TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science.
The first visual dictionary to incorporate dictionary-scale definitions. - More than 20,000 clear and concise terms - 6,000 full-colour, highly detailed illustrations - 17 chapters outlining subjects from astronomy to sports - Ideal for teachers, parents, translators, and students
English Studies Series : History, Sociology, Politics, Economics and Law - AUDIO ONLY"The passages are mostly selected from standard writing on the subjects concerned. They are intended to provide intensive language practice for those who are fairly advanced in their own subjects" "This collection of thirty extracts, is intended to help students of these subjects to understand English and to express themselves in it on their special subject. The extracts were chosen not only for their different subjects but also for the way in which they illustrate different types of English."
The book is specially written to improve the skill of writing in English. It is corpus-based and is meant primarily to help readers write English properly, without errors if possible. it is designed both as a textbook and a publication that can be used by the majority of people as a guide on how improve their English writing skills. The book includes over 400 suggested correct versions of erroneous samples with useful explanations. It can be also seen as "a grammar in action". The subjects include quoting and paraphrasing, abbreviations and acronyms, punctuation, constituency in the tense of the verb, pronouns, easily confused words, and more.
FlyPast is internationally regarded as the magazine for aviation history and heritage. Having pioneered coverage of this fascinating world of 'living history' since 1980, FlyPast still leads the field today. Each issue is packed with news and features on warbird preservation and restoration, museums, and the airshow scene. Subjects regularly profiled include British and American aircraft type histories, as well as those of squadrons and units from World War One to the Cold War.
