Author: Jean Seznec
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691240205
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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The gods of Olympus died with the advent of Christianity--or so we have been taught to believe. But how are we to account for their tremendous popularity during the Renaissance? This illustrated book, now reprinted in a new, larger paperback format, offers the general reader first a discussion of mythology in late antiquity and the Middle Ages, and then a multifaceted look at the far-reaching role played by mythology in Renaissance intellectual and emotional life.
Author: Linda R. Waugh
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027235430
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 551
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The papers in this volume reflect the renewed interest in the semantics of grammatical categories and the issues of invariance and variation in grammar. In particular, this collection presents the current understanding of invariance of grammar with respect to the synchronic and diachronic analyses of specific languages, and as realized in work on typology and universals.The book is divided into five sections: The Question of Invariance; Invariance and Grammatical Categories; Grammar and Discourse; Grammar and Pragmatics; Typology and Universals.
Author: Jérôme Carcopino
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300101867
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Provides insight into Roman life of the second century A.D.
Author: George Alfred
Publisher:
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Category : Arithmetic
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Author: Eleanor Arnason
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781879832572
Category : Artists' books
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Cathleen Schine
Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books
ISBN: 0374712190
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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An enchanting, comic love letter to sibling rivalry and the English language. From the author compared to Nora Ephron and Nancy Mitford, not to mention Jane Austen, comes a new novel celebrating the beauty, mischief, and occasional treachery of language. The Grammarians are Laurel and Daphne Wolfe, identical, inseparable redheaded twins who share an obsession with words. They speak a secret “twin” tongue of their own as toddlers; as adults making their way in 1980s Manhattan, their verbal infatuation continues, but this love, which has always bound them together, begins instead to push them apart. Daphne, copy editor and grammar columnist, devotes herself to preserving the dignity and elegance of Standard English. Laurel, who gives up teaching kindergarten to write poetry, is drawn, instead, to the polymorphous, chameleon nature of the written and spoken word. Their fraying twinship finally shreds completely when the sisters go to war, absurdly but passionately, over custody of their most prized family heirloom: Merriam Webster’s New International Dictionary, Second Edition. Cathleen Schine has written a playful and joyful celebration of the interplay of language and life. A dazzling comedy of sisterly and linguistic manners, a revelation of the delights and stresses of intimacy, The Grammarians is the work of one of our great comic novelists at her very best.
Author: Magnar Kartveit
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110309157
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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The phrase “Daughter of Zion” is in recent Bible translations often rendered “Daughter Zion”. The discussion behind this change has continued for decades, but lacks proper linguistic footing. Parlance in grammars, dictionaries, commentaries and textbooks is often confusing. The present book seeks to remedy this defect by treating all relevant expressions from a linguistic point of view. To do this, it also discusses the understanding of Hebrew construct phrases, and finds that while there is a morphological category of genitive in Akkadian, Ugaritic and Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic and Syriac do not display it. The use of this term as a syntactical category is unfortunate, and the term should be avoided in Hebrew grammar. Metaphor theory and the use of irony are also tools in the discussion of the phrases. As a result of the treatment, the author finds that there are some Hebrew construct phrases where nomen regens describes the following nomen rectum, and the description may be metaphorical, in some cases also ironical. This seems to be the case with “Daughter of Zion” and similar phrases. This understanding calls for a revision of the translation of the phrases, and new translations are suggested.
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Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Author: James D. Craig Houston
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Category : Byzantine Empire
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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Author: Harold North Fowler
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
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Harold North Fowler's 'A History of Roman Literature' is an indispensable guide to the literary landscape of ancient Rome. Fowler's book offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of the major writers and works of Roman literature, with an emphasis on providing historical context and biographical details to help readers connect with the personalities behind the texts. This book also offers insight into the importance of lost works of literature and their authors, as well as summaries of literature from the third to the fifth centuries, which played an essential role in shaping European civilization.
