The Selected Works Of Eric Partridge

Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317431588
Total Pages : 2733 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Selected Works of Eric Partridge written by Eric Partridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-14 with total page 2733 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set reissues important selected works by Eric Partridge, covering the period from 1933 to 1968. Together, the books look at many and diverse aspects of language, focusing in particular on English. Included in the collection are a variety of insightful dictionaries and reference works that showcase some of Partridge’s best work. The books are creative, as well as practical, and will provide enjoyable reading for both scholars and the more general reader, who has an interest in language and linguistics.

Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134522096
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare's Bawdy written by Eric Partridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-08 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic work sold with continued success in its original format This new edition will attract review coverage and is appearing in the Autumn Partridge Promotion Foreword by Stanley Wells - General editor of `Oxford Shakespeare'

Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134929986
Total Pages : 1315 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Catch Phrases written by Eric Partridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 1315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on' or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7,000 such phrases.

Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1447495799
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Slang To-Day and Yesterday written by Eric Partridge and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393317091
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Usage and Abusage written by Eric Partridge and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handbook of advice on the proper use of the English language. Includes a section on vogue words that have acquired a power and influence beyond what they originally possessed.

Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317431723
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Précis Writing written by Eric Partridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-17 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1940, this book was designed by Eric Partridge to equip students, studying for final exams at school, with the tools they needed to become successful précis-ers. The selection of literary pieces is more diverse than other preìcis books of the time and Partridge’s background as a schoolmaster, a lecturer and a publisher sets him up well to teach the subject.

Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140512816
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Usage and Abusage written by Eric Partridge and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A paperback version of the updated edition of Eric Partridge's classic text published by Hamish Hamilton in 1994, examining the use of language in everyday life, and now reflecting the language of the 1990s. First published in 1942.

Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317431731
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Précis Writing written by Eric Partridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-17 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1940, this book was designed by Eric Partridge to equip students, studying for final exams at school, with the tools they needed to become successful précis-ers. The selection of literary pieces is more diverse than other preìcis books of the time and Partridge’s background as a schoolmaster, a lecturer and a publisher sets him up well to teach the subject.

Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317426436
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Words, Words Words! written by Eric Partridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-17 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1933 (this edition in 1939), this book sees Partridge introducing the reader to the eccentric lexicographers Wesley and Captain Grose. In an entertaining way, the book jovially explores and discusses various words and phrases such as "bloody", euphemisms, the Devil’s nicknames, various versions of slang, and familiar terms of address. He does so with light-worn learning making the book of interest to a whole variety of readers.

Author : Jonathon Green
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780304366361
Total Pages : 1600 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cassell's Dictionary of Slang written by Jonathon Green and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results