Series eight in Stephen Fry's consistently amusing and interesting series about the English language, with four half-hour programmes originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The first involves John Lydon, better known as Johnny Rotten, talking about the problems of emotional language in "Words Fail Me" ("A cracker", said the UK newspaper The Guardian). Then what rainy small talk really means in "Talking About the Weather". "Do You Promise Not to Tell" enters the odd world of secret language, and "English Plus One" gets inside the minds of people who are bilingual in English and one more language.
Series seven in Stephen Fry's famously funny and engaging series about the English language. It includes four programmes, originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The series starts with illusionist Derren Brown helping Stephen decipher Magical Language; a programme about Capital Punishment (about how complex capital letters can be) as well as a celebration of Reading Aloud and a no-nonsense examination of Plain English, which 'does what it says on the tin' as well as telling the story of that very successful metaphor for plain EnglishGuests.
A fifth series from BBC Radio 4 in which Stephen Fry examines, with the help of experts, the highways and byways of the English language. In these four episodes he tells The Story of X: a letter holy and profane, sexy and chaste; discusses intonation, the "song" of English and how cadence affects meaning; muses on the art and craft of conversation - and whether true conversation can happen on TV and radio - and ponders the meaning of meaning, and the gap between brain and mouth that means language can never truly represent thought. In addition, he tells us why blue as a colour is a newish invention.
In these exciting videos, co-produced by the BBC and the British Council, learn how English works as the hosts explore British culture around the UK. Each lesson includes two essential Scenes accompanied by Language Focus sections. Also, you can find a related bonus clip in the end. Transcripts and supportive activities have been provided in PDF files.
Książka adresowana jest do Polaków uczących się języka angielskiego, a w szczególności do studentów pierwszego roku filologii angielskiej, słuchaczy kolegiów językowych oraz wszystkich tych, którzy chcieliby poprawić swoją wymowę. Podręcznik stanowiący praktyczne uzupełnienie teoretycznego kursu fonetyki i fonologii, skupia się głównie na aspektach fonetyki segmentalnej, tj. na poszczególnych głoskach, oraz na kilku wybranych zjawiskach suprasegmentalnych (łącznie 37 rozdziałów).
