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Kooky carnival : a context clues game / by Lakeshore Learning Materials (Firm)(CARDINAL)666682;
"A context clues game." Targets standards in these areas: reading and understanding paragraphs, determining meaning from context clues. For 2 to 4 playersAges 7+
Subjects: Educational games.; Board games; Context (Linguistics); Language arts; Reading (Elementary); Reading comprehension; Reading games;
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Toward a new historicism. by Morris, Wesley.(CARDINAL)141370;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-255)."Assessing major critics from Vernon Parrington to Murray Krieger, Wesley Morris points the way to a "new historicism." He outlines traditional historicist interests in American literary theory and draws from them the foundation for a vital new study of literature. As Mr. Morris shows, however, the new historicism moves beyond--necessarily using the most recent developments in linguistics, anthropology, psychoanalysis, the psychology of perception and literary response--to see the aesthetic relationship between the work and its context"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: American literature; Literature and history.; Criticism; Historicism.;
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What's your pronoun? : beyond he & she / by Baron, Dennis E.,author.(CARDINAL)813537;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-271) and index."The story of how we got from he and she to zie and hir and singular they. Like trigger warnings and gender-neutral bathrooms, pronouns are suddenly sparking debate, prompting new policies in schools, workplaces, even prisons, about what pronouns to use. Colleges ask students to declare their pronouns; corporate conferences print nametags with space for people to add their pronouns; email signatures sport pronouns along with names and titles. Far more than a byproduct of campus politics or culture wars, gender-neutral pronouns are in fact nothing new. Renowned linguist Dennis Baron puts them in historical context, demonstrating that Shakespeare used singular they; that women evoked the generic use of he to assert the right to vote (while those opposed to women's rights invoked the same word to assert that he did not include she), and that self-appointed language experts have been coining new gender pronouns, not just hir and zie but hundreds more, like thon, ip, and em, for centuries. Based on Baron's own empirical research, What's Your Pronoun? tells the untold story of gender-neutral and nonbinary pronouns"--
Subjects: Informational works.; English language; Grammar, Comparative and general; English language; Gender-nonconforming people; Linguistic change.; Anthropological linguistics.; Gender non-conforming people.;
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What's your pronoun? : beyond he and she / by Baron, Dennis E.,author.(CARDINAL)813537;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Missing Word -- 2. The Politics of He -- 3. The Words That Failed -- 4. Queering the Pronoun -- 5. The Missing Word Is They -- A Chronology of Gender-Neutral and Nonbinary Pronouns."The story of how we got from he and she to zie and hir and singular they. Like trigger warnings and gender-neutral bathrooms, pronouns are suddenly sparking debate, prompting new policies in schools, workplaces, even prisons, about what pronouns to use. Colleges ask students to declare their pronouns; corporate conferences print nametags with space for people to add their pronouns; email signatures sport pronouns along with names and titles. Far more than a byproduct of campus politics or culture wars, gender-neutral pronouns are in fact nothing new. Renowned linguist Dennis Baron puts them in historical context, demonstrating that Shakespeare used singular they; that women evoked the generic use of he to assert the right to vote (while those opposed to women's rights invoked the same word to assert that he did not include she), and that self-appointed language experts have been coining new gender pronouns, not just hir and zie but hundreds more, like thon, ip, and em, for centuries. Based on Baron's own empirical research, What's Your Pronoun? tells the untold story of gender-neutral and nonbinary pronouns"--
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general;
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The history of the English language [videorecording] by Lerer, Seth,1955-(CARDINAL)748383; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;
pt. 1. The origins of English: introduction to the study of language -- The historical study of language: methods and approaches -- The prehistory of English: the Indo-European context -- Reconstructing meaning and sound -- Words and worlds: historical linguistics and the study of culture -- The beginnings of English -- Old English: the Anglo-Saxon worldview -- Changing language: did the Normans really conquer English? -- Conquering language: what did the Normans do to English? -- Chaucer's English -- Dialect jokes and literary representation in Middle English -- A multilingual world: medieval attitudes toward language change and variation.pt. 2. Making modern English: the Return of English as a standard -- How we speak: the great vowel shift and the making of modern English -- What we say : the expanding English vocabulary -- The shape of modern English: changes in syntax and grammar -- Renaissance attitudes toward teaching English -- The language of Shakespeare (1): Drama, grammar, and pronunciation -- The language of Shakespeare (2): Poetry, sound, and sense -- The Bible in English -- Samuel Johnson and his Dictionary -- New Standards in English -- Semantic change: dictionaries and the histories of words -- Values and words in the 19th and 20th centuries.pt. 3. English in America and beyond: the beginnings of American English -- Making the American language from Noah Webster to H.L. Mencken -- The rhetoric of independence from Jefferson to Lincoln -- The language of the American Self -- American regionalism -- American dialects in literature -- The impact of African-American English -- An Anglophone world -- The language of science: the changing nature of 20th century English -- The science of language: the study of language in the 20th century -- Modern linguistics and the politics of language study -- Conclusions and provocations.Lecturer: Seth Lerer.This course of thirty-six lectures (30 min. each) introduces the student to the history of the English language, from its origins as a dialect of the Germanic-speaking peoples, through the literary and cultural documents of its 1500 year span, to the state of American speech of the present day.DVD, region 1.
Subjects: Educational films.; English language; English language; English language; English language; Linguistics.;
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Runes / by Findell, Martin,author.(CARDINAL)814057;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-105) and index."Runes -- letters in a set of related alphabets used to write various Germanic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet -- can be found across northwestern Europe, on everything from gravestones to jewelry. This mysterious and ancient script, in use from late antiquity through the early Middle Ages, has fascinated forensic scientists, archaeologists, linguists, art historians -- and even J. R. R. Tolkien. Illustrated with objects from the British Museum's collection that show the inscriptions in context, this engaging book is the ideal introduction to an age-old writing system" -- Back cover.
Subjects: Runes.; Inscriptions, Runic.;
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History of the English language [sound recording] / by Lerer, Seth,1955-(CARDINAL)748383; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;
Part 1: lecture 1. Introduction to the study of language ; lecture 2. The historic study of language, methods and approaches ; lecture 3. The prehistory of English, the Indo-European context ; lecture 4. Reconstructing meaning and sound ; lecture 5. Words and worlds, historical linguistics and the study of culture ; lecture 6. The beginnings of English ; lecture 7. Old English, the Anglo-Saxon worldview ; lecture 8. Changing language, did the Normans really conquer English? ; lecture 9. Conquering language, what did the Normans do to English? ; lecture 10. Chaucer's English ; lecture 11. Dialect jokes and literary representation in Middle English ; lecture 12. A multilingual world, medieval attitudes toward language change and variation -- Part 2: lecture 13. The return of English as a standard ; lecture 14. How we speak, the great vowel shift and the making of modern English ; lecture 15. What we say, the expanding English vocabulary ; lecture 16. The shape of modern English, changes in syntax and grammar ; lecture 17. Renaissance attitudes toward teaching English ; lecture 18. The language of Shakespeare (1), drama, grammar, and pronunciation ; lecture 19. The language of Shakespeare (2), poetry, sound, and sense ; lecture 20. The Bible in English ; lecture 21. Samuel Johnson and his Dictionary ; lecture 22. New standards in English ; lecture 23. Semantic change, dictionaries and the histories of words ; lecture 24. Values and words in the 19th and 20th Centuries -- Part 3: lecture 25. The beginnings of American English ; lecture 26. Making the American language, from Noah Webster to H.L. Mencken ; lecture 27. The rhetoric of independence from Jefferson to Lincoln ; lecture 28. The language of the American self ; lecture 29. American regionalism ; lecture 30. American dialects in literature ; lecture 31. The impact of African-American English ; lecture 32. An Anglophone world ; lecture 33. The language of science, the changing nature of 20th century English ; lecture 34. The science of language, the study of language in the 20th century ; lecture 35. Modern linguistics and the politics of language study ; lecture 36. Conclusions and provocations.Seth Lerer, lecturer.Lectures introduces the student to the history of the English language, from its origins as a dialect of the Germanic-speaking peoples, through the literary and cultural documents of its 1500 year span, to the state of American speech of the present day.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; English language; English language; English language; English language; Linguistics.;
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Critical Latin American and Latino studies / by Poblete, Juan.(CARDINAL)670311;
Includes bibliographical references.Latino cultural studies / Frances R. Aparicio ; interviewed by Juan Zevallos Aguilar -- Capitalism and geopolitics of knowledge: Latin American social thought and Latino/a American studies / Walter D. Mignolo -- Rethinking area and ethnic studies in the context of economic and political restructuring / George Yúdice -- Latino/a: another site of struggle, another site of accountability / Angie Chabram-Dernersesian -- The occluded history of transamerican literature / Kirsten Silva Gruesz -- Indigenous epistemologies in the age of globalization / Stefano Varese -- Deconstruction, cultural studies, and global capitalism: implications for Latin America / Román de la Campa -- Linguistic constraints, programmatic fit, and political correctness: the case of Spanish in the United States / Giorgio Perissinotto -- Latino Studies: new contexts, new concepts / Juan Flores -- At the crossroads of race: Latino/a studies in race making in the United States / Toms̀ Almaguer -- Multiculturalism and hegemony / John Beverley.
Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.; Hispanic Americans;
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Corpus approaches to the language of sports : texts, media, modalities / by Callies, Marcus,editor.(DLC)n 2009013794;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Recent decades have seen a fundamental change and transformation in the commercialisation and popularisation of sports and sporting events. Corpus Approaches to the Language of Sports uses corpus resources to offer new perspectives on the language and discourse of this increasingly popular and culturally significant area of research. Bringing together a range of empirical studies from leading scholars, this book bridges the gap between quantitative corpus approaches and more qualitative, multimodal discourse methods. Covering a wide range of sports, including football, cycling and basketball, the linguistic aspects of sports language are analysed across different genres and contexts. Highlighting the importance of studying the language of sports alongside its accompanying audio-visual modes of communication, chapters draw on new digitised collections of language to fully describe and understand the complexities of communication through various channels. In doing so, Corpus Approaches to the Language of Sports not only offers exciting new insights into the language of sports but also extends the scope of corpus linguistics beyond traditional monomodal approaches to put multimodality firmly on the agenda.
Subjects: English language; Sports; Communication in sports.;
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The awakening : complete, authoritative text with biographical, historical, and cultural contexts, critical history, and essays from contemporary critical perspectives / by Chopin, Kate,1850-1904,author.(CARDINAL)149662; Walker, Nancy A.,1942-editor.(CARDINAL)761944;
Includes bibliographical references.p.t 1. The awakening : the complete text in cultural context -- Introduction : biographical and historical contexts -- The complete text -- Contextual documents -- Advertisements from magazines -- Fashion plates, Godey's Magazine -- The dressing-table, Godey's Magazine -- Home study for young ladies : visiting cards -- From What women find to do all day, Ladies' Home Journal -- Helen Watterson Moody, from What it means to be a wife, Ladies' Home Journal -- Helen Watterson Moody, from The true meaning of motherhood, Ladies' Home Journal -- The artist and marriage, The Atlantic Monthly -- Ruth McEnery Stuart, from A people who live amid romance, Ladies' Home Journal -- Walter Gregory, The evolution of woman in the South, Godey's Magazine -- James Lane Allen, from Two principles in recent American Fiction, The Atlantic Monthly -- Two Contemporary Reviews of The awakening.pt. 2. The awakening : a case study in contemporary criticism -- A critical history of The awakening -- Feminist criticism and The awakening -- What is feminist criticism? -- Feminist criticism : a selected bibliography -- A feminist perspective -- Elaine Showalter, tradition and the female talent : The awakening as a solitary book -- Gender criticism and The awakening -- What is gender criticism? -- Gender criticism : a selected bibliography -- A gender perspective -- Elizabeth LeBlanc, the metaphorical lesbian : Edna Pontellier in The awakening -- The new historicism and The awakening -- What is the new historicism? -- The new historicism : a selected bibliography -- A new historicist perspective -- Margit Stange, personal property : exchange value and the female self in The awakening -- Deconstruction and The awakening -- What is deconstruction -- Deconstruction : a selected bibliography -- A deconstructionist perspective -- Patricia S. Yaeger, "a language which nobody understood" : emancipatory strategies in The awakening -- Reader-response criticism and The awakening -- What is reader-response criticism? -- Reader-response criticism : a selected bibliography -- A reader-response perspective -- Paula A. Treichler, the construction of ambiguity in The awakening : a linguistic analysis -- Combining perspectives on The awakening -- Cynthia Griffin Wolff, un-utterable longing : the discourse of feminine sexuality in Kate Chopin's The awakening -- Glossary of critical and theoretical terms.Presents the complete text of "The Awakening" by nineteenth-century American novelist Kate Chopin and contains biographical, historical, and cultural contexts, as well as critical essays that analyzes her work.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.; Adultery; Self-actualization (Psychology); Women; Women.; Womyn.;
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