Results for 'vern'
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Lingua Ex Machina
Media in the Revitalization of Modern Hebrew"Hebrew's transformation from ancient holy writ to vibrant vernacular was perhaps a miracle, but certainly a series of technological innovations. Ido Ramati's fascinating narrative of Hebrew machines tells a heretofore untold story and remakes how we think about technologies of the word. Stunning." (John Durham Peters, Yale University)
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The Korean Vernacular Story
Telling Tales of Contemporary Chosŏn in Sinographic WritingSi Nae Park examines how the culture of Chosŏn Seoul gave rise to a new vernacular literary form (yadam), anonymously and unofficially circulating tales. She focuses on the collection Repeatedly Recited Stories of the East, which was written in a new medium in which Literary Sinitic is hybridized with the vernacular realities of Chosŏn society.
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Teaching and Learning Latin in Thirteenth Century England, Volume Two
GlossesBased on nearly 200 manuscripts containing vernacular glosses, this is part of a study of the teaching aids which constituted the set-texts of Latin instruction in 13th-century England. This volume comprises the glosses corresponding to the texts of volume 1.
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Teaching and Learning Latin in Thirteenth Century England, Volume One
TextsFirst systematic study of the teaching aid which constituted the set-texts of Latin instruction in 13c England.
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English Vernacular Minuscule from Æthelred to Cnut, circa 990 - circa 1035
First full-scale examination of the phenomenon of the English Vernacular minuscule, analysing the full corpus and giving an account of its history and development.
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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 6 MS D
New evidence for the relationship between the manuscripts of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
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The Auchinleck Manuscript: New Perspectives
Fresh examinations of the manuscript which is one of the chief compendiums of literature in the Middle English period.
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Another Word A Day
An All-New Romp through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in EnglishA smorgasbord of surprising, obscure, and exotic wordsIn this delightful encore to the national bestseller A Word A Day, Anu Garg, the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day Web site (wordsmith.org), presents an all-new collection of unusual, intriguing words and real-life anecdotes that will thrill writers, scholars, and word buffs everywhere. Another Word A Day celebrates the English language in all its quirkiness, grandeur, and fun, and features new chapters ranging from ""Words Formed Erroneously"" and ""Red-Herring Words"" to ""Kangaroo Words,"" ""Discover the Theme,"" and ""What Does That Company Name Mean?"" In them, you'll find a treasure trove of curious and compelling words, including agelast, dragoman, mittimus, nyctalopia, quacksalver, scission, tattersall, and zugzwang. Each entry includes a concise definition, etymology, and usage example, interspersed with illuminating quotations.Praise for a word a day""Anu Garg's many readers await their A Word A Day rations hungrily. Now at last here's a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up!"" --Barbara Wallraff, Senior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly and author of Word Court""AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg's refreshing approach to words: words are fun and they have fascinating histories."" --John Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary
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Vernacular Literacy
This book contains first-hand information on the history, economics, and politics surrounding literacy issues all over the world. Discussions are supported by case-studies of campaigns to promote vernacular languages, and examples of how people relate to their languages in different cultures. Providing a non-Western perspective, the contributors question traditional notions of the uses of literacy.
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A Tarifit Berber Phonology
Toward a Practical Orthography for Vernacular Literacy€ 60,50