The Journey of English
Author | : Donna Brook |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
Read about the history of the most popular language of the thousands spoken in the world today.
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Author | : Donna Brook |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
Read about the history of the most popular language of the thousands spoken in the world today.
Author | : Leila Christenbury |
Publisher | : Heinemann Educational Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780325078212 |
"This fourth edition adds a fresh new voice from veteran English Education professor Ken Lindblom, where expertise in writing instruction, teaching with technology, and teaching informational and nonfiction texts complements Leila's love of literature and vast knowledge and experience across the field."--Back cover.
Author | : Julian Baggini |
Publisher | : Granta Publications |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2013-07-04 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1847089194 |
This study of an ordinary town in Northern England is “a thoughtful, sympathetic portrait of white working-class life…essential reading” (Guardian). What do the English think? Every country has a dominant set of beliefs and attitudes concerning everything from how to live a good life, how we should organize society, and the roles of the sexes. Yet despite many attempts to define England’s national character, what might be called the nation's philosophy has remained largely unexamined until now. Philosopher Julian Baggini pinpointed postcode S66 on the outskirts of Rotherham as England in microcosm—an area that reflected most accurately the full range of the nation's inhabitants, its most typical mix of urban and rural, old and young, married and single. He then spent six months living there, immersing himself in this typical English Everytown, in order to get to know the mind of a people. It sees the world as full of patterns and order, a view manifest in its enjoyment of gambling. It has a functional, puritanical streak, evident in its notoriously bad cuisine. In the English mind, men should be men and women should be women (but it's not sure what children should be). Sympathetic but critical, serious yet witty, Baggini's account of the English as represented by this particular spot on its map is both a portrait of its people and a personal story about being an alien in your own land. “Baggini turns out to be a sensitive observer who takes people and places on their own terms. He is also good at examining his own prejudices and fears.”—Independent “An insightful and often amusing investigation of what it means to be English.”—London Review of Books
Author | : Sam Keen |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 1989-09-01 |
Genre | : Self-Help |
ISBN | : 0874775434 |
We all tell stories about who we are, where we come from, and where we are going. These personal myths in turn shape who we become and what we believe—as individuals, families, and nations. This book offers readers the tools to detect the story line in their own lives and to write and tell it to others, opening up a hidden world of self-discovery and meaning. The numerous accessible exercises are followed by examples of personal stories and inspiring quotes to stimulate the journey to the center of one's purpose. "By the art of fantasy and imagination, story and image, these authors map the ways personal stories deepen into transpersonal mythic journeys." —David Miller, Ph.D., Watson-Ledden Professor of Religion, Syracuse University
Author | : Paul Anthony Jones |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2020-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 022668279X |
What makes a place so memorable that it survives forever in a word? In this captivating round-the-world tour, Paul Anthony Jones acts as your guide through the intriguing stories of how eighty places became immortalized in the English language. You’ll discover why the origins of turkeys, limericks, Brazil nuts, and Panama hats aren’t quite as straightforward as you might presume. If you’ve never heard of the tiny Czech mining town of Jáchymov—or Joachimsthal, as it was known until the late 1800s—you’re not alone, which makes its claim to fame as the origin of the word “dollar” all the more extraordinary. The story of how the Great Dane isn’t all that Danish makes the list, as does the Jordanian mountain whose name has become a byword for a tantalizing glimpse. We’ll also find out what the Philippines has given to your office inbox, what Alaska has given to your liquor cabinet, and how a speech given by a bumbling North Carolinian gave us a word for impenetrable nonsense. Surprising, entertaining, and illuminating, this is essential reading for armchair travelers and word nerds. Our dictionaries are full of hidden histories, tales, and adventures from all over the world—if you know where to look.
Author | : Peter Trudgill |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 203 |
Release | : 2023-06-30 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1108845126 |
A concise, original overview of the History of English, focusing on its early development and subsequent spread around the world.
Author | : Elizabeth Keen |
Publisher | : ANU E Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2007-06-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1921313072 |
De proprietatibus rerum, ‘On the properties of things’, has long been referred to by scholars as a medieval encyclopedia, but evidence suggests that it has been many things to many people. The sheer number of extant manuscript copies and printed editions, along with translations, adaptations, and mentions in poems and sermons, testify to its continuous significance for Europeans of all estates and different walks of life, from the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries. While first compiled soon after the time of St Francis by a humble continental friar to meet the needs of his expanding religious brotherhood, by 1600 English men of letters had claimed Bartholomew as a noble compatriot and national treasure. What was it about the work that propelled it through a progression of medieval cultures and into an exalted position in the world of English letters? This reception history traces evidence for the journey of ‘Properties’ over four centuries of social, political and religious change.
Author | : Paul D. Wegner |
Publisher | : Baker Academic |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2004-08 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0801027993 |
Traces the history of the Bible from the earliest manuscripts to contemporary translations.
Author | : Wu Cheng'en |
Publisher | : Asiapac Books Pte Ltd |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2018-08-14 |
Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | : 9812298894 |
The bestselling Journey to the West comic book by artist Chang Boon Kiat is now back in a brand new fully coloured edition. Journey to the West is one of the greatest classics in Chinese literature. It tells the epic tale of the monk Xuanzang who journeys to the West in search of the Buddhist sutras with his disciples, Sun Wukong, Sandy and Pigsy. Along the way, Xuanzang's life was threatened by the diabolical White Bone Spirit, the menacing Red Child and his fearsome parents and, a host of evil spirits who sought to devour Xuanzang's flesh to attain immortality. Bear witness to the formidable Sun Wukong's (Monkey God) prowess as he takes them on, using his Fiery Eyes, Golden Cudgel, Somersault Cloud, and quick wits! Be prepared for a galloping read that will leave you breathless!