The only style manual to ever appear on a bestseller list now refreshed by one of our most beloved illustrators
Every English writer knows Strunk and White's "The Elements of Style." The book's mantra, make every word tell, is still on point. This much-loved classic, now in its fourth edition, will forever be the go-to guide when in need of a hint to make a turn of phrase clearer or a reminder on how to enliven prose with the active voice. The only style manual to ever appear on bestseller lists has explained to millions of readers the basic principals of plain English, and Maira Kalman's fifty-seven exquisite illustrations give the revered work a jolt of new energy, making the learning experience more colorful and clear.

Este volumen se centra en el tema de la fraseologia y consta de dos apartados. En el primero se exponen cuestiones de morfosintaxis y un balance sobre el estudio de las colocaciones, principalmente del espanol. La inclusion o exclusion de las colocaciones del ambito de la fraseologia, su potencial sintagmatico combinatorio, su uso y frecuencia en el lenguaje juridico, medico y coloquial, asi como su tratamiento lexicografico, son otros de los aspectos tratados. En el segundo apartado del libro se abordan temas de fraseografia desde una perspectiva teorica y practica, especialmente en cuanto a las tecnicas especificas para la elaboracion de diccionarios idiomaticos monolingues y bilingues. Asimismo se muestran los avances en la macro y microestructura de estos diccionarios gracias a la linguistica de corpus.

In diesem Sammelband finden sich Beitrage, die aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven einen funktionalen Sprachbeschreibungs- und -vermittlungsansatz diskutieren. So werden im ersten Teil an Beispielen der deutschen und russischen Sprache theoretische Fragen des feldergrammatischen Konzepts behandelt. Ausgewahlte grammatische Themen, Einzelfelder und Textsorten stehen im Mittelpunkt des zweiten Teils, wobei die Blickrichtung komplementar ist. Es werden grammatische Einzelerscheinungen strukturell-formal und semantisch-pragmatisch beschrieben, zugleich wird ihrem Vorkommen in Textsorten und ihren textuellen Leistungen nachgespurt. Textsorten bilden aber auch den Untersuchungsausgangspunkt, um charakteristische Textfunktionen wie Sprachhandlungen und entsprechende Verbalisierungsmuster deutlich zu machen. Den Moeglichkeiten des feldergrammatischen Ansatzes als Konzeptbaustein fur einen handlungs- und lernerorientierten Fremdsprachenunterricht widmen sich die Beitrage des dritten Teils.

Do you "know" that posh comes from an acronym meaning "port out, starboard home"? That "the whole nine yards" comes from (pick one) the length of a WWII gunner's belt; the amount of fabric needed to make a kilt; a sarcastic football expression? That Chicago is called "The Windy City" because of the bloviating habits of its politicians, and not the breeze off the lake?
If so, you need this book. David Wilton debunks the most persistently wrong word histories, and gives, to the best of our actual knowledge, the real stories behind these perennially mis-etymologized words.
In addition, he explains why these wrong stories are created, disseminated, and persist, even after being corrected time and time again. What makes us cling to these stories, when the truth behind these words and phrases is available, for the most part, at any library or on the Internet?
Arranged by chapters, this book avoids a dry A-Z format. Chapters separate misetymologies by kind, including The Perils of Political Correctness (picnics have nothing to do with lynchings), Posh, Phat Pommies (the problems of bacronyming--the desire to make every word into an acronym), and CANOE (which stands for the Conspiracy to Attribute Nautical Origins to Everything).
Word Myths corrects long-held and far-flung examples of wrong etymologies, without taking the fun out of etymology itself. It's the best of both worlds: not only do you learn the many wrong stories behind these words, you also learn why and how they are created--and what the real story is.

Diese Professorin Regina Hessky gewidmete thematische Festgabe versammelt 27 Beitrage, die sich mit Problemen der lexikalischen Semantik, der Phraseologie und der Lexikographie des Deutschen aus einzelsprachlicher oder kontrastiver Perspektive auseinander setzen. Die Autoren des Bandes sind Vertreter der ungarischen und der internationalen Germanistik aus Deutschland, Frankreich, Russland, Schweden, Spanien und den USA.

"Sociocultural Contexts of Language and Literacy, Second Edition" engages prospective and in-service teachers in learning about linguistically and culturally diverse students, and in using this knowledge to enrich literacy learning in classrooms and communities. The text is grounded in current research and theory that integrate sociocultural and constructivist concepts and perspectives and provide a framework teachers can use to develop strategies for teaching reading, writing, and thinking to diverse students.
The focus on English literacy development does not imply advocacy for "English only" or ESL as the primary mode of literacy instruction. Rather, the authors take the position that learners need to develop literacy in their native language and that the concepts and skills learned in developing the native language create a foundation of strength from which students can develop English literacy.
Part I introduces relevant research and language learning theories. PartII provides research reviews and information about literacy learning within specific culturally and linguistically diverse communities. The chapters in Part III challenge the reader to view the multiple social, intellectual, cultural, and language differences children bring to the classroom as an opportunity for learning and building on the diversity among students. Activities and suggested readings at the end of each chapter involve readers in reflection, observation, meaning making, and the construction of application processes for their new understandings.
New in the "Second Edition: "
*updated research and theory on multilingual and second language literacy;
*a focus on the interpretation of theseresearch findings to make them useful for teachers and teacher educators in understanding and articulating the research bases for literacy practices;
*attention to current intensely debated issues, such as standards, the phonics movement, and high-stakes testing; and
*new activities and suggested readings.

'The Delights of Learning Turkish' is a self-study course book that takes the learner from the beginner level to the intermediate level in Turkish. It is designed for English speakers, targeting adult and young adult learners; especially for those planning to settle and live in Turkey or visiting Turkey for business or pleasure. It is a comprehensive, explanatory approach to Turkish language teaching how to construct and use the language both in formal and colloquial forms with dialogues, examples, grammar points, vocabulary and exercises. It shows the grammatical structures in detail with examples, which enables the learners to make their own sentences instead of depending on off-the-shelf phrases. In the book, you can also find general information about the Turkish alphabet and Turkish language as well as notes on Turkish culture in daily life. Covering so many language points, this book is also a grammar reference that targets a wide range of audience including advanced learners. At the end of the book, you will find the keys to the exercises. There are also Turkish - English and English - Turkish glossary sections as well as Turkish proverbs and idioms added to the book with explanations.

"Plain Style" is an amusing and instructive guide to written English by the late Christopher Lasch, author of "The Culture of Narcissism," "The True and Only Heaven," and many other memorable works of American history and social criticism. Written for the benefit of the students at the University of Rochester, where Lasch taught from 1970 until his death in 1994, it quickly established itself in typescript as a local classic--a lively, witty, and historically minded alternative to the famous volume by William Strunk and E. B. White, "The Elements of Style." Now available for the first time in published form, "Plain Style" is fundamentally a clear, readable, practical guide to the timeless principles of effective composition. At the same time, however, in ways that Stewart Weaver explains in his critical introduction, it is a distinctive and revealing addition to the published work of an eminent American thinker. No mere primer, "Plain Style" is an essay in cultural criticism, a political treatise even, by one for whom directness, clarity, and honesty of expression were essential to the living spirit of democracy. As the teachers and students who have for years benefited from its succinct wisdom will testify, "Plain Style" is an indispensable guide to writing and, indeed, Christopher Lasch's least-expected but perhaps most serviceable work.

Sprache ist ohne Wiederholungen nicht moeglich. Aber nicht alle Wiederholungen sind gleichermassen notwendig. Diese Arbeit klart, welche formal zu unterscheidenden Wiederholungen bestehen und wie ihre jeweilige Funktion zu beschreiben ist. Der Autor betrachtet das komplexe Thema aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln und macht sich das Wissen antiker und moderner Rhetorik ebenso zunutze, wie die Erkenntnisse von Textlinguistik, Pragmatik und generativer Grammatik. Das verwendete Korpus fusst auf Beispielen der englischsprachigen Literatur. Die Verbindung unterschiedlicher Disziplinen und theoretischer Ansatze ermoeglicht eine umfassende, fur Linguisten, Literaturwissenschaftler und Rhetoriker gleichermassen relevante Beschreibung sprachlicher Wiederholungen.

Das Buch ist in russischer Sprache verfasst. Das Woerterbuch ist das erste seiner Art, das die Wortart der Partikeln der russischen Gegenwartssprache in ihrer Gesamtheit erfasst und in ihrem Funktionieren detailliert und anschaulich beschreibt. Damit werden hier Woerter wissenschaftlich erklart, die in den Woerterbuchern der Vergangenheit stark vernachlassigt wurden, obwohl sie fur die naturliche Kommunikation eine ganz entscheidende Rolle spielen. Aus diesem Grund ist das Woerterbuch besonders auch fur Studierende, Lehrende und Forschende, UEbersetzer und Dolmetscher des Russischen von hoechstem Interesse.

An eminent scholar explains the essentials of English grammar to those who never studied the basics as well as those who need a refresher course. Inspired by Strunk & White's classic "The Elements of Style, " this user-friendly guide focuses exclusively on grammar, explaining the individual parts of speech and their proper arrangement in sentence form. A modest investment of 90 minutes can provide readers of all ages with simple but important tools that will improve their communication skills.
Dover (2011) original publication.