Words, Language & Grammar
epub |eng | | Author:Zippi Lyttleton

I wrote (to) them a long article about you katavti elehem ma-amar arokh aláyikh The new offer (hatsa-ah) is very good. Have you heard about it (lit. ‘about her’ aléyhah)? ...
( Category: Words, Language & Grammar September 25,2020 )
azw3 |eng | 2010-04-06 | Author:

Bettylu picked up on Peter’s narrative thread, sharing her experience with the same presentation: When we realized that we could talk about each other’s schools was [when] we were asked ...
( Category: Earth Sciences September 24,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Bowern, Claire; Evans, Bethwyn;

3 Modern approaches The notion of polysemy plays a key role in understanding semantic change as a process, because a common way for semantic change to take place is by ...
( Category: Linguistics Reference September 17,2020 )
azw3 |eng | 2012-05-12 | Author:Clay Boutwell & Yumi Boutwell [Boutwell, Clay]

Sound:na - as in "NOt" Remember:It looks like someone is NOdding off for a nap. If you remember, the number two in Japanese is "ni." This character has two lines. ...
( Category: Alphabet Reference September 16,2020 )
epub |eng | 2008-04-17 | Author:Abbott, H. Porter [Abbott, H. Porter]

This passage from The Ambassadors (1903) is pretty typical Henry James. The way his language here tries to seek out and express the inexpressible underscores another trade-off between the media. ...
( Category: Literary Criticism September 15,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2020-07-21 | Author:Michael J. Gelb

Curse Only Judiciously “Life,” according to legendary free-speech pioneer and comedian Lenny Bruce, “is a four-letter word.” Bruce was arrested many times for challenging the restrictions against the use of ...
( Category: Public Speaking Reference September 15,2020 )
mobi, pdf |eng | 2014-03-17 | Author:Norman Lewis

4. at large We discovered magnus, large, big, great, in Chapter 9, in discussing Magnavox (etymologically, “big voice”), and find it again in magniloquent (etymologically, “talking big”). The root occurs ...
( Category: Motivational Self-Help September 15,2020 )
mobi, pdf |eng | 2010-08-12 | Author:Robyn R. Jackson [Jackson, Robyn R.]

* * * That spring, not only did all of my students write a 10-page research paper but their papers were very good. Years later, I still have students contact ...
( Category: Business Management & Leadership September 14,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-09-14 | Author:Stephen Dobyns

eight closure in human affairs, the word “closure” means putting something behind us; in a successful poem, it can mean the invocation of something ahead. This apparent paradox points to ...
( Category: Words, Language & Grammar September 11,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-09-14 | Author:Robert Mayer

Tap #8: “Social Norm” Power We live in a world where our conduct is influenced by two dynamics: the social norm “do the right thing” dynamic, and the “it’s business” ...
( Category: Words, Language & Grammar September 9,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2013-04-06 | Author:Philip Geer [Geer, Philip]

3. To the unaided eye the liquid appears limpid, but in reality it contains millions of microscopic organisms. _____ 4. Magazines read regularly by most members of the New York ...
( Category: Words, Language & Grammar September 9,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-09-14 | Author:Brown, Philip M.; Corrigan, Michael W.; Higgins-D'Alessandro, Ann [Brown, Philip M.]

Case Study 12B Implementing the Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE) Program1 Judith Nuss 1 The research reported here on the CARE program was supported by the Institute of ...
( Category: Words, Language & Grammar September 9,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Simpson, Paul; Mayr, Andrea;

Linda: I wouldn't agree with that because I know that ehm when you go up one step and you're umpiring at a higher level you are very focused on what ...
( Category: Words, Language & Grammar September 8,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-05-19 | Author:unknow

2. Terminological Preliminaries The rest of this chapter will develop and illustrate these ideas a bit more, but before talking about meaning-making specifically I will briefly sketch what I have ...
( Category: Linguistics Reference September 8,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-09-12 | Author:DiGiacomo, Michael [DiGiacomo, Michael]

A Few vs. Few and A Little vs. Little Common mistakes (NG) I enjoyed the party because few of my friends were there. (OK) I enjoyed the party because a ...
( Category: Words, Language & Grammar September 5,2020 )