Using English Words

Released on by P. Corson
preview-18

  • Using English Words Book Detail

  • Author : P. Corson
  • Release Date : 2012-12-06
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Genre : Psychology
  • Pages : 229
  • ISBN 13 : 9401104255
  • File Size : 40,40 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Using English Words by P. Corson PDF Summary

Book Description: Using English Words examines the impact that the life histories of people have on their vocabulary. Its starting point is the taken-for-granted fact that the vocabulary of English falls into two very different sections. Randolph Quirk mentions this striking incompatibility between the Anglo Saxon and the Latinate elements in English: "the familiar homely-sounding and typically very short words" that we learn very early in life and use for most everyday purposes; and "the more learned, foreign-sounding and characteristically rather long words" (1974, p. 138). It is mainly the second type of word that native speakers start learning relatively late in their use of English, usually in the adolescent years of education, and keep on learning. It is mainly the one type of word, rather than the other, that ESL/ EFL students have more difficulty with, depending on their language background. This book shows how discursive relations, outside education, 'position' people through their vocabularies. Some are prepared for easy entry into lifetime prospects of relative privilege and educational success, while others are denied entry. In writing this book, I share an aim with other writers who observe the many discontinuities that exist between discursive practices in communities outside schools, and the discursive demands that schools make (e. g. Hamilton et a1. [19931, Heath [1983], Luke [19941, Philips [1983], Romaine [1984], Scollon & Scollon [1981]).

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Using English Words books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Using English Words

Using English Words

File Size : 38,38 MB
Total View : 5752 Views
DOWNLOAD

Using English Words examines the impact that the life histories of people have on their vocabulary. Its starting point is the taken-for-granted fact that the vo

Oxford English Dictionary

Oxford English Dictionary

File Size : 18,18 MB
Total View : 8442 Views
DOWNLOAD

The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

File Size : 48,48 MB
Total View : 9287 Views
DOWNLOAD

The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the ideal dictionary for advanced EFL/ESL learners. Easy to use and with a great CD-ROM - the perfect learner's d