determining the function and form of these constructions.
The existing major works on the history of the French language were published more than fifty years ago and are characterized by a largely a-theoretical approach.
