The volume examines lexical and idiomatic phenomena in various Indo-European languages, covering a wide range of linguistic and interdisciplinary studies while addressing both single-language issues and contrastive perspectives.
El libro Ortografía de las desinencias verbales de la lengua castellana de Horacio Barrios Hernández contiene una innovación pedagógica que mediante un enfoque estructuralista pretende explicar y divulgar la lengua de Cervantes de un modo sencillo y formal.
In 'The Indian Linguistic Families of the United States,' John Wesley Powell provides a comprehensive analysis of the diverse Native American languages spoken across the United States.
Join Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, on a curious and exceedingly interesting adventure through all the very best RED HERRINGS, COCK AND BULL STORIES and NINE-DAY WONDERS in the English language.
Von 1993 bis 2007 sind die vier Bände des Dictionnaire étymologique des créoles français de l'Océan Indien erschienen (DECOI, Kreolische Bibliothek 12).
Von 1993 bis 2007 sind die vier Bände des "Dictionnaire étymologique des créoles français de l'Océan Indien" erschienen (DECOI, Kreolische Bibliothek 12), das mit dem "Dictionnaire étymologique des créoles français d'Amérique" (DECA) fortgesetzt bzw.
**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024** Unmissable Stephen Fry'A delight' Katherine Rundell Illuminating Susie Dent'Brilliant' Philippa Perry'Enthralling' Jeanette WintersonWhat do three murderers, Karl Marx's daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in common?
Von 1993 bis 2007 sind die vier Bände des "Dictionnaire étymologique des créoles français de l'Océan Indien" erschienen (DECOI, Kreolische Bibliothek 12), das mit dem "Dictionnaire étymologique des créoles français d'Amérique" (DECA) fortgesetzt bzw.
Con ingenio e irreverencia, la lexicógrafa Kory Stamper nos abre la puerta del obsesivo mundo de la escritura de diccionarios, desde las angustiosas decisiones sobre qué definir y cómo hacerlo hasta la complicada cuestión del cambio constante del uso de las palabras.
The new memoir from prize-winning writer and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo - playful, provocative and original, it's her deeply personal take on striving for a life of her own'When it comes to spinning light and shadow on the complexities of living, loving and language, Xiaolu Guo is one of the most valuable writers in the world' DEBORAH LEVYThe world can seem strange and lonely when you step away from your family and everything you have tried to call your own.
Von 1993 bis 2007 sind die vier Bände des "Dictionnaire étymologique des créoles français de l'Océan Indien" erschienen (DECOI, Kreolische Bibliothek 12), das mit dem "Dictionnaire étymologique des créoles français d'Amérique" (DECA) fortgesetzt bzw.
Este libro recoge por vez primera el léxico chipaya en forma sistemática, lengua vigente aún en Santa Ana de Chipaya (Bolivia), aunque históricamente localizada a lo largo del eje acuático Titicaca-Poopó.
La relación ancestral que existe entre las plantas y la especie humana ha permitido que el vocabulario que designa a los miembros del reino vegetal sea uno de los más extensos, variables y creativos en la lengua española panhispánica.
Las novedades en el léxico español han despertado siempre el interés de los hablantes, y las obras y los autores que las han dado a conocer se han servido de su enumeración y explicación como mecanismos para su difusión o divulgación.
Este libro es una detallada aproximación a la historia del Diccionario de la Real Academia Española con atención al tratamiento del neologismo, sus fundamentos y evolución a lo largo del siglo XIX.
Im vorliegenden Buch geht es um die Etymologie von "großen Na- men" aus aller Welt, die uns aus Mythologie, Geschichte und dem aktuellen Geschehen mehr oder weniger vertraut sind und deren Verständnis unser Wissen in kultureller Hinsicht bereichern kann.
Die Arbeit untersucht unter anderem sowohl die semantischen Interpretationen von machen als auch seine pragmatischen Funktionen in der Interaktion, diskutiert die Behandlung von machen in der Lexikographie und liefert dazu einen Vergleich mit der Bedeutung und Funktion des Verbs tun in der gesprochenen Sprache.
A spot-on guide to how and why Americans have become so bloody keen on Britishismsfor good or illThe British love to complain that words and phrases imported from Americafrom French fries to Awesome, man!
A spot-on guide to how and why Americans have become so bloody keen on Britishismsfor good or illThe British love to complain that words and phrases imported from Americafrom French fries to Awesome, man!
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ';It's undeniably thrilling to find words for our strangest feelingsKoenig casts light into lonely corners of human experienceAn enchanting book.
'An enchanting story about love, loss and the power of language' Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll FactorySometimes you have to start with what's lost to truly find yourself.
A compelling history of the national conflicts that resulted from efforts to produce the first definitive American dictionary of English In The Dictionary Wars, Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a definitive national dictionary that would rival Samuel Johnson's 1755 Dictionary of the English Language.
In these pages you will discover words you never knew existed, and rediscover many that you had forgotten or had given up all hope of ever seeing again.
Bringing together a comprehensive collection of newly-commissioned articles, this Handbook covers the most recent developments across a range of sub-fields relevant to the study of second language Spanish.
Bringing together a comprehensive collection of newly-commissioned articles, this Handbook covers the most recent developments across a range of sub-fields relevant to the study of second language Spanish.
Featuring new coverage of the brain and language, and lexical corpora, the 4th edition of Words in the Mind offers readers the latest thinking about the ways in which we learn words, remember them, understand them, and find the ones we want to use.
Featuring new coverage of the brain and language, and lexical corpora, the 4th edition of Words in the Mind offers readers the latest thinking about the ways in which we learn words, remember them, understand them, and find the ones we want to use.
