The Place of Words

The Place of Words
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 281
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ISBN-10 : 9780190644536
ISBN-13 : 0190644532
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis The Place of Words by : Michael P. Fitzsimmons

A Place of Words examines the fifth and most controversial edition of the dictionary of the Académie Française, published in 1798 and spanning several regimes before the publication of the sixth in 1835. Full of anachronisms and appearing to slight the French Revolution, from the outset the edition received much judgement and critique. Under the Consulate, the government used it as an instrument to assert control over the language. As the first book-length study of this controversial fifth edition, A Place of Words offers insights into the Revolution and Napoleonic periods neglected in previous scholarship.

The Place My Words Are Looking For

The Place My Words Are Looking For
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 168
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780027476712
ISBN-13 : 0027476715
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis The Place My Words Are Looking For by : Paul B. Janeczko

Thirty-nine United States poets share their poems, inspirations, thoughts, anecdotes, and memories.

Words in Time and Place

Words in Time and Place
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 300
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780191501661
ISBN-13 : 0191501662
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis Words in Time and Place by : David Crystal

Did you know that the English language has over 150 words for the adjective 'drunk' developed over 1,000 years? Be prepared to learn words you have never heard before, find out fascinating facts behind everyday words, and be surprised at how lively and varied the English language can be. Published to critical acclaim in 2009, the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary is the first comprehensive thesaurus in the world to arrange words by meaning in order of first recorded use. Using its unique perspective on how the English language has developed, Words in Time and Place takes 15 themes and explores the language in these areas over time - explaining when new words appeared, where they came from, and what such changes say about times in which they emerged. The themes chosen are varied, universal topics and show the semantic range of the thesaurus and what it can tell us about the words used in areas of everyday life. Learn about the different words for dying and money, or types of pop music, as well as words for a privy, oaths, and words for being drunk. Written by the world's leading expert on the English language, David Crystal, the book carries his trademark style of engaging yet authoritative writing. Each chapter features an introduction to the language of that topic, followed by a timeline of vocabulary taken from the historical thesaurus showing all the synonyms arranged in chronological order. The timelines are annotated with additional quotations, facts, and social and historical context to give a clear sense of how words entered the English language, when, and in which context they were used. Words in Time and Place showcases the unique and excellent resource that is the Historical Thesaurus and reveals the linguistic treasures to be found within. This fascinating book will appeal to anyone with an interest in words and in the development of the English language.

Words from the Low Place

Words from the Low Place
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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages : 173
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781493100040
ISBN-13 : 1493100041
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Words from the Low Place by : Oliver T. Reid

If you can identify with: pain, stinking thinking, loss, divorce, lust, suicide, low self-esteem, rejection, a broken relationship with Jesus Christ, and much more. Look no farther. This book inspires both the Christian and Nonbeliever not to discard or despise, but embrace, and rebound from their low places in their lives. All that read this book will hopefully understand why God has allowed and elected low places in their life to reveal a greater purpose, and a higher calling in them. Keep in mind all you have to do is be willing to read this book. Study it perpetually. Practice it often. Implement what you have studied and read daily.

Words in Time and Place

Words in Time and Place
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Publisher : OUP Oxford
Total Pages : 305
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780191501654
ISBN-13 : 0191501654
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Words in Time and Place by : David Crystal

Did you know that the English language has over 150 words for the adjective 'drunk' developed over 1,000 years? Be prepared to learn words you have never heard before, find out fascinating facts behind everyday words, and be surprised at how lively and varied the English language can be. Published to critical acclaim in 2009, the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary is the first comprehensive thesaurus in the world to arrange words by meaning in order of first recorded use. Using its unique perspective on how the English language has developed, Words in Time and Place takes 15 themes and explores the language in these areas over time - explaining when new words appeared, where they came from, and what such changes say about times in which they emerged. The themes chosen are varied, universal topics and show the semantic range of the thesaurus and what it can tell us about the words used in areas of everyday life. Learn about the different words for dying and money, or types of pop music, as well as words for a privy, oaths, and words for being drunk. Written by the world's leading expert on the English language, David Crystal, the book carries his trademark style of engaging yet authoritative writing. Each chapter features an introduction to the language of that topic, followed by a timeline of vocabulary taken from the historical thesaurus showing all the synonyms arranged in chronological order. The timelines are annotated with additional quotations, facts, and social and historical context to give a clear sense of how words entered the English language, when, and in which context they were used. Words in Time and Place showcases the unique and excellent resource that is the Historical Thesaurus and reveals the linguistic treasures to be found within. This fascinating book will appeal to anyone with an interest in words and in the development of the English language.

Proceedings of the Classical Association

Proceedings of the Classical Association
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 192
Release :
ISBN-10 : IND:30000125526008
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Proceedings of the Classical Association by : Classical Association (Great Britain)

Rules and list of members included in each volume.

Journal

Journal
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 838
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015068281412
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Journal by : South Carolina. General Assembly. Senate

Includes extra sessions.

Old and Middle English Language Studies

Old and Middle English Language Studies
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 427
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9789027278708
ISBN-13 : 9027278709
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Old and Middle English Language Studies by :

Since the publication of Kennedy's monumental Bibliography of Writings on the English Language, no bibliography has systematically surveyed the Old and Middle English scholarship accumulated over the past 60 years. Tajima's work aims to meet the need for an updated bibliography of Old and Middle English language studies; it lists books, monographs, dissertations, articles, notes, and reviews on Old and Middle English language. The items have been listed into fourteen fairly broad categories: (1) Bibliographies, (2) Dictionaries, glossaries and concordances, (3) Histories of the English language, (4) Grammars (historical, Old English and Middle English), (5) General and miscellaneous studies, (6) Language of individual authors or works, (7) Orthography and punctuation, (8) Phonology and phonetics, (9) Morphology, (10) Syntax, (11) Lexicology, lexicography and word-formation, (12) Onomastics, (13) Dialectology, (14) Stylistics.