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Word Frequencies in Written and Spoken English

Author : Geoffrey Leech
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317882040
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Word Frequencies in Written and Spoken English written by Geoffrey Leech and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Word Frequencies in Written and Spoken English is a landmark volume in the development of vocabulary frequency studies. Whereas previous books have in general given frequency information about the written language only, this book provides information on both speech and writing. It not only gives information about the language as a whole, but also about the differences between spoken and written English, and between different spoken and written varieties of the language. The frequencies are derived from a wide ranging and up-to-date corpus of English: the British National Corpus, which was compiled from over 4,000 written texts and spoken transcriptions representing the present day language in the UK. The book is based on a new version of the corpus (available from 2001) providing more accurate grammatical information, which is essential (for example) for distinguishing words like leaves (noun) and leaves (verb) with different meanings. The book begins with a general introduction, explaining why such information is important and highlighting interesting linguistic findings that emerge from the statistical analysis of the British National Corpus vocabulary. It also contains twenty four 'interest boxes' which highlight and comment on different aspects of frequency - for example, the most common colour words in English in order of frequency, and a comparison of male words (e.g. man) and female words (e.g. woman) in terms of their frequency.

Spoken and Written Language

Author : Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday
Publisher : UNSW Press
ISBN 13 : 9780730003090
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Spoken and Written Language written by Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Written and Spoken Language Development across the Lifespan

Author : Joan Perera
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319211366
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Written and Spoken Language Development across the Lifespan written by Joan Perera and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-11-23 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multidisciplinary volume offers insights on oral and written language development and how it takes place in literate societies. The volume covers topics from early to late language development, its interaction with literacy practices, including several languages, monolingual and multilingual contexts, different scripts, as well as typical and atypical development. Inspired by the work of Liliana Tolchinsky, a leading expert in language and literacy development, a group of internationally renowned scholars offers a state-of-the-art overview of current thinking in language development in literate societies in its broadest sense. Contributors offer a personal tribute to Liliana Tolchinsky in the opening section.

Structure of Language

Author : Janet Townend
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Structure of Language written by Janet Townend and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-02-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible text is split into 2 halves. Initially, Janet Townend takes the reader through the early development and the structure and usage of spoken English. In the second half Jean Walker explains the history and structure of written English, including word formation and grammar. It is unusual to find both aspects of this fascinating area of human activity combined in one volume. These insights form an essential foundation for teachers, student teachers, teacher trainers, and specialists in special needs and literacy. It will be of interest to all who speak and write, and are involved in helping others to do so. Janet Townend trained as a speech and language therapist and Jean Walker as an English teacher. Both are now specialist teachers and trainers in the field of dyslexia, literacy and language.

12,000 Words

Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc. Staff
Publisher : Springfield, Mass. : Merriam-Webster
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 12,000 Words written by Merriam-Webster, Inc. Staff and published by Springfield, Mass. : Merriam-Webster. This book was released on 1986 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English language 12,000 words.

Improve Your Written English

Author : Marion Field
Publisher : How to Books
ISBN 13 : 9781845283315
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Improve Your Written English written by Marion Field and published by How to Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in short, accessible sections, this book explains the basics of writing good English. It includes punctuation, sentence construction and spelling. You will learn how to adopt different tasks, such as writing a report, essay or short story. There are also chapters on letter writing, filling in forms and constructing job applications.

Written and Spoken English

Author : Erle Elsworth Clippinger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Written and Spoken English written by Erle Elsworth Clippinger and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Elements of Grammar

Author : Margaret D. Shertzer
Publisher : Longman
ISBN 13 : 9780028614496
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book The Elements of Grammar written by Margaret D. Shertzer and published by Longman. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handy compendium of grammar in the same format as the perennial bestseller.

Do You Speak American?

Author : Robert Macneil
Publisher : Nan A. Talese
ISBN 13 : 0307423573
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Do You Speak American? written by Robert Macneil and published by Nan A. Talese. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is American English in decline? Are regional dialects dying out? Is there a difference between men and women in how they adapt to linguistic variations? These questions, and more, about our language catapulted Robert MacNeil and William Cran—the authors (with Robert McCrum) of the language classic The Story of English—across the country in search of the answers. Do You Speak American? is the tale of their discoveries, which provocatively show how the standard for American English—if a standard exists—is changing quickly and dramatically. On a journey that takes them from the Northeast, through Appalachia and the Deep South, and west to California, the authors observe everyday verbal interactions and in a host of interviews with native speakers glean the linguistic quirks and traditions characteristic of each area. While examining the histories and controversies surrounding both written and spoken American English, they address anxieties and assumptions that, when explored, are highly emotional, such as the growing influence of Spanish as a threat to American English and the special treatment of African-American vernacular English. And, challenging the purists who think grammatical standards are in serious deterioration and that media saturation of our culture is homogenizing our speech, they surprise us with unpredictable responses. With insight and wit, MacNeil and Cran bring us a compelling book that is at once a celebration and a potent study of our singular language. Each wave of immigration has brought new words to enrich the American language. Do you recognize the origin of 1. blunderbuss, sleigh, stoop, coleslaw, boss, waffle? Or 2. dumb, ouch, shyster, check, kaput, scram, bummer? Or 3. phooey, pastrami, glitch, kibbitz, schnozzle? Or 4. broccoli, espresso, pizza, pasta, macaroni, radio? Or 5. smithereens, lollapalooza, speakeasy, hooligan? Or 6. vamoose, chaps, stampede, mustang, ranch, corral? 1. Dutch 2. German 3. Yiddish 4. Italian 5. Irish 6. Spanish

Grammar of Spoken and Written English

Author : Douglas Biber
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027260478
Total Pages : 1258 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Grammar of Spoken and Written English written by Douglas Biber and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 1258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The completely redesigned Grammar of Spoken and Written English is a comprehensive corpus-based reference grammar. GSWE describes the structural characteristics of grammatical constructions in English, as do other reference grammars. But GSWE is unique in that it gives equal attention to describing the patterns of language use for each grammatical feature, based on empirical analyses of grammatical patterns in a 40-million-word corpus of spoken and written registers. Grammar-in-use is characterized by three inter-related kinds of information: frequency of grammatical features in spoken and written registers, frequencies of the most common lexico-grammatical patterns, and analysis of the discourse factors influencing choices among related grammatical features. GSWE includes over 350 tables and figures highlighting the results of corpus-based investigations. Throughout the book, authentic examples illustrate all research findings. The empirical descriptions document the lexico-grammatical features that are especially common in face-to-face-conversation compared to those that are especially common in academic writing. Analyses of fiction and newspaper articles are included as further benchmarks of language use. GSWE contains over 6,000 authentic examples from these four registers, illustrating the range of lexico-grammatical features in real-world speech and writing. In addition, comparisons between British and American English reveal specific regional differences. Now completely redesigned and available in an electronic edition, the Grammar of Spoken and Written English remains a unique and indispensable reference work for researchers, language teachers, and students alike.

On the Relations Between Spoken and Written Language

Author : Henry Bradley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book On the Relations Between Spoken and Written Language written by Henry Bradley and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English

Author : Douglas Biber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9784342100321
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English written by Douglas Biber and published by . This book was released on 2003-06-10 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simplified and reorganized, while avoiding much of the technical detail of Longman grammar of spoken and written English (LGSWE).

Pavilion of Women

Author : Pearl S. Buck
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453263500
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Pavilion of Women written by Pearl S. Buck and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “vivid and extremely interesting” novel of an upper-class Chinese wife’s quest for freedom, from the Nobel Prize–winning author of The Good Earth (The New Yorker). At forty, Madame Wu is beautiful and much respected as the wife of one of China’s oldest upper-class houses. Her birthday wish is to find a young concubine for her husband and to move to separate quarters, starting a new chapter of her life. When her wish is granted, she finds herself at leisure, no longer consumed by running a sixty-person household. Now she’s free to read books previously forbidden her, to learn English, and to discover her own mind. The family in the compound are shocked at the results, especially when she begins learning from a progressive, excommunicated Catholic priest. In its depiction of life in the compound, Pavilion of Women includes some of Buck’s most enchanting writing about the seasons, daily rhythms, and customs of women in China. It is a delightful parable about the sexes, and of the profound and transformative effects of free thought. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author’s estate.

English Grammar Today with CD-ROM

Author : Ronald Carter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521731755
Total Pages : 655 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book English Grammar Today with CD-ROM written by Ronald Carter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major grammar reference book of modern English, specially written for intermediate learners of English. English Grammar Today is an indispensable reference guide to contemporary English grammar and usage. With extensive corpus research at its core, it provides over 500 entries organised into an easy-to-use A-Z structure. Authentic examples of written and spoken English place the grammar in context and the clear explanations make it ideal for intermediate learners of English at CEF levels B1-B2, including those preparing for IELTS or Cambridge English exams such as Preliminary and First. The book comes with a free CD-ROM that provides the book content and nearly 200 additional entries, plus audio recordings of all the examples and dialogues.

Written English

Author : Robert Rainsbury
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 : 9780139706738
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Written English written by Robert Rainsbury and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1977-01-01 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Describing Spoken English

Author : Charles W. Kreidler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113474708X
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book Describing Spoken English written by Charles W. Kreidler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-03-11 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describing Spoken English provides a practical and descriptive introduction to the pronunciation of contemporary English. It presumes no prior knowledge of phonetics and phonology. Charles Kreidler describes the principal varieties of English in the world today. Whilst concentrating on the phonological elements they share, the author sets out specific differences as minor variations on a theme. Although theoretically orientated towards generative phonology, theory is minimal and the book is clear, comprehensive and accessible to undergraduate and postgraduate students of linguistics and English Language. Numerous exercises are included to encourage further study.

Academic Spoken English

Author : Kristin Blanpain
Publisher : ACCO
ISBN 13 : 9033476266
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Academic Spoken English written by Kristin Blanpain and published by ACCO. This book was released on 2016-02-03 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an internationalised academic environment, lecturers and researchers increasingly need to use English to give lectures and presentations, to participate in seminars and conferences and to coach international students. Academic Spoken English offers help in the following areas: - adapting a written text for a spoken register - expanding spoken academic vocabulary - using discourse markers, which structure the presentation for the audience - improving delivery (pace, clarity, interaction with the audience) - acquiring seminar skills (handling questions and comments) - improving grammatical and lexical accuracy - improving pronunciation (downloadable audio file) Examples and exercises are based on the MICASE Corpus and the John Swales Conference Corpus, extensive collections of transcripts of lectures and presentations, ensuring relevance and authenticity. The book can be used in the context of a presentation skills course or as a self-study resource.