Краткое описание: This updated and revised edition of Watching the English features a new foreword and fresh chapters on the unwritten rules and foibles of "squaddies," bikers, horse-riders, and more. Fox revisits a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and bizarre codes of behavior. She demystifies the peculiar cultural rules that baffle us: the rules of weather-speak, the ironic-gnome rule, the reflex apology rule, the paranoid-pantomime rule, class anxiety tests, the money-talk.

Краткое описание: This book is an attempt to answer a question: How is English pronounced? The question is deceptively simple, and it cannot have a simple answer. English today is the native language of nearly 400 million people and the second language of many others scattered all over the world. A language so widespread is bound to be different in different places. We are all aware that the Scots and the Australians, Londoners and New Yorkers, Irish, New Zealanders, South Africans, Jamaicans, Welsh, and Canadians do not sound the same when they speak. How can anyone describe the pronunciation of so many different people?

Краткое описание: Test Your Pronunciation is part of the popular Test Your series devised by Peter Watcyn-Jones. It features 60 motivating tests to practise the key areas of English pronunciation, such as identifying vowels and consonants, looking at the relationship between sounds and spelling, and using word and phrase stress correctly.

Краткое описание: Useful Phrases for Work & Everyday Life, a supplementary self-study guide for anyone learning English as a second language. Say It Better in English offers more than 300 American English phrases commonly used at work, on the phone, at the store, or with friends and co-workers. Each phrase has a straightforward definition, has two different sentences using the phrase in context, and an illuminating black-and-white cartoon showing the phrase in action.

Краткое описание: 135,000 pronuncaitions of words in both British & American English. Over 200 graphs showing pronunciaiton preferences of British & American speakers. Stress patterns for thousands of compounds & idioms. More than 50 Spelling-to-sound boxes and 35 Language Panels. Thousands of proper names. Pronunciation in the lanugage of origin as well as English

Краткое описание: Common Errors in English Usage has remains a useful and fun guide to mixed-up, mangled expressions, foreign language faux pas, confusing terms, and commonly mispronounced words.

Краткое описание: Listen and Say It Right in English teaches the two most popular registers of spoken English -- formal and informal, in common conversations like ordering food, greeting people, giving invitations, etc. The layout of the book is easy to follow, and the conversations are carefully presented an contextualized.

Краткое описание: “How/now,/brown/cow?/How’s it going?/Just stopped by-/heard you lowing . . . ./Lovely view/lovely weather/Good to have/this moo/together.” The humble cow is revealed in all her physical and philosophical splendor in this varied and charming poetry collection.

Краткое описание: Book about the English character, warts and all, simply by putting together in thematic groups the traditional cant expressions that lubricate our daily life.

Краткое описание: The best-selling English Pronunciation in Use is a comprehensive reference and practice book suitable for self-study or classroom work. Sixty easy-to-use units cover all aspects of pronunciation, including individual sounds, word stress, connected speech and intonation. Each unit is supported by audio material in a range of accents.