A grammar reference and practice book for learners of English at advanced (CEFR C1-C2) level. Perfect for self-study, but also ideal for supplementary activities in the classroom. This fourth edition is the highest level in a series that has been used by millions of language learners and teachers around the world.

It contains 105 units, including five new units on grammar for academic purposes. Online resources are also included: a 36-month subscription to the eBook version with audio and ans...

The Language of Crime. English for Criminology Students aims to develop students’ specialist language skills before they enter the job market. It is suitable for students at the upper-intermediate to advanced level and pays special attention to the needs of Dutchspeaking undergraduate students.

The book is divided into three main themes (lawmaking, lawbreaking, reactions to lawbreaking), each consisting of several units that focus on a specific topic. It contains extensive vocabulary lists in...

Writing a proper scientific text is not an easy job. Academic reality is complex, and text requirements differ per discipline and per writing task. Then there is your research, the basis for your text, which also demands attention.

Effective Strategies for Academic Writing shines a spotlight on the mechanisms of academic thinking, academic writing, and academic texts. It helps academic writers successfully complete their writing tasks. The author discusses strategies for small writing assignm...

This volume of the BDMP analyses the genesis of Beckett’s play Krapp’s Last Tape, written in 1958, and translated into French in the same year. The play is characterized by the stark opposition light/darkness, relating to the dualism of mind and body, which makes it a suitable case to study Beckett’s developing views on cognition. The notes, manuscripts and typescripts are therefore examined from a cognitive perspective. The study combines genetic criticism and cognitive narratology, st...

This volume of the BDMP analyses the genesis of Beckett’s novel Molloy. Written in French in 1947, and translated into English by Beckett and the South African author Patrick Bowles in 1953-1955, Molloy is the first novel of the so-called ‘Trilogy’, followed by Malone meurt / Malone Dies and L’Innommable / The Unnamable.

Through an examination of the surviving manuscripts, typescripts, and pre-book-publication extracts, this study is an attempt to understand Beckett’s work as both a...

Don't get me wrong

Uitdrukkingen zijn the icing on the cake als je Engels leert. Met uitdrukkingen kun je je vlotter, treffender en natuurlijker uitdrukken. Maar het is nog niet zo makkelijk om ze onder te knie te krijgen.

Dit boek helpt je daarbij:

* Met de uitdrukkingen in het Engels die ook echt veel worden gebruikt.

* Bij elke uitdrukking vind je behalve de vertaling ook informatie over herkomst, stijlniveau, betekenisnuances en een voorbeeld, zodat je de uitdrukking beter begrijpt en mak...

Geen toneelschrijver met een grotere en meer duurzame erfenis dan de Bard, de Zwaan van Avon, de ‘upstart crow’: William Shakespeare. Geen dag gaat voorbij of er wordt wel ergens ter wereld een stuk opgevoerd dat ooit uit zijn pen vloeide. Zijn universele thema’s raken ons in het diepst van ons hart en zijn tijdloos. Niet slecht voor een Engelsman die al vierhonderd jaar dood is. Shakespeare inspireert nog steeds theater- en filmmakers. Je hoeft dan ook niet naar het Londense Globe Thea...