Caught In The Web Of Words

Author : Katherine Maud Elisabeth Murray
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0300089198

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Caught in the Web of Words by Katherine Maud Elisabeth Murray Pdf

This unique and celebrated biography describes how a largely self-educated boy from a small village in Scotland entered the world of scholarship and became the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary and a great lexicographer. It also provides an absorbing account of how the dictionary was written, the personalities of the people working on it, and the endless difficulties that nearly led to the whole enterprise being abandoned. "It is a magnificent story of a magnificent man, one of the finest biographies of the twentieth century, as its subject was one of the finest human beings of the nineteenth." --Anthony Burgess "A moving and dramatic story . . . sometimes tragic, often comic, ultimately triumphant." --Times (London) "A biography that possesses many of the virtues of James Murray himself--grace, humor, intelligence, curiosity, and scholarship." --Time "In her vivid biography, Murray's granddaughter brings his remarkable personality to life, and provides an unexpectedly fascinating account of the OED's long and difficult birth." --Times Literary Supplement "A gripping, engaging story; endearing, too. The daily round of a big Victorian family, with its jokes, games, and treasured seaside holidays, is entrancingly evoked." --Sunday Times (London)

Author : Katharine Maud Elisabeth Murray
Publisher : New Haven : Yale University Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0300021313

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Caught in the Web of Words by Katharine Maud Elisabeth Murray Pdf

An account of the life and scholarly career of the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary and of the writing of the Dictionary itself

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1228227283

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Caught in the web of words; James A.H.MURRAY and the Oxford English dictionary by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jessica Evans,David Boswell
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Art
ISBN : 0415208696

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Representing the Nation by Jessica Evans,David Boswell Pdf

Representing the Nation gathers key writings from leading cultural thinkers to ask what role cultural institutions play in creating and shaping our sense of ourselves as a nation.

Author : Geoffrey Hill
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 827 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199234486

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Collected Critical Writings by Geoffrey Hill Pdf

This collection of Geoffrey Hill's criticism spans the length of his career as a pre-eminent poet-critic. The topics range widely across English literature since the Renaissance and include extended studies of major writers as well as essays which confront the problems of language and the nature of value.

Author : Peter Gilliver
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199283620

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The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Peter Gilliver Pdf

This book tells the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its beginnings in the middle of the nineteenth century to the present. The author, uniquely among historians of the OED, is also a practising lexicographer with nearly thirty years' experience of working on the Dictionary. He has drawn on a wide range of sources--including previously unexamined archival material and eyewitness testimony--to create a detailed history of the project. The book explores the cultural background from which the idea of a comprehensive historical dictionary of English emerged, the lengthy struggles to bring this concept to fruition, and the development of the book from the appearance of the first printed fascicle in 1884 to the launching of the Dictionary as an online database in 2000 and beyond. It also examines the evolution of the lexicographers' working methods, and provides much information about the people--many of them remarkable individuals--who have contributed to the project over the last century and a half.

Author : Robert Colls,Philip Dodd
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472523341

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Englishness by Robert Colls,Philip Dodd Pdf

'Englishness' is by no means the unchanging quality of those living in the territory that has come to be England, but a concept that has been made and remade throughout history, expressing itself through existing symbols and ideas. Since its first publication in 1987 this collection has been regarded as a major work on English national identity as it evolved during the period 1880-1920 and has had a significant impact on writing and research. It is a classic text for students of modern British history and courses in politics, sociology and literature. This updated edition of Englishness contains a new introduction by Robert Colls and Philip Dodd, which sets the work in the context of research done since its original publication, and an afterword by Will Self which relates it to current debates on Britain as a multinational state. This important collection contains ideas that are still pertinent today, making it essential reading for students and scholars alike.

Author : Mark Vaz
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780307517043

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Caught in the Web by Mark Vaz Pdf

The Spider-Man 2 Dream Machine—from original idea to final cut— unmasking the creative genius at work in the blockbuster movie The epic adventure of one of the greatest superheroes of all time explodes on the silver screen as never before. Now, in this captivating journey behind the scenes and into the imagination, fans can discover how the myth and magic became real in Spider-Man 2, as they plunge deeper into Spider-Man’s world to meet the characters, explore the environments, and follow the storyline in a stunning visual journey. Packed with hundreds of amazing production illustrations, prepared by many of the most talented illustrators in Hollywood, Caught in the Web features • Original sketches, artwork, and doodles that became the inspirations for characters, sets, and computer–generated imagery • Climactic scenes from the movie as they first appeared in conceptual art • Design work used to develop costumes and visual effects—as well as blueprints and architectural drafts used in the construction of both physical and virtual environments • Unique insights into the genesis of Doc Ock—revealing how he evolved from his comic-book origins • An intimate behind-the-scenes look at the full creative process for Spider-Man 2 Enter the amazing realm where dreams come true and discover how the epic adventure was created as you immerse yourself in the action and atmosphere of Spider-Man 2, from the first rough sketches to the final on-screen adventure.

Author : Seth Lerer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191082122

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Tradition: A Feeling for the Literary Past by Seth Lerer Pdf

The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universities. The category of 'the literary' has always been contentious. What is clear, however, is how increasingly it is dismissed or is unrecognised as a way of thinking or an arena for thought. It is sceptically challenged from within, for example, by the sometimes rival claims of cultural history, contextualized explanation, or media studies. It is shaken from without by even greater pressures: by economic exigency and the severe social attitudes that can follow from it; by technological change that may leave the traditional forms of serious human communication looking merely antiquated. For just these reasons this is the right time for renewal, to start reinvigorated work into the meaning and value of literary reading. Seth Lerer presents an original take on tradition in the literary imagination. He asks how we can have an unironic, affective relationship to the literary past in an age marked by historical self-consciousness, critical distance, and shifts in cultural literacy. Tradition: A Feeling for the Literary Past ranges through a set of fiction, poetry, and criticism that makes up our inherited traditions and that also confronts the question of a literary canon and its personal and historical meaning. How are we taught to have a felt experience of literary objects? How do we make our personal anthologies of reading to shape social selves? Why should we care about what literature does both to and for us? This book affirms the value of close and nuanced reading for our understanding of both past and present. Its larger goal is to explore the ways in which the literary past makes us, and in the process, how we create canons for reading, teaching, and scholarship. The writers discussed here were all great readers. Dickens and Orwell, Rushdie and Bradbury, Dickinson and Frost, Anne Bradstreet and Gjertrud Schnackenberg, Chaucer, Dante, Virgil—they all built their literary structures on the scaffold of their bookshelves. Lerer demonstrates how reading the past generates the literary present, and imagines our literate future.

Author : David-Antoine Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780192540546

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The Life of Words by David-Antoine Williams Pdf

For centuries, investigations into the origins of words were entwined with investigations into the origins of humanity and the cosmos. With the development of modern etymological practice in the nineteenth century, however, many cherished etymologies were shown to be impossible, and the very idea of original 'true meaning' asserted in the etymology of 'etymology' declared a fallacy. Structural linguistics later held that the relationship between sound and meaning in language was 'arbitrary', or 'unmotivated', a truth that has survived with small modification until today. On the other hand, the relationship between sound and meaning has been a prime motivator of poems, at all times throughout history. The Life of Words studies a selection of poets inhabiting our 'Age of the Arbitrary', whose auditory-semantic sensibilities have additionally been motivated by a historical sense of the language, troubled as it may be by claims and counterclaims of 'fallacy' or 'true meaning'. Arguing that etymology activates peculiar kinds of epistemology in the modern poem, the book pays extended attention to poems by G. M. Hopkins, Anne Waldman, Ciaran Carson, and Anne Carson, and to the collected works of Geoffrey Hill, Paul Muldoon, Seamus Heaney, R. F. Langley, and J. H. Prynne.

Author : Mahfouz A. Adedimeji
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781462889297

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The Webs of Shaitan by Mahfouz A. Adedimeji Pdf

The webs of Shaitan pervade the horizon, catching and clutching Muslims in rapid succession. Shaitan is a hunter: his arrows are the eyes, the ears, the tongue, the stomach, the private parts, the hands and the legs. How safe are we from the traps of Shaitan? How immune are we from the arrows of enemy? This small book highlights, in a free and racy prose, the major areas where Shaitan penetrates souls and the routes of escaping him. The first part, the web, examines the woe-bearing w’s in the hands of Shaitan: words,world, wealth, women and wine in the context of our modern world. The second part, the way, aims at making Muslims retrace their steps to Islam. This it does by schematizing the imperative of knowledge, and among other things, providing a number of tips on perfecting salat - the criterion between kufr and Islam.

Author : Sin-wai Chan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351376242

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The Human Factor in Machine Translation by Sin-wai Chan Pdf

Machine translation has become increasingly popular, especially with the introduction of neural machine translation in major online translation systems. However, despite the rapid advances in machine translation, the role of a human translator remains crucial. As illustrated by the chapters in this book, man-machine interaction is essential in machine translation, localisation, terminology management, and crowdsourcing translation. In fact, the importance of a human translator before, during, and after machine processing, cannot be overemphasised as human intervention is the best way to ensure the translation quality of machine translation. This volume explores the role of a human translator in machine translation from various perspectives, affording a comprehensive look at this topical research area. This book is essential reading for anyone involved in translation studies, machine translation or interested in translation technology.

Author : Andrew Blades,Piers Pennington
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781789624670

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Poetry & the Dictionary by Andrew Blades,Piers Pennington Pdf

Author : Susan Schreibman,Ray Siemens,John Unsworth
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780470999868

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A Companion to Digital Humanities by Susan Schreibman,Ray Siemens,John Unsworth Pdf

This Companion offers a thorough, concise overview of the emerging field of humanities computing. Contains 37 original articles written by leaders in the field. Addresses the central concerns shared by those interested in the subject. Major sections focus on the experience of particular disciplines in applying computational methods to research problems; the basic principles of humanities computing; specific applications and methods; and production, dissemination and archiving. Accompanied by a website featuring supplementary materials, standard readings in the field and essays to be included in future editions of the Companion.

Author : Lynda Mugglestone,Professor of the History of English Lynda Mugglestone
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300106998

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Lost for Words by Lynda Mugglestone,Professor of the History of English Lynda Mugglestone Pdf

Examines the hidden history through which the Oxford English Dictionary came into being in a study that traces the personal battles involved in chronicling an ever-changing language.