The Grammar Of Rock
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The Grammar Of Rock
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Author : Alexander Theroux
language : en
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Release Date : 2013-02-16
The Grammar Of Rock written by Alexander Theroux and has been published by Fantagraphics Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-16 with Music categories.
Novelist and critic Alexander Theroux analyzes the pop song. National Book Award nominee, critic and one of America’s least compromising satirists, Alexander Theroux takes a comprehensive look at the colorful language of pop lyrics and the realm of rock music in general in The Grammar of Rock: silly song titles; maddening instrumentals; shrieking divas; clunker lines; the worst (and best) songs ever written; geniuses of the art; movie stars who should never have raised their voice in song but who were too shameless to refuse a mic; and the excesses of awful Christmas recordings. Praising (and critiquing) the gems of lyricists both highbrow and low, Theroux does due reverence to classic word-masters like Ira Gershwin, Jimmy Van Heusen, Cole Porter, and Sammy Cahn, lyricists as diverse as Hank Williams, Buck Ram, the Moody Blues, and Randy Newman, Dylan and the Beatles, of course, and more outré ones like the Sex Pistols, the Clash, Patti Smith, the Fall (even Ghostface Killa), but he considers stupid rhymes, as well ― nonsense lyrics, chop logic, the uses and abuses of irony, country music macho, verbal howlers, how voices sound alike and why, and much more. In a way that no one else has ever done, with his usual encyclopedic insights into the state of the modern lyric, Theroux focuses on the state of language ― the power of words and the nature of syntax ― in The Grammar of Rock. He analyzes its assaults on listeners’ impulses by investigating singers’ styles, pondering illogical lunacies in lyrics, and deconstructing the nature of diction and presentation in the language. This is that rare book of discernment and probing wit (and not exclusively one that is a critical defense of quality) that positively evaluates the very nature of a pop song, and why one over another has an effect on the listener.
The Grammar Of Rock
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Author : Alexander Theroux
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
The Grammar Of Rock written by Alexander Theroux and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Popular music categories.
The Rock N Roll Guide To Grammar And Style
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Author : Michael J. Zerbe
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2019-04-16
The Rock N Roll Guide To Grammar And Style written by Michael J. Zerbe and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-16 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Believe it or not, you can use your favorite Rock-‘n’-Roll song titles to show you, clearly and concisely, how English grammar and style work—and it’s fun! Inspired by a lifelong love of music and language, this book captures the brilliant bond between music and language, using song titles as an innovative and memorable way to teach grammar and style. The book does not critique grammar and style use in Rock-‘n’-Roll song titles. Instead, it celebrates this use and demonstrates different kinds of sentences, parts of speech, verb tenses, stylistic figures of speech, and more. The book starts with short but complete sentences—song title subject/verb combinations of songs you know such as “Love hurts” and “Voices carry.” The patterns of English grammar and style then become strikingly visible when you see them in the titles of Rock-‘n’-Roll songs you love, all the way from the 1950s to today.
Stories Of Rocks And Minerals For The Grammar Grades Classic Reprint
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Author : Harold W. Fairbanks
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2019-01-10
Stories Of Rocks And Minerals For The Grammar Grades Classic Reprint written by Harold W. Fairbanks and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-10 with Science categories.
Excerpt from Stories of Rocks and Minerals: For the Grammar Grades In the grammar grades Nature study or elementary Science has an additional value because of the information which it conveys. It is an important feature of the new geography, which deals with a world of related rather than of isolated facts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Stories Of Rocks And Minerals For The Grammar Grades
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Author : Harold Wellman Fairbanks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1903
Stories Of Rocks And Minerals For The Grammar Grades written by Harold Wellman Fairbanks and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1903 with Mineralogy categories.
Stories Of Rocks And Minerals For The Grammar Grades
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Author : Harold W. Fairbanks
language : en
Publisher: Trieste Publishing
Release Date : 2017-07-28
Stories Of Rocks And Minerals For The Grammar Grades written by Harold W. Fairbanks and has been published by Trieste Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-28 with Sports & Recreation categories.
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Rock And Roll Will Save Your Life
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Author : Steve Almond
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-04-13
Rock And Roll Will Save Your Life written by Steve Almond and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Drooling fanatic, n. 1. One who drools in the presence of beloved rock stars. 2. Any of a genus of rock-and-roll wannabes/geeks who walk around with songs constantly ringing in their ears, own more than 3,000 albums, and fall in love with at least one record per week. With a life that’s spanned the phonographic era and the digital age, Steve Almond lives to Rawk. Like you, he’s secretly longed to live the life of a rock star, complete with insane talent, famous friends, and hotel rooms to be trashed. Also like you, he’s content (sort of) to live the life of a rabid fan, one who has converted his unrequited desires into a (sort of) noble obsession. Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life traces Almond’s passion from his earliest (and most wretched) rock criticism to his eventual discovery of a music-crazed soul mate and their subsequent production of two little superfans. Along the way, Almond reflects on the delusional power of songs, the awkward mating habits of drooling fanatics, and why Depression Songs actually make us feel so much better. The book also includes: • sometimes drunken interviews with America’s finest songwriters • a recap of the author’s terrifying visit to Graceland while stoned • a vigorous and credibility-shattering endorsement of Styx’s Paradise Theater • recommendations you will often choose to ignore • a reluctant exegesis of the Toto song “Africa” • obnoxious lists sure to piss off rock critics But wait, there’s more. Readers will also be able to listen to a special free mix designed by the author, available online at www.stevenalmond.com, for the express purpose of eliciting your drool. For those about to rock—we salute you!
The Grammar Devotional
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Author : Mignon Fogarty
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date : 2009-10-27
The Grammar Devotional written by Mignon Fogarty and has been published by St. Martin's Griffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-27 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Millions of fans around the globe punctuate properly and communicate clearly thanks to Mignon Fogarty's practical and easy-to-remember advice about writing style and word usage. Her first book, Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, hit the New York Times bestseller list, and her weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded more than 100 million times and hailed by USA Today as "authoritative but warm." Now, in tip-of-the-day form, Grammar Girl serves up 365 lessons on language that are sure to inspire. Filled with new, bite-size writing tips, fun quizzes and puzzles, and efficient memory tricks, The Grammar Devotional gives you a daily dose of knowledge to improve your writing and also serves as a lasting reference you'll use for years to come.
The Grammar Of Lahu
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Author : James A. Matisoff
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1973-01-01
The Grammar Of Lahu written by James A. Matisoff and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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On Understanding Grammar
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Author : T. Givón
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Release Date : 2018-03-15
On Understanding Grammar written by T. Givón and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In his foreword to the original edition of this classic of functionalism, typology and diachrony, Dwight Bolinger wrote: "I foresee it as one of the truly prizes statements of our current knowledge...a book about understanding done with deep understanding – of language and its place in Nature and in the nature of humankind... The book is rich in insights, even for those who have been with linguistics for a long time. And beginners could be thankful for having it as a starting point, from which so many past mistakes have been shed". Thoroughly revised, corrected and updated, On Understanding Grammar remains, as its author intended it in 1979, a book about trying to make sense of human language and of doing linguistics. Language is considered here from multiple perspectives, intersecting with cognition and communication, typology and universals, grammaticalization, development and evolution. Within such a broad cross-disciplinary context, grammar is viewed as an automated, structured language-processing device, assembled through evolution, diachrony and use. Cross-language diversity is not arbitrary, but rather is tightly constrained and adaptively motivated, with the balance between universality and diversity mediated through development, be it evolutionary or diachronic. The book's take on language harkens back to the works of illustrious antecedents such as F. Bopp, W. von Humbold, H. Paul, A. Meillet, O. Jespersen and G. Zipf, offering a coherent alternative to the methodological and theoretical strictures of Saussure, Bloomfield and Chomsky.