The Sleeping Dictionary
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The Sleeping Dictionary
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
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The Sleeping Dictionary
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Author : Sujata Massey
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-08-20
The Sleeping Dictionary written by Sujata Massey 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 2013-08-20 with Fiction categories.
From an award-winning novelist, a stunning portrait of late Raj India—a sweeping saga and a love story set against a background of huge political and cultural upheaval. YOU ASK FOR MY NAME, THE REAL ONE, AND I CANNOT TELL. IT IS NOT FOR LACK OF EFFORT. In 1930, a great ocean wave blots out a Bengali village, leaving only one survivor, a young girl. As a maidservant in a British boarding school, Pom is renamed Sarah and discovers her gift for languages. Her private dreams almost die when she arrives in Kharagpur and is recruited into a secretive, decadent world. Eventually, she lands in Calcutta, renames herself Kamala, and creates a new life rich in books and friends. But although success and even love seem within reach, she remains trapped by what she is . . . and is not. As India struggles to throw off imperial rule, Kamala uses her hard-won skills—for secrecy, languages, and reading the unspoken gestures of those around her—to fight for her country’s freedom and her own happiness.
Sleeping With The Dictionary
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Author : Harryette Mullen
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2002-02-22
Sleeping With The Dictionary written by Harryette Mullen 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 2002-02-22 with Poetry categories.
Harryette Mullen's fifth poetry collection, Sleeping with the Dictionary, is the abecedarian offspring of her collaboration with two of the poet's most seductive writing partners, Roget's Thesaurus and The American Heritage Dictionary. In her ménage à trois with these faithful companions, the poet is aware that while Roget seems obsessed with categories and hierarchies, the American Heritage, whatever its faults, was compiled with the assistance of a democratic usage panel that included black poets Langston Hughes and Arna Bontemps, as well as feminist author and editor Gloria Steinem. With its arbitrary yet determinant alphabetical arrangement, its gleeful pursuit of the ludic pleasure of word games (acrostic, anagram, homophone, parody, pun), as well as its reflections on the politics of language and dialect, Mullen's work is serious play. A number of the poems are inspired or influenced by a technique of the international literary avant-garde group Oulipo, a dictionary game called S+7 or N+7. This method of textual transformation--which is used to compose nonsensical travesties reminiscent of Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"--also creates a kind of automatic poetic discourse. Mullen's parodies reconceive the African American's relation to the English language and Anglophone writing, through textual reproduction, recombining the genetic structure of texts from the Shakespearean sonnet and the fairy tale to airline safety instructions and unsolicited mail. The poet admits to being "licked all over by the English tongue," and the title of this book may remind readers that an intimate partner who also gives language lessons is called, euphemistically, a "pillow dictionary."
The Sleeping Dictionary
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Author : Sujata Massey
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-08-20
The Sleeping Dictionary written by Sujata Massey 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 2013-08-20 with Fiction categories.
Kamala, a young peasant woman from West Bengal is drawn into a forbidden romance in 1930s Calcutta and is caught between the country's independence movement and the British colonial society in which she lives. Original.
The City Of Palaces
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Author : Sujata Massey
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2014-06-01
The City Of Palaces written by Sujata Massey and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-01 with Fiction categories.
An orphaned girl. A cruel twist of fate. A spectacular adventure. Bengal, 1930. Young Pom’s life changes forever when her family is wiped out in a devastating flood. She becomes a maidservant in a British boarding school where she discovers her gift for languages. Amidst the drudgery of her duties, she finds unexpected friendship and experiences the stirrings of first love. However, tragedy strikes and she is forced into hiding. Alone and desperate, she is recruited into a brothel for English officers. She hopes this secretive, decadent world will shield her from the demons of her past. But fate intervenes, and our heroine is on the run again—to Calcutta, the city of palaces, where she finds herself caught up in the rising tide of Indian nationalism. Changing her name to Kamala, she creates a new life for herself, one that holds the promise of happiness and true love . . . until her past returns haunt her. Filled with romance, danger, intrigue and betrayal, The City of Palaces is a lush, sprawling saga about a feisty young heroine and her struggle for survival. ‘Sujata masterfully weaves her heroine’s life with India’s struggle and fight for freedom and gives us an elegant piece of Indian history wrapped beautifully in Pom’s story’—Amulya Malladi, author of The Mango Season
Sleeping Beauty
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Author : John Sparagana
language : en
Publisher: Project Tango: Artists and Wri
Release Date : 2008
Sleeping Beauty written by John Sparagana and has been published by Project Tango: Artists and Wri this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art categories.
"Just as his work intervenes in existing images, so, too, do Bal's explorations qualify existing concepts. Together, they have given rise to something wholly new: a one-artist dictionary that simultaneously reenvisions the untapped interactions of images with words and the potential forms of the book itself."--BOOK JACKET.
Describing Prescriptivism
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Author : Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-10-08
Describing Prescriptivism written by Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-08 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Describing Prescriptivism provides a topical and thought-provoking analysis of linguistic prescriptivism in British and American English, from a historical as well as present-day perspective. Focusing on usage guides and usage problems, the book takes a three-fold approach to present an in-depth analysis of the topic, featuring: a detailed study of the advice provided in usage guides over the years; an authoritative comparison of this advice with actual usage as recorded in British and American corpora, including the HUGE (Hyper Usage Guide of English) database – developed specifically to enable this line of study – as well as more mainstream corpora such as COCA, COHA and the BNC; a close analysis of the attitudes to particular usage problems among the general public, based on surveys distributed online through the "Bridging the Unbridgeable" research project’s blog.* With extensive case studies to illustrate and support claims throughout, this comprehensive study is key reading for students and researchers of prescriptivism, the history of English and sociolinguistics. *Found at https://bridgingtheunbridgeable.com/
Revitalization Lexicography
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Author : Patricia Anderson
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2020-11-17
Revitalization Lexicography written by Patricia Anderson and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-17 with Social Science categories.
In a linguistic climate that is hyperaware of so-called language death, dictionaries have been touted as stalwarts for language preservation. When wielded by communities undertaking language revitalization, dictionaries can be designed to facilitate reversing language shift and fostering linguistic innovation. Indeed, dictionaries’ reputation as multifunctional reference materials make them adaptable to a wide variety of community needs. Revitalization Lexicography provides a detailed account of creating a dictionary meant to move a once-sleeping language into a language of active daily use. This unique look under the hood of lexicography in a small community highlights the ways in which the dictionary was intentionally leveraged to shape the Tunica language as it inevitably changes throughout revitalization. Tunica, one of the heritage languages of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Marksville, Louisiana, has been undergoing active revitalization since 2010. The current generation of speakers began learning Tunica, a once-sleeping language, through written documentation. Now enough Tunica speakers to confer amongst themselves when questionable language use arises. Marrying both the theoretical and the practical aspects that contributed to the Tunica dictionary, this book discusses complex lexicographic tasks in a manner accessible to both academic and community readers. This work is firmly backdropped in a fieldwork approach that centers the community as owners of all aspects of their revitalization project. This book provides concrete and practical considerations for anyone attempting to create a dictionary. Contrasting examples from Tunica and English dictionaries, this book challenges readers to rethink their relationship to dictionaries in general. A must-read for anyone who has ever touched a dictionary.
Rick Steves Portuguese Phrase Book And Dictionary
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Author : Rick Steves
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-09-17
Rick Steves Portuguese Phrase Book And Dictionary written by Rick Steves and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-17 with Travel categories.
Olá! From ordering vinho verde in the Douro Valley to making new friends in Lisbon, it helps to speak some of the native tongue in Portugal. Rick Steves offers well-tested Portuguese words and phrases that come in handy in a variety of situations. Inside you'll find: Key phrases for use in everyday circumstances, complete with phonetic spelling An English-Portuguese and Portuguese-English dictionary Tips for small talk and local lingo with Rick's signature sense of humor A tear-out cheat sheet for continued language practice as you relax on the beach (no internet connection required!) Informative, concise, and practical, Rick Steves Portuguese Phrase Book & Dictionary is an essential item for any traveler's pocket.
The Uk To Usa Dictionary
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Author : Claudine Dervaes
language : en
Publisher: Solitaire Publishing Inc
Release Date : 2012
The Uk To Usa Dictionary written by Claudine Dervaes and has been published by Solitaire Publishing Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with English language categories.
An A to Z ("Zed") of terms and expressions that differ in British English vs. American English. Dictionary format with UK terms and expressions and their US equivalents first, followed by US terms and expressions and the UK equivalents next. Also includes pages of rhyming slang, pronunciation differences, spelling differences, conversion charts and more. Great for travelers, Anglophiles, expatriates and anyone who has a love of languages!