[PDF] Posh English The Dictionary eBook

Author : Jason Carmichael
Publisher :
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 31,36 MB
Release : 2013-10-21
Category :
ISBN : 9781493543403

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A perfect book for those who love to learn new words and to improve their etiquette! This book is perfect for a coffee table, as it is quite heavy!This vocabulary is not usually used in everyday conversations, thus it is perfect for a website name idea, for song lyrics etc. The book includes many specialist terms, with a massive focus on the linguistic and language terms. For example, major words in the book that focus on the vocabulary of language: Ask yourself these questions: Do I know what lexicography is? Do I know what a malapropism is? Do I know what onomatopoeia is?Do I know what nomenclature is?Do I know what sarcasm is?Do I know what orthography is?Do I know what a pejorative word is?Do I know what paraphrase is?Do I know what parlance is?Do I know what garrulous describes?If not, open up to find out!

Author : Hugh Kellett
Publisher : Quiller Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,51 MB
Release : 2023-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781846893971

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The Dictionary of Posh serves as an essential guide to the (ab)use of many English words by the decidedly upmarket and the resultant - and endangered - language they speak: Posh

Author : Michael Quinion
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 31,85 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :

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What is the true origin of the phrase 'one fell swoop'? Does the word 'honeymoon' really derive from an old Persian custom of giving the happy couple mead, a honey wine, for the first month after the wedding? The rapid growth of the internet and the use of email has increased the circulation of (usually) false tales about the evolution of language. In this entertaining and fascinating new book on the origins of words and expressions, Michael Quinion retells the mythic tales that have become popular currency - the word 'posh' deriving from 'port out, starboard home' - and also tries to find and explain the true stories behind the origins of phrases. Quinion offers explanations of why and how stories about words are created, and how misunderstanding word origins - while usually harmless - can have serious consequences.

Author : Greg Brooks
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 42,21 MB
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1783741074

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This book will tell all you need to know about British English spelling. It's a reference work intended for anyone interested in the English language, especially those who teach it, whatever the age or mother tongue of their students. It will be particularly useful to those wishing to produce well-designed materials for teaching initial literacy via phonics, for teaching English as a foreign or second language, and for teacher training. English spelling is notoriously complicated and difficult to learn; it is correctly described as much less regular and predictable than any other alphabetic orthography. However, there is more regularity in the English spelling system than is generally appreciated. This book provides, for the first time, a thorough account of the whole complex system. It does so by describing how phonemes relate to graphemes and vice versa. It enables searches for particular words, so that one can easily find, not the meanings or pronunciations of words, but the other words with which those with unusual phoneme-grapheme/grapheme-phoneme correspondences keep company. Other unique features of this book include teacher-friendly lists of correspondences and various regularities not described by previous authorities, for example the strong tendency for the letter-name vowel phonemes (the names of the letters ) to be spelt with those single letters in non-final syllables.

Author : Wordnik
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 37,50 MB
Release : 2011-05-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1449401392

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A fancy little package to help you sound smart.We’ve taken our million-selling Pocket Posh®format (over 1.5 million copies in print) and created a lexiconfor infusingyour conversation with precision and eloquence. Adorn your conversations with precise and elegant words such as muliebrity, insouciant, extirpate, and vitiate, all found inside Pocket Posh Word Power: 120 Words to Make You Sound Intelligent. This Pocket Posh Word Power collection promises a gargantuan vocabulary boost inside an effortlessly portable, ergonomic package that features fun cover embellishments, an elastic band closure, and a convenient lay-flat binding. In addition, each entry provides pronunciation, part of speech, definition, usage in a sentence, and etymology information.

Author : Angus Stevenson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 2093 pages
File Size : 40,83 MB
Release : 2010-08-19
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0199571120

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The Oxford Dictionary of English offers authoritative and in-depth coverage of over 350,000 words, phrases, and meanings. The foremost single-volume authority on the English language.

Author : Francis Steingass
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
Page : 1568 pages
File Size : 16,88 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9788120606708

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The World`S Most Detailedand Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary.

Author : F. Steingass
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1549 pages
File Size : 47,50 MB
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1136852484

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First published in 2004. This dictionary is a valuable resource for Persian to English translation and includes Arabic Words and Phrases to be found in Persian literature. The initial aim originally laid down for this Dictionary was to prepare a revised edition of Johnson's enlargement of Wilkins-Richardson's Persian, Arabic, and English Dictionary, by reducing the Arabic element and increasing the Persian, so as to produce a volume of moderate dimensions and price, specially adapted to the wants of the English Student.

Author : Wordnik
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 22,46 MB
Release : 2011-05-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1449401376

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A pretty, purse-sized package of words that everyone should know.We’ve taken our million-selling Pocket Posh®format(over 1.5 million copies in print) and filled it with a selection of words you should know for clear communication. Words such as propinquity, armillary, and farrago should be vocabulary staples. Consult Pocket Posh Word Power: 120 Words You Should Know to determine other additions to your lexicon. This Pocket Posh Word Power collection promises a gargantuan vocabulary boost inside an effortlessly portable, ergonomic package that features fun cover embellishments, an elastic band closure, and a convenient lay-flat binding. In addition, each entry provides pronunciation, part of speech, definition, usage in a sentence, and etymology information.