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Author : Harold Crandall Whitford
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Total Pages : 83 pages
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Download or read book A Dictionary of American Homophones and Homographs written by Harold Crandall Whitford and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Dictionary of American Homophones and Homographs written by Harold Crandall Whitford and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 83 pages
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Download or read book A Dictionary of American Homophones and Homographs written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476603936
Total Pages : 861 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Homophones and Homographs written by and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 861 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This expanded fourth edition defines and cross-references 9,040 homophones and 2,133 homographs (up from 7,870 and 1,554 in the 3rd ed.). As the most comprehensive compilation of American homophones (words that sound alike) and homographs (look-alikes), this latest edition serves well where even the most modern spell-checkers and word processors fail--although rain, reign, and rein may be spelled correctly, the context in which these words may appropriately be used is not obvious to a computer.
Author : Harold C. Whitford
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Total Pages : 83 pages
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Download or read book A Dictionary Or American Homophones and Homographs written by Harold C. Whitford and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 280 pages
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Download or read book Homophones and Homographs written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defines over 7,000 words that sound alike, and over 1,400 words that look alike. The homophones include near pairs like murrain/murrhine; the homographs include pronunciations. Greatly expanded from the 1982 first edition. Well cross referenced. Includes an annotated bibliography. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : James B. Hobbs
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Homophones and Homographs written by James B. Hobbs and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1999 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homophones and homographs are words that have different meanings: homophones sound alike but are spelled differently, and homographs are spelled the same but pronounced differently. A second-grade homework assignment to see who could generate the largest list of homophones ignited an interest that inspired the first edition of this dictionary (1986).
Author : Frank P. Hogan
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ISBN 13 : 9781434375612
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (756 download)
Download or read book Sound-alikes written by Frank P. Hogan and published by . This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Whitney Holland's innocent date with Dan DeMarco suddenly turns into date rape and she finds herself facing pregnancy, she must leave the small California town where she has grown up. Dan is subsequently killed in an accident and his father, George DeMarco loses his mind with grief demanding that Whitney give one or both of her twin sons to his family to raise as their own. She refuses and he tries to enlist the aid of his powerful underworld cousin, Gino Armani. But, when Gino meets Whitney, he is charmed by her candor and beauty, and his outlook on life begins a radical change. George DeMarco, his plans foiled by Gino's refusal to help him, begins to stalk Whitney, attempting to kill her. He systematically begins to seek revenge, killing those around her as he turns into a chillingly mad stalker-murderer.
Author : D. W. Cummings
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801834431
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (344 download)
Download or read book American English Spelling written by D. W. Cummings and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1988-05 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study of the English language as it is spelled in America, D. W. Cummings demonstrates that behind the apparent disorder of spelling in American English lies a self-regulating and self-reorganizing system that is responsive to four kinds of imperative: phonetic, semantic, etymological, and systemic. Cummings offers a systematic theory of orthography and applies this theory to the American English vocabulary with numerous examples. Cummings also describes the explication of written words into their elements, particles, and processes, and he sets out the tactical and procedural rules that control the distribution and sequencing of vowels and consonants. In the largest section of the book, he provides an exhaustive description of the major and minor correspondences between the sounds of American English words and their spellings. An essential reference work, American English Spelling moves beyond questions of how words are spelled to an understanding of why they are spelled as they are.
Author : Richard L. Venezky
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 9781572304697
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (46 download)
Download or read book The American Way of Spelling written by Richard L. Venezky and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 1999-07-23 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can ghoti really be pronounced fish? Why is "o" short in glove and love, but long in rove and cove? Why do English words carry such extra baggage as the silent "b" in doubt, the silent "k" in knee, and the silent "n" in autumn? And why do names like Phabulous Phoods and Hi-Ener-G stand out? Addressing these and many other questions about letters and the sounds they make, this engaging volume provides a comprehensive analysis of American English spelling and pronunciation. Venezky illuminates the fully functional system underlying what can at times be a bewildering array of exceptions, focusing on the basic units that serve to signal word form or pronunciation, where these units can occur within words, and how they relate to sound. Also examined are how our current spelling system has developed, efforts to reform it, and ways that spelling rules or patterns are violated in commercial usage. From one of the world's foremost orthographic authorities, the book affords new insight into the teaching of reading and the acquisition and processing of spelling sound relationships.
Author : Anne Wichmann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317889576
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book Teaching and Language Corpora written by Anne Wichmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corpora are well-established as a resource for language research; they are now also increasingly being used for teaching purposes. This book is the first of its kind to deal explicitly and in a wide-ranging way with the use of corpora in teaching. It contains an extensive collection of articles by corpus linguists and practising teachers, covering not only the use of data to inform and create teaching materials but also the direct exploitation of corpora by students, both in the study of linguistics in general and in the acquisition of proficiency in individual languages, including English, Welsh, German, French and Italian. In addition, the book offers practical information on the sources of corpora and concordances, including those suitable for work on non-roman scripts such as Greek and Cyrillic.
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Total Pages : 48 pages
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Author : Narinder Kapur
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1317758714
Total Pages : 552 pages
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Download or read book Memory Disorders in Clinical Practice written by Narinder Kapur and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been specially designed to give practical help to those who have to deal with diagnosis and subsequent management of patients with memory dicturbance resulting from specific types of cerebral pathology. The author achieves this by organising his book on the basis of clinical aetiology. While anatomical and psychological perspectives are introduced, the emphasis is on approaches which will help clinicians in the management of patients with specific neurological diseases. For example, the essential topic of differential diagnosis is given prominence throughout: the principles of diagnositc assessment are discussed in a separate chapter, and specific diagnostic features are outlined in each of the chapters dealing with individual cerebral pathologies. The author draws on his own extensive experience as a practising clinical neuropsychologist to describe and evaluate the range of existing memory test procedures, and suggest additional procedures as appropriate. Full references are also given for those wishing to develop their own assessment of therapeutic procedures. Mainly intended for practising neurologists and clinical neuropsychologists, anyone whose work brings them into contact with patients suffering from memory disturbance will find this book invaluable.
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Total Pages : 352 pages
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Author : Jack O'Gorman
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 0838919758
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (389 download)
Download or read book Reference Sources for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries written by Jack O'Gorman and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on new reference sources published since 2008 and reference titles that have retained their relevance, this new edition brings O’Gorman’s complete and authoritative guide to the best reference sources for small and medium-sized academic and public libraries fully up to date.
Author : Elizabeth J. Feeley
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1039138853
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Feeley's English Homophone Dictionary written by Elizabeth J. Feeley and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feeley's English Homophone Dictionary is a specialized resource. Homophones are a particular feature of spoken and written English, words that have the same sound but different meanings and may have different roots and different spellings. This dictionary features... • a brief definition of the word • a pronunciation guide • identifies parts of speech • covers from early modern English to the present • provides examples of usage with references to the original • word category Clear and correct use of words is fundamental to good communication and Feeley's English Homophone Dictionary is a significant aid to doing so.
Author : Joseph A. Gallian
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000337359
Total Pages : 549 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Contemporary Abstract Algebra written by Joseph A. Gallian and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Abstract Algebra, Tenth Edition For more than three decades, this classic text has been widely appreciated by instructors and students alike. The book offers an enjoyable read and conveys and develops enthusiasm for the beauty of the topics presented. It is comprehensive, lively, and engaging. The author presents the concepts and methodologies of contemporary abstract algebra as used by working mathematicians, computer scientists, physicists, and chemists. Students will learn how to do computations and to write proofs. A unique feature of the book are exercises that build the skill of generalizing, a skill that students should develop but rarely do. Applications are included to illustrate the utility of the abstract concepts. Examples and exercises are the heart of the book. Examples elucidate the definitions, theorems, and proof techniques; exercises facilitate understanding, provide insight, and develop the ability to do proofs. The exercises often foreshadow definitions, concepts, and theorems to come. Changes for the tenth edition include new exercises, new examples, new quotes, and a freshening of the discussion portions. The hallmark features of previous editions of the book are enhanced in this edition. These include: • A good mixture of approximately 1900 computational and theoretical exercises, including computer exercises, that synthesize concepts from multiple chapters • Approximately 300 worked-out examples from routine computations to the challenging • Many applications from scientific and computing fields and everyday life • Historical notes and biographies that spotlight people and events • Motivational and humorous quotations • Numerous connections to number theory and geometry While many partial solutions and sketches for the odd-numbered exercises appear in the book, an Instructor’s Solutions Manual written by the author has comprehensive solutions for all exercises and some alternative solutions to develop a critical thought and deeper understanding. It is available from CRC Press only. The Student Solution Manual has comprehensive solutions for all odd-numbered exercises and many even-numbered exercises. Author Joseph A. Gallian earned his PhD from Notre Dame. In addition to receiving numerous national awards for his teaching and exposition, he has served terms as the Second Vice President, and the President of the MAA. He has served on 40 national committees, chairing ten of them. He has published over 100 articles and authored six books. Numerous articles about his work have appeared in the national news outlets, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and Newsweek, among many others.
