modern english

The search results list physical print formats, specifically paperback and hardcover editions.

Some textbooks in the set are recent editions with explicit updates — for example, a syntax textbook in its sixth edition and a phonetics text in its third edition — including refreshed or new chapters.

These textbooks include a range of learning aids such as lists of key concepts, chapter exercises with an answer key, further-reading suggestions, companion website content, and exercise-linked sound files.

Several titles examine contemporary spoken English and language change by analyzing speech habits (e.g., filled pauses and intensifiers), exploring the social functions of speech, and discussing how usage evolves and raises usage questions.

These books compile common idioms and sayings (one collection lists 404 entries) and explain their origins, historical context, and how their usage has changed over time.