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First published in 1988, this book is concerned with the definite
and indefinite articles in English. It provides an integrated
pragmatic-semantic theory of definite and indefinite reference, on
the basis of which, many co-occurance restrictions between articles
and non-modifiers are explained. At the general theoretical level,
the book looks at the role of semantics in the prediction of all
and only the grammatical sentences of a language. At a more
particular level, it explores the nature of reference, examining an
important selection of subjects such as the contrast between
definiteness and indefiniteness, the relationship between definite
and demonstrative reference, and the relationship between pragmatic
and logical aspects of determining meaning.
First published in 1986, this book draws together analyses of
English and German. It defines the contrasts and similarities
between the two languages and, in particular, looks at the question
of whether contrasts in one area of the grammar is systematically
related to contrasts in another, and whether there is any
'directionality' or unity to contrast throughout grammar as a
whole. It is suggested that there is, and that English and German
can serve as a case study for a more general typology of languages
than we now have. This volume will be of interest to a wide range
of linguists, including students of Germanic languages; language
typologists; generative grammarians attempting to 'fix the
parameters' on language variation;' historical linguists; and
applied linguists.
First published in 1988, this book is concerned with the definite
and indefinite articles in English. It provides an integrated
pragmatic-semantic theory of definite and indefinite reference, on
the basis of which, many co-occurance restrictions between articles
and non-modifiers are explained. At the general theoretical level,
this book looks at the role of semantics in the prediction of all
and only the grammatical sentences of a language. A generalisation
is proposed uniting semantic oppositions underlying
ungrammaticality with syntactic oppositions between conditions of
application on transformational generative rules. A procedure is
suggested for distinguishing semantic from syntactic causes of
ungrammaticality. At a more particular level, the book explores the
nature of reference. It examines an important selection of subjects
such as the contrast between definiteness and indefiniteness, the
relationship between definite and demonstrative reference, and the
relationship between pragmatic and logical aspects of determining
meaning.
First published in 1986, this book draws together analyses of
English and German. It defines the contrasts and similarities
between the two languages and, in particular, looks at the question
of whether contrasts in one area of the grammar is systematically
related to contrasts in another, and whether there is any
'directionality' or unity to contrast throughout grammar as a
whole. It is suggested that there is, and that English and German
can serve as a case study for a more general typology of languages
than we now have. This volume will be of interest to a wide range
of linguists, including students of Germanic languages; language
typologists; generative grammarians attempting to 'fix the
parameters' on language variation;' historical linguists; and
applied linguists.
Sir John Hawkins (1719 1789), lawyer, friend of Samuel Johnson and
member of the Academy of Ancient Music, published his pioneering
five-volume history in 1776 just after the first volume of
Burney's. Hawkins' work suffered badly in the resulting competition
between the two, partly because of his difficult personality,
partly because of the scholarly style of the writing contrasting
with Burney's more engaging approach. However, it is Hawkins'
accuracy and attention to detail, his appreciation of sixteenth-
and seventeenth-century music and his account of London music
society in the early eighteenth century, supported by his
painstaking research, which makes the History of indispensable
value to music scholars. Whilst there are neither contents list nor
chapter headings, there is an index, and each volume includes
generous illustrations and musical examples. Volume 1 includes a
Preliminary Discourse, the development of music notation,
plainchant and the music treatises of Arezzo and Boethius.
Sir John Hawkins (1719 1789), lawyer, friend of Samuel Johnson and
member of the Academy of Ancient Music, published his pioneering
five-volume history in 1776 just after the first volume of
Burney's. Hawkins' work suffered badly in the resulting competition
between the two, partly because of his difficult personality,
partly because of the scholarly style of the writing contrasting
with Burney's more engaging approach. However, it is Hawkins'
accuracy and attention to detail, his appreciation of sixteenth-
and seventeenth-century music and his account of London music
society in the early eighteenth century, supported by his
painstaking research, which makes the History of indispensable
value to music scholars. Whilst there are neither contents list nor
chapter headings, there is an index, and each volume includes
generous illustrations and musical examples. Volume 2 includes
music of the troubadours, measured notation, modes, organum, the
rise of polyphony and Glarean's Dodecachordon.
Sir John Hawkins (1719 1789), lawyer, friend of Samuel Johnson and
member of the Academy of Ancient Music, published his pioneering
five-volume history in 1776 just after the first volume of
Burney's. Hawkins' work suffered badly in the resulting competition
between the two, partly because of his difficult personality,
partly because of the scholarly style of the writing contrasting
with Burney's more engaging approach. However, it is Hawkins'
accuracy and attention to detail, his appreciation of sixteenth-
and seventeenth-century music and his account of London music
society in the early eighteenth century, supported by his
painstaking research, which makes the History of indispensable
value to music scholars. Whilst there are neither contents list nor
chapter headings, there is an index, and each volume includes
generous illustrations and musical examples. Volume 3 looks at the
music of the Reformation, the English madrigalists and the rise of
opera and oratorio.
Sir John Hawkins (1719 1789), lawyer, friend of Samuel Johnson and
member of the Academy of Ancient Music, published his pioneering
five-volume history in 1776 just after the first volume of
Burney's. Hawkins' work suffered badly in the resulting competition
between the two, partly because of his difficult personality,
partly because of the scholarly style of the writing contrasting
with Burney's more engaging approach. However, it is Hawkins'
accuracy and attention to detail, his appreciation of sixteenth-
and seventeenth-century music and his account of London music
society in the early eighteenth century, supported by his
painstaking research, which makes the History of indispensable
value to music scholars. Whilst there are neither contents list nor
chapter headings, there is an index, and each volume includes
generous illustrations and musical examples. Volume 4 covers the
seventeenth century, including portraits of Gibbons, Lully and
Purcell, and discusses of Mersenne's Harmonie Universelle.
Sir John Hawkins (1719 1789), lawyer, friend of Samuel Johnson and
member of the Academy of Ancient Music, published his pioneering
five-volume history in 1776 just after the first volume of
Burney's. Hawkins' work suffered badly in the resulting competition
between the two, partly because of his difficult personality,
partly because of the scholarly style of the writing contrasting
with Burney's more engaging approach. However, it is Hawkins'
accuracy and attention to detail, his appreciation of sixteenth-
and seventeenth-century music and his account of London music
society in the early eighteenth century, supported by his
painstaking research, which makes the History of indispensable
value to music scholars. Whilst there are neither contents list nor
chapter headings, there is an index, and each volume includes
generous illustrations and musical examples. Volume 5 includes the
Baroque era, an account of the contemporary music scene in England
and the general index.
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84) is regarded as one of the outstanding
figures of English literature, as a poet, essayist, moralist,
critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. This collected
edition of his works - commissioned by the publisher within hours
of Johnson's death, such was his celebrity - was published in 1787
in eleven volumes, edited by his literary executor, the
musicologist Sir John Hawkins. Volume 1 is entirely devoted to a
biography of Johnson by Hawkins, his close friend. Although
Boswell's 1791 Life is much better known, Hawkins had been
acquainted with Johnson for far longer, and was present at his
death. Although his narrative is less colourful than that of
Boswell, he had a better understanding of some aspects of Johnson's
character, especially regarding his religious beliefs, and Boswell
did not hesitate to borrow from this work.
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84) is regarded as one of the outstanding
figures of English literature, as a poet, essayist, moralist,
critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. This collected
edition of his works - commissioned by the publisher within hours
of Johnson's death, such was his celebrity - was published in 1787
in eleven volumes, edited by his literary executor, the
musicologist Sir John Hawkins. Volume 2 contains the first part of
his Lives of the Poets, his last major work. This was a commission
to provide short accounts of over fifty poets of the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries, and set a new standard for English
literary biography. Although not all of the subjects have been
regarded as eminent by posterity, and Johnson was criticised for
brusque treatment of well-connected courtier poets now largely
forgotten, the work was a great success.
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84) is regarded as one of the outstanding
figures of English literature, as a poet, essayist, moralist,
critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. This collected
edition of his works - commissioned by the publisher within hours
of Johnson's death, such was his celebrity - was published in 1787
in eleven volumes, edited by his literary executor, the
musicologist Sir John Hawkins. Volume 3 contains the second part of
his Lives of the Poets, his last major work. This was a commission
to provide short accounts of over fifty poets of the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries, and it set a new standard for English
literary biography. Although not all of the subjects have been
regarded as eminent by posterity, and Johnson was criticised for
brusque treatment of well-connected courtier poets now largely
forgotten, the work was a great success.
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84) is regarded as one of the outstanding
figures of English literature, as a poet, essayist, moralist,
critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. This collected
edition of his works - commissioned by the publisher within hours
of Johnson's death, such was his celebrity - was published in 1787
in eleven volumes, edited by his literary executor, the
musicologist Sir John Hawkins. Volume 4 contains the third part of
his Lives of the Poets, his last major work. This was a commission
to provide short accounts of over fifty poets of the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries, and set a new standard for English
literary biography. Although not all of the subjects have been
regarded as eminent by posterity, the work was a great success. The
volume also includes miscellaneous historical and literary
biographies of figures such as Paolo Sarpi, Sir Francis Drake and
Roger Ascham.
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84) is regarded as one of the outstanding
figures of English literature, as a poet, essayist, moralist,
critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. This collected
edition of his works - commissioned by the publisher within hours
of Johnson's death, such was his celebrity - was published in 1787
in eleven volumes, edited by his literary executor, the
musicologist Sir John Hawkins. Volume 5 contains the first part of
The Rambler, the periodical published by Johnson twice a week
between 1750 and 1752. Modelled on Addison's Spectator, the essays
address a wide range of social, religious, political and literary
themes, and are not exclusively by Johnson himself: there are
contributions by others, particularly women writers such as Hester
Chapone and Elizabeth Carter. The Rambler adopted an 'elevated'
style, and topics range from criticism of the emerging novel genre
to discussions of humanitarian issues such as prostitution and
capital punishment.
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84) is regarded as one of the outstanding
figures of English literature, as a poet, essayist, moralist,
critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. This collected
edition of his works - commissioned by the publisher within hours
of Johnson's death, such was his celebrity - was published in 1787
in eleven volumes, edited by his literary executor, the
musicologist Sir John Hawkins. Volume 6 contains the second part of
The Rambler, the periodical published by Johnson twice a week
between 1750 and 1752. Modelled on Addison's Spectator, the essays
address a wide range of social, religious, political and literary
themes, and are not exclusively by Johnson himself: there are
contributions by others, particularly women writers such as Hester
Chapone and Elizabeth Carter. The Rambler adopted an 'elevated'
style, and topics range from criticism of the emerging novel genre
to discussions of humanitarian issues such as prostitution and
capital punishment.
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84) is regarded as one of the outstanding
figures of English literature, as a poet, essayist, moralist,
critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. This collected
edition of his works - commissioned by the publisher within hours
of Johnson's death, such was his celebrity - was published in 1787
in eleven volumes, edited by his literary executor, the
musicologist Sir John Hawkins. Volume 7 contains the final part of
The Rambler, the periodical published by Johnson twice a week
between 1750 and 1752. Modelled on Addison's Spectator, the essays
address a wide range of social, religious, political and literary
themes, and are not exclusively by Johnson himself: there are
contributions by others, particularly women writers such as Hester
Chapone and Elizabeth Carter. The Rambler adopted an 'elevated'
style, and topics range from criticism of the emerging novel genre
to discussions of humanitarian issues such as prostitution and
capital punishment.
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84) is regarded as one of the outstanding
figures of English literature, as a poet, essayist, moralist,
critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. This collected
edition of his works - commissioned by the publisher within hours
of Johnson's death, such was his celebrity - was published in 1787
in eleven volumes, edited by his literary executor, the
musicologist Sir John Hawkins. Volume 8 contains The Idler, the 103
essays originally published by Johnson in the Universal Chronicle
between 1758 and 1760, and published in one volume in 1761. These
were more relaxed and rambling in style than those published in The
Rambler, and were very popular. A common thread is the follies of
the literary world - Johnson defines criticism as 'a study by which
men grow important and formidable at very small expense'. Others
touch on marriage, scholarship, and travelling.
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84) is regarded as one of the outstanding
figures of English literature, as a poet, essayist, moralist,
critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. This collected
edition of his works - commissioned by the publisher within hours
of Johnson's death, such was his celebrity - was published in 1787
in eleven volumes, edited by his literary executor, the
musicologist Sir John Hawkins. Volume 9 includes The Adventurer,
the sequel to The Rambler, partly written by Johnson, papers about
the famous Dictionary and his edition of the works of Shakespeare,
various critical pieces, and an account of the Harleian Library. It
also includes prefaces to other works, including Dodsley's The
Preceptor, and Rolt's Dictionary of Trade and Commerce. (According
to Boswell, Johnson did not actually read the latter work before
writing the preface to it.)
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84) is regarded as one of the outstanding
figures of English literature, as a poet, essayist, moralist,
critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. This collected
edition of his works - commissioned by the publisher within hours
of Johnson's death, such was his celebrity - was published in 1787
in eleven volumes, edited by his literary executor, the
musicologist Sir John Hawkins. Volume 10 contains a mixture of
items - political tracts on taxation and current affairs;
miscellaneous short works including book reviews and papers on
agriculture, French prisoners of war, and the building of
Blackfriars' Bridge; and A Journey to the Western Islands of
Scotland. These show the range of his interests and the ease with
which he could turn his pen to any topic.
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84) is regarded as one of the outstanding
figures of English literature, as a poet, essayist, moralist,
critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. This collected
edition of his works - commissioned by the publisher within hours
of Johnson's death, such was his celebrity - was published in 1787
in eleven volumes, edited by his literary executor, the
musicologist Sir John Hawkins. Volume 11 contains poetry in English
and Latin, prayers, and a variety of literary forms - a fantasy,
The Vision of Theodore, Johnson's only play, Irene, Rasselas, which
uses an oriental tale and a French form to meditate on the folly of
the quest for human happiness, and The Vanity of Human Wishes,
based on one of Juvenal's satires. There is also an index to the
eleven-volume set.
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