Title |
Topic |
'I
know how to spell banana, but I don't know when to stop!' |
banana problem |
Emotional
repair through reading |
bibliotherapy |
Are
you having trouble finding the perfect Christmas gift? |
re-gift |
Mailbomb,
virus, worm, Trojan horse, nastygram and mockingbird
Find out what these words have in common |
computing and Internet |
On
women and new words |
women |
The
language of the web |
Internet |
Food
for thought |
food |
New
words caught in the web of politics |
politics |
Read
about new idiomatic phrases |
idioms |
Compounds
and blends
'Two meanings packed into one word' |
compounds and
blends |
Neologisms
from American English |
American English |
New
words for the autumn |
autumn |
New
ways of expressing age |
age |
Festive
food and drink alternatives |
food and drink |
New
words describing 21st-century ailments |
illnesses and conditions |
Are
you still looking for your Valentine?
|
Valentine's Day |
Extreme
sports of the noughties |
extreme sports |
New
blends in entertainment |
entertainment, reality TV |
The
language of the European Union |
Europe |
Proper
nouns and new words |
proper nouns |
New
words in sport |
sport (football, tennis) |
The
language of shopping online |
online business and retail |
Popular
blends and affixes |
blends, prefixes and suffixes |
New
words in journalism
and the media
|
journalism, media |
New
words of the year
A review of 2004 in
twelve words
|
new words in 2004 |
What
is ELF?
Old and new abbreviations
in English Language Teaching
|
abbreviations in ELT |
LetsGt2gtha
on Valentine's Day!
The vocabulary of text messaging
|
text messages |
New
words in fashion |
fashion and clothing |
New
phrasal verbs |
phrasal verbs |
Words
made in Hollywood |
film and new words |
New
words in Australian English |
Australian English |
Hinglish
words in English |
Hinglish neologisms |
New
abbreviations and acronyms |
abbreviations and acronyms |
Euphemisms
examples
of lexical camouflage
|
euphemisms (rendition) |
Go flirtberrying and become a LAT:
love and neologisms in the noughties
|
love and new words |
From metrosexual to metrosessuale:
the global influence of English in
the creation of neologisms
|
English neologisms in Dutch, Italian,
Polish, Russian and Serbian
|
A
new word is born:
how are new words formed?
|
formation of new words |
A
new word is born:
how do new words
make it into dictionaries? |
inclusion of new words
in general and ELT
dictionaries |
Football
and sports neologisms |
football and other sports (galactico) |
New
words on vacation:
holidays with a difference
|
holidays and travel (babymoon) |
Baby
talk: New words and parenthood |
parenthood (babyccino) |
New
words of the year
A review of 2006 in twelve words |
new words in 2006 |
Spending can seriously damage your wealth |
New words and finance |
Making the Grade |
New words in MED2 |
Title |
Topic |
Author |
Register
Saying the right thing at the right time
|
register and domain |
Ron Martinez |
Text
types
Narratives and descriptions
|
text types: narratives and descriptions |
Cindy Leaney |
Text
types
Reviews and discursive texts
|
text types:
reviews and
discursive texts
|
Cindy Leaney |
Pronunciation
sounds, stress and word linking
|
pronunciation |
Michael Vaughan-Rees |
Collocation
Fixed combinations:
idioms and phrasal verbs
|
collocation:
fixed combinations
|
Luke Prodromou |
Collocation
less fixed combinations
and functional expressions
|
collocation:
less fixed combinations
and functional expressions
|
Luke Prodromou |
Word
formation
word families,
prefixes and suffixes
|
word formation:
prefixes and suffixes
|
Elizabeth Potter |
Word
formation
compounds and
acronyms
|
word formation:
compounds and
acronyms
|
Elizabeth Potter |
Metaphor |
metaphorical language |
Elizabeth Potter |
Title |
Topic |
Author |
Pragmatics
The key to avoiding slips |
pragmatics |
Dr Joanna Channell |
Business
English
Writing a business letter |
business letters |
Howard Middle |
Business
English
How to write a CV |
curriculum vitae |
Howard Middle |
Business
English
Writing emails |
email |
Howard Middle |
Sensitivity
Learn about words that may cause offence |
words causing offence |
Susan Stempleski |
Academic
English
Writing an essay: How to begin
|
essay-writing
(how to begin)
|
Averil Coxhead |
Academic
English
Writing an essay: Finding and referencing sources |
essay-writing
(references) |
Averil Coxhead |
Academic
English
Writing an essay: Structure and vocabulary |
essay-writing
(structure and vocabulary) |
Averil Coxhead |
Academic
English
Writing an essay: Editing your writing and seeking feedback |
essay-writing
(editing and seeking feedback) |
Averil Coxhead |
Word
Formation
Common processes of word formation in English |
word formation |
Dr Rosamund Moon |
British
and American English
Differences in semantics and pronunciation |
British and American English
(semantics and pronunciation) |
Dr Don R. McCreary |
British
and American English
Differences in spelling and grammar |
British and American English
(spelling and grammar) |
Dr Don R. McCreary |
Spoken
discourse
discourse markers oh, well
and like
|
discourse markers
oh, well and like
|
Michael Hoey |
Spoken
discourse
discourse markers er/erm
and OK
|
discourse markers
er/erm and OK
|
Michael Hoey |
Writing
and pronouncing numbers |
numbers:
spelling and pronunciation
|
|
Computer
words |
computer words:
new words and meanings
|
Dr Ingrid Meyer |
Computer
words |
computer words
and online communication
|
Dr Ingrid Meyer |
Metaphor |
metaphor in English
and other languages
|
Dr Rosamund Moon |