The story of battles--both past and present--surrounding English language usage, The Fight for English explores why millions of people feel linguistically inferior. Unhappy with the "zero tolerance" approach to punctuation offered by Lynn Truss's Eats, Shoots, and Leaves, David Crystal offers a view of the subject that is much more balanced. Instead of answering the claims made by other manuals of English usage, Crystal provides an explanation and analysis of the genre as a whole.
Crystal weaves an intricate and engaging account that traces the history of the English language and its development over time. From Anglo-Saxon to Modern English, Crystal addresses why the same language issues that were bothering people 250 years ago are still bothering people today. This is the story of the fight for English usage--the story of the people who tried to shape the language in their own image, but failed generation after generation. In short, they ate, shot, and left.
The Fight for English brings language to life on the page with a witty and engaging writing style. Broadening the perspective on the English language, this compellingly informative book has something for everyone interested in the topic. Move over Harry Potter. Here comes punctuation.

An A-Z of Effective Vocabulary covers the meaning and usage of 1001 words that you really do need to know. Whether you need guidance for a letter, job application, essay, proposal, interview, or presentation, this book can help you choose the words you need to create the right effect. Each word is defined according to Oxford Languages' latest research and includes sample sentences of real usage drawn from the Oxford English Corpus (the world's largest language databank). The book also gives examples of pitfalls to avoid, hints on similar words, and advice on how to express yourself persuasively. Learn the words that will help you to describe an event, discuss a topic, speak in an interview, evaluate a point of view and write clearly using this book which contains essential information for anyone wanting to achieve greater success in any written or spoken task. This book has been reissued in an attractive new cover to sit alongside the other titles in this mini-series: the Oxford A-Z of Grammar and Punctuation, the Oxford Guide to Plain English, the Oxford A-Z of English Usage, and the Oxford A-Z of Better Spelling.

Ubersetzen ohne Recherche ist undenkbar. Dennoch wird Worterbuchern, Paralleltexten und anderen Hilfsmitteln in der Ubersetzungswissenschaft und bei der Ausbildung von Ubersetzern nur eine sehr marginale Rolle zuerkannt. Die Arbeit geht der Theorie und der Praxis der Hilfsmittelbenutzung beim Ubersetzen auf den Grund. Den Hypothesen der interdisziplinaren Forschung werden Fakten aus dem Berufsalltag von dreizehn Ubersetzern gegenubergestellt. Eine umfassende, kommentierte Hilfsmitteltypologie sowie ein detaillierter Katalog ubersetzerischer Bedurfnisse und Fertigkeiten dienen als Grundlage fur die Konzeption eines adressatengerechten, dynamischen Hilfsmittels sowie eines Unterrichtsmoduls zur ubersetzungsrelevanten Recherche. Aus dem Inhalt: Translationswissenschaft - Metalexikographie - Fachsprachenforschung - Computerlinguistik - Kontrastive Textologie - Paralleltexte - Hintergrundtexte - Translation Memory - Textographisches Glossar - Worterbucher - Worterbuchtypologie - Elektronische Worterbucher - Worterbuch-benutzungsforschung - Beobachtung - Benutzungsprotokoll - Lautes Denken - Benutzungskommentar - Benutzungsfrequenz - Ubersetzungsprobleme - Ausgangstexteinheiten - Benutzungsgrund - Suchfrage - Sprachkompetenz vs. Sach-/Kulturkompetenz - Hilfsmitteltypologie - Benutzungserfolg - Benutzerfehler - Recherchestrategien - Benutzerbedurfnisse - Benutzerfertigkeiten - Hilfsmittelentwicklung - Hilfsmitteldidaktik - Recherchekompetenz.

Presents an overview of the development of the English language and examines the formation of words especially from Greek and Latin roots. Also discusses definitions and usage.

Readers and writers of all levels will find the Oxford A-Z of English Usage essential. Based on Oxford's world-leading dictionary research programmes and contemporary language monitoring, and giving examples of real usage, this book provides the essential information about usage and correct English that is needed in practical, everyday situations. Arranged in A-Z sequence, it contains over 680 entries on issues of spelling, grammar, meaning and PC language that confuse people (e.g. licence / license; learning difficulties / mental handicap; fewer / less). In addition, there are more than 20 special feature articles on specific topics such as hyphenation or the use of Latin plurals, as well as commonly confused terms like Britain, Great Britain, the British Isles, England. With a fresh page design, the Oxford A-Z of English Usage gives the reader immediate and easy access to answers, by means of clear and coherent explanations and illustrations. It will prove the first port of call for any reader seeking clear, authoritative help with usage questions.

The study of classical languages by earlier generations of English-speaking students was greatly facilitated by the traditional study of English grammar in the schools emphasising precisely the grammatical concepts, terms, and constructions needed for the study of Greek and Latin. While recent textbooks presume little or no previous grammatical sophistication on the part of their students, they often provide little more by way of remediation than definitions of grammatical terminology. This book offers a student-friendly comparative exposition of English and ancient Greek grammatical principles -- from the most basic to the most complex, first in English, then in Greek -- that will prove a useful supplement to a wide range of beginning Greek textbooks as well as a handy reference for those continuing on to upper-level courses.

Die zentrale These dieses Buches lautet: Die Semantik des deiktischen Phanomens - des Zeigens und Verweisens mittels Sprache - darf von dem wahrnehmenden und aktiv verhaltensorientierten Organismus nicht getrennt behandelt werden. Sie kann erst durch eine Betrachtung des sprachlichen Geschehens in einem globalen Zusammenhang mit der visuellen und sprachlichen Struktur und Dynamik des intentionalen Verhaltenssystems Organismus geklart werde. Die Bedeutung der Deixis entsteht im Akt des Hinsehens beim vorkommunikativen, intra-organismischen Orientierungsprozess, die Leistung der Deixis besteht im Akt des Zeigens beim inter-organismischen Orientierungsprozess in einer "elementaren Kommunikationssituation.""