Download or read book Burgess Unabridged A new dictionary of words you have always needed written by Gelett Burgess and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Burgess Unabridged: A new dictionary of words you have always needed" by Gelett Burgess. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Burgess Unabridged written by Gelett Burgess and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Dictionary of the Avant Gardes written by and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes recognizes that change is a driving force in all the arts. It covers major trends in music, dance, theater, film, visual art, sculpture, and performance art--as well as architecture, science, and culture.
Download or read book Predicting New Words written by Allan A. Metcalf and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the phenomenon of new word creation, offering criteria for predicting the success of new words and including the American Dialect Society's listing of words of the year from 1991 to 2001.
Download or read book The Hidden History of Coined Words written by Ralph Keyes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Successful word-coinages--those that stay in currency for a good long time--tend to conceal their beginnings. We take them at face value and rarely when and where they were first minted. Engaging, illuminating, and authoritative, Ralph Keyes's The Hidden History of Coined Words explores the etymological underworld of terms and expressions and uncovers plenty of hidden gems. He also finds some fascinating patterns, such as that successful neologisms are as likely to be created by chance as by design. A remarkable number of new words were coined whimsically, originally intended to troll or taunt. Knickers, for example, resulted from a hoax; big bang from an insult. Casual wisecracking produced software, crowdsource, and blog. More than a few resulted from happy accidents, such as typos, mistranslations, and mishearing (bigly and buttonhole), or from being taken entirely out of context (robotics). Neologizers (a Thomas Jefferson coinage) include not just scholars and writers but cartoonists, columnists, children's book authors. Wimp originated with a book series, as did goop, and nerd from a book by Dr. Seuss. Coinages are often contested, controversy swirling around such terms as gonzo, mojo, and booty call. Keyes considers all contenders, while also leading us through the fray between new word partisans, and those who resist them strenuously. He concludes with advice about how to make your own successful coinage. The Hidden History of Coined Words will appeal not just to word mavens but history buffs, trivia contesters, and anyone who loves the immersive power of language.
Download or read book Dr Seuss written by Philip Nel and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip Nel takes a fascinating look into the key aspects of Seuss's career - his poetry, politics, art, marketing, and place in the popular imagination." "Nel argues convincingly that Dr. Seuss is one of the most influential poets in America. His nonsense verse, like that of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear, has changed language itself, giving us new words like "nerd." And Seuss's famously loopy artistic style - what Nel terms an "energetic cartoon surrealism" - has been equally important, inspiring artists like filmmaker Tim Burton and illustrator Lane Smith. --from back cover
Download or read book 7CV Critical Reader written by Danny Snelson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 7CV Critical Reader Edit Publication by Mashinka Firunts and Danny Snelson with Chris Cuellar, and event editors Eddie Hopely, and Sueyeun Juliette Lee
Download or read book Persuasive Genres written by Sujata S. Kathpalia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an analysis of persuasive genres in the domain of media, ranging from traditional to new media genres on the internet. Kathpalia provides a layered analysis of a family of persuasive genres at the functional, semantic, and linguistic levels and a reconceptualization of genres as empowering rather than constraining, enabling rather than binding, and dynamic rather than static. The book leads readers to an understanding of genre that accounts for the way we interpret, respond to, and create genres in different settings whilst shedding light on how genres change and how they evolve into new and unique forms to meet the ever-changing needs of society. This book would be of interest to those studying or researching the topic of genres, and those interested in reconceptualizing the way in which we interpret and understand genres from linguistic and discourse perspectives.
Download or read book The White Cat written by Gelett Burgess and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Galett Burgess in the book "The White Cat" describes a romantic story and a new wave which during its time was regarded as being "far ahead its time." This story is based on dissociative identity or "multiple personalities." It is one of the first books to be themed based on the multiple personalities condition.
Download or read book The English Catalogue of Books annual written by Sampson Low and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
Download or read book Wordwatching written by Alex Horne and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex Horne loves words. He loves them so much, in fact, that he's gone on a mental safari and invented some of his own ... all he needs to do now is get them into the dictionary. But, as Alex discovers, gaining entry into the official lexicon takes more than just a gentle word in the ear of the editor. Evidence is required - Alex needs what the dictionary authorities call a 'corpus' of examples, hard data showing that his new words are in widespread and long-term usage by people other than just him and his mum. So a corpus he resolves to create, no matter what obstacles he might meet on the way. This is the ridiculous story of one man's struggle to break into the dictionary. From covert word-dropping on Countdown to wilfully misinforming young schoolchildren, Alex tries it all in his quest for word-based stardom. Does he succeed? Exactly what is a 'mental safari'? And are you already using one of Alex's words without realising it? You won't regret spending your hard-earned honk on this hugely entertaining book.
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Download or read book Olympian Nights written by John Kendrick Bangs and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olympian Nights by John Kendrick Bangs is a quick-witted novel in which an American tourist visits Olympus. Excerpt: "While traveling through the classic realms of Greece some years ago, sincerely desirous of discovering the lurking place of a certain war which the newspapers of my own country were describing with some vividness, I chanced upon the base of the far-famed Mount Olympus. The night was coming on apace and I was tired, having been led during the day upon a wild-goose chase by my guide, who had assured me that he had definitely located the scene of hostilities between the Greeks and the Turks."
Download or read book The Life of Language written by Sol Steinmetz and published by Random House Reference. This book was released on 2012-01-11 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Report of the Acting Director of University Libraries written by Stanford University. Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Romance of the Commonplace written by Gelett Burgess and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Romance of the Commonplace" by Gelett Burgess. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Words that Make a Difference and how to Use Them in a Masterly Way written by Robert Greenman and published by Levenger Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
