English Language

English A2-level Language exams with Cambridge, AQA, and Edexcel

"If a telephone reference caller asks what deconstructionism is–or for the difference between a spondee and a dactyl, or for a clarification of Nice-Nellyism or the Gunning Fog Index–this is the source to reach for. The range here is wonderfully broad: language history, dialects, grammar, style, rhetoric, and so forth… this is a fine book for reference and browsing. Highly recommended."

From the 'Great Courses' series, Literature & English Language. 36 lectures on 18 CDs (two 30 minute lectures per CD). In three parts, each in its own clamshell case. One course guidebook per part.
Sixteen centuries ago a wave of settlers from northern Europe came to the British Isles speaking a mix of Germanic dialects thick with consonants and complex grammatical forms. Today we call that dialect Old English, the ancestor of the language nearly one in five people in the world speaks every day…

Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, primarily designed for those entering postgraduate studies and language professionals returning to academic study.

Grounded in linguistic research and argumentation, THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: FROM SOUND TO SENSE offers readers who have little or no analytic understanding of English a thorough treatment of the various components of the language. Its goal is to help readers become independent language analysts capable of critically evaluating claims about the language and the people who use it.