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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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Brill New Perspectives on Judeo-Spanish and the Linguistic History of the Sephardic Jews
Book SynopsisAt the intersection of Jewish studies and linguistic research, the essays assembled in this book approach the topic of the languages of Sephardic Jews from different perspectives, spanning chronologically from the Middle Ages to the present day. Drawing on diverse sources – from medical glossaries to inquisition archives, from rabbinic responsa to recordings of today's speakers – the scholars collaborating on this project have endeavoured to reconstruct fragments of a complex and elusive linguistic reality, which over the centuries has been shaped by the historical experience of its speakers. An innovative collection of rigorously conducted synchronic and diachronic studies that contributes to expanding our knowledge and opening new perspectives on crucial issues, such as the effects of contact on the linguistic structures, the possibility of a norm for polycentric languages, the relationship between the lexicon of a language and the vitality of its speech community.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction Laura Minervini and Frank Savelsberg Part 1 Languages and Language Usage of the Jews in Medieval Iberia 1 Old Castilian Words in Hebrew Characters Transmitted in Medico-Botanical Glossaries and Synonym Lists Gerrit Bos, Guido Mensching and Julia Zwink 2 The Presence of the Hebrew Language and Literature in Inquisitorial Files against Judaizers from Medinaceli (Soria) Manuel Nevot Navarro 3 Historical Lexicography of Judeo-Spanish and the Diccionario del Español Medieval Electrónico (DEMel) Rafael D. Arnold Part 2 The Emergence of a New Language—Variation, Koineization, and Language Contact 4 Forms of Address at the Dawn of Judeo-Spanish Elisabeth Fernández Martín 5 Linguistic Variation in the Sephardic Community of Pisa (17th Century) José Javier Rodríguez Toro 6 Loke in Judeo-Spanish Olga Kellert 7 Language Contact and the Development of Judeo-Spanish Syntax Susann Fischer 8 On the Influence of German on Judeo-Spanish Carsten Sinner, Elia Hernández Socas and Encarnación Tabares-Plasencia Part 3 Linguistic Features and Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Present-Day Judeo-Spanish 9 Intonational Patterns in the Last Generation of Native Judeo-Spanish Speakers Born in Turkey: A Preliminary Study José Ignacio Hualde and Aldina Quintana 10 Vocalic Alternations in Istanbul Judeo-Spanish: A Pilot Study on Semi-Spontaneous Speech Data Christoph Gabriel, Jonas Grünke and Aldina Quintana 11 Lexical Availability in Contemporary Judeo-Spanish Cristóbal José Álvarez López 12 Spanish and Judeo-Spanish Today: A Glottopolitical Perspective Yvette Bürki Index
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Brill Varianz und Vertikalisierung: Zur Normierung der Adjektivdeklination in der ersten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts
Book SynopsisDiese Untersuchung zeigt, daß in dem Zeitraum, in dem nach allgemeinem Konsens der Sprachgeschichtsschreibung die Normierung der Adjektivdeklination durchgeführt wurde, eine Vertikalisierung funktionaler Varianten stattgefunden hat. Anhand von Texten verschiedener literarischer Textsorten des normsetzenden Sprachraums werden variante Belege der ersten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts ermittelt und diskutiert. Alle analysierten Belege weisen eine systematische, funktionale Verwendung der Adjektivdeklination auf, die sich in den entsprechenden morphosyntaktischen Umgebungen im späteren Neuhochdeutschen nicht mehr findet, da sie im Normierungsprozeß, oft zugunsten einer anderen funktionalen Verwendung, aufgegeben wird. Die Vertikalisierung des Variantenspektrums ist im Fall der Adjektivdeklination nicht durch die Bevorzugung der Varianten des normsetzenden Sprachraums zu erklären, denn auch hier vollzieht sich eine Vertikalisierung funktionaler Verwendungsweisen. Um auslösende Faktoren der Variantenhierarchisierung zu ermitteln, werden die Aussagen der zeitgenössischen Sprachtheoretiker zur Adjektivdeklination herangezogen. Deren Schriften belegen jedoch nur in Einzelfällen zugrundeliegende Auswahlprinzipien. Statt dessen enthalten sie umfangreiche Angaben zur Rechtfertigung oder Pejoration von Varianten, die die Vertikalisierung als eine am Sozialprestige orientierte Variantenhierarchisierung offenbart.Table of ContentsDanksagung 1 Einleitung 1.0 Vorbemerkung 2 Exemplarische Analyse 2.0 Zur Textauswahl 2.1 Die moralischen Wochenschriften 2.2 Die Romane 2.3 Die Fachprosa 3 Die zeitgenössischen Sprachtheoretiker 3.0 Fragestellung und Textauswahl 3.1 Die Behandlung der Adjektivdeklination in den zeitgenössischen sprachtheoretischen Schriften: Ein Überblick von Gueintz (1641) bis Hempel (1754) 3.2 Auswertung 4 Zusammenfassung 5 Quellen 6 Literatur Register
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Daniel Jones Selected Works Volume IV
Book SynopsisFirst published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Table of ContentsPart 5: Intonation Curves [1909] Part 6: Chindau Language [1911] Part 7: A Cantonese Phonetic Reader, with Kwing Tong Woo [1912] Part 8: A Sechuana Reader, with H. S. Perera [1916] Part 9: A Colloquial Sinhalese Reader [1919]
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Daniel Jones Selected Works Volume V
Book SynopsisFirst published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Table of ContentsPart 10: The Pronunciation of Russian, with M. V. Trofimov [1923]
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Daniel Jones Selected Works Volume VI
Book SynopsisFirst published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Table of ContentsPart 11: Colloquial French, with E. M. Stephan [1927] Part 12: Lectures on French Part 13: Lectures on Italian Part 14: Lectures on Spanish
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Daniel Jones Selected Works Volume VII
Book SynopsisFirst published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Table of ContentsPart 15: Transcripts of Articles (in Phonetic Transcription) in Le Maitr Phonetique Plus a Selection of Articles in Other Journals
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Chaucers Language
Book SynopsisSimon Horobin is Professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford University, UK and a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford University, UK.
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Hodder & Stoughton Just My Typo
Book SynopsisFrom the sublime to the ridiculous, Just My Typo is a hilarious collection of typographical errors, slips of the pen and embarrassing misprints which, like any typo of any kind, should never have happened, cannot be excused, and must not in any way be glorified. Enjoy.You''ll travel back in time to meet great figures from history: Sir Francis Drake (who circumcised the world in a small ship), Queen Victoria (who pissed graciously over the Menai Bridge), and Rambo (the famous French poet). You''ll find moral instruction (''Blessed are the meek, for they shall irrigate the earth'') and pearls of wisdom (''love is just a passing fanny''). You''ll be outraged by politicians who exploit disasters to boost their pubic profiles; entranced by lambs that gamble in the fields; concerned for a man who was admitted to hospital suffering from severe buns; and appalled to meet 11-year-old twins Helen and Ugh.Trade Review'Prefect. A grate book!' -- . * Mark Forsyth, author of THE ETYMOLOGICON *The typo: creator of angst and giggles. Best not read this in public, as you will laugh out loud. Or have the urge to nudge the stranger sitting next to you, just so you can tell them about that hilarious thing you just read. Like how Hitler had a ruthless gazpacho. Or how Rambo was a famous French poet. Or how... oh, just read the damn thing. -- . * Jen Campbell, author of WEIRD THINGS CUSTOMERS SAY IN BOOKSHOPS *This is one of the most abusing books around. Amusing. I meant amusing. With an M. Listen, someone had to do that joke, why not me? -- . * A J JACOBS, author of The Year of Living Biblically *Picked as one of the Guardian Books of the Year: 'You could put a gentle reminder in your card that "gift" has been used as a verb since the 16th century, and gift a book about language'. * Guardian *Hilarious! Don't read it through in one sitting, tempting as it might be to see what's over the page. You do reach a stage where it's difficult for onlookers to establish if you're convulsed with laughter or in need of medical assistance. * Bookbag *Delightful... as an 1864 edition of the Bible suggested, ''Rejoice and be exceedingly clad!'' * TLS *King of the stocking filler books this Christmas... Essentially it's the best most fun chunks of the internet that you're thrilled to see when you're hungover. * Alex Heminglsey, 60SecondReview *Hard to suppress the snorts of laughter when reading this jolly collection of spelling mistakes, sub-editing disasters and misprints. * The Lady *A Guardian Best Stocking-Filler Book 2012. * . *'Roundly entertaining... the pedant's stocking filler for 2012'. * Bookseller magazine humour picks *
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Edinburgh University Press Contact
Book SynopsisMuch has been written on dialect formation through contact between dialects of the same language, but the question of what happens when closely related but linguistically discrete varieties come into contact with each other has largely been neglected. Here Robert McColl Millar sets out to redress this imbalance.
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Edinburgh University Press Modern Scots
Book SynopsisThis textbook overview of Modern Scots provides a description and analysis of the language covering lexical, phonological and structural patterns. It presents evidence for the diversity of the language through illustrations from newly collected fieldwork material.
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Edinburgh University Press Contact
Book SynopsisMuch has been written on dialect formation through contact between dialects of the same language, but the question of what happens when closely related but linguistically discrete varieties come into contact with each other has largely been neglected. Here Robert McColl Millar sets out to redress this imbalance.
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Edinburgh University Press New Rhetorics for Contemporary Legal Discourse
Book SynopsisAre the general and the particular separated in legal rhetorics? What is the function of singular events, facts, names in legal argumentation and what is their relationship to legal normativity? This collection of 11 essays takes a diachronic approach to address these questions from the perspective of contemporary legal discourse.
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Visible Ink Press Metaphors Dictionary: 6,500 Comparative Phrases,
Book SynopsisA masterful metaphor, like a picture, may be worth a thousand words. By comparing two unlike objects or ideas, it illuminates the similarities between them, accomplishing in a word or phrase what could otherwise be expressed only in many words, if at all. Metaphors Dictionary is an expansive collection of 6,500 colorful classic and contemporary comparative phrases (with full annotations and a complete bibliography of sources). The Metaphors Dictionary revisits most of the great names in the annals of cultural literacy while dipping into current media too.Trade Review“The most comprehensive work of its kind. A valuable addition to reference works on words.” – Booklist “Rates a recommendation to lovers of language.” – William Safire, The New York Times “A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.” – Roy Blount metaphor, Page 47
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