The Life Of Words
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The Life Of Words
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Author : David-Antoine Williams
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2020-05-07
The Life Of Words written by David-Antoine Williams and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
For centuries, investigations into the origins of words were entwined with investigations into the origins of humanity and the cosmos. With the development of modern etymological practice in the nineteenth century, however, many cherished etymologies were shown to be impossible, and the very idea of original 'true meaning' asserted in the etymology of 'etymology' declared a fallacy. Structural linguistics later held that the relationship between sound and meaning in language was 'arbitrary', or 'unmotivated', a truth that has survived with small modification until today. On the other hand, the relationship between sound and meaning has been a prime motivator of poems, at all times throughout history. The Life of Words studies a selection of poets inhabiting our 'Age of the Arbitrary', whose auditory-semantic sensibilities have additionally been motivated by a historical sense of the language, troubled as it may be by claims and counterclaims of 'fallacy' or 'true meaning'. Arguing that etymology activates peculiar kinds of epistemology in the modern poem, the book pays extended attention to poems by G. M. Hopkins, Anne Waldman, Ciaran Carson, and Anne Carson, and to the collected works of Geoffrey Hill, Paul Muldoon, Seamus Heaney, R. F. Langley, and J. H. Prynne.
The Life Of Words
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Author : David-Antoine Williams
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-05-05
The Life Of Words written by David-Antoine Williams and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
For centuries, investigations into the origins of words were entwined with investigations into the origins of humanity and the cosmos. With the development of modern etymological practice in the nineteenth century, however, many cherished etymologies were shown to be impossible, and the very idea of original 'true meaning' asserted in the etymology of 'etymology' declared a fallacy. Structural linguistics later held that the relationship between sound and meaning in language was 'arbitrary', or 'unmotivated', a truth that has survived with small modification until today. On the other hand, the relationship between sound and meaning has been a prime motivator of poems, at all times throughout history. The Life of Words studies a selection of poets inhabiting our 'Age of the Arbitrary', whose auditory-semantic sensibilities have additionally been motivated by a historical sense of the language, troubled as it may be by claims and counterclaims of 'fallacy' or 'true meaning'. Arguing that etymology activates peculiar kinds of epistemology in the modern poem, the book pays extended attention to poems by G. M. Hopkins, Anne Waldman, Ciaran Carson, and Anne Carson, and to the collected works of Geoffrey Hill, Paul Muldoon, Seamus Heaney, R. F. Langley, and J. H. Prynne.
The Secret Life Of Words
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Author : Henry Hitchings
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2009-09-29
The Secret Life Of Words written by Henry Hitchings and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-29 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Words are essential to our everyday lives. An average person spends his or her day enveloped in conversations, e-mails, phone calls, text messages, directions, headlines, and more. But how often do we stop to think about the origins of the words we use? Have you ever thought about which words in English have been borrowed from Arabic, Dutch, or Portuguese? Try admiral, landscape, and marmalade, just for starters. The Secret Life of Words is a wide-ranging account not only of the history of English language and vocabulary, but also of how words witness history, reflect social change, and remind us of our past. Henry Hitchings delves into the insatiable, ever-changing English language and reveals how and why it has absorbed words from more than 350 other languages—many originating from the most unlikely of places, such as shampoo from Hindi and kiosk from Turkish. From the Norman Conquest to the present day, Hitchings narrates the story of English as a living archive of our human experience. He uncovers the secrets behind everyday words and explores the surprising origins of our most commonplace expressions. The Secret Life of Words is a rich, lively celebration of the language and vocabulary that we too often take for granted.
A Life In Words
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Author : Paul Auster
language : en
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Release Date : 2017-10-03
A Life In Words written by Paul Auster and has been published by Seven Stories Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-03 with Literary Criticism categories.
An inside look into Paul Auster's art and craft, the inspirations and obsessions, mesmerizing and dramatic in turn. A remarkably candid, and often surprisingly dramatic, investigation into one writer's art, craft, and life, A Life in Words is rooted in three years of dialogue between Auster and Professor I. B. Siegumfeldt, starting in 2011, while Siegumfeldt was in the process of launching the Center for Paul Auster Studies at the University of Copenhagen. It includes a number of surprising disclosures, both concerning Auster's work and about the art of writing generally. It is a book that's full of surprises, unscripted yet amounting to a sharply focused portrait of the inner workings of one of America's most productive and successful writers, through all twenty-one of Auster's narrative works and the themes and obsessions that drive them.
A Life With Words
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Author : Richard B. Wright
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2015-09-15
A Life With Words written by Richard B. Wright and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
From the acclaimed writer of the beloved Clara Callan comes a beautifully crafted, charming portrait of the writing life. Combining his characteristic wit and self-deprecation with his extraordinary imagination and insight, Richard B. Wright has created a deeply affecting memoir that reads like a novel. As a small, watchful boy growing up in a working class family in Midland, Ontario, during the Second World War, Wright gradually discovered that he saw the world through different eyes. His intellectual and sexual awakenings, his exploits as a young salesman in Canadian publishing, his painful struggles to become a writer—all of this is balanced against the extraordinary reception that in the 1970s greeted his first novel, The Weekend Man, which was published around the world to great acclaim. In spite of the sometimes crippling depression that haunted him and the ups and downs of the mid-life writer, he would finally achieve overwhelming success with Clara Callan, the Giller-winning work that swept every award in Canada and revitalized his career. Lovers of Wright’s work will appreciate behind-the-scenes glimpses of his craft in individual novels and his exploration of how a writer transmutes experience into art. And readers will enjoy his thoughtful exploration of the essential role of storytelling in our lives. A Life with Words is both a celebration of the writing life and a deeply personal—at times revelatory—invitation into the world of the imagination.
The Life Of Language
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Author : Sol Steinmetz
language : en
Publisher: Random House Reference
Release Date : 2012-01-11
The Life Of Language written by Sol Steinmetz and has been published by Random House Reference this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-11 with Reference categories.
If time travelers from the nineteenth century dropped in on us, our strange vocabulary would shock them just as much as our TVs, cars, and computers. Society changes, and so does its word stock. The Life of Language reveals how pop culture, business, technology, and other forces of globalization expand and enrich the English language, forming thousands of new words every year. In this fascinating and jargon-free guide, lexicographers Kipfer and Steinmetz reconstruct the births of thousands of words, including infantries, poz, mobs, Soho, dinks, choo choos, frankenfoods, LOL, narcs and perps. · A word lover’s guide to etymology, written in a fun, informal, and accessible style · An excellent resource for vocabulary building; a word's root helps readers understand its meaning · Beautifully packaged paperback with French flaps From the Trade Paperback edition.
My Life In Words
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Author : Raj Parmeshwar Kaitwad
language : en
Publisher: JEC PUBLICATION
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My Life In Words written by Raj Parmeshwar Kaitwad and has been published by JEC PUBLICATION this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Poetry categories.
To everyone reading this,the book contains the great situations that have occurred in my life in the past.This book is a collection of such situations in the form of poems that show some good and bad phases that once occurred.
The Life Of Words As The Symbols Of Ideas Classic Reprint
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Author : Arsène Darmesteter
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-03-05
The Life Of Words As The Symbols Of Ideas Classic Reprint written by Arsène Darmesteter and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-05 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Excerpt from The Life of Words as the Symbols of Ideas During the latter part of last year, the author was asked to deliver in London a short series of lectures in French, on some questions of philology, and the subject he chose was the Life of Words, in so far as they are the symbols of ideas. The work offered to the English public is a trans lation of the manuscript of these lectures, which have not yet been published in French. Due to the result of researches in the French language, the following pages deal almost exclusively with that idiom. It would have been impossible to adapt the work to the English language without re-writing it entirely. Many of the examples will be found repeated in the course of this little treatise. The linguistic facts under consideration present so much complexity that one and the same change of meaning may be studied from many points of view; and it seemed to the author that the best way of demonstrating this complexity was to investigate completely the various aspects of a certain number of examples. 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.
The Life Of Words As The Symbols Of Ideas Primary Source Edition
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Author : Arsene Darmesteter
language : en
Publisher: Nabu Press
Release Date : 2014-02
The Life Of Words As The Symbols Of Ideas Primary Source Edition written by Arsene Darmesteter and has been published by Nabu Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02 with categories.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
How To Find The Right Words
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Author : THE SCHOOL OF LIFE.
language : en
Publisher: School of Life
Release Date : 2021-03-09
How To Find The Right Words written by THE SCHOOL OF LIFE. and has been published by School of Life this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-09 with categories.
Twenty case studies explaining how to gently deliver a range of life's most awkward messages while causing minimal harm. Life constantly requires us to give other people some hugely awkward messages: that we don't love them anymore; that we do love them (though we're not meant to); that they smell a bit; that they're fired; that we're furious with them (though we adore them) or that their music is too loud... Often, out of embarrassment, we just stay quiet. Occasionally we explode. And typically, we stumble about, looking for the right words - dreading that we didn't find them and thereby causing more hurt than we should. This is a book to help us locate the best possible words to get across a range of life's most difficult messages. With twenty case studies drawn from relationships, friendships, work, our families, and social situations, we are gently shown what we might - in an ideal world - find ourselves saying to make our intentions known while causing minimal harm. We are guided, among other topics, to how best to end a relationship, how to make it up with a child, and how gently to let down a friend who wants more. We laugh, we recognize our troubles - and we're introduced to a range of deeply empathetic ways to navigate some of our most acute social dilemmas.