The Unnamable is the third novel in Beckett's trilogy, three remarkable prose works in which men of increasingly debilitating physical circumstances act, ponder, consider, and rage against impermanence and the human condition. The...
Linguistics
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Author:Beckett, SamuelSummary: -
Author:Yule, GeorgeSummary:This text provides an introduction to the study of language, including the origins of language, the development of writing, animals and human language, sounds and sound patterns and language and the brain.
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Author:Yule, GeorgeSummary:Designed for beginners, this best-selling textbook provides a thorough introduction to the study of language. It introduces the analysis of the key elements of language--sounds, words, structures and meanings, and provides a solid...
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Author:Hall, PhilSummary:The first word in this new collection by Phil Hall is "raw" and the last word is "blurtip." Between these, many nouns cry faith within a hook-less framework that sings in chorus while undermining such standard forms & tropes as "the...
- Author:Michaud, GinetteSummary:
Jacques Derrida est sans contredit le philosophe qui s'est le plus passionné pour la littérature, sous toutes ses formes (impossibles à formaliser) et en tous genres (impossibles à assigner). Dès les commencements de son oeuvre...
- Author:Barry, Anita K.Summary:
This book provides teachers with the background knowledge for understanding the role linguistics plays in literacy development. It fits the linguistics for teachers course, a topic that is front and center of the field's need for pre-...
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Author:Joosten, JulieSummary:SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2014 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD FOR POETRYShortlisted for the 2014 Gerald Lampert Memorial AwardFinalist for the 2014 Goldie Awards: Poetry CategoryMoving from the Enlightenment science of natural history to the...
- Author:Gagnon, AlexSummary:
En mai 2000, à Montréal, le chanteur André « Dédé » Fortin s'enlève la vie et laisse dans le deuil une collectivité affligée. Un an plus tard, le commandant Robert Piché fait atterrir aux Açores un avion en panne, arrachant à une...
- Author:Mohr, MelissaSummary:
Holy Sh*t tells the story of two kinds of swearing--obscenities and oaths--from ancient Rome and the Bible to today. With humor and insight, Melissa Mohr takes readers on a journey to discover how "swearing" has come to include both...
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Author:Cain, StephenSummary:False Friends is the first full-length poetry collection from Stephen Cain in more than ten years. In it, he takes inspiration from the linguistic term "false friends"—two words from different languages that appear to be related, but...
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Author:Lepper, GeorgiaSummary:Through analysis of data samples and exercises, this volume introduces the concepts of the Harvey Sacks' membership categorization analysis technique and discusses its application in a variety of contexts.
