Download or read book Lexi s Tale written by Johanna Hurwitz and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lexi the squirrel doesn't trust humans. After all, it was a human who abandoned PeeWee the guinea pig in Central Park. So Lexi is outraged when a strange-looking man swipes the apple that the friends were about to eat. But when the stranger rescues PeeWee from the jaws of a dog, Lexi has a change of heart. Can two rodents make a difference in the life of a man living hungry and friendless in Central Park? Welcome back the street-smart squirrel and the well-read guinea pig in this stand-alone companion to PeeWee's Tale, which Publishers Weekly called "humorous and insightful."
Download or read book Lexi s Tale written by Johanna Hurwitz and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale starring Lexi, the best friend of the guinea pig PeeWee, who lives in New York's Central Park. Illustrations.
Download or read book Early Modern Northern English Lexis written by Javier Ruano-García and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2010 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of regional 'Englishes' in the Early Modern period still presents numerous lacunae that need to be filled, in order to provide a complete insight into the English linguistic setting at this time. This book aims to remedy these deficiencies in some measure. In particular, this monograph seeks to shed light upon the history of Early Modern Northern English vocabulary by means of the first corpus of Early Modern texts where Northern linguistic traits are used for literary purposes. It provides a linguistically documented description of Northern words from a synchronic standpoint, dealing with their distribution, etymology, as well as with some of their morphological and semantic characteristics. In addition, this study offers a discussion of the Early Modern literary representations of Northern speech. A thorough revision of the treatment that Northern lexical items are given in contemporary and modern lexicographic sources is also presented, together with a glossary that outlines the diachronic profile of the terms gathered.
Download or read book Lexi the Firefly Fairy written by Daisy Meadows and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Previously published as Twilight fairies #2: Lexi the firefly fairy by Orchard U.K. in 2010"--P. facing t.p.
Download or read book The Summer I Wasn t Me written by Jessica Verdi and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lexi has a secret. She never meant for her mom to find out. And now she's afraid that what's left of her family is going to fall apart for good. Lexi knows she can fix everything. She can change. She can learn to like boys. New Horizons summer camp has promised to transform her life, and there's nothing she wants more than to start over. But sometimes love has its own path... "A powerful indictment of reparative therapy—a sweet love story—and an unforgettable main character!"—Nancy Garden, author of Annie on My Mind "Unflinching honesty and unfaltering compassion...A gem of a novel."—RT Book Reviews, 4 1⁄2 stars, Top Pick of the Month on My Life After Now
Download or read book Sociocultural Dimensions of Lexis and Text in the History of English written by Peter Petré and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chapters collected in this volume examine how the sociohistorical and cultural context may influence structural features of lexis and text types. Each paper pays particular attention to social ‘labels’ and attitudes (conservative, religious, ideological, endearing, or other), thereby focusing on their dynamic and historical dimension. Changes in these are analyzed in order to explain morphological, lexical, and textual changes that would otherwise be hard to account for. Together, they provide a varied window on the effect of historical versions of a dynamic society on lexis and text. Examining lexical and textual change in history from a sociocultural perspective teaches us a great deal – not just about the past, but it also makes us think about similar phenomena in the present, enhancing our knowledge about how universally human some of these phenomena are. This volume will be of great interest to (English) historical linguists, sociolinguists, and scholars of sociohistorical and cultural studies.
Download or read book Investigating Lexis written by José Ramón Calvo-Ferrer and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-12 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lexical research plays a central role in present-day linguistics. Thanks to its ability to combine the traditional humanistic approach with state-of-the-art linguistic theory, it quickly responds to the demands of a constantly changing society, which requires scholars to provide answers to challenges in the field of translation, language teaching and language use. Furthermore, while still dealing with areas like legal language or dictionaries, the parameters of research have expanded to include previously unforeseeable fields, such as video game terminology, code mixing in pop music or the translation of erotic literature. This book shows how researchers are currently responding to these challenges, with a collection of essays representing various aspects of lexicography, combining cutting-edge research with a user-friendly approach. Divided into four major sections (Lexical Theory and Acquisition; Legal Terminology; Dictionaries; and New Challenges), it proves that lexicology, lexicography and terminology are very much at the forefront of current research trends.
Download or read book Exploring the Lexis grammar Interface written by Ute Römer and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With fresh state-of-the-art perspectives on language patterning, this volume showcases studies that recognize and provide evidence for the inseparability of lexis and grammar. The contributors explore in what ways these two areas, often treated separately in linguistic theory and description, form an organic whole.
Download or read book The Torch written by Felix Fax (pseud.) and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lexis and Texts in Early English written by Christian Kay and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2001 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These papers reflect the long and distinguished career of Professor Jane Roberts in the field of medieval English studies, and especially her pioneering work on A Thesaurus of Old English, which provides novel source material for several of the contributions to the volume. Many of the papers deal with aspects of early lexicology and lexicography, while others focus on linguistic and literary features of Old and Middle English texts and their interpretation. They will thus be of interest to researchers in many areas of early English. A special introductory article describes the interlinked development of A Thesaurus of Old English, The Historical Thesaurus of English, and the proposed Thesaurus of Middle English. Contributors include: Rosamund Allen, Janet M. Bately, Carole P. Biggam, Michelle Brown, Julie Coleman, Janet Cowen, Jodi-Ann George, Joyce Hill, Rosemary Huisman, Giovanni Iarmartino, George Kane, Éamonn Ó Carragáin, Michiko Ogura, Peter Orton, Jeremy J. Smith, E.G. Stanley, Paul Szarmach, Ronald Waldron.
Download or read book Tire Tales written by E. Lexi Abbott and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-12 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world where tires can talk, four friends by the names of Amelia, Shelly, Speedy, and Whiz light out on a whirlwind of exciting adventures. Attached to an RV owned by a sweet retired couple named Mary and John, the four friends travel the country and share their experiences through Tire Tales.In Tire Tales: Origins, the reader learns how the four tires and their adventures came to be. From when they first became friends to how they came to be attached to the motorhome, this story explains it all!
Download or read book Inappropriation written by Lexi Freiman and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This is a daring book, thrillingly of our moment.” -- Emma Cline, author of The Girls A wildly irreverent take on the coming-of-age story that turns a search for belonging into a riotous satire of identity politics Starting at a prestigious private Australian girls’ school, fifteen-year-old Ziggy Klein is confronted with an alienating social hierarchy that hurls her into the arms of her grade’s most radical feminists. Tormented by a burgeoning collection of dark, sexual fantasies, and a biological essentialist mother, Ziggy sets off on a journey of self-discovery that moves from the Sydney drag scene to the extremist underbelly of the Internet. As PC culture collides with her friends’ morphing ideology and her parents’ kinky sex life, Ziggy’s understanding of gender, race, and class begins to warp. Ostracized at school, she seeks refuge in Donna Haraway’s seminal feminist text, A Cyborg Manifesto, and discovers an indisputable alternative identity. Or so she thinks. A controversial Indian guru, a transgender drag queen, and her own Holocaust-surviving grandmother propel Ziggy through a series of misidentifications, culminating in a date-rape revenge plot so confused, it just might work. Uproariously funny, but written with extraordinary acuity about the intersections of gender, sexual politics, race, and technology, Inappropriation is literary satire at its best. With a deft finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist, Lexi Freiman debuts on the scene as a brilliant and fearless new talent.
Download or read book Fictional Feminism written by Kim A. Loudermilk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the ways in which second-wave feminism has been represented in American popular culture, and on the effects that these representations have had on feminism as a political movement. Kim Loudermilk provides close readings of four best-selling novels and their film adaptations. According to Loudermilk, each of these novels contains explicitly feminist characters and themes, yet each presents a curiously ambivalent picture of feminism; these texts at once take feminism seriously and subtly undercut its most central tenets. This book argues that these texts create a kind of "fictional feminism" that recuperates feminism's radical potential, thereby lessening the threat it presents to the status quo.
Download or read book To Free A Djinn A New Adult Urban Fantasy Monster Hunter Tales Book 3 written by Shannon McRoberts and published by Obsidian Poet Press. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To preserve her future, she must embrace an unknown past Isabeau "Beau" Fiammetta is a Djinn, only she doesn't know it. When a stranger shows up at her repair shop claiming she owes a debt to Lord Devyn, Beau is faced with being captured by or hiding from this man. Isabeau tricks the stranger and runs towards her friend Kian's store to hide. Just when Beau thinks she has escaped, the stranger tracks her down and uses a magic lamp to capture her. Forced to travel to Tir Na Nog, Beau learns she is a Djinn and has the potential to alter time itself. She also discovers her only hope of getting back home is by learning to use the magic she never knew she possessed. Of course, if she masters her time magic, Lord Devyn plans on using it to turn back time and conquer The Land of Man. Will Beau learn how to manipulate time and return to the arms of Kian, or will she choose to let go of her past and save everyone's future? Fans of Laurell K. Hamilton and Patricia Briggs will not want to miss last book in this series. Scroll up and click buy today!
Download or read book Lexi s Protector written by Lana Lynn and published by Forbidden Passion Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-05-22 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suspected of murder, Lexi Bly goes to Paris to meet an informant who claims to have evidence that will clear her name. But it’s a trap. The informant is dead and his killers have been waiting for her. Clint Knight left the CIA after the top brass protected the man responsible for his best friend’s murder. Consumed with getting revenge, he searches for the one woman who could lead him to the assassin. When Clint finds Lexi in a hotel room in Paris with a dead body on the floor, he’s forced to change his plan. As a powerful enemy closes in, they must work together before it’s too late. But given her past with her ex, Lexi doesn’t trust easily. And Clint? He refuses to get close to anyone.
Download or read book A Tale of Two Cities in Arabic Translation written by Fatima Muhammad Muhaidat and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates the problems translators encounter when rendering features of Dickens's style in A Tale of Two Cities into Arabic. Examples of these features are singled out and analyzed. Then, they are compared with their counterparts in published translations of the novel in Arabic. The comparisons depend on back translation to give non-readers of Arabic a clear idea about the similarities and differences between the source text and target one(s). The features under focus are sound effects, figurative language, humor, repetition, and the French element. The discussion dedicated to onomatopoeia, alliteration, and rhyme shows that there is no one-to-one correspondence between English and Arabic in reflecting these linguistic phenomena. Translators may resort to techniques like rewording or paraphrasing to convey their propositional content at the expense of their sound effects. Problems also arise when rendering figurative language into Arabic. Various images in the novel are substituted by different ones that convey similar meanings in Arabic. Some of them are deleted or reduced to their propositional content. In addition, footnotes are used to convey cultural aspects. Translating humor shows the role context plays in facilitating the translator's task. Techniques of translating humor conveyed via substandard English are noted. The researcher also discusses translating humor that depends on background knowledge that the target text readers may not be familiar with. Further translation issues are noticed when rendering repetition. Some linguistic asymmetries between English and Arabic make translators dispense with repetition and resort to synonymy, collocations, and constructions that fit in Arabic. More problems arise when rendering the French element in various names, titles, and what might be considered as literal translations of French speech. Throughout the discussion suggestions are made to bring about more adequate renderings. This study also discusses the novel as a metaphor of translating. Many aspects of the novel are comparable to the translation process. Relationships among various characters provide a perspective from which the relationship between authors, translators/readers, and text can be seen. Finally, the significance of some examples of inter-language communication in the novel is pointed out.
Download or read book Mary Ann in Autumn written by Armistead Maupin and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspiration for the Netflix Limited Series, Tales of the City The eighth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga. Following the success of his New York Times bestseller Michael Tolliver Lives, Armistead Maupin’s Mary Ann in Autumn is a touching portrait of friendship, family, and fresh starts, as the City by the Bay welcomes back Mary Ann Singleton, the beloved Tales of the City heroine who started it all. A new chapter begins in the lives of both Mary Ann and Michael “Mouse” Tolliver when she returns to San Francisco to rejoin her oldest friend after years in New York City… the reunion that fans of Maupin’s beloved Tales of the City series have been awaiting for years.
