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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll, Barry Moser, James R. Kincaid, Selwyn H. GoodacreISBN 0156044269 (0-15-604426-9)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'Book summary:That Alice. When she's not traipsing after a rabbit into Wonderland, she's gallivanting off into the topsy-turvy world behind the drawing-room looking glass. In Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll's masterful and zany sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, she makes more eccentric acquaintances, including Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the White Queen, and a somewhat grumpy Humpty Dumpty. Through a giant and elaborate chess game, Alice explores this odd country, where one must eat dry biscuits to quench thirst, and run like the wind to stay in one place. As in life, Alice must stay on her toes to learn the rules of this game. Through the Looking Glass immediately took its rightful place beside its partner on the shelf of eternal classics. And luckily for generations of enraptured children, Carroll was again able to persuade John Tenniel to create the fantastic woodblock engravings that have become so indelibly associated with the Alice stories. For almost 130 years, Alice's curious adventures have amused, perplexed, and delighted readers, young and old. This gorgeous, deluxe boxed set of both volumes contains engravings from Tenniel's original woodblocks that were discovered in a London bank in 1985, and reproduced for the first time here. "'What is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures?'" What indeed? (All ages) [via]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found Thereby Lewis Carroll, Roger Lancelyn Green, John TennielISBN 019283374X (0-19-283374-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There: ISBN 019283374X (0-19-283374-X)
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Applied Linguisticsby Guy CookISBN 0194375986 (0-19-437598-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Aspects of the Novelby E. M. ForsterISBN 0156091801 (0-15-609180-1)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aspects of the Novel'Book summary:There are all kinds of books out there purporting to explain that odd phenomenon the novel. Sometimes it's hard to know whom they're are for, exactly. Enthusiastic readers? Fellow academics? Would-be writers? Aspects of the Novel, E.M. Forster's 1927 treatise on the "fictitious prose work over 50,000 words" is, it turns out, for anyone with the faintest interest in how fiction is made. Open at random, and find your attention utterly sandbagged.
Forster's book is not really a book at all; rather, it's a collection of lectures delivered at Cambridge University on subjects as parboiled as "People," "The Plot," and "The Story." It has an unpretentious verbal immediacy thanks to its spoken origin and is written in the key of Aplogetic Mumble: "Those who dislike Dickens have an excellent case. He ought to be bad." Such gentle provocations litter these pages. How can you not read on? Forster's critical writing is so ridiculously plainspoken, so happily commonsensical, that we often forget to be intimidated by the rhetorical landscapes he so ably leads us through. As he himself points out in the introductory note, "Since the novel is itself often colloquial it may possibly withhold some of its secrets from the graver and grander streams of criticism, and may reveal them to backwaters and shallows."
And Forster does paddle into some unlikely eddies here. For instance, he seems none too gung ho about love in the novel: "And lastly, love. I am using this celebrated word in its widest and dullest sense. Let me be very dry and brief about sex in the first place." He really means in the first place. Like the narrator of a '50s hygiene film, Forster continues, dry and brief as anything, "Some years after a human being is born, certain changes occur in it..." One feels here the same-sexer having the last laugh, heartily.
Forster's brand of humanism has fallen from fashion in literary studies, yet it endures in fiction itself. Readers still love this author, even if they come to him by way of the multiplex. The durability of his work is, of course, the greatest raison d'être this book could have. It should have been titled How to Write Novels People Will Still Read in a Hundred Years. --Claire Dederer [via]
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Belfast English and Standard English: Dialect Variation and Parameter Settingby Alison HenryISBN 0195082923 (0-19-508292-3)
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Beowulfby Kevin Crossley-Holland, Charles KeepingISBN 0192723693 (0-19-272369-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:This is the story of a young man who travelled far across the sea to fight two terrifying monsters-one who could rip a man apart and drink his blood, the other who lived like a sea-wolf at the bottom of a dark, blood-stained lake. The young hero's name was Beowulf, and his story, first written in Anglo-Saxon in the eighth century, has become one of the world's most famous epics. Kevin Crossley-Holland retells the story for children in quick-paced, rhythmical prose accompanied by Charles Keeping's striking illustrations. Together they bring to life the beauty and power of one of the first great English poems. [via]
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Beowulf: The Fight at Finnsburhby Kevin Crossley-Holland, Heather O'DonoghueISBN 0192833200 (0-19-283320-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf: The Fight at Finnsburh'Book summary:The finest literary work passed down to us from Anglo-Saxon times, Beowulf celebrates the existence of heroism in a dark world of feuds, violence, and uncertainty. Set in the legendary Scandinavian past, Beowulf comes to the aid of the Danish king Hrothgar by killing the terrifying monster Grendel and its vengeful mother. A lifetime later, Beowulf courageously prepares for another great battle when a fiery dragon threatens his own kingdom. This acclaimed translation contains a critical introduction, a full index of names, and extensive notes. [via]
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Caught in the Web of Words: James A.H. Murray and the Oxford English Dictionaryby K.M. Elizabeth MurrayISBN 0192812653 (0-19-281265-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Children's Games in Street and Playground: Chasing, Catching, Seeking, Hunting, Racing, Duelling, Exerting, Daring, Guessing, Acting, Pretendingby Iona Opie, Peter OpieISBN 0192814893 (0-19-281489-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Comparative Method Reviewed: Regularity and Irregularity in Language Changeby Malcolm Ross, Mark DurieISBN 0195066073 (0-19-506607-3)
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymologyby T.F. HoadISBN 0192830988 (0-19-283098-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology'Book summary:Where did the words bungalow and assassin derive? What did nice mean in the Middle Ages? How were adder, anger, and umpire originally spelled? The answers can be found in this essential companion to any popular dictionary.
With over 17,000 entries, this is the most authoritative and comprehensive guide to word origins available in paperback. Based on The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, the principal authority on the origin and development of English words, it contains a wealth of information about our language and its history. For example, readers will learn that bungalow originally meant "belonging to Bengal," that assassin comes from the Arabic for "Hashish-eater," and that nice meant "foolish or stupid" in the thirteenth century, "coy or shy" in the fifteenth. And adder, anger, and umpire were originally spelled with an initial "n." These are but a few of the fascinating tidbits found in this dictionary, which is a must for anyone interested in the richness of the English language. [via]More editions of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology:
A Dictionary of First Namesby Patrick Hanks, Flavia HodgesISBN 0192800507 (0-19-280050-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Dictionary of First Names'Book summary:Here is the ultimate first name handbook, a delightfully informative, comprehensive survey of over 4,500 European and American names (with two appendices covering the most common Arabic and Indian names). The real charm and value of this reference lies in the wealth of fascinating additional information the authors provide. Under the entry for "Audrey," for example, we learn of the sixth century saint of that name--who died from a neck tumor, divine punishment for her youthful delight in fine necklaces--from whom the word "tawdry" derives: it referred originally to the cheap jewelry sold at fairs in her honor (St. Audrey eventually being compressed into "tawdry"). The authors reveal that the name "Colleen," a very popular name among Irish Americans, is in fact never given as a first name in Ireland; that the name "Wendy" didn't exist until J.M. Barrie invented it for Peter Pan; that "Algernon" originally meant "moustached" and was a nickname among the predominantly clean-shaven Norman French; and that the "th" in our spelling of "Anthony" comes from an erroneous confusion with the Greek word for flower, anthos.
Perhaps more important, this dictionary is an authoritative reference. Indeed, no other handbook provides a fraction of the information found here. Typical entries provide the linguistic and ethnic root of a name. "Jennifer," for instance, is a Cornish form of "Guinevere," which in turn is the French version of a Welsh name combining gwen, white, fair, smooth, and hwyfar, smooth, soft. Most entries also include the non-English form or cognate of a name. The name "Geronimo" is an Italian 0ognate of Jerome, whose Dutch cognate, "Jeroen," the authors point out, was the most popular male name in Holland in 1981. In addition, entries include diminutives and pet forms.
A companion to the authors' A Dictionary of Surnames, this informative reference offers a goldmine of curious facts to delight browsers of every age as well as a wealth of inspiration for prospective parents. It is an ideal baby shower gift. [via]More editions of A Dictionary of First Names:
A Dictionary of English Place-Namesby A. D. MillsISBN 0192800744 (0-19-280074-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usageby Bryan A. GarnerISBN 0195043774 (0-19-504377-4)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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A Dictionary of Surnamesby Patrick Hanks, Flavia HodgesISBN 0192115928 (0-19-211592-8)
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The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physicsby Roger Penrose, Martin GardnerISBN 0192861980 (0-19-286198-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics'Book summary:Some love it, some hate it, but The Emperor's New Mind, physicist Roger Penrose's 1989 treatise attacking the foundations of strong artificial intelligence, is crucial for anyone interested in the history of thinking about AI and consciousness. Part survey of modern physics, part exploration of the philosophy of mind, the book is not for casual readers--though it's not overly technical, it rarely pauses to let the reader catch a breath. The overview of relativity and quantum theory, written by a master, is priceless and uncontroversial. The exploration of consciousness and AI, though, is generally considered as resting on shakier ground.
Penrose claims that there is an intimate, perhaps unknowable relation between quantum effects and our thinking, and ultimately derives his anti-AI stance from his proposition that some, if not all, of our thinking is non-algorithmic. Of course, these days we believe that there are other avenues to AI than traditional algorithmic programming; while he has been accused of setting up straw robots to knock down, this accusation is unfair. Little was then known about the power of neural networks and behavior-based robotics to simulate (and, some would say, produce) intelligent problem-solving behavior. Whether these tools will lead to strong AI is ultimately a question of belief, not proof, and The Emperor's New Mind offers powerful arguments useful to believer and nonbeliever alike. --Rob Lightner [via]
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English in Its Social Contexts: Essays in Historical Sociolinguisticsby Tim William MacHan, Charles T. ScottISBN 019506500X (0-19-506500-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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English Syntax: A Grammar for English Language Professionalsby Roderick A. JacobsISBN 0194342778 (0-19-434277-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'English Syntax: A Grammar for English Language Professionals'Book summary:This text presents the basic principles underlying English sentence structure. It incorporates the most recent theoretical and applied linguistic research, yet keeps technical apparatus and terminology to a minimum.
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Framing in Discourseby Deborah TannenISBN 0195079965 (0-19-507996-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Framing in Discourse'Book summary:The concept of framing has been pivotal in research on social interaction among anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, and linguists. This collection shows how the discourse analysis of frames can be applied to a range of social contexts. Tannen provides a seminal theoretical framework for conceptualizing the relationship between frames and schemas as well as a methodology for the discourse analysis of framing in interaction. Each chapter makes a unique theoretical contribution to frames theory while showing how discourse analysis can elucidate the linguistic means by which framing is accomplished in a particular interactional setting. Applied to such a wide range of contexts as a medical examination, psychotic discourse, gender differences in sermon performance, boys' "sportscasting" their own play, teasing among friends, a comparison of Japanese and American discussion groups, and sociolinguistic interviews, the discourse analysis of framing emerges here as a fruitful new avenue for interaction analysis. [via]
Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Dennis Butts, Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0192817728 (0-19-281772-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden'Book summary:Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as truculent as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, cooped up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Dennis ButtsISBN 0192835963 (0-19-283596-3)
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Gender and Conversational Interactionby Deborah TannenISBN 0195081943 (0-19-508194-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gender and Conversational Interaction'Book summary:The author of the best-selling You Just Don't Understand, Deborah Tannen, has collected twelve papers about gender-related patterns in conversational interaction. The theoretical thrust of the collection, like that of Tannen's own work, is anthropological and sociolinguistic: female and male styles are approached as different "cultural" practice. Beginning with Tannen's own essay arguing for the relativity of discourse strategies, the volume challenges facile generalizations about gender-based styles and explores the complex relationship between gender and language use. The chapters, some previously unpublished and some classics in the field, address discourse across the lifespan, including preschool, junior high school, and adult interaction. They explore such varied discourse contexts as preschool disputes, romantic and sexual teasing among adolescent girls, cooperative competition in adolescent "girl talk," conversational storytelling, a faculty committee meeting, children in an urban black neighborhood at play, and a legal dispute in a Tenejapan village in Mexico. Two chapters review and evaluate the literature on key areas of gender-related linguistic phenomena: interruption and amount of talk. Gender and Conversational Interaction will interest general readers as well as students and scholars in a variety of disciplines including linguistics, sociolinguistics, anthropology, sociology, psychology, women's studies, and communications. [via]
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Gender and Discourseby Deborah TannenISBN 0195089758 (0-19-508975-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gender and Discourse'Book summary:Deborah Tannen's You Just Don't Understand has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for more than three years (in cloth and paper) and has sold over a million and a half copies. Clearly, Tannen's insights into how and why women and men so often misunderstand each other when they talk has touched a nerve. For years an internationally known and highly respected scholar in the field of linguistics, she has now become widely known for her work on how language both reflects and perpetuates the relationships between men and women. Her life work has demonstrated how close and intelligent analysis of conversation can reveal the extraordinary complexities of social relationships--including relationships between men and women.
Now, in Gender and Discourse, Tannen has gathered together five of her scholarly essays--which provide a theoretical backdrop to her bestselling books--and an informative introduction which discusses her field of linguistics, describes the research methods she typically uses, and addresses the controversies surrounding her field as well as some misunderstandings of her work. (She argues, for instance, that her cultural approach to gender differences does not deny that men dominate women in society, nor does it ascribe gender differences to women's "essential nature.") The essays themselves cover a wide range of topics. In one, she analyzes a number of conversational strategies--such as interruption, topic raising, indirection, and silence--and shows that, contrary to much work on language and gender, no strategy leads inflexibly to dominance or submissiveness in conversation--interruption (or overlap) can be supportive, silence and indirection can be used to control. It is the interactional context, the participants' individual styles, and the interaction of their styles, Tannen shows, that result in the balance of power. She also provides a fascinating analysis of four groups of males and females (second-, sixth-, and tenth-grade students, and 25 year olds) conversing with their best friends, and she includes an early article co-authored with Robin Lakoff that presents a theory of conversational strategy, illustrated by analysis of dialogue in Ingmar Bergman's Scenes From a Marriage.
Readers interested in the theoretical framework behind Tannen's work will find this volume fascinating. It will be sure to interest anyone curious about the crucial yet often unnoticed role that language and gender play in our daily lives. [via]More editions of Gender and Discourse:
Handbook of North American Indians: Southwestby William C. Sturtevant, Alfonso OrtizISBN 0160045770 (0-16-004577-0)
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International Encyclopedia of Linguisticsby William BrightISBN 0195051963 (0-19-505196-3)
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Into the Looking-Glass Wood: Essays on Books, Reading, and the Worldby Alberto ManguelISBN 0156012650 (0-15-601265-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Into the Looking-Glass Wood: Essays on Books, Reading, and the World'Book summary:Alberto Manguel has enchanted hundreds of thousands of readers with his bestselling books, including The Dictionary of Imaginary Places. Now he has assembled a personal collection of his own essays that will enchant anyone interested in reading, writing, or the world. Through personal stories and literary reflections, in a style rich in humor and gentle scholarship, Manguel leads his readers to reflect on the links that bind the physical world to our language that describes it. The span of his attention in these twenty-three essays is enthralling: from "Who Am I?," in which he recounts the first adventures of childhood reading, to "Borges in Love," a memoir of the great blind writer's passions; from his first encounters with the evils of prejudice to a meditation on the death of Che Guevara; from a tour of his library to evocations of such of his favorite writers as Cortázar and Chesterton. A voyage deep into the subversive heart of words, Into the Looking-Glass Wood is fired by the author's humanity, insatiable curiosity, and steadfast belief in the essential power, mystery, and delight of the written word.[via]More editions of Into the Looking-Glass Wood: Essays on Books, Reading, and the World:
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Just So Stories for Little Childrenby Rudyard Kipling, Lisa LewisISBN 0192834363 (0-19-283436-3)
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Language & Cultureby Claire KramschISBN 0194372146 (0-19-437214-6)
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Language and Gender: Making the Differenceby Cate PoyntonISBN 0194371603 (0-19-437160-3)
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Language Testing in Practiceby Adrian Palmer, Lyle F. BachmanISBN 0194371484 (0-19-437148-4)
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Lexical Phrases and Language Teachingby Jeanette S. Decarrico, James R. NattingerISBN 0194371646 (0-19-437164-6)
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Liberty and Languageby Geoffrey SampsonISBN 0192159518 (0-19-215951-8)
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Life Stories: The Creation of Coherenceby Charlotte LindeISBN 0195073738 (0-19-507373-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life Stories: The Creation of Coherence'Book summary:All adult speakers in Western cultures have life stories argues Charlotte Linde, and the ways in which these life stories are formed and exchanged with others have a powerful effect on all of us. Life stories express our sense of self, who we are and how we got that way. According to Linde, we also use these stories to show that our lives can be understood as coherent, and to assert or negotiate group membership. These life stories take part in the highest level of social constructions, since they are built on cultural assumptions about what is expected in a life, what the norms for a successful life are, and what common or special belief systems are necessary to establish coherence. The life story, illuminated by this engrossing study, is a form of everyday discourse which has not previously been precisely defined or studied. It is an oral, discontinuous unit, consisting of stories which are retold in a variety of forms over a long period of time, and which may be revised and changed as the speaker comes to drop old meanings and add new ones to parts of the life story. The life story is a particularly rich and important area for study, because it represents a crossroads of linguistic structure and social practice. Linde's analysis is of importance to linguistics, as well as having broader implications for anthropology, psychology, and sociology. [via]
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Linguistic Imperialismby PhillipsISBN 0194371468 (0-19-437146-8)
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Linguisticsby H.G. WiddowsonISBN 0194372065 (0-19-437206-5)
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Literary Theory: A Very Short Introductionby Jonathan CullerISBN 019285383X (0-19-285383-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction'Book summary:What is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is literature, and does it matter? These questions and more are addressed in Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction, a book which steers a clear path through a subject which is often perceived to be complex and impenetrable.
Jonathan Culler, an extremely lucid commentator and much admired in the field of literary theory, offers discerning insights into such theories as the nature of language and meaning, and whether literature is a form of self-expression or a method of appeal to an audience. Concise yet thorough, Literary Theory also outlines the ideas behind a number of different schools: deconstruction, semiotics, postcolonial theory, and structuralism, among others.
From topics such as literature and social identity to poetry, poetics, and rhetoric, Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction is a welcome guide for anyone interested in the importance of literature and the debates surrounding it. [via]More editions of Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction:
The Lopsided Ape: Evolution of the Generative Mindby Michael C. CorballisISBN 0195083520 (0-19-508352-0)
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The Meme Machineby Susan Blackmore, Richard DawkinsISBN 019286212X (0-19-286212-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Meme Machine'Book summary:What is a meme? First coined by Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene, a meme is any idea, behavior, or skill that can be transferred from one person to another by imitation: stories, fashions, inventions, recipes, songs, ways of plowing a field or throwing a baseball or making a sculpture. The meme is also one of the most important--and controversial--concepts to emerge since The Origin of the Species appeared nearly 150 years ago. In The Meme Machine Susan Blackmore boldly asserts: "Just as the design of our bodies can be understood only in terms of natural selection, so the design of our minds can be understood only in terms of memetic selection." Indeed, Blackmore shows that once our distant ancestors acquired the crucial ability to imitate, a second kind of natural selection began, a survival of the fittest amongst competing ideas and behaviors. Ideas and behaviors that proved most adaptive--making tools, for example, or using language--survived and flourished, replicating themselves in as many minds as possible. These memes then passed themselves on from generation to generation by helping to ensure that the genes of those who acquired them also survived and reproduced. Applying this theory to many aspects of human life, Blackmore offers brilliant explanations for why we live in cities, why we talk so much, why we can't stop thinking, why we behave altruistically, how we choose our mates, and much more. With controversial implications for our religious beliefs, our free will, our very sense of "self," The Meme Machine offers a provocative theory everyone will soon be talking about. [via]
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The New Oxford Picture Dictionary English Russianby E.C. ParnwellISBN 019434651X (0-19-434651-X)
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Noblesse Oblige: An Enquiry into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracyby Alan RossISBN 0192827073 (0-19-282707-3)
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Oxford American Dictionaryby Eugene H. EhrlichISBN 0195027957 (0-19-502795-7)
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The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammarby Sylvia Chalker, E.S.C. WeinerISBN 0192800876 (0-19-280087-6)
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The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrasesby Jennifer SpeakeISBN 0192801120 (0-19-280112-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases'Book summary:There are a number of foreign word and phrase dictionaries on the market, but Oxford's was compiled to keep up with the times. The contents are limited, for the most part, to words and phrases regularly encountered in 20th-century British and American English. On one page you'll find a worldly mix of "id ul-fitr" (Arabic, festival celebrating the end of the Ramadan fast), "ignoramus" (Latin, "we do not know"), "ikat" (Malay, an Indonesian decorative weave), "ikebana" (Japanese, the art of Japanese flower arrangement), and "illuminé" (French, the enlightened). From "aa" (Hawaiian, rough lava) to "Zwischenzug" (German, a determining chess move), there are 8,000 words and phrases from more than 40 languages to expand one's comprehension and broaden one's vocabulary. [via]
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The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slangby John A. Simpson, John Ayto, J. A. SimpsonISBN 0192800078 (0-19-280007-8)
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The Oxford Dictionary of Rhyming Slangby John AytoISBN 0192801228 (0-19-280122-8)
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The Oxford Guide to Word Gamesby Tony AugardeISBN 0192820052 (0-19-282005-2)
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Oxford Phrasal Verbs Dictionary for Learners of Englishby Dilys ParkinsonISBN 0194315436 (0-19-431543-6)
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Parameters of Slavic Morphosyntaxby Steven FranksISBN 0195089715 (0-19-508971-5)
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Plastic Glasses and Church Fathers: Semantic Extension from the Ethnoscience Traditionby David B. KronenfeldISBN 0195094077 (0-19-509407-7)
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Poemes, Pieces, Prose: Introduction a L'Analyse De Texes Litteraires Francaisby Peter Schofer, Donald RiceISBN 0195016432 (0-19-501643-2)
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A Practical English Grammarby A.J. Thomson, Av MartinetISBN 0194313425 (0-19-431342-5)
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Pragmatics: A Readerby Steven DavisISBN 0195058984 (0-19-505898-4)
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Predictions: Thirty Great Minds on the Futureby Sian GriffithsISBN 0192862103 (0-19-286210-3)
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Pronunciationby WessellsISBN 0194370879 (0-19-437087-9)
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Prosodic Analysisby F. R. PalmerISBN 0194370364 (0-19-437036-4)
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The Prosody of Greek Speechby A. M. Devine, Laurence D. StephensISBN 0195085469 (0-19-508546-9)
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Psycholinguisticsby Thomas ScovelISBN 0194372138 (0-19-437213-8)
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A Rhetoric for Writing Teachersby Erika LindemannISBN 0195030478 (0-19-503047-8)
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The Role of Inflection in Scandinavian Syntaxby Anders Holmberg, Christer PlatzackISBN 0195067460 (0-19-506746-0)
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Second Language Research Methodsby Herbert W. Seliger, Elana ShohamyISBN 0194370674 (0-19-437067-4)
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The Secret Lives of Wordsby Paul WestISBN 0156014092 (0-15-601409-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret Lives of Words'Book summary:Paul West delights in the vicissitudes of language, and his enthusiasm is exquisitely catching. West particularly loves a good etymology (and who, deep down, doesn't?), and he's dedicated this newest of his 30-odd books to 500 of his favorite words and phrases, and the stories that go with them.
West tells a good tale, and he uses his gift to explain the derivation of words such as "Hottentot" and "humble pie," "patter," "conkers," and "nurdle." He starts with "abacus" and "ablative absolute" and works his magic alphabetically through his personal lexicon, ending with "zoot suit" and "zymurqist" (i.e., one who works with yeast, from the Greek zume for leaven and urqist for worker, as in metallurgist). Along the way, he provides definitions, usage, and derivations for "snite" (to blow one's nose without a tissue or handkerchief) and "scranny" (nuts, crazy, as in "driven scranny," from the Yorkshire dialect), as well as for more common words like "leotard" (named after James Léotard, the 19th-century French aerialist) and "decimate" (which means to kill one-tenth of, despite common misusage, and comes from the Roman practice of killing one of every 10 soldiers in times of mutiny). West's entry on "nun" explores the many food items containing that name--such as the Portuguese barriga de freira (nun's tummy) and the Neapolitan coscia de monaca (nun's thigh)--and his short essay on pumpernickel explains how (and why) the name derives from words meaning devil fart.
As fun a word book as has hit the market since Eric Partridge's Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, The Secret Lives of Words is selective instead of comprehensive, and therein lies some of its charm. It's informal. It's a taste. It's purely for the joy of the language. In his introduction, West reflects that "sadly, all words seem much the same to many people, like checkers, and they feel about them much as I do about Vivaldi's Four Seasons: all sound like Winter." Yet it's hard to imagine anyone skimming through the boondoggles and dead-cat bounces of The Secret Lives of Words and emerging without a joyous smile and a hunger for more. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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The Selfish Geneby Richard DawkinsISBN 0192860925 (0-19-286092-5)
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Why are there miles and miles of "unused" DNA within each of our bodies? Why should a bee give up its own chance to reproduce to help raise her sisters and brothers? With a prophet's clarity, Dawkins told us the answers from the perspective of molecules competing for limited space and resources to produce more of their own kind. Drawing fascinating examples from every field of biology, he paved the way for a serious re-evaluation of evolution. He also introduced the concept of self-reproducing ideas, or memes, which (seemingly) use humans exclusively for their propagation. If we are puppets, he says, at least we can try to understand our strings. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Sociolinguisticsby Bernard SpolskyISBN 0194372111 (0-19-437211-1)
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Sounds Like Life: Sound-Symbolic Grammar, Performance, and Cognition in Pastaza Quechuaby Janis B. NuckollsISBN 0195089855 (0-19-508985-5)
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The Subject of Semioticsby Kaja SilvermanISBN 0195031784 (0-19-503178-4)
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Syllabus Designby David NunanISBN 0194371395 (0-19-437139-5)
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Symbol, Status, and Personalityby Samuel Ichiy-E HayakawaISBN 0156876116 (0-15-687611-6)
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Teaching American English Pronunciationby AveryISBN 0194328155 (0-19-432815-5)
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Techniques in Teaching Writingby Ann RaimesISBN 0194341313 (0-19-434131-3)
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Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found Thereby Lewis CarrollISBN 0194227499 (0-19-422749-9)
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Traces and Their Antecedentsby Samuel David EpsteinISBN 0195064852 (0-19-506485-2)
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Travels in Hyperreality: Essaysby Umberto EcoISBN 0156913216 (0-15-691321-6)
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Tyranny of Wordsby Stuart ChaseISBN 0156923947 (0-15-692394-7)
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Understanding Cultures Through Their Key Words: English, Russian, Polish, German, and Japaneseby Anna WierzbickaISBN 0195088360 (0-19-508836-0)
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Verbatim: From the Bawdy to the Sublime, the Best Writing on Language for Word Lovers, Grammar Mavens, and Armchair Linguistsby Erin McKeanISBN 015601209X (0-15-601209-X)
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Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introductionby A. C. GraylingISBN 0192854119 (0-19-285411-9)
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A Writer's Guide: The Essential Pointsby Harold H. KolbISBN 015597680X (0-15-597680-X)
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The Writing Teacher's Sourcebookby Edward P.J. Corbett, Gary TateISBN 0195053389 (0-19-505338-9)
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