This comprehensive volume explains and contextualizes fifty-four key terms and theories, including some general concepts in cultural studies (e.g., body, deconstruction, ideology, postmodernism, power, queer theory) as they relate to research in Latin America, and some specific to the field of Latin American studies (e.g., anthropophagy, deterritorialization, lettered city). Each entry defines the term in question, explains its usages, discusses its etymology and the intellectuals who have made relevant contributions, and provides a bibliography of essential sources.
The aim of this unique English-Greek Dictionary is to provide the student of English with a strong coverage of the most up-to-date idiomatic phrases in use. The main feature of this book is the exhaustive research which has been done to provide the Greek student of English with the most appropriate translation and interpretation of each idiomatic expression. This approach gives the student more confidence in handling and understanding the English idiom than an ordinary all-English dictionary would.
'A dictionary of research methodology and statistics in applied linguistics’ is a reference guide which offers an authoritative and comprehensive overview of key terms and concepts in the areas of research and statistics as concerns the field of applied linguistics. The volume is intended as a resource to delineate the meaning and use of various concepts, approaches, methods, designs, techniques, tools, types, and processes of applied linguistics research in an efficient and accessible style.
Словарь сочетаний предназначен для всех изучающих английский язык и желающих излагать свои мысли (письменно или устно) натурально (или как сейчас принято говорить – аутентично).
Collocations Dictionary is meant to help English learners to speak and write natural-sounding English.
With over twenty percent more material, a must for any lover of distinctive words. This entertaining and informative reference features sophisticated and surprising alternatives to common words together with no-fail guides to usage. Avoiding traditional thesauruses’ mundane synonym choices, Peter E. Meltzer puts each word—whether it’s protrepic, apostrophize, iracund, or emulous—in context by using examples from a broad range of contemporary books, periodicals, and newspapers.