The Confusion Of Languages
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Author |
: Siobhan Fallon |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 370 |
Release |
: 2018-06-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780399576416 |
ISBN-13 |
: 039957641X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Confusion of Languages by : Siobhan Fallon
A searing debut novel from the award-winning author of You Know When the Men are Gone, about jealousy, the unpredictable path of friendship, and the secrets kept in marriage, all set within the U.S. expat community of the Middle East during the rise of the Arab Spring. Both Cassie Hugo and Margaret Brickshaw dutifully followed their soldier husbands to the U.S. embassy in Jordan, but that’s about all the women have in common. After two years, Cassie’s become an expert on the rules, but newly arrived Margaret sees only her chance to explore. So when a fender-bender sends Margaret to the local police station, Cassie reluctantly agrees to watch Margaret’s toddler son. But as the hours pass, Cassie’s boredom and frustration turn to fear: Why isn’t Margaret answering her phone, and why is it taking so long to sort out a routine accident? Snooping around Margaret’s apartment, Cassie begins to question not only her friend’s whereabouts but also her own role in Margaret’s disappearance. With achingly honest prose and riveting characters, The Confusion of Languages plunges readers into a shattering collision between two women and two worlds, affirming Siobhan Fallon as a powerful voice in American fiction and a storyteller not to be missed. “A gripping, cleverly plotted novel with surprising bite.”—Phil Klay “Mesmerizing and devastating....Two military wives must explore a modern-day, cultural labyrinth in this insatiable read.”—Sarah McCoy
Author |
: Stephen Finlay |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2016-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190649630 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190649631 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Confusion of Tongues by : Stephen Finlay
Can normative words like 'good', 'ought', and 'reason' be defined in non-normative terms? Stephen Finlay argues that they can, advancing a new theory of the meaning of this language and providing pragmatic explanations of the specially problematic features of its moral and deliberative uses which comprise the puzzles of metaethics.
Author |
: Gerrard Mugford |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 195 |
Release |
: 2018-10-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780429810114 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0429810113 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Addressing Difficult Situations in Foreign-Language Learning by : Gerrard Mugford
This book examines a neglected area of foreign-language teaching and learning: difficult and aggressive situations. The author presents the real-life experiences of language users and analyses how these individuals have dealt with confusion, impoliteness and hostility in target-language contexts in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom and within their home country. By constructing a student-centred pedagogical model around the data collected, the author considers the choices available to language learners in difficult situations, as well as tools for language learners to develop pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic resources.
Author |
: Siobhan Fallon |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 155 |
Release |
: 2011-01-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781101486146 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1101486147 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis You Know When the Men Are Gone by : Siobhan Fallon
“Gripping, straight-up, no-nonsense stories about American soldiers and their families. . . simple, tough, and true.”—The New York Times “Prose that's brave and honest.”—People “Terrific. . . and terrifically illuminating.”—The Washington Post An award-winning story collection from the author of The Confusion of Languages. Through fiction of dazzling skill and astonishing emotional force, Siobhan Fallon welcomes readers into the American army base at Fort Hood, Texas, where U.S. soldiers prepare to fight, and where their families are left to cope after the men are gone. They’ll meet a wife who discovers unsettling secrets when she hacks into her husband’s email, and a teenager who disappears as her mother fights cancer. There is the foreign born wife who has tongues wagging over her late hours, and the military intelligence officer who plans a covert mission against his own home. Powerful, singular, and unforgettable, these stories will resonate deeply with readers and mark the debut of a talent of tremendous note.
Author |
: William Wotton |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 80 |
Release |
: 1730 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015013749430 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Discourse Concerning the Confusion of Languages at Babel by : William Wotton
Author |
: Arika Okrent |
Publisher |
: Random House |
Total Pages |
: 354 |
Release |
: 2009-05-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780385529716 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0385529716 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis In the Land of Invented Languages by : Arika Okrent
Here is the captivating story of humankind’s enduring quest to build a better language—and overcome the curse of Babel. Just about everyone has heard of Esperanto, which was nothing less than one man’s attempt to bring about world peace by means of linguistic solidarity. And every Star Trek fan knows about Klingon. But few people have heard of Babm, Blissymbolics, Loglan (not to be confused with Lojban), and the nearly nine hundred other invented languages that represent the hard work, high hopes, and full-blown delusions of so many misguided souls over the centuries. With intelligence and humor, Arika Okrent has written a truly original and enlightening book for all word freaks, grammar geeks, and plain old language lovers.
Author |
: Dominick M'Causland |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 56 |
Release |
: 1867 |
ISBN-10 |
: OXFORD:600094436 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis Shinar, the Scripture record of the confusion of language and the dispersion verified by modern discovery, a lecture by : Dominick M'Causland
Author |
: David Shariatmadari |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2020-01-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781324004264 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1324004266 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language by : David Shariatmadari
A linguist’s entertaining and highly informed guide to what languages are and how they function. Think you know language? Think again. There are languages that change when your mother-in-law is present. The language you speak could make you more prone to accidents. Swear words are produced in a special part of your brain. Over the past few decades, we have reached new frontiers of linguistic knowledge. Linguists can now explain how and why language changes, describe its structures, and map its activity in the brain. But despite these advances, much of what people believe about language is based on folklore, instinct, or hearsay. We imagine a word’s origin is it’s “true” meaning, that foreign languages are full of “untranslatable” words, or that grammatical mistakes undermine English. In Don’t Believe A Word, linguist David Shariatmadari takes us on a mind-boggling journey through the science of language, urging us to abandon our prejudices in a bid to uncover the (far more interesting) truth about what we do with words. Exploding nine widely held myths about language while introducing us to some of the fundamental insights of modern linguistics, Shariatmadari is an energetic guide to the beauty and quirkiness of humanity’s greatest achievement.
Author |
: Charles Duke Philo |
Publisher |
: Hendrickson Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 945 |
Release |
: 1991-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781565638099 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1565638093 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Works of Philo by : Charles Duke Philo
Foreword by David M. Scholer is dated May 2008.
Author |
: Garth Nix |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 315 |
Release |
: 2012-05-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780062213563 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0062213563 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Confusion of Princes by : Garth Nix
Garth Nix, bestselling author of the Keys to the Kingdom series and Shade’s Children, combines space opera with a coming-of-age story in his YA novel A Confusion of Princes. Superhuman. Immortal. Prince in a Galactic Empire. There has to be a catch…. Khemri learns the minute he becomes a Prince that princes need to be hard to kill—for they are always in danger. Their greatest threat? Other Princes. Every Prince wants to become Emperor and the surest way to do so is to kill, dishonor, or sideline any potential competitor. There are rules, but as Khemri discovers, rules can be bent and even broken. There are also mysteries. Khemri is drawn into the hidden workings of the Empire and is dispatched on a secret mission. In the ruins of space battle, he meets a young woman, called Raine, who challenges his view of the Empire, of Princes, and of himself. But Khemri is a Prince, and even if he wanted to leave the Empire behind, there are forces there that have very definite plans for his future.