Word Frequencies in Written and Spoken English

Word Frequencies in Written and Spoken English
Title Word Frequencies in Written and Spoken English PDF eBook
Author Geoffrey Leech
Publisher Routledge
Pages 360
Release 2014-06-11
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 1317882040

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Word Frequencies in Written and Spoken English is a landmark volume in the development of vocabulary frequency studies. Whereas previous books have in general given frequency information about the written language only, this book provides information on both speech and writing. It not only gives information about the language as a whole, but also about the differences between spoken and written English, and between different spoken and written varieties of the language. The frequencies are derived from a wide ranging and up-to-date corpus of English: the British National Corpus, which was compiled from over 4,000 written texts and spoken transcriptions representing the present day language in the UK. The book is based on a new version of the corpus (available from 2001) providing more accurate grammatical information, which is essential (for example) for distinguishing words like leaves (noun) and leaves (verb) with different meanings. The book begins with a general introduction, explaining why such information is important and highlighting interesting linguistic findings that emerge from the statistical analysis of the British National Corpus vocabulary. It also contains twenty four 'interest boxes' which highlight and comment on different aspects of frequency - for example, the most common colour words in English in order of frequency, and a comparison of male words (e.g. man) and female words (e.g. woman) in terms of their frequency.

The Magic Drum and Other Favourite Stories

The Magic Drum and Other Favourite Stories
Title The Magic Drum and Other Favourite Stories PDF eBook
Author Sudhā Mūrti
Publisher Penguin Books India
Pages 164
Release 2006
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 9780143330066

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A princess thinks she was a bird, a coconut that cost a thousand rupees, and a shepherd with a bag of words...Kings and misers, princes and paupers, wise men and foolish boys, the funniest and oddest men and women come alive in this sparkling new collection of stories. The clever princess will only marry the man who can ask her a question she cannot answer; the orphan boy outwits his greedy uncles with a bag of ash; and an old couple in distress is saved by a magic drum. Sudha Murty's grandparents told her some of these stories when she was a child; others she heard from her friends from around the world. These delightful and timeless folktales have been her favourites for years, and she has recounted them many times over to the young people in her life. With this collection, they will be enjoyed by many more readers, of all ages. Age group of target audience is 8+.

Witness to Marvels

Witness to Marvels
Title Witness to Marvels PDF eBook
Author Tony K. Stewart
Publisher University of California Press
Pages 336
Release 2019-09-13
Genre Religion
ISBN 0520306333

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A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. There is a vast body of imaginal literature in Bengali that introduces fictional Sufi saints into the complex mythological world of Hindu gods and goddesses. Dating to the sixteenth century, the stories—pīr katha—are still widely read and performed today. The events that play out rival the fabulations of the Arabian Nights, which has led them to be dismissed as simplistic folktales, yet the work of these stories is profound: they provide fascinating insight into how Islam habituated itself into the cultural life of the Bangla-speaking world. In Witness to Marvels, Tony K. Stewart unearths the dazzling tales of Sufi saints to signal a bold new perspective on the subtle ways Islam assumed its distinctive form in Bengal.

Christianity and the World Order

Christianity and the World Order
Title Christianity and the World Order PDF eBook
Author Edward R. Norman
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 0
Release 1979
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9780192830197

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Official Index to the Times

Official Index to the Times
Title Official Index to the Times PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 420
Release 1943
Genre Times (London, England)
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Indexes the Times, Sunday times and magazine, Times literary supplement, Times educational supplement, Times educational supplement Scotland, and the Times higher education supplement.