Homophones and Homographs

Homophones and Homographs
Author:
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 861
Release: 2014-11-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1476603936

This expanded fourth edition defines and cross-references 9,040 homophones and 2,133 homographs (up from 7,870 and 1,554 in the 3rd ed.). As the most comprehensive compilation of American homophones (words that sound alike) and homographs (look-alikes), this latest edition serves well where even the most modern spell-checkers and word processors fail--although rain, reign, and rein may be spelled correctly, the context in which these words may appropriately be used is not obvious to a computer.

Homophones and Homographs

Homophones and Homographs
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1993
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Reviews of the first edition: The best roster of these phenomena--Wilson Library Bulletin; a good choice for any library--RQ. Now greatly expanded, the second edition includes over 7,000 (up from 3,500) homophones (words that sound alike) and over 1,400 (up from 600) homographs (look-alikes). Words are defined and cross referenced.

Smash Poetry Journal

Smash Poetry Journal
Author: Robert Lee Brewer
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2019-03-19
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1440355053

A Poetry Journal to Poem Your Days Away! Don't wait for inspiration to strike! Whether you're an aspiring or published poet, this book will help you get in a frame of mind to make creative writing a consistent part of your life. With prompts from Robert Lee Brewer's popular Writer's Digest blog, Poetic Asides, you'll find 125 ideas for writing poems along with the journaling space you need to respond to the prompt. • 125 unexpected poetry prompts such as from the perspective of an insect, about a struggle, or including the word change • Plenty of blank space to compose your own poems • Tips on unique poetic forms and other poetry resources Perfectly sized to carry in a backpack or purse, you can jot down ideas for poems as you're waiting in line for a morning coffee or take it to the park for a breezy afternoon writing session. Wherever you are, your next poem is never more than a page-turn away.

Corpora and Lexis

Corpora and Lexis
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2018-05-29
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9004361138

The contributions in this volume provide a kaleidoscope of state-of-the-art research in corpus linguistics on lexis and lexicogrammar. Central issues are the presentation of major corpus resources (both corpora and software tools), the findings (especially about frequency) which are simply not accessible without such resources, their theoretical implications relating to both lexical units and word meanings, and the practical – especially pedagogical – applications of corpus findings. This is complemented by a lexicographer’s view on the data structures implicit in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). The volume, which has sprung from the 36th ICAME conference, held in at Trier University in May 2015, will be of relevance for theoretical and applied linguists interested in corpora, word usage, and the mental lexicon.

Speechreading

Speechreading
Author: Harriet Kaplan
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1987
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780930323325

This book is a must for your office, for your clients, and for all public libraries.