This diverse collection of essays by prominent folklorists considers modern uses and contexts of proverbs and proverbial speech, some traditional and conventional, others new and unexpected. Together, they demonstrate the continuing pervasiveness and relevance of proverbs in American culture.

Metaphor and metonymy are often thought of as lexical phenomena, a matter of words and how they are used. This book challenges this assumption and proposes that the grammar - syntax and morphology - reflect metaphorical and metonymic processes of conceptualization. It offers an exciting and innovative perspective on a variety of topics in a wide range of languages and is an important addition to the growing literature on the conceptual and functional basis of grammar.

Ken Lodge investigates the basic concepts of phonological theory. He especially focuses on sameness and difference, each a sine qua non of classification. It is assumed that all academic disciplines utilize these two basic concepts in classification. Since phonology deals with the interface between the abstract system of native speaker knowledge and physical entities, the linguistic classification of those physical entities needs a clear and rigorously applied criteria for deciding what constitutes the same sound and what does not.

The second edition of Dialects:

• has been revised throughout
• introduces the many dialects of English spoken in the United Kingdom
• reveals the key issues that dialectology engages with
• uses both the international phonetic alphabet and simple representations of sounds to explain pronunciations
• involves readers in collecting data
• contains numerous illustrative maps
• is written in a lively and engaging style, with information on 'posh and less posh' dialects and spotting your dialect area.

Эта прекрасная книга организована в тематических частях, охватывающих историю Английского языка (Старинный Английский язык, Средневековый Английский, Современный Английский язык, Английский язык в различных частях мира); Английский словарь (его характер, структура, источники, этимология, и измерения словаря); Английская грамматика (структура слов и предложений, определения главных отраслей грамматики)

This attractive resource is organized thematically in segments covering the history of the English language ; English vocabulary; grammar ; spoken and written English; English usage  and how people learn English and new ways to study it.