Dictionary of the British English Spelling System

Dictionary of the British English Spelling System
Author: Greg Brooks
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2015-03-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1783741074

This book will tell all you need to know about British English spelling. It's a reference work intended for anyone interested in the English language, especially those who teach it, whatever the age or mother tongue of their students. It will be particularly useful to those wishing to produce well-designed materials for teaching initial literacy via phonics, for teaching English as a foreign or second language, and for teacher training. English spelling is notoriously complicated and difficult to learn; it is correctly described as much less regular and predictable than any other alphabetic orthography. However, there is more regularity in the English spelling system than is generally appreciated. This book provides, for the first time, a thorough account of the whole complex system. It does so by describing how phonemes relate to graphemes and vice versa. It enables searches for particular words, so that one can easily find, not the meanings or pronunciations of words, but the other words with which those with unusual phoneme-grapheme/grapheme-phoneme correspondences keep company. Other unique features of this book include teacher-friendly lists of correspondences and various regularities not described by previous authorities, for example the strong tendency for the letter-name vowel phonemes (the names of the letters ) to be spelt with those single letters in non-final syllables.

A Guide to Plane Algebraic Curves

A Guide to Plane Algebraic Curves
Author: Keith Kendig
Publisher: MAA
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2011
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0883853531

An accessible introduction to the plane algebraic curves that also serves as a natural entry point to algebraic geometry. This book can be used for an undergraduate course, or as a companion to algebraic geometry at graduate level.

Mathematical Publishing

Mathematical Publishing
Author: Steven George Krantz
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2005
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780821872598

Mathematicians are expected to publish their work: in journals, conference proceedings, and books. It is vital to advancing their careers. Later, some are asked to become editors. However, most mathematicians are trained to do mathematics, not to publish it. But here, finally, for graduate students and researchers interested in publishing their work, Steven G. Krantz, the respected author of several "how-to" guides in mathematics, shares his experience as an author, editor, editorial board member, and independent publisher. This new volume is an informative, comprehensive guidebook to publishing mathematics. Krantz describes both the general setting of mathematical publishing and the specifics about all the various publishing situations mathematicians may encounter. As with his other books, Krantz's style is engaging and frank. He gives advice on how to get your book published, how to get organized as an editor, what to do when things go wrong, and much more. He describes the people, the language (including a glossary), and the process of publishing both books and journals. Steven G. Krantz is an accomplished mathematician and an award-winning author. He has published more than 130 research articles and 45 books. He has worked as an editor of several book series, research journals, and for the Notices of the AMS. He is also the founder of the Journal of Geometric Analysis. Other titles available from the AMS by Steven G. Krantz are How to Teach Mathematics, A Primer of Mathematical Writing, A Mathematician's Survival Guide, and Techniques of Problem Solving.

The Slumbering Masses

The Slumbering Masses
Author: Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2012
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0816674744

Analyzes and critiques how sleep and sleep disorders are understood and treated.

A Survey of English Spelling

A Survey of English Spelling
Author: Edward Carney
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 568
Release: 2012-08-21
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1134872232

Published at a time when literacy and spelling are issues of topical concern, A Survey of English Spelling offers an authoritative, comprehensive, and up-to-date overview of this important but hitherto neglected area of the English language. The text brings together a vast body of knowledge, both synthesised from diverse sources and original, unpublished research. The emphasis is on a functional exploration of the spelling regularities and markers that underpin literacy in English. An extensive database has been used throughout to provide a wealth of examples, statistics and analyses. The carefully signposted text and detailed contents listing allow students, professionals, teachers and academics in all areas of English Language, Linguistics and Speech Pathology to access specific information with ease.

Gimson's Pronunciation of English

Gimson's Pronunciation of English
Author: Alan Cruttenden
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2014-02-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1444183109

Since its first publication in 1962, Gimson’s Pronunciation of English has been the essential reference book for anyone studying or teaching the pronunciation of English. This eighth edition has been updated to describe General British (GB) as the principal accent, rather than RP, and the accompanying transcriptions have been brought into line with recent changes in pronunciation. This latest edition also includes completely rewritten chapters on the history of the language and the emergence of a standard, alongside a justification for the change from RP to GB. A further bonus to this important text is its extensive and attractive new Companion Website (www.routledge.com/cw/cruttenden), which now includes moment-by-moment commentaries on videos showing the articulation of all GB consonants and vowels in spoken phrases, as well as cross-referencing between the book and these videos. The Companion Website also includes new recordings of Old English, Middle English, and Early Modern English, and features links to recordings of recent and current GB with comments and transcriptions. Comprehensive yet accessible, Gimson’s Pronunciation of English remains the indispensable reference book for anyone for anyone with an interest in English phonetics.

Dangerously Sleepy

Dangerously Sleepy
Author: Alan Derickson
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2014
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0812245539

Dangerously Sleepy explores the fraught relations between overwork, sleep deprivation, and public health. Health and labor historian Alan Derickson charts the cultural and political forces behind the overvaluation—and masculinization—of wakefulness in the United States.

Hitting Home

Hitting Home
Author: Climate Council of Australia
Publisher:
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2021
Genre: Climatic changes
ISBN: 9781922404121

Killer Sudoku - 200 Hard to Master Puzzles 12x12

Killer Sudoku - 200 Hard to Master Puzzles 12x12
Author: David Smith
Publisher: Killer Sudoku
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2018-10-30
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781729439470

Killer Sudoku is a mix of Sudoku and Kakuro. Your goal is the same as in regular sudoku: fill every row, column and 3x4 region with the numbers 1-12 once. The difference is how you arrive at those numbers.The objective is to fill the grid with numbers from 1 to 12 in a way that the following conditions are met: Each row, column, and nonet contains each number exactly once.The sum of all numbers in a cage must match the small number printed in its corner.No number appears more than once in a cage. (This is the standard rule for killer sudokus, and implies that no cage can include more than 12 cells.