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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Deutsches Rechtswörterbuch: Wörterbuch der
Book Synopsis1.200 Jahre Rechtssprache in Mitteleuropa. Was hat Liebe mit Recht zu tun? Was ist ein Sackmann? Diese und andere Fragen beantwortet das Deutsche Rechtswörterbuch, das neben juristischen Fachbegriffen auch in rechtlichem Kontext auftretende Wörter der Alltagssprache erklärt. Nützliches Instrument für jeden historisch Arbeitenden.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Deutsches Rechtswörterbuch: Wörterbuch der
Book SynopsisWas hat Liebe mit Recht zu tun? Was ist ein Schnappreitel ? Diese und andere Fragen beantwortet das Deutsche Rechtswörterbuch, das neben juristischen Fachbegriffen auch Wörter der Alltagssprache in rechtlichem Kontext erklärt. Über 1.200 Jahre Wortgeschichte anhand von Belegen aus der gesamten westgermanischen Sprachfamilie.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Deutsches Rechtswörterbuch: Wörterbuch der
Book Synopsis1.200 Jahre Wortgeschichte in Mitteleuropa. Viele Begriffe wie Obsentropf , Birngericht oder Mundraub bekamen im Gebrauch der Rechtssprache ihre besondere Bedeutung. Mit einer Fülle von Quellenfunden aus den verschiedenen Jahrhunderten werden sie hier belegt. Oder was meint der Begriff Schulklopfer ? Diese und viele andere Fragen beantwortet das Deutsche Rechtswörterbuch.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Deutsches Rechtswörterbuch: Wörterbuch der
Book Synopsis1200 Jahre Wortgeschichte in Mitteleuropa. Viele Begriffe wie Obsentropf , Birngericht oder Mundraub bekamen im Gebrauch der Rechtssprache ihre besondere Bedeutung. Mit einer Fülle von Quellenfunden aus den verschiedenen Jahrhunderten werden sie hier belegt. Was ist ein Schnappreitel ? Was hat Liebe mit Recht zu tun? Neben juristischen Fachbegriffen werden auch Wörter der Alltagssprache erklärt, wenn sie in rechtlichem Kontext auftreten.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Deutsches Rechtswörterbuch: Zwölfter
Book SynopsisEine Fundgrube kulturgeschichtlichen Wissens mit insgesamt 120.000 Wortartikeln
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Deutsches Rechtswörterbuch: Wörterbuch der
Book SynopsisWas hat Liebe mit Recht zu tun? Wozu diente ein Reilenagel? Was ist ein Schnappreitel ? Diese und andere Fragen beantwortet das Deutsche Rechtswörterbuch, das neben juristischen Fachbegriffen auch Wörter der Alltagssprache in rechtlichem Kontext erklärt. Über 1.200 Jahre Wortgeschichte anhand von Belegen aus der gesamten westgermanischen Sprachfamilie.
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ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Language Conflicts in Contemporary Estonia, Latv
Book SynopsisLanguage policy and usage in the post-communist region have continually attracted wide political, media, and expert attention since the disintegration of the USSR in 1991. How are these issues politicised in contemporary Estonia, Latvia, and Ukraine? This study presents a cross-cultural qualitative and quantitative analysis of publications in leading Russian-language blogs and news websites of these three post-Soviet states in the period from 2004 to 2017. The most notable difference observed between Ukraine, on the one side, and the two Baltic countries, on the other, is that many Russian-writing users in Ukraines internet tend to support the position that the state language, i.e. Ukrainian, is discriminated against and needs special protection by the state, whereas the majority of Russian-speaking commentators on selected Estonian and Latvian news websites advocate the establishment of Russian as a second state language. Despite attempts of Ukraines government to ukrainianise the public space, the position of Ukrainian is still perceived, even by many Russian-writing commentators and bloggers, as being precarious and vulnerable. This became especially visible in debates after the 20132014 Revolution of Dignity, when the number of supporters of an introduction of Russian as a second state language significantly decreased. In the Russian-language segments of Estonian and Latvian news websites and blogs, in contrast, the majority of online users continue to reproduce the image of being victims of their countries nation-building. They often claim that their political, as well as economic rights are significantly limited in comparison to ethnic Estonians and Latvians. This book illustrates thatnotwithstanding variations between the Estonian as well as Latvian cases, on the one hand, and Ukraine, on the otherthere is an ongoing process of convergence within Ukrainian debates if compared to those held in the other two countries in terms of an increasing degree of discursive decommunisation and derussification.
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Peter Lang AG English Core Linguistics: Essays in Honour of D.
Book SynopsisThis volume unites nineteen papers on core topics in linguistics: phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, and phraseology of English, exploring both synchronic and diachronic aspects of the English language. The papers have been collected to honour D. J. Allerton, who has taken a keen interest in all of these fields throughout his professional life. He has just retired from his professorship at the university of Basel where he has been professor of English linguistics since 1980. The authors of the contributions are colleagues and former students, all of whom felt inspired by his way of doing linguistics. Topics covered range from the Great Vowel Shift to contemporary changes in World Englishes, and from theoretical questions on the sound system and word formation patterns of English to more applied topics in phraseology and the lexicon.
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Mexiconario / Mexiconary
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Motilal Banarsidass, Materialism, Doctrine And The Origin of Language
Book SynopsisThis work comprises of three sections : 1. Materialism, 2. Doctrine, and 3. The origin of language. In the first section, he discusses philosophy from a different outlook, not as a subject but as the intellectual quintessence'. He includes the types of philosophy and the phenomenon of dialectics in discussion, He, then discusses doctrine as the highest epistemological achievement. It is the only work of its kind to discuss the process of doctrine formation.
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Ediciones Trea, S.L. Donde dice debiera decir manas lingsticas de un
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Ediciones Trea, S.L. La palabra y su escritura
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Ediciones Trea, S.L. Historia de la escritura latina e hispánica
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Officina Libraria Art History Before English: Negotiating a
Book SynopsisThis book addresses a phenomenon that pervades the field of art history: the fact that English has become a widely adopted language. Art history employs language in a very particular way, one of its most basic aims being the verbal reconstruction of the visual past. The book seeks to shed light on the particular issues that English’s rise to prominence poses for art history by investigating the history of the discipline itself: specifically, the extent to which the European tradition of art historical writing has always been shaped by the presence of dominant languages on the continent. What artistic, intellectual, and historical dynamics drove the pattern of linguistic ascendance and diffusion in the art historical writing of past centuries? How have the immediate, practical ends of writing in a common language had unintended, long-term consequences for the discipline? Were art historical concepts transformed or left behind with the onset of a new lingua franca, or did they often remain intact beneath a shifting veneer of new words? Includes 10 essays in English, four in Italian, and one in German. Text in English, German and Italian.Table of Contents Introduction; Inventions of Academic Languages; In the Shadow of the Academy; Translating and Untranslating Art Writing; Art History and the Anthropology of Language.
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Brill Siouan Languages and Linguistics: Selected Papers
Book SynopsisRobert L. Rankin was a seminal figure in late 20th and early 21st centuries in the field of Siouan linguistics. His knowledge, like the papers he produced, was voluminous. We have gathered here a representation of his work that spans over thirty years. The papers presented here focus on both the languages Rankin studied in depth (Quapaw, Kansa, Biloxi, Ofo, and Tutelo) and comparative historical work on the Siouan language family in general. While many of the papers included have been previously published, one third of them have never before been made public including a grammatical sketch and dictionary of Ofo and his final paper on the place of Mandan in the larger Siouan family.
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Brill Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Albasitensis:
Book SynopsisEvery third year, the members of the International Association for Neo-Latin Studies (IANLS) assemble for a week-long conference. Over the years, this event has evolved into the largest single conference in the field of Neo-Latin studies. The papers presented at these conferences offer, then, a general overview of the current status of Neo-Latin research; its current trends, popular topics, and methodologies. In 2018, the members of IANLS gathered for a conference in Albacete (Spain) on the theme of “Humanity and Nature: Arts and Sciences in Neo-Latin Literature”. This volume presents the conference’s papers which were submitted after the event and which have undergone a peer-review process. The papers deal with a broad range of fields, including literature, history, philology, and religious studies.Table of ContentsXVIIth International Congress of Neo-Latin Studies Programme Presidential Address Ingrid A. R. De Smet List of Illustrations Plenary Papers 1 Le De Alea (1561) de Pascasius, ou l’invention des addictions et de la thérapie analytique Jean-François Cottier 2 Petrarca e la natura Carla Maria Monti 3 “Conquering Greece”: On the Correct Way to Translate in Fifteenth-Century Humanist Translation Theory Marianne Pade 4 Autor/Erzähler und Fiktion im neulateinischen Roman: Ein Beitrag zu einer historischen Narratologie Stefan Tilg 5 Apuntes sobre la transmisión textual de la versión latina de la Política de Leonardo Bruni Juan J. Valverde Abril Communications 6 La Compendiosa Historia Hispanica (1470) como fuente en el primer Renacimiento castellano Guillermo Alvar Nuño 7 L’humaniste suisse Heinrich Glaréan (1488–1563), vir bonus dicendi et docendi peritus David Amherdt 8 La relevancia de los paratextos de las primeras ediciones de Marciano Capela para la crítica textual Manuel Ayuso 9 Fonctions et effets des titres-résumés dans les miscellanées philologiques de la Renaissance Valéry Berlincourt 10 From puer to iuuenis: Peder Hegelund’s Self-Reflecting Portrayal of Danish Christian III in the Epicedion de Inclyto et Serenissimo Rege Christiano III Anders Kirk Borggaard 11 Shaping a Poem: Some Remarks on Paul of Krosno and His Horatianism Elwira Buszewicz 12 Le scritture esposte e il latino in Italia fra XIV e XV secolo Nadia Cannata 13 Commenter Quinte-Curce au xvie siècle : Premières observations Lucie Claire 14 Bernardo Michelozzi e Francesco Pucci, amici di penna Claudia Corfiati 15 The Bird-Catcher’s Wiles: Pietro Angeli da Barga’s De Aucupio Ingrid A. R. De Smet 16 La tradición latina renacentista del De simplicium medicamentorum facultatibus de Galeno Marina Díaz Marcos 17 Aspects of Nature and People in Early Travel Literature (Fifteenth to Sixteenth Centuries) Roumpini Dimopoulou 18 Bonaventura Vulcanius in Spain: Some Poems Ignacio J. García Pinilla 19 La versión latina del tratado aristotélico De sensu (Parva naturalia) de Sepúlveda Paraskevi Gatsioufa 20 The Practicing Poet: Petrarch, Dedalus, and the Dynamics of Poetic Creativity in the Bucolicum carmen Donald Gilman 21 The Epigrammata Antiquae Urbis (1521) and the Muses: a Little-Known Chapter in Sixteenth-Century Latin Poetry Gerard González Germain 22 La figure du tyran dans les Adages d’Érasme Lika Gordeziani 23 From Caesar to the Rantzaus: Allegory, Fiction and Reality in Heinrich Rantzau’s De obitu nobilissimae matronae Annae Rantzoviae Domini Ioannis Rantzovij coniugis Ecloga Trine Arlund Hass 24 Epigramme et épopée : quelques exemples tirés de l’épigramme lyonnaise des années 1530–40 Sylvie Laigneau-Fontaine 25 Ovidio neo-latino tra Cinque e Seicento: un percorso italo-europeo Marco Leone 26 Nunc erit beatior … L’homme et la nature dans la troisième épode de Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski Maria Łukaszewicz-Chantry 27 L’art de conférer chez Érasme Eric MacPhail 28 Mankind’s Public and Private Roles in Collectanea Moralis Philosophiae (1571) Ana I. C. Martins 29 Prefazioni e dediche nelle edizioni degli storici greci tra politica e divulgazione Maria Stefania Montecalvo 30 Dutch Late Humanism and Its Aftermath: the Reception of Hugo Grotius’ Biblical Scholarship Henk Nellen 31 The Merging of Linguistic Idioms in the Commentary Genre: the Case of Alejo Vanegas of Toledo (1542) Daniel Nodes 32 La quaestio An terra moveatur an quiescat di Giovanni Regiomontano Pietro Daniel Omodeo e Alberto Bardi 33 Los cuatro epigramas latinos de Alonso García en alabanza del Libro de la melancholia (Sevilla, 1585) de su discípulo Andrés Velásquez Joaquín Pascual-Barea 34 Amato Lusitano: El relato patográfico del morbo gálico María Jesús Pérez Ibáñez 35 Nuevos retos para el estudio de la poesía jesuítica latina del siglo XVIII Carlos Ángel Rizos Jiménez 36 Fonti scientifiche in contesti scolastici: La metafora medica nei commenti a Persio del Secondo Quattrocento Federica Rossetti 37 Continuidad y variación en el tratamiento de la rabia: de Gratio (s. I) a Aurifaber (s. XVI) María de Lourdes Santiago Martínez 38 Magnetism’s Transformation from Natural Phenomenon to Literary Metaphor Raija Sarasti-Wilenius 39 Natural and Artificial Objects in Conrad Gessner’s Book on “Fossils” Petra Schierl 40 Educazione e politica nelle lettere di Costanza da Varano Margherita Sciancalepore 41 Städtelob und Zeitkritik: Die Frankfurt-Episode im Iter Argentoratense (1544) des Humanisten Georg Fabricius Robert Seidel 42 Seven Types of Intertextuality, and the Emic/Etic Distinction Minna Skafte Jensen 43 A Dowry Recovered after Three Decades: Diego Gracián’s Spanish Editions of Ioannes Dantiscus’ Hymns Revisited Anna Skolimowska 44 Neo-Latin and Russian in Mikhail V. Lomonosov’s Panegyric for Elizaveta Petrovna (1749) Anna Smirnova 45 De interpretibus Iacobi Vanierii e Societate Jesu sacerdotis inter poetas Hungaros László Szörényi 46 The Weaver of Light: Divine Origin of Nature and Natural Science in Carlo Noceti’s Iris Irina Tautschnig 47 Notas sobre la correspondencia manuscrita de Christoph Sand Pablo Toribio 48 Cum Apolline Christus: Personal Mottos of Humanists from the Czech Lands Marta Vaculínová 49 Lettere alla corte aragonese: L’epistolario di Antonio Galateo, i re di Napoli e l’Accademia Sebastiano Valerio 50 The Latin and the Swedish Versions of J. Widekindi’s Historia Belli Sveco-Moscovitici Decennalis: the Nature of the Differences Arsenii Vetushko-Kalevich 51 Il bestiario “non inutile e giocondo” dell’umanista Pier Candido Decembrio Éva Vígh 52 Der Humanist in der Krise: Zur Rolle der Poesie im Leben des Rigaer Humanisten David Hilchen Kristi Viiding 53 Nepenthes – Trank der Helena: Die umstrittene Identität eines ‚homerischen‘ pharmakon in gelehrten Debatten des 17. Jahrhunderts Benjamin Wallura 54 Martinus Szent-Ivany’s Notion of scientia: Some Preliminary Notes on the Semantics of Neo-Latin Science Svorad Zavarský Index
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Brill A Guide to the Heavens: The Literary Reception of
Book SynopsisThis book is available in Open Access thanks to the generous support of the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań This is the first monographic study of the reception of Herman Hugo's emblematic book "Pia desideria" (1624) in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It discusses ten different translations and adaptations, showing how the engravings, elegies and exegetical extracts of the original volume were used by Polish-speaking authors (a little space is also devoted to the painting reception of the engravings). The author examines too the reasons for the phenomenon of the volume's popularity, proving that it was determined by the interest of women who did not know Latin, who constituted the most important target group for these numerous and varied Polish adaptations.Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Abstract Keywords 1 Introduction 2 Pia desideria: the Anatomy of Success 3 Adaptations of Pia desideria Based on Its Engravings 4 Translations of the Pia desideria Elegies 5 Translations and Adaptations of Exegetical Excerpts from Pia desideria 6 Conclusions Bibliography Index
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Peeters Publishers Éthique, poétique et esthétique du secret de
Book SynopsisAlors que notre époque semble ne laisser aucune place au secret, il est difficile d’imaginer quelle fut son importance dans la pensée et la pratique sous l’Ancien Régime. Le présent volume, issu d’un colloque international qui s’est tenu à Reims, examine ce que fut le secret durant les XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, tout en ouvrant l’étude à des textes originels comme le Roman du Graal, à la période romantique avec Senancour, Chateaubriand et Stendhal, voire au XXe siècle. Les contributions déclinent les diverses formes du secret : discrétion, dissimulation, énigme, mystère, implicite, clandestinité, espionnage. Dans la première partie, elles touchent à l’anthropologie et au rapport qu’entretiennent le politique et la morale. Une esthétique du secret s’affirme quand les poètes, les peintres et les dramaturges sollicitent la participation du spectateur. Le «plaisir secret» se charge alors de valeur positive. Les auteurs, les libraires et les journalistes n’ignorent pas la valeur pragmatique du secret. La seconde partie du volume porte sur les fictions. Le roman de cette époque élabore des dispositifs ingénieux pour exprimer ce qui est à la fois montré et caché. Il circonscrit le secret dans son ambiguïté, sans pouvoir le dire vraiment. Quel que soit son intérêt au Grand Siècle, le secret d’amour tend à se vider de son contenu pour mieux éclairer les processus de communication. Le roman du siècle suivant hésite entre la dissimulation et la transparence ; avec le conte, il use de l’énigme et de la mystification pour mener un combat idéologique et pour interroger l’inconscient jusque dans l’érotisme et l’inceste. Ainsi la poétique du secret qui se développe jusqu’au seuil du XIXe siècle permet de repenser plus largement le rapport du lecteur à la production littéraire.
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BIS Publishers B.V. The F***ing History of Swearing
Book SynopsisThis book is a bold and expressively designed treasure trove of information about the history of swearing. With its bold and expressive design, The F***ing History of Swearing is an outstanding visual feast. Swearing is and always has been regarded as undereducated, obscene, rude and profane in society. Yet despite your mum’s best efforts, cussing is mainstream. It’s even more than that, it’s an integrated part of our culture. The number of times we swear is huge. Most often it occurs naturally and you would have to force yourself not to swear. We don’t think twice about shouting the word ‘FUCK’ if we hurt ourselves or miss the bus in the morning. It just happens automatically and that’s where it gets interesting.
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Kon Acad Wetenschappen Letteren 'Moedertalen en taalmoeders': Het vroegmoderne
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Amsterdam University Press Language, Literature and the Construction of a
Book SynopsisIn exploring the birth of a Dutch identity between 1780 and 1830, this book integrates nationalism studies with literary and linguistic history by highlighting scholarly study of the Dutch language as a factor in the creation of the national identity. These early scholars promoted the Dutch language during a time of political upheaval, when citizens needed something to feel proud of. This book examines the impact individual agents had on a crucial stage in the Dutch nation-building process.Table of Contents1. Gijsbert Rutten & Ton van Kalmthout Cultural nationalism and the rise of Dutch studies 2. Gijsbert Rutten Matthijs Siegenbeek in defence of Dutch 3. Francien Petiet Barthold Hendrik Lulofs: A ‘learned dilettante’ 4. Rick Honings Poet and professor: Adam Simons 5. Marijke van der wal Johannes Kinker: A Kantian philosopher teaching Dutch language, literature, and eloquence 6. Wim Vandenbussche Caught between propaganda and science: Ulrich Gerhard Lauts, the forgotten father of Dutch philology in Brussels 7. Jan Noordegraaf Pieter Weiland and his Nederduitsche spraakkunst 8. Ellen Krol Moralist of the nation: Johannes Henricus van der Palm 9. Janneke Weijermars I am revived as a Belgian: The work of Jan Frans Willems 10. Lo van Driel & Nicoline van der Sijs Adriaan Kluit: Back to the sources! 11. Peter Altena ‘Can grander skulls be crowned?’ Jacob van Dijk’s posthumous literary history 12. Ton van Kalmthout Hendrik van Wijn: Pioneer of historical literary studies in the Netherlands 13. Lotte Jensen The founding father of Dutch literary history: Jeronimo de Vries 14. Gert-Jan Johannes Afterword
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HarperCollins India Battle for Sanskrit: Is Sanskrit Political or
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Amsterdam University Press Multilingualism, Nationhood, and Cultural
Book SynopsisBefore the modern nation-state became a stable, widespread phenomenon throughout northern Europe, multilingualism-the use of multiple languages in one geographical area-was common throughout the region. This book brings together historians and linguists, who apply their respective analytic tools to offer an interdisciplinary interpretation of the functions of multilingualism in identity-building in the period, and, from that, draw valuable lessons for understanding today's cosmopolitan societies.Table of ContentsLanguages and Culture in History: A New Series Willem Frijhoff, Marie-Christine Kok Escalle, Karène Sanchez-Summerer I. Approaches of Multilingualism in the Past 1. Codes, routines and communication: Forms and Meaning of Linguistic Plurality in Western Societies in Former Times Willem Frijhoff 2. Capitalizing Multilingual Competence: Language Learning and Teaching in the Early Modern Period Pierre Swiggers II. Multilingualism in Early Modern Times: Three Examples 3. Plurilingualism in Augsburg and Nuremberg in Early Modern Times Konrad Schröder 4. Multilingualism in the Dutch Golden Age: An Exploration Willem Frijhoff 5. Literacy, Usage, and National Prestige: The Changing Fortunes of Gaelic in Ireland Joep Leerssen
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Amsterdam University Press Ecologies of Translation in East and South East
Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking volume on early modern inter-Asian translation examines how translation from plain Chinese was situated at the nexus between, on the one hand, the traditional standard of biliteracy characteristic of literary practices in the Sinographic sphere, and on the other, practices of translational multilingualism (competence in multiple spoken languages to produce a fully localized target text). Translations from plain Chinese are shown to carve out new ecologies of translations that not only enrich our understanding of early modern translation practices across the Sinographic sphere, but also demonstrate that the transregional uses of a non-alphabetic graphic technology call for different models of translation theory.Trade Review''This welcome book introduces translation of vernacular languages in the context of the multi- and bi lingualism of East Asia and South East Asia during the period between 1600 and 1900... A strength of the book is its scholarly in-depth research on particular translations. In other ways too, this volume is extremely valuable... I hope this volume will contribute to a meaningful dialogue between different groups of scholars working on translation.'' - Nana Sato-Rossberg, International Journal of Asian Studies , 2 May 2023 Table of ContentsIntroduction "Scriptworlds, Vernacularization, and Shifting Translations Norms," (Peter Knornicki, Patricia Sieber, and Li Guo) Chapter 1 "On Not Being Shallow: Examination Essays, Songbooks, and the Translational Nature of Mixed-Register Literature in Early Modern China," (Patricia Sieber) Chapter 2 "A Faithful Translation: Ts.zoku sangokushiSanguozhi yanyi," (Matthew Fraleigh) Chapter 3 "Romance of the Two Kingdoms: Okajima Kanzan’s Chinese Explication of 'The Annals of Pacification' (Taiheiki engi)," (William Hedberg) Chapter 4 "Speaking the Sinitic: Translation and 'Chinese Language' in Eighteenth-Century Japan," (Yuan Ye) Chapter 5 "'Body Borrowed, Soul Returned': An Adaptation of a Chinese Buddhist Miraculous Tale into a Vietnamese Classic Theatrical Script," (Nguy.n Tô Lan) Chapter 6 "Out of the Margins: The Western Wing ... Glossarial Complex in Late Chos.n and the Problem of the Literary Vernacular," (Ross King) Chapter 7 "Vernacular Eloquence in Fiction Glossaries of Late Chos.n Korea," (Si Nae Park) Chapter 8 "Imagined Orality: Mun Hanmy.ng's Late 19th-Century Approach to Sinitic Literacy," (Xiaoqiao Ling and Young Oh) Chapter 9 "Linguistic Transformation and Cultural Reconstruction: Translations of Gorky’s 'Kain and Artem' in Japan and China," (Xiaolu Ma)
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Penn State University Press Etymological Dictionary of the Sumerian Language
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City University of Hong Kong Press Inspirations from a Lofty Mountain: Festschrift
Book SynopsisAn internationally acclaimed linguist, Professor William S-Y. Wang has had a distinguished career both in Hong Kong and abroad. In addition to formulating the theory of lexical diffusion, his academic interests have included experimental phonetic studies, language simulation and modeling and, more recently, aging and language.In honor of Prof. Wang's 90th birthday, his colleagues and friends from around the world have contributed more than 30 articles for a two-volume commemorative Festschrift. The contents of this English volume include diachronic, synchronic, and interdisciplinary linguistic studies from authors across Asia and in the United States. Focusing mainly on the Chinese language, topics include the evolution of language, the relationship between language and music, and the functions and processes of the brain involved in language production. Written by and for seasoned language researchers, this Festschrift will also appeal to students of Chinese linguistics and readers with an interest in Chinese culture, history, and neurology.
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The American University in Cairo Press All Strangers Are Kin: Adventures in Arabic and
Book SynopsisIf you’ve ever studied a foreign language, you know what happens when you first truly and clearly communicate with another person. As Zora O’Neill recalls, you feel like a magician. If that foreign language is Arabic, you just might feel like a wizard. They say that Arabic takes seven years to learn and a lifetime to master. O’Neill had put in her time. Steeped in grammar tomes and out-dated textbooks, she faced an increasing certainty that she was not only failing to master Arabic, but also driving herself crazy. She took a decade-long hiatus, but couldn’t shake her fascination with the language or the cultures it had opened up to her. So she decided to jump back in—this time with a new approach. Join O’Neill for a grand tour through the Middle East. You will laugh with her in Egypt, delight in the stories she passes on from the United Arab Emirates, and find yourself transformed by her experiences in Lebanon and Morocco. She’s packed her dictionaries, her unsinkable sense of humor, and her talent for making fast friends of strangers. From quiet, bougainvillea-lined streets to the lively buzz of crowded medinas, from families’ homes to local hotspots, she brings a part of the world that is thousands of miles away right to your door. A natural storyteller with an eye for the deeply absurd and the deeply human, Zora O’Neill explores the indelible links between culture and communication. A powerful testament to the dynamism of language, All Strangers Are Kin reminds us that learning another tongue leaves you rich with so much more than words.Trade Review"Zora O'Neill is a wonderful writer, a hakawati who can spin a tale with the best of them."--Rabih Alameddine, author of "The Hakawati" and "An Unnecessary Woman""Zora O'Neill is the perfect travel companion: smart, curious, witty and knowledgeable. In a time when the news out of the Middle East is too often grim, she finds warmth and humor. By refusing to tread along the same paths that so many news reporters are confined to, she reveals to us rich new possibilities for understandingall in a deceptively breezy tone."--Carla Power, author of National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize Finalist"O'Neill masterfully weaves together vignettes, linguistic musings, and a colorful cast of thousands into an always-thoughtful, often hysterically funny paean to a part of the world about which most Americans remain woefully ignorant."--Suketu Mehta, author of "Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found""Wry, witty, and charmingly erudite, this lovely book goes through the looking glass of the Arabic language and emerges with a radiant image of the Arab world."--Diana Abu-Jaber, author of "Life Without a Recipe," "Crescent," "The Language of Baklava," and others"You will travel through countries and across centuries, meeting professors and poets, revolutionaries, nomads, and nerds. O'Neill's generous storytelling makes the intricacies of Arabic grammar seem fascinating and inexplicably glamorous. And the most unforgettable character you encounter may be the Arabic language itself, which will feel like an old friend by the time you finish this warm and hilarious book."--Annia Ciezadlo, author of "Day of Honey""This charming memoir . . . is sure to bring a nod of recognition to any student of Arabic, however uncomfortably he or she ever sat in that classroom, as well as to enthrall those never-students curious about the world's fifth-most-spoken language."--Louis Werner, AramcoWorld"O'Neill doesn't teach readers to be fluent in Arabic, but she imparts a more valuable lesson on how (and how not) to learn a language, and the journey is more fascinating than the result."--Publishers Weekly"O'Neill's prose is affable and chatty [...] and her approach to her travels is almost recklessly upbeat...Her tale of her 'Year of Speaking Arabic Badly' is a genial and revealing pleasure."--Seattle Times"In a witty memoir, [O'Neill] chronicles her attempt to learn Arabic in the Middle East. The tome is on Seth Meyers' shelf."--Us Weekly"Along with exploring fascinating local cultures and customs, [Zora O'Neill] ties in her unique experiences attempting to master Arabic. Like her journey, her memoir is colorful, comical, and compelling."--Bustle, "16 Must-Read Nonfiction Books Due Out In June 2016""As [Zora O'Neill] explores local Arabic cultures, she also highlights the often humorous trials and tribulations of learning the difficult language. Along the way, her writing brings to life dynamic settings and captivating people."--Romper, "New Summer Books to Enjoy On Your Warm Weather Adventures""[O'Neill] engages in Arabic with anyone she can, studies colloquial expressions, and chronicles vocabulary, usage, and contradictions. People she interacts with while picnicking, hitchhiking, even at the aftermath of a car accident are opportunities for an exchange. What emerges is the idea of language as a connection, passion, and a reflection of the lives and history of diverse Arab peoples, a view which is lacking in the general news coverage of Middle Eastern conflict. Glimpses of daily life, particularly of Arab women, are intriguing and sometimes unexpected, including the rich assortment of Lebanese cursing while driving. A useful complement to Middle Eastern study and essential for Arabic learners as well as an enjoyable peek into contemporary lives in the region."--Library Journal"In her engaging, colloquial account, freelance and travel writer O'Neill recounts how, at the age of 39, just after the events of the Arab Spring, she decided to return to Egypt and take up a more vernacular approach to studying Arabic rather than approaching it 'as if it were a dead language'...A valiant chronicle of the author's 'Year of Speaking Arabic Badly.'"--Kirkus Reviews"At a time when politics dominates our view of the Middle East, Zora O'Neill has found a different port of entry: the language. An enthusiastic and resourceful student of Arabic, O'Neill captures both the richness of the language and the ways in which it allows an outsider to connect with common people all the way from Morocco to the Persian Gulf."--Peter Hessler, author of Country Driving, Oracle Bones, and others"This book works well on two levels--as an account of learning a new language with an unfamiliar alphabet and multiple dialects, and as an account of traveling through nations where that language is dominant. Zora O'Neill is a keen observer of cultures fresh to her and a fine writing stylist. The tragic timeliness of the genocide in Syria gives O'Neill's account unplanned urgency for readers in 2016-17."--Society of American Travel Writers Lowell Thomas Award citation for Best Travel Book 2016-17Table of ContentsPrologue EGYPT Empty Talk Inside the Word Factory A Prophecy Two Tongues See What We Did Where’s Your Ear? Days of Rage Hidden Fingers Illuminating the House Graduation Day THE GULF Knowledge Village Practical, Fashion, Extreme When Your Ear Hears Eau de Facebook What He Did Not Know Heritage Club The Best People Supreme Poets Develop! LEBANON The New Beirut What Is the Rule? We Don’t Talk about Politics Here Almost a Dead Language Your Mother Easy—but Not Good The Weird Uncle Pierre and His Friends We Have Not Taught the Prophet the Price Land of Thorns MOROCCO Daddy, Mommy, Gramps The Place Where the Sun Sets You Pour the Tea God Is Beautiful Speaking Mexican Let’s Chat in Arabic Sweet Sensation Up in the Old Hotel What Is the Name of This? Crossing the Bridge Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes
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Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd The Leeter Spiaking Singlish: Book 1:
Book SynopsisFollowing on the success of his 2017 hit, Spiaking Singlish: A Companion to How Singaporeans Communicate, Gwee Li Sui is back with a series of three “Leeter” books covering the quintessential features of Singlish, Singapore’s unofficial language – written in Singlish! In this first volume, we delve into what is known as the end-particle: “a modifier that primarily comes at the end of a sentence or a clause. Its appearance changes the meaning of the whole construction – yes, it is that powderful one! We will look at a whole bunch of them: lah, leh, ler, lor, loh, liao, ha, ah, hor, wor, mah, meh, siol, sial, sia, eh, nia, neh, and bah. Some are long-long oredi got use although their uses may have evolved. Others are sibeh new even to my ears!"
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Contraatircse O Vermelho: Nascido das Estrelas
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Running Press Adult Twas the Night Before Christmas YAll
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