Μιχαηλίδης Νίκος Ν.
Dr. Nicos N. Michaelides, Professor of English and Linguistics, a British-trained scholar and linguist (Cambridge, Westminster, Edinburgh, Lancaster), is a member of the London institute of Linguistics (U.K.), a Fellow of the College of Preceptors (U.K.) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (U.K.). He has a long and standing experience in teaching, at both the Secondary and Tertiary level, and has published a number of books on English language teaching and a number of articles in his discipline in scholarly journals, both local and foreign. His main interests are: language acquisition, language teaching and learning, teacher training and the role of language in its social context.
The Proverb: a Capsule of Wisdom, Knowledge and Truth
Μιχαηλίδης Νίκος Ν.
Εκδόσεις Επιφανίου (2009)
A word has both a primary (literal meaning) and implied (figurative/metaphorical) meanings. Obviously, the implied/figurative.meanings are less definite than the literal meaning, therefore less stable and more amenable to change. In the language of science, however, the specific meanings are rigidly stabilized and the hazy and shifting implied meanings are much eliminated. The process of extension of meaning has been a continuous process, so users of a language must have thorough knowledge of the etymology of words. Hence, full mastery of a word very often demands good know...
British Life and Institutions
Μιχαηλίδης Νίκος Ν.
Εκδόσεις Επιφανίου (2009)
British Life and Institutions" is meant for the general educated reader who wants to know more about Great Britain, ie her people, their language, their history, their parliamentary system, their legal system etc. and her various institutions. As the big portion of the material deals with the governance of the country, the major institutions and the lines along which they operate and function, more or less smoothly, the book, I believe, will be of considerable value and help to educators, civil servants, parliamentarians, welfare officers, journalists in particular, my mai...