Dieser Autor befasst sich eingehend mit der komplexen Geschichte und Struktur der englischen Sprache, insbesondere mit dem Alt- und Mittelenglischen. Seine Arbeit zeichnet sich durch strenge akademische Gelehrsamkeit und ein tiefes Engagement für linguistische Analysen aus. Durch detaillierte Untersuchungen und Lehrtätigkeiten beleuchtet er die Entwicklung der Sprache und macht komplexe historische und strukturelle Elemente zugänglich. Sein Ansatz bietet den Lesern ein tiefes Verständnis der grundlegenden Aspekte der englischen Linguistik.
Based on the 100-million word British National Corpus and the Longman Corpus Network, this dictionary explores a vivid and exciting area of English - spoken English. It also pinpoints the language patterns and grammar unique to spoken English. The 2000-word Longman Defining Vocabulary is made up of words students already know, and the dictionary's definitions have been written using this familiar set of core words.
The " Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English " is a revolutionary, corpus-based reference grammar of English, based on a groundbreaking research project to analyze the ways in which English grammar is really used. The book looks at four text types "conversation, fiction, news reportage, and academic prose" and reports statistical findings as well as examining the reasons that condition a particular grammatical choice. "
There is a key to the answers of the workbook at the back.
A Practical Introduction
A practical guide to difficult and disputed points in modern English, both written and spoken. Arranged alphabetically with cross-referencing, it contains 500 entries and covers a range of language problems in meaning, grammar, spelling, pronunciation, punctuation and style etc
The broad aim of this lively and engaging book is to examine relationships between the linguistic patterns, the stylistic functions, and the social and cultural contexts of humour. The material used in illustration is of corresponding breadth: schoolyard jokes, graffiti, aphorisms, advertisements, arguments, anecdotes, puns, parodies, passages of comic fiction, all come under Dr Nash's scrutiny.
