In an age unhealthily obsessed with substance, this is a book on the importance of pure style. From classic poetry to pop lyrics and from the King James Bible to advertising slogans, Mark Forsyth explains the secrets that make a phrase - such as ‘Tiger, Tiger, burning bright’, or ‘To be or not to be’ - memorable.
Лексическое значение слова (структура и комбинаторика)
Книга предназначена в качестве учебного пособия по курсу лексикологии современного английского языка.В ней изложены в соответствии с программой темы, относящиеся к уровневой структуре языка и лингвистической типологии значений, к лексическому значению и его структуре, полисемии и семантической структуре слова.
Now available in a completely revised edition, this book describes the English language between the years 1500 and 1700 - the different varieties of the language, the attitudes of its speakers towards it, its pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. It will be useful to serious students of the history of English and takes full account of those readers who are mainly interested in the literature of the period by providing plenty of references to literary works and authors.
