Эта увлекательная и полезная книга предназначена, в первую очередь, учащимся, студентам, преподавателям, всем, кто намерен расширить свои знания английского языка. Своеобразная манера изложения, богатый иллюстративный материал, подробный словарь идиом, слэнга и крылатых выражений позволяет отнести её к наиболее оригинальным в ряду изданий об эволюции разговорной речи современной англоязычной Америки.
Английский язык с тремя маленькими гоблинами. Простейшее чтение на английском языке для дошкольного и младшего школьного возраста. Метод чтения Ильи Франка.
A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how-and whether-culture shapes language and language, cultureLinguistics has long shied away from claiming any link between a language and the culture of its speakers: too much simplistic (even bigoted) chatter about the romance of Italian and the goose-stepping orderliness of German has made serious thinkers wary of the entire subject. But now, acclaimed linguist Guy Deutscher has dared to reopen the issue. Can culture influence language-and vice versa? Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? Could our experience of the ...
In staff meetings and singles bars, on freeways and fairways-there are aggravating people lurking everywhere these days. But bestselling humorist Henry Beard has the perfect comeback for all prickly situations, offering a slew of quips your nemesis won't soon forget, or even understand. Henry's gift is his ability to make fun of popular culture and the current zeitgeist. In X-Treme Latin he provides Latin with an attitude, an indispensable phrasebook that taps the secret power of Latin to deliver, in total safety, hundreds of impeccable put-downs, comebacks, and wisecracks. Within its pages you will learn how to insult or ...
