Word From Silent Places

Word From Silent Places PDF Author: K.L.Gardiner
Publisher: Katie Lynn Gardiner
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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When you find yourself in dark places, there is a light that flickers beneath the rubble. It speaks in silent words.

Words and Places

Words and Places PDF Author: Isaac Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 472

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Words and Places, Or, Etymological Illustrations of History, Ethnology, and Geography

Words and Places, Or, Etymological Illustrations of History, Ethnology, and Geography PDF Author: Isaac Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 606

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Words and Places

Words and Places PDF Author: Isaac Taylor
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3375038526
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 602

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1865. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged

Good Words

Good Words PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1004

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Words in Time and Place

Words in Time and Place PDF Author: David Crystal
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199680477
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 305

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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 a Happy Place

Words from a Happy Place PDF Author: Jen Yue
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504310675
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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This collective works of Jen Yue showcases her as a new age storyteller who uses her words to intrigue and present her passionate pursuits for all things beautiful, decidedly enamored with just living in the moment. Reading her words will reflect back into your own life, because her stories is about everyday people and how she uses her words to celebrate what life presents. She also paints ups and downs, with lyrical color, filled with detailed accounts and preferred metaphors. It is applied from moment to moment, shelving out trust. The hurt and her appreciation is credited from a great source of hope. So feel her moments in this collection of hidden gems.

Putting Words Into Place

Putting Words Into Place PDF Author: Frederick Nellist
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452088497
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 243

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My poetry shows no extravagance, but a concise awareness of things that matter most to me. I have a constant urge to create pictures in the mind based on common phrases and words and endeavour to put them in a frame. I am attatching my photo to be used with my "about me" The inner design I leave in you expert hands but the book but the book must start with the poem,"In The Beginning" and end with the poem, "Speak as you Find".

Literacy Place

Literacy Place PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780590906579
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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Space Between Words

Space Between Words PDF Author: Paul Saenger
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804740166
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 506

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Silent reading is now universally accepted as normal; indeed reading aloud to oneself may be interpreted as showing a lack of ability or understanding. Yet reading aloud was usual, indeed unavoidable, throughout antiquity and most of the middle ages. Saenger investigates the origins of the gradual separation of words within a continuous written text and the consequent development of silent reading. He then explores the spread of these practices throughout western Europe, and the eventual domination of silent reading in the late medieval period. A detailed work with substantial notes and appendices for reference.

The Place of Words

The Place of Words PDF Author: Michael P. Fitzsimmons
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190644540
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281

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As the tricolor rose over revolutionary France, language, with its ability to define ideals and allegiances, was both a threat to authority and weapon to be wielded. In the early years of the Republic, the Académie Française, the royal body responsible for the French language, was suppressed by the National Convention at the urging of the Abbé Grégoire and the artist Jacques-Louis David. However, by 1795, the National Convention recognized that language could be used to its advantage, leading it to commission a fifth edition of the Dictionnaire de l'Académie française, which would unquestionably become the most controversial edition in the Académie's history. The National Convention expected this dictionary to champion the ideals of Revolution and Republic, but when it appeared three years later it did quite the opposite. Instead, the fifth edition virtually ignored the Revolution and the linguistic innovations that had transformed the French language, even omitting two of the most famous and enduring neologisms spawned by the Revolution--ancien régime and Terror. Present-tense definitions of abolished institutions and anachronistic values dominated the work and the Revolution was consigned to a brief and hastily-prepared supplement at the end of the second volume. Because of its failure to capture the current state of the French language, most contemporaries judged it harshly, and its deficiencies led the Parisian publisher Nicolas Moutardier to publish a competing dictionary in 1802. The dictionary became the focus of protracted litigation that Napoleon Bonaparte's government increasingly used to assert its control over language. Indeed, Bonaparte met personally with the commission of the Institut National (the republican successor to the Académie) and made clear his desire that the new edition not contain revolutionary neologisms. Eager to see the new edition appear, the Bonapartist regime committed financial resources and established a timetable for its completion within five years. However, it was only in 1835, after the fall of Bonaparte and the Bourbons, that the sixth edition would appear. Although the Académie was one of the most prominent institutions under the Old Regime, scholarship on the Académie remains largely neglected. Drawing on previously untapped sources in the Archives de l'Institut and Archives Nationales, The Place of Words is the first book-length study of the controversial fifth edition of the Dictionnaire de l'Académie française. Spanning more than half a century of changing regimes, this study provides unique insight into the ways in which each government, from the publication of the fourth edition in 1762 to the sixth in 1835, viewed the role of language as an instrument of control.