Treasure House Of The Language

Author : Charlotte Brewer
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300124295

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Treasure-house of the Language by Charlotte Brewer Pdf

The legendary Oxford English Dictionary today contains over 600,000 words and a staggering 2,500,000 quotations to illuminate the meaning and history of those words. A glorious, bursting treasure-house, the OED serves as a guardian of the literary jewels of the past, a testament to the richness of the English language today, and a guarantor of future understanding of the language. In this book, Charlotte Brewer begins her account of the OED at the point where others have stopped--the publication of the final installment of the first edition in 1928--and carries it through to the metamorphosis of the dictionary into a twenty-first-century electronic medium. Brewer describes the difficulties of keeping the OED up to date over time and recounts the recurring debates over finances, treatment of contentious words, public vs. scholarly expectations, proper sources of quotations, and changing editorial practices. With humor and empathy, she portrays the predilections and personalities of the editors, publishers, and assistants who undertook the Sisyphean task of keeping apace with the modern explosion of vocabulary. Utilizing rich archives in Oxford as well as new electronic resources, the author uncovers a history no less complex and fascinating than the Oxford English Dictionary itself.

Author : E. Phillips Oppenheim
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547111566

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The Treasure House of Martin Hews by E. Phillips Oppenheim Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Treasure House of Martin Hews" by E. Phillips Oppenheim. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Barbara Barrow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-29
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780429575204

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Science, Language, and Reform in Victorian Poetry by Barbara Barrow Pdf

Barrow’s timely book is the first to examine the link between Victorian poetry, the study of language, and political reform. Focusing on a range of literary, scientific, and political texts, Barrow demonstrates that nineteenth-century debates about language played a key role in shaping emergent ideas about popular sovereignty. While Victorian scientists studied the origins of speech, the history of dialects, and the barrier between human and animal language, poets such as Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Alfred Tennyson, and Thomas Hardy drew on this research to explore social unrest, the expansion of the electorate, and the ever-widening boundaries of empire. Science, Language, and Reform in Victorian Poetry recovers unacknowledged links between poetry, philology, and political culture, and contributes to recent movements in literary studies that combine historicist and formalist approaches.

Author : Michael Patrick Gillespie
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Law
ISBN : 9042014164

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James Joyce and the Fabrication of an Irish Identity by Michael Patrick Gillespie Pdf

Author : Henry Hitchings
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781429995030

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The Language Wars by Henry Hitchings Pdf

The English language is a battlefield. Since the age of Shakespeare, arguments over correct usage have been bitter, and have always really been about contesting values-morality, politics, and class. The Language Wars examines the present state of the conflict, its history, and its future. Above all, it uses the past as a way of illuminating the present. Moving chronologically, the book explores the most persistent issues to do with English and unpacks the history of "proper" usage. Where did these ideas spring from? Who has been on the front lines in the language wars? The Language Wars examines grammar rules, regional accents, swearing, spelling, dictionaries, political correctness, and the role of electronic media in reshaping language. It also takes a look at such details as the split infinitive, elocution, and text messaging. Peopled with intriguing characters such as Jonathan Swift, Lewis Carroll, and Lenny Bruce, The Language Wars is an essential volume for anyone interested in the state of the English language today or its future.

Author : Sebastian P. Brock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Christian poetry, Syriac
ISBN : 0881414212

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Treasure-house of Mysteries by Sebastian P. Brock Pdf

"The main purpose of this collection of translations is to make available to a wider readership a selection of poems that deal specifically with biblical topics." -- Introduction, page 12.

Author : James Moir Porteous
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Scotland
ISBN : OXFORD:590800990

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"God's Treasure-house in Scotland", a History of Times, Mines, and Lands in the Southern Highlands by James Moir Porteous Pdf

Author : Christopher Moseley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 946 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-10
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781135796402

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Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages by Christopher Moseley Pdf

The concern for the fast-disappearing language stocks of the world has arisen particularly in the past decade, as a result of the impact of globalization. This book appears as an answer to a felt need: to catalogue and describe those languages, making up the vast majority of the world's six thousand or more distinct tongues, which are in danger of disappearing within the next few decades. Endangerment is a complex issue, and the reasons why so many of the world's smaller, less empowered languages are not being passed on to future generations today are discussed in the book's introduction. The introduction is followed by regional sections, each authored by a notable specialist, combining to provide a comprehensive listing of every language which, by the criteria of endangerment set out in the introduction, is likely to disappear within the next few decades. These languages make up ninety per cent of the world's remaining language stocks. Each regional section comprises an introduction that deals with problems of language preservation peculiar to the area, surveys of known extinct languages, and problems of classification. The introduction is followed by a list of all known languages within the region, endangered or not, arranged by genetic affiliation, with endangered and extinct languages marked. This listing is followed by entries in alphabetical order covering each language listed as endangered. Useful maps are provided to pinpoint the more complex clusters of smaller languages in every region of the world. The Encyclopedia therefore provides in a single resource: expert analysis of the current language policy situation in every multilingual country and on every continent, detailed descriptions of little-known languages from all over the world, and clear alphabetical entries, region by region, of all the world's languages currently thought to be in danger of extinction. The Encyclopedia of the World’s Endangered Languages will be a necessary addition to all academic linguistics collections and will be a useful resource for a range of readers with an interest in development studies, cultural heritage and international affairs.

Author : Abigail Steel
Publisher : Collins Educational
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-22
Category : English language
ISBN : 0008133360

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Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation Year 1 Pupil Book by Abigail Steel Pdf

Treasure House: Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation Pupil Books are aimed at ages 5-11, offering complete coverage of the demanding 2014 National Curriculum, and ideal practice of the skills in the Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling test. This Treasure House pupil book: * is matched directly to the 2014 National Curriculum * explains each concept clearly and simply, followed by a set of carefully tailored questions * ensures pupils will master all appropriate language skills. This pupil book can be used with Treasure House Teacher's Guide 1, Anthology 1 and activities on Collins Connect for an integrated approach to teaching English.

Author : Kate Davies
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-31
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781786036780

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Treasure Hunt House by Kate Davies Pdf

Two children receive an invitation from their Great-Aunt Martha to visit her incredible house and she sets them a treasure hunt to solve as they explore the rooms. Join the children on their treasure hunt around the great house, lifting more than 50 flaps and solving riddles on every page, whilst learning about famous historical and cultural objects as you go. Find out about instruments in the music room, the history of jeans in the bedroom, see a velociraptor skeleton in the Cabinet of Curiosities and Shakespeare's plays in the library. This magical book is a treasure hunt through the house of every child's dreams that will inspire a love of history. Ideal for anyone who loves exploring houses or playing with doll’s houses.

Author : Michael Rosenak
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Education
ISBN : 1571810587

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Roads to the Palace by Michael Rosenak Pdf

Begins a series in which scholars from the main denominations and humanist thinkers identify major questions and issues concerning the education of individuals and communities and the discourse between cultures and faiths from theological and non-materialist perspectives. Rosenak (Jewish education, Hebrew U.-Jerusalem) discusses the texts and methods used for passing on Jewish religious and social values. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Rusmir Mahmutćehajić
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780823231119

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On the Other by Rusmir Mahmutćehajić Pdf

A timely book by a leading European exponent of Muslim intellectual tradition, On the Other: A Muslim View explores of the foundations of Islamic thought on human nature, our place in the cosmos, and our proper relationship to the divine, based on peace, knowledge, love, beauty, humility, and respect for and acceptance of others and difference. Demonstrating how poor cultural translation of core terms has contributed to a distorted picture of Islam, the author provides systematic explication of the most important concepts and beliefs of the Muslim tradition, as well as interpretation of the symbolism underlying its most important practices. He tackles directly the claim that the Holy Qur'an enjoins hatred, violence, bigotry, and racism, particularly against the Jews. On the Other provides an excellent introduction to the Muslim intellectual tradition for those who wish to penetrate beyond the stereotypes put forward by ideologists on both sides of the East-West divide.

Author : Lily Kahn
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-18
Category : Dramatic representation. The theater
ISBN : 9781911307976

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First Hebrew Shakespeare Translations by Lily Kahn Pdf

This first bilingual edition and analysis of the earliest Shakespeare plays translated into Hebrew – Isaac Edward Salkinson’s Ithiel the Cushite of Venice (Othello) and Ram and Jael (Romeo and Juliet) – offers a fascinating and unique perspective on global Shakespeare. Differing significantly from the original English, the translations are replete with biblical, rabbinic, and medieval Hebrew textual references and reflect a profoundly Jewish religious and cultural setting. The volume includes the full text of the two Hebrew plays alongside a complete English back-translation with a commentary examining the rich array of Hebrew sources and Jewish allusions that Salkinson incorporates into his work. The edition is complemented by an introduction to the history of Jewish Shakespeare reception in Central and Eastern Europe; a survey of Salkinson’s biography including discussion of his unusual status as a Jewish convert to Christianity; and an overview of his translation strategies. The book makes Salkinson’s pioneering work accessible to a wide audience, and will appeal to anyone with an interest in multicultural Shakespeare, translation studies, the development of Modern Hebrew literature, and European Jewish history and culture.

Author : Hana Videen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780691232751

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The Wordhord by Hana Videen Pdf

An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from the origins of English—and what they reveal about the lives of the earliest English speakers Old English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer’s Middle English, Old English—the language of Beowulf—defies comprehension by untrained modern readers. Used throughout much of Britain more than a thousand years ago, it is rich with words that haven’t changed (like word), others that are unrecognizable (such as neorxnawang, or paradise), and some that are mystifying even in translation (gafol-fisc, or tax-fish). In this delightful book, Hana Videen gathers a glorious trove of these gems and uses them to illuminate the lives of the earliest English speakers. We discover a world where choking on a bit of bread might prove your guilt, where fiend-ship was as likely as friendship, and where you might grow up to be a laughter-smith. The Wordhord takes readers on a journey through Old English words and customs related to practical daily activities (eating, drinking, learning, working); relationships and entertainment; health and the body, mind, and soul; the natural world (animals, plants, and weather); locations and travel (the source of some of the most evocative words in Old English); mortality, religion, and fate; and the imagination and storytelling. Each chapter ends with its own “wordhord”—a list of its Old English terms, with definitions and pronunciations. Entertaining and enlightening, The Wordhord reveals the magical roots of the language you’re reading right now: you’ll never look at—or speak—English in the same way again.

Author : Stuart Schram,Timothy Cheek,Roderick MacFarquhar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1072 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317515890

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Mao's Road to Power by Stuart Schram,Timothy Cheek,Roderick MacFarquhar Pdf

This eighth volume covers the period 1942 to 1945 when Mao asserted his status as the incarnation and symbol of the Chinese Revolution and the sinification of Marxism-Leninism.