Автор: Thompson Andrew Название: Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red: The Curious Origins of Everyday Sayings and Fun Phrases ISBN: 1612436684 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781612436685 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 14860.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: Discover hundreds of intriguing, entertaining, and often hilarious origins to the English language's most curious phrases in this fascinating trivia book from bestselling author Andrew Thompson. English is filled with curious, intriguing and bizarre phrases. This book reveals the surprising, captivating and even hilarious origins behind 400 of them, including: - Read between the Lines - Cat Got Your Tongue? - Put a Sock in It - Close, but No Cigar - Bring Home the Bacon - Caught Red-Handed - Under the Weather - Raining Cats and Dogs Perfect for trivia and language lovers alike, this entertaining collection is the ultimate guide to understanding these baffling mini mysteries of the English language.
Автор: Saenger, Paul Название: Space between words ISBN: 080474016X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780804740166 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 53650.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book explains how a change in writing-the introduction of word separation-led to the development of silent reading during the period from late antiquity to the 15th century. It also explains why word separation was so long in coming.
Автор: Liberman Anatoly Название: Word Origins ... and How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone ISBN: 0195161475 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780195161472 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 35370.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Millions of people want to know the origin of the words they use. Word columns in daily newspapers and numerous books (The Romance of Words, The Loom of Language, Word for Word, and so forth) attempt tp satisfy their curiosity. Word histories are usually digested like pills: the user is interested in getting well, not in the chemistry of the prescribed medication. Those who send letters to the Editor also want a straight answer withoutbothering about how "editors" come by their knowledge. Therefore, they fail to realize that etymologies are seldom definitive and that the science of etymology is intensely interesting. Perhaps if someone explained to them that, compared to the drama of words, Hamlet is a light farce, they might develop a more informed attitudetoward philological research and become students of historical linguistics rather than gullible consumers of journalists` pap.
Автор: Liberman, Anatoly Название: Word Origins...And How We Know Them ISBN: 0195387074 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780195387070 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 15300.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Written in a funny, charming, and conversational style, Word Origins is the first book to offer a thorough investigation of the history and the science of etymology, making this little-known field accessible to everyone interested in the history of words. Anatoly Liberman, an internationally acclaimed etymologist, takes the reader by the hand and explains the many ways that English words can be made, and the many ways in which etymologists try to unearth the origins of words. Every chapter is packed with dozens of examples of proven word histories, used to illustrate the correct ways to trace the origins of words as well as some of the egregiously bad ways to trace them. He not only tells the known origins of hundreds of words, but also shows how their origins were determined. And along the way, the reader is treated to a wealth of fascinating word facts. Did they once have bells in a belfry? No, the original meaning of belfry was siege tower. Are the words isle and island, raven and ravenous, or pan and pantry related etymologically? No, though they look strikingly similar, these words came to English via different routes. Partly a history, partly a how-to, and completely entertaining, Word Origins invites readers behind the scenes to watch an etymologist at work.
Автор: Willi Andreas Название: Origins of the Greek Verb ISBN: 1107195551 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107195554 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 155230.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: By applying various techniques of linguistic reconstruction to a wide range of philological data, Origins of the Greek Verb presents a completely new and uniquely detailed model of the evolution of the Indo-European verbal system from the early proto-language down to the period of the first texts written in Greek.
Автор: Rivett, Sarah Название: Unscripted America ISBN: 0190492562 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190492564 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 45930.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Unscripted America reconstructs an archive of indigenous language texts in order to present a new and wholly unique account of their impact on philosophy and US literary culture.
Автор: Roget Название: Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases ISBN: 1108074170 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108074179 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 39070.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: More than half of the hundred publications written by the physician Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869) were on non-medical topics. This reissue of the 1852 first edition of his most famous work (never subsequently out of print) shows the breadth of Roget`s own knowledge and interests.
Автор: Haworth Karen A., Prewitt Terry J. Название: The Evolution of Human Consciousness and Linguistic Behavior: A Synthetic Approach to the Anthropology and Archaeology of Language Origins ISBN: 1538142880 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781538142882 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 119680.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In this book the authors draw together work from cognitive science, linguistics, Paleolithic anthropology, art history, and semiotics, the authors offer commentary on their own process of discovery and bases for communicating the key ideas across disciplinary boundaries.
Atlantis Otherwise expands the study of the African diaspora by focusing on postcolonial literary expressions from Latin America and Africa. The book studies the presence of classical references in texts written by writers (black and non-black) who are committed to the articulation of the fragmented history of the African experience from the Middle Passage to the present outside of Euro-centric views. Consequently, this book addresses the silencing of the African Diaspora within the official discourses of Latin America and Hispanic Africa, as well as the limitations that linguistic and geographic boundaries have imposed upon scholarship. The contributors address questions related to the categories of race and cultural identity by analyzing a diverse body of Afro-Latin American and Afro-Hispanic receptions of classical literature and its imaginaries. Literary texts in Spanish and Portuguese written in countries such as Brazil, Colombia, and Equatorial Guinea provide the opportunity for a transnational and trans-linguistic examination of the use of classical tropes and themes in twentieth-century drama, fiction, folklore studies, and narrative.
Автор: Eades, Diana (university Of New England, Maine) Fraser, Helen (university Of Melbourne And University Of New England, Maine) Heydon, Georgina (royal M Название: Forensic linguistics in australia ISBN: 100916810X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781009168106 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 17950.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This Element presents an account of forensic linguistics in Australia since the first expert linguistic evidence in 1959, through early work in the 1970s-1980s, the defining of the discipline in the 1990s, and into the current era. It starts with a consideration of some widespread misconceptions about language that affect the field and some problematic ideologies in the law, which underly much of the discussion throughout the Element. The authors' report of forensic linguists' work is structured in terms of the linguistic, interactional and sociocultural contexts of the language data being analysed, whether in expert evidence, in research, or in practical applications of linguistics in a range of legal settings. The Element concludes by highlighting mutual engagement between forensic linguistic practitioners and both the judiciary and legal scholars, and outlines some of the key factors which support a critical forensic linguistics approach in much of the work in the authors' country.
Автор: Dor Daniel Название: Social Origins of Language ISBN: 0199665338 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199665334 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 61250.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book presents a new perspective on the origins of language, and highlights the key role of social and cultural dynamics in driving language evolution. It considers, among other questions, the role of gesture in communication, mimesis, play, dance, and song in extant hunter-gatherer communities, and the time-frame for language evolution.
Автор: Knowles, Elizabeth (editor Of The Oxford Dictionary Of Quotations; Historical Lexicographer And Author) Название: `and i quote...` ISBN: 0198766750 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198766759 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 21110.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: How and why do we quote? And how do quotations develop and morph over time? Elizabeth Knowles draws on over twenty years` experience editing the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations to illuminate this essential part of the fabric of our language.
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