Vivian Cook

Auteur de Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary, or, Why Can't Anybody Spell?

20 oeuvres 610 utilisateurs 12 critiques

A propos de l'auteur

Vivian Cook is an emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at Newcastle University. His main current interests are how people learn second languages and how writing works in different languages, particularly in street signs. He is a founder of the European Second Language Association and afficher plus co-founder and co-editor of the journal Writing System Research. afficher moins

Comprend les noms: V. J. Cook, Vivian Cook, Vivian J. Cook, Vivian James Cook

Crédit image: Photo by Pam Cook

Œuvres de Vivian Cook

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Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary, or, Why Can't Anybody Spell? (2004) 314 exemplaires

Chomsky's Universal Grammar: An Introduction (1988) 109 exemplaires

Second Language Learning and Language Teaching (2001) 62 exemplaires

All In a Word: 100 Delightful Excursions into the Uses and Abuses of Words (2010) 33 exemplaires

Linguistics and second language acquisition (1993) 20 exemplaires

It's All in a Word (2009) 13 exemplaires

Inside Language (1997) 9 exemplaires

The English Writing System (2004) 8 exemplaires

Key Topics in Second Language Acquisition (MM Textbooks) (2014) 7 exemplaires

Portraits of the L2 User (Second Language Acquisition (Buffalo, N.Y.), 1.) (2002) 5 exemplaires

Second Language Writing Systems (Second Language Acquisition) (2005) 5 exemplaires

The Routledge Handbook of the English writing system (2016) 5 exemplaires

Effects of the Second Language on First (Second Language Acquisition (Buffalo, N.Y.), 3.) (2003) 5 exemplaires

Graphing Fun (1980) 4 exemplaires

Active Intonation: Tchrs' (1968) 3 exemplaires

Young Children and Language (1979) 3 exemplaires

The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Multi-Competence (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics) (2016) 2 exemplaires

Words and Meanings 1 exemplaire

Using Intonation (1979) 1 exemplaire

The relevance of grammar in the applied linguistics of language teaching (CLCS Occasional Paper no. 22) 1 exemplaire

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Date de naissance: 1940-06-13
Sexe: male
Nationalité: UK
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Professions: linguist
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Accommodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why… par Vivian Cook

The irony is in the title itself.

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LindaLeeJacobs | 10 autres critiques | May 20, 2023 |

Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't… par Vivian Cook

I didn't find this book as entertaining or informative as I had hoped. It is a collection of lists and examples that seem to be just stuff the author has amassed and decided to throw together. It certainly gives reasons why nobody can spell - our language is nuts! But I didn't really learn anything new, and I'm not even sure some of the information is accurate (for example, the author seems to think the word "fracas" has a silent "s" - maybe that's a British thing).

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glade1 | 10 autres critiques | Aug 18, 2014 |

Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't… par Vivian Cook

This is a strange book and I'm not sure how well it travels outside the specific region for which it appears to have been written (southern England). There are some fascinating history lessons on English spelling but many of the more modern examples don't make sense outside of specific dialects. For example: our and awe aren't homophones where I live. They aren't even close! There are also some examples of "American" example which may been regionally correct but aren't nationally correct. Here are some examples: dialog, glamour, catalog. In my neck of the woods, they are spelled: dialogue, glamor, catalogue (except in LIS which goes for the catalog option). Then there is the weird spelling of hiccup (hiccough in the book). I've NEVER seen it spelled hiccough and even found a couple examples from the BBC website of the hiccup spelling. In conclusion, I think this book would have been stronger if it had just stayed with one dialect and its history of spelling rules.… (plus d'informations)

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pussreboots | 10 autres critiques | Apr 9, 2013 |

Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't… par Vivian Cook

The subtitle is actually somewhat misleading here, since it's not actually about why nobody can spell, but rather just a series of anecdotes and quizzes about spelling in general. This is not a book you just sit down and read all at once, but rather something you pick up from time to time and read a few pages. Much of the volume consists of examples of nonstandard (or plain old incorrect) spelling, from lists of band names to photos of business logos. My favorite parts were the ones that dealt with the evolution of language; some of the humor essays on spelling were pretty amusing as well. I suppose if you're obsessed with proper spelling you might enjoy this one, but honestly I'm not surprised I was able to get it for all of a dollar at Borders. It's just a bit too niche for me.… (plus d'informations)