Language History – Bücher, CDs, DVDs und mehr, Seite 4

Miriam Weinstein
Yiddish

The history, tragedies, and bitter controversies that characterized a language once spoken by 11 million people brought vividly to life For a people of exile, the language took the place of a nation. . . …

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Gabe Henry
Enough Is Enuf

A brief and humorous 500-year language history of the Simplified Spelling Movement from advocates like Ben Franklin, C. S. Lewis, and Mark Twain to texts and Twitter.Why does theG in George sound differen…

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Gyles Brandreth
Prose & Cons

As fans of Just a Minute know, the key to the game is knowing your way around the English language: how it works, how it's evolved, and how words connect, often in surprising ways. When it comes to the En…

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David Crystal
William Tyndale and the English Language

A revelatory examination of William Tyndale's monumental influence on the English language."Dearly beloved," "say the word," "the powers that be," "for ever and ever.&qu…

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Kevin Ashton
The Story of Stories

An irresistible and enchanting journey through human history---from mankind's earliest fires to the latest smart phones---that tells the surprising and untold story of storytelling.Joan Didion told us, &q…

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Ben Yagoda
Gobsmacked!

A spot-on guide to how and why Americans have become so bloody keen on Britishisms---for good or illThe British love to complain that words and phrases imported from America---from French fries to Awesome…

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A Cultural History of Translation

How has our relationship with translation changed for different cultures over the centuries? What effect has it had on politics, art and religion?In a work that spans 2,500 years these ambitious questions…

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James Geary
The World in a Phrase

Celebrating the short, witty, philosophical phrases known as aphorisms, this delightful history is an entertaining tour through the wisest and wittiest sayings in the world.Aphorisms are literature's hand…

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Ward Farnsworth, Sarah van der Pas
The Latin Tamer

Learn to read the Romans! This book is an exciting new way to discover the Latin language. Whether you want to master it or just see enough to enjoy some time travel, The Latin Tamer makes the journey a p…

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Adrienn Almásy-Martin, Yanne Broux
Greek Personal Names in Egypt

Greek Personal Names in Egypt provides a comprehensive overview of Greek onomastics in Egypt from the Ptolemaic to the Late Byzantine period, highlighting the rich and diverse onomastic landscape and payi…

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Bernard Mees
King Arthur and the Languages of Britain

Medievalists have denied the historical existence of King Arthur for over 50 years . Arthur and the Languages of Britain demonstrates how linguistic evidence can be employed to see if the earliest histori…

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Cleophilus' de Coetu Poetarum and Iustus Lipsius' Somnium

Providing the first edited text, translation and commentary of two Renaissance dream-narrative satires, this edition sheds light on the period's literary history and reception of classical texts. Cleophil…

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Zongli Lu
Rumor in the Early Chinese Empires

This is the first English translation of Lu Zongli's major study of rumor in the early Chinese empires. Lu explores how rumor, a non-official form of public opinion, formed and spread through non-official…

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An Anthology of Neo-Latin Literature Written by Women

This anthology showcases Neo-Latin texts produced by women across Europe between circa 1400 and 1800, highlighting their contributions in both poetry and prose. Each chapter offers excerpts alongside acce…

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Linguistics and Oral History

This edited volume brings together linguistic and oral history practitioners to explore the intersections between both disciplines.This book is comprised of contributions from linguists (corpus linguists,…

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Michael Freeden
Concealed Silences and Inaudible Voices in Political Thinking

Concealed Silences and Inaudible Voices in Political Thinking investigates silence as a normal, ubiquitous, and indispensable element of political thinking, theory, and language. It explores the diverse d…

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Rishi Rajpopat
Pāṇini's Perfect Rule

Linguist Rishi Rajpopat solves an ancient puzzle, showing that Pini's Sanskrit grammar is self-sufficient. Centuries of commentators, having misunderstood it, created tools to overcome its supposed flaws,…

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Curating Socialism

Curating Socialism takes a rare look into the world of international art exhibitions organized by socialist states between 1947-1989.The handbook examines the mechanisms, relationships, and international …

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Jennifer Manoukian
Purist Pursuits

Purist Pursuits chronicles how and why Armenians in the Ottoman Empire fashioned a new language called Western Armenian. Tracing its rise from the eighteenth to the early-twentieth centuries, Jennifer Man…

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Cynthia Farrar
The Origins of Democratic Thinking

The Athenians invented democracy - and as they grappled with the implications, they also invented democratic political theory. By reconstruing Protagoras the sophist, Thucydides the historian, and Democri…

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