The King's Dictionary

The King's Dictionary PDF Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004492585
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 459

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Aden, of old one of the main Eurasian ports for goods from China, Southeast Asia and India on their way to the Mediterranean lands, was controlled during the 13th - 15th centuries by the Rasūlid dynasty. One of their kings, al-Malik al-Afḍal al- ‘Abbās b. ‘Alī (1363-1377) wrote multilingual glossaries (vocabularia) of extraordinary importance, universally termed the Rasūlid Hexaglot. Its emergence caused quite a stir (e.g. New York Times, February 1981), and it is with pride that we now present our customers with the authoritative translation, commentary, and explanation of the socio-historical context by a group of major experts. The Arabic, Persian, Turkic, Greek, Armenian and Mongol languages in the King’s Dictionary were the most important tongues of the Eastern Mediterranean. The Greek, Armenian and Mongol sections, in particular, provide one of the few examples of transcriptions of living vernacular forms of the era. Thomas Allsen’s captivating chapter on the Eurasian Cultural Context of the dictionary makes clear, i.a., the depth of connections among several Eurasian cultural areas in the aftermath of the Mongol conquests.

The King's Dictionary

The King's Dictionary PDF Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004492585
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 459

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Book Description
Aden, of old one of the main Eurasian ports for goods from China, Southeast Asia and India on their way to the Mediterranean lands, was controlled during the 13th - 15th centuries by the Rasūlid dynasty. One of their kings, al-Malik al-Afḍal al- ‘Abbās b. ‘Alī (1363-1377) wrote multilingual glossaries (vocabularia) of extraordinary importance, universally termed the Rasūlid Hexaglot. Its emergence caused quite a stir (e.g. New York Times, February 1981), and it is with pride that we now present our customers with the authoritative translation, commentary, and explanation of the socio-historical context by a group of major experts. The Arabic, Persian, Turkic, Greek, Armenian and Mongol languages in the King’s Dictionary were the most important tongues of the Eastern Mediterranean. The Greek, Armenian and Mongol sections, in particular, provide one of the few examples of transcriptions of living vernacular forms of the era. Thomas Allsen’s captivating chapter on the Eurasian Cultural Context of the dictionary makes clear, i.a., the depth of connections among several Eurasian cultural areas in the aftermath of the Mongol conquests.

English-English Dictionary

English-English Dictionary PDF Author: J. B. Foreman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780875570174
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 640

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The "King's English" Dictionary

The Author: A. M. Williams (M.A.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The King's English

The King's English PDF Author: Henry Watson Fowler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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The King's English

The King's English PDF Author: Kingsley Amis
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466873760
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 287

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A Parthian shot from one of the most important figures in post-war British fiction, The King's English is the late Kingsley Amis's last word on the state of the language. More frolicsome than Fowler's Modern Usage, lighter than the Oxford English Dictionary, and brimming with the strong opinions and razor-sharp wit that made Amis so popular--and so controversial--The King's English is a must for fans and language purists.

The King's English

The King's English PDF Author: Henry Watson Fowler
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; London ; Edinburgh : H. Frowde
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 390

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The "King's English" Dictionary

The Author: Williams A. M.
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ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The "King's English" Dictionary

The Author: Ernest Young
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ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1276

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The King's Fifth

The King's Fifth PDF Author: Scott O'Dell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547349688
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229

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Newbery Honor Book: A “stunning” historical novel of a teenager’s journey from Spain to the New World in search of gold (Kirkus Reviews). Mapmaker Esteban de Sandoval is only seventeen years old, but he has experienced much adventure, traveling to the New World to hunt for gold with the Conquistadors. Whatever treasure they find, they were expected to give one-fifth of it to the king. But Esteban is accused of withholding the king’s fifth—and of murder. As he waits for his trial to begin, he recalls the experience of his journey: the men he sailed with, the young Native American girl who guided him—and the ways that it changed him—in this remarkable novel about Spanish colonialism by the author of such classics as Island of the Blue Dolphins.

The Books of Kings

The Books of Kings PDF Author: André Lemaire
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004177299
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 728

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This collaborative commentary on, or dictionary of, Kings, explores cross-cutting aspects of Kings ranging from the analysis of its composition, historically regarded, to its transmission and reception. Ample attention is accorded sources, figures and peoples who play a part in the book. The commentary deals with Kings treatment in translation and role in later ancient literature. While our comments do not proceed verse by verse, the volume furnishes guidance, from contributors highly qualified to advance contemporary discussion, on the book's historical background, its literary intentions and characteristics, and on themes and motifs central to its understanding, both of itself and of the world from which it arose. This volume functions as a meta-commentary, offering windows into the secondary literature, but assembling data more fully than is the case in individual commentaries.