The Maybrick A to Z
| Author | : Christopher Jones |
| Publisher | : Countyvise Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 314 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 1906823006 |
Portmanteau A Z
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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern: A-Z
| Author | : Charles Dudley Warner |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 672 |
| Release | : 1902 |
| Genre | : Anthologies |
| ISBN | : |
Library of the World's Best Literature: A-Z
| Author | : Charles Dudley Warner |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 572 |
| Release | : 1902 |
| Genre | : Literature |
| ISBN | : |
Portmanteau A-Z
| Author | : Rebecca May |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : English language |
| ISBN | : 9781858945415 |
What do the words 'digerati’, 'quasar’ and 'youthanasia’ have in common? They are all portmanteau words: words that fuse the sounds and combine the meanings of two or more separate words. The term was first used by Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass (1871), when Humpty Dumpty explains to Alice some of the unusual words in the poem 'Jabberwocky’. Today such words as 'Oxbridge’ and 'ruckus’ feature in everyday speech, and more portmanteau words are continuously being coined by the media. In this charming little book, Rebecca May presents an A-Z of portmanteau words - some new, some absurd, some widely used - and provides a witty definition and appealing illustration for each word, together with its derivation. Light-hearted but also highly informative, Portmanteau A-Z is a testament to the richness and versatility of English, and will appeal to design and language buffs alike.
Transitivity, Valency, and Voice
| Author | : Denis Creissels |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 849 |
| Release | : 2024-10-29 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 0198899580 |
This book sets up a consistent theoretical and terminological framework for the study of the phenomena that are commonly subsumed under the terms transitivity, valency, and voice. These three concepts are at the heart of the most basic aspects of clausal structure in any language; however, there is considerable cross-linguistic variation in the constraints on how verbs combine with noun phrases that refer to participants in the event that they denote or to the circumstances of the event. In this book, Denis Creissels explores and accounts for the extent of this cross-linguistic variation, capturing its regularities and examining the historical phenomena that have resulted in the emergence of constructions and markers. The novel framework developed in the book allows similar phenomena to be identified across typologically diverse languages, and facilitates systematic comparison of the manifestations of these phenomena in the grammars of individual languages.
The A to Z of American Theater
| Author | : James Fisher |
| Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
| Total Pages | : 618 |
| Release | : 2009-09-02 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0810870479 |
The 50-year period from 1880 to 1929 is the richest era for theater in American history, certainly in the great number of plays produced and artists who contributed significantly, but also in the centrality of theater in the lives of Americans. As the impact of European modernism began to gradually seep into American theater during the 1880s and quite importantly in the 1890s, more traditional forms of theater gave way to futurism, symbolism, surrealism, and expressionism. American playwrights like Eugene O'Neill, George Kelly, Elmer Rice, Philip Barry, and George S. Kaufman ushered in the Golden Age of American drama. The A to Z of American Theater: Modernism focuses on legitimate drama, both as influenced by European modernism and as impacted by the popular entertainment that also enlivened the era. This is accomplished through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced entries on plays; music; playwrights; great performers like Maude Adams, Otis Skinner, Julia Marlowe, and E.H. Sothern; producers like David Belasco, Daniel Frohman, and Florenz Ziegfeld; critics; architects; designers; and costumes.
The A to Z of Postmodernist Literature and Theater
| Author | : Fran Mason |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 464 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Literature, Modern |
| ISBN | : 0810868555 |
"The A to Z of Postmodernist Literature and Theater examines the different areas of postmodernist literature and theater and the variety of forms that have been produced. It contains a list of acronyms, a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on individual writers, important aesthetic practices, significant texts, and important movements and ideas that have created a variety of literary approaches within the form. By placing these concerns within the historical, philosophical, and cultural contexts of postmodernism, this reference explores the frameworks within which postmodernist literature of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries operates." --Book Jacket.
The A to Z of Eating Disorders
| Author | : Emma Woolf |
| Publisher | : Sheldon Press |
| Total Pages | : 157 |
| Release | : 2017-09-21 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 1847094627 |
Are you worried about your food intake? Do you weigh yourself most days and feel guilty if you gain half a pound? Do strict rules dominate your mealtimes and life, just so you can feel more in control? The A to Z of Eating Disorders is a road map for anyone who wants a way out of the bewildering world of disordered eating and body-image anxiety. From anorexia, bingeing and clean eating, to social media, yo-yo dieting and size zero, this book explores these complex conditions from a range of angles, offering valuable insights and hope. In this inspiring, impeccably researched book, renowned writer and broadcaster Emma Woolf says, 'Eating disorders cause untold misery and can affect anyone at any time of life. As someone who has lived through anorexia and recovery, I receive emails every day from those desperate for guidance. The A to Z of Eating Disorders helps to demystify disordered eating and sets you back on the path to a happy, healthy relationship with food.' Praise for The A to Z of Eating Disorders 'Detailed but to the point, Emma Woolf provides insight, wisdom and practical solutions: The A to Z of Eating Disorders is a must-have for anyone with or caring for someone with an eating disorder.' Renee McGregor, performance and clinical dietitian I've just been reading your book again for the second time this week, aka The A-Z of Eating Disorders. It's truly an amazing book and its purpose is amazing and I'm just so happy someone has confronted these topics and can educate others because anorexia is such a complex illness which can be hard for 'outsiders' to understand. Thank you, Ellie, a reader
The Evolution of Political Systems
| Author | : Steadman Upham |
| Publisher | : CUP Archive |
| Total Pages | : 344 |
| Release | : 1990-09-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780521382526 |
A Dictionary of Literary Devices
| Author | : Bernard Marie Dupriez |
| Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
| Total Pages | : 572 |
| Release | : 1991-01-01 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780802068033 |
Comprising some 4000 terms, defined and illustrated, "Gradus" calls upon the resources of linguistics, poetics, semiotics, socio-criticism, rhetoric, pragmatics, combining them in ways which enable readers quickly to comprehend the codes and conventions which together make up 'literarity.'
