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Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works
Everyone should have easy command of a medium for expressing his or
her thoughts. Luif is a new language developed by the author that
proposes a rational, harmonious system that will allow the world to
finally share a universal language. Easy to learn, with a
vocabulary that follows a logical, orderly structure, Luif could
finally provide the world with a more effective form of
communication for successfully conducting business internationally,
overcoming political hurdles and misunderstandings, and achieving
peace among warring nations. In this, the companion volume to
Luif-A New Language, a more extensive listing of words and their
definitions is provided for those who wish to increase their
fluency in this revolutionary language. Containing approximately
4,000 basic and composite words, this volume actually comprises
three separate dictionaries: Classified, Alphabetical and
English-Luif, allowing the reader rapid and easy access to words
and their accompanying definitions.
Text analysis tools aid in extracting meaning from digital content.
As digital text becomes more and more complex, new techniques are
needed to understand conceptual structure. Concept Parsing
Algorithms (CPA) for Textual Analysis and Discovery: Emerging
Research and Opportunities provides an innovative perspective on
the application of algorithmic tools to study unstructured digital
content. Highlighting pertinent topics such as semantic tools,
semiotic systems, and pattern detection, this book is ideally
designed for researchers, academics, students, professionals, and
practitioners interested in developing a better understanding of
digital text analysis.
Contributes to the history of Middle Eastern narrative lore and its
impact on Western tradition.
This work comprises a collection of the writings of Ruqaiya Hasan,
an influential figure in the systemic functional linguistic
learning school. It discusses the relation between text and context
and the realization of context in language; the 'network', which is
outlined as analytic tool which can be applied at two strata of
language, the lexico-grammatical and the semantic; as well as
aspects of the social structure that are implicated in the way
cultures and subcultures express themselves.
This book is the "greatest hits" compilation of more than one
hundred Russian books, journals, papers, and articles. It contains
more than fifteen thousand key Russian economic, legal, medical,
military, political, scientific, and sociological terms and
colloquial phrases. It also contains important abbreviations. One
look will convince you, the student or interpreter, of the value of
this work
This unique collection of data includes concise definitions and
explanations relating to all aspects of the European Union. It
explains the terminology surrounding the EU, and outlines the roles
and significance of its institutions, member countries, foreign
relations, programmes and policies, treaties and personalities. It
contains over 1,000 clear and succinct definitions and explains
acronyms and abbreviations, which are arranged alphabetically and
fully cross-referenced. Among the 1,000 entries you can find
explanations of and background details on: ACP states Article 50
Brexit competition policy Donald Tusk the European Maritime and
Fisheries Fund the euro Greece Jean-Claude Juncker Europol
migration and asylum policy the Schengen Agreement the Single
Supervisory Mechanism the single rulebook the Treaty of Lisbon
Ukraine
Peculiar Whiteness: Racial Anxiety and Poor Whites in Southern
Literature, 1900-1965 argues for deeper consideration of the
complexities surrounding the disparate treatment of poor whites
throughout southern literature and attests to how broad such
experiences have been. While the history of prejudice against this
group is not the same as the legacy of violence perpetrated against
people of color in America, individuals regarded as ""white trash""
have suffered a dehumanizing process in the writings of various
white authors. Poor white characters are frequently maligned as
grotesque and anxiety inducing, especially when they are aligned in
close proximity to blacks or to people with disabilities. Thus, as
a symbol, much has been asked of poor whites, and various
iterations of the label (e.g., ""white trash,"" tenant farmers, or
even people with a little less money than average) have been
subject to a broad spectrum of judgment, pity, compassion, fear,
and anxiety. Peculiar Whiteness engages key issues in contemporary
critical race studies, whiteness studies, and southern studies,
both literary and historical. Through discussions of authors
including Charles Chesnutt, Thomas Dixon, Sutton Griggs, Erskine
Caldwell, Lillian Smith, William Faulkner, and Flannery O'Connor,
we see how whites in a position of power work to maintain their
status, often by finding ways to recategorize and marginalize
people who might not otherwise have seemed to fall under the
auspices or boundaries of ""white trash.
This grammar of English embraces major lexical, phonological,
syntactic structures and interfaces. It is based on the substantive
assumption: that the categories and structures at all levels
represent mental substance, conceptual and/or perceptual. The
adequacy of this assumption in expressing linguistic
generalizations is tested. The lexicon is seen as central to the
grammar; it contains signs with conceptual, or content, poles,
minimally words, and perceptual, and expression, poles, segments.
Both words and segments are differentiated by substance-based
features. They determine the erection of syntactic and phonological
structures at the interfaces from lexicon. The valencies of words,
the identification of their semantically determined complements and
modifiers, control the erection of syntactic structures in the form
of dependency relations. However, the features of different segment
types determines their placement in the syllable, or as prosodies.
Despite this discrepancy, dependency and linearization are two of
the analogical properties displayed by lexical, syntactic and
phonological structure. Analogies among parts of the grammar are
another consequence of substantiveness, as is the presence of
figurativeness and iconicity.
"The Psychology of Screenwriting "is more than an interesting book
on the theory and practice of screenwriting. It is also a
philosophical analysis of predetermination and freewill in the
context of writing and human life in our mediated world of
technology. Drawing on humanism, existentialism, Buddhism,
postmodernism and transhumanism, and diverse thinkers from Meister
Eckhart to Friedrich Nietzsche, Theodor Adorno, Jacques Derrida,
Jean Baudrillard and Gilles Deleuze, "The Psychology of
Screenwriting" will be of use to screenwriters, film students,
philosophers and all those interested in contemporary theory. This
book combines in-depth critical and cultural analysis with an
elaboration on practice in an innovative fashion. It explores how
people, such as those in the Dogme 95 movement, have tried to
overcome traditional screenwriting, looking in detail at the
psychology of writing and the practicalities of how to write well
for the screen. This is the first book to include high-theory with
screenwriting practice whilst incorporating the Enneagram for
character development. Numerous filmmakers and writers, including
David Lynch, Jim Jarmusch, David Cronenberg, Pedro Almodovar,
Darren Aronofsky, Sally Potter and Charlie Kaufman are explored.
"The Psychology of Screenwriting "is invaluable for those who want
to delve deeper into writingfor the screen.
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