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The Grammarians

Author : Cathleen Schine
Publisher : Sarah Crichton Books
ISBN 13 : 0374712190
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book The Grammarians written by Cathleen Schine and published by Sarah Crichton Books. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enchanting, comic love letter to sibling rivalry and the English language. From the author compared to Nora Ephron and Nancy Mitford, not to mention Jane Austen, comes a new novel celebrating the beauty, mischief, and occasional treachery of language. The Grammarians are Laurel and Daphne Wolfe, identical, inseparable redheaded twins who share an obsession with words. They speak a secret “twin” tongue of their own as toddlers; as adults making their way in 1980s Manhattan, their verbal infatuation continues, but this love, which has always bound them together, begins instead to push them apart. Daphne, copy editor and grammar columnist, devotes herself to preserving the dignity and elegance of Standard English. Laurel, who gives up teaching kindergarten to write poetry, is drawn, instead, to the polymorphous, chameleon nature of the written and spoken word. Their fraying twinship finally shreds completely when the sisters go to war, absurdly but passionately, over custody of their most prized family heirloom: Merriam Webster’s New International Dictionary, Second Edition. Cathleen Schine has written a playful and joyful celebration of the interplay of language and life. A dazzling comedy of sisterly and linguistic manners, a revelation of the delights and stresses of intimacy, The Grammarians is the work of one of our great comic novelists at her very best.

Guardians of Language

Author : Robert A. Kaster
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520342763
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Guardians of Language written by Robert A. Kaster and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What did it mean to be a professional teacher in the prestigious "liberal schools"—the schools of grammar and rhetoric—in late antiquity? How can we account for the abiding prestige of these schools, which remained substantially unchanged in their methods and standing despite the political and religious changes that had taken place around them? The grammarian was a pivotal figure in the lives of the educated upper classes of late antiquity. Introducing his students to correct language and to the literature esteemed by long tradition, he began the education that confirmed his students' standing in a narrowly defined elite. His profession thus contributed to the social as well as cultural continuity of the Empire. The grammarian received honor—and criticism; the profession gave the grammarian a firm sense of cultural authority but also placed him in a position of genteel subordination within the elite. Robert A. Kaster provides the first thorough study of the place and function of these important but ambiguous figures. He also gives a detailed prosopography of the grammarians, and of the other "teachers of letters" below the level of rhetoric, from the middle of the third through the middle of the sixth century, which will provide a valuable research tool for other students of late-antique education.

The Best of the Grammarians

Author : Francesca Schironi
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472130765
Total Pages : 937 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book The Best of the Grammarians written by Francesca Schironi and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 937 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A founding father of the “art of philology,” Aristarchus of Samothrace (216–144 BCE) made a profound contribution to ancient scholarship. In his study of Homer’s Iliad, his methods and principles inevitably informed, even reshaped, his edition of the epic. This systematic study places Aristarchus and his fragments preserved in the Iliadic scholia, or marginal annotations, in the context and cultural environment of his own time. Francesca Schironi presents a more robust picture of Aristarchus as a scholar than anyone has offered previously. Based on her analysis of over 4,300 fragments from his commentary on the Iliad, she reconstructs Aristarchus’ methodology and its relationship to earlier scholarship, especially Aristotelian poetics. Schironi departs from the standard commentary on individual fragments, and instead organizes them by topic to produce a rigorous scholarly examination of how Aristarchus worked. Combining the accuracy and detail of traditional philology with a big-picture study of recurrent patterns and methodological trends across Aristarchus’ work, this volume offers a new approach to scholarship in Alexandrian and classical philology. It will be the go-to reference book on this topic for many years to come, and will usher in a new way of addressing the highly technical work of ancient scholars without losing philological accuracy. This book will be valuable to classicists and philologists interested in Homer and Homeric criticism in antiquity, Hellenistic scholarship, and ancient literary criticism.

The Grammarian's Vade-mecum

Author : T. M.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Grammarian's Vade-mecum written by T. M. and published by . This book was released on 1774 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Grammarian's Arithmetick

Author : John Holmes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Grammarian's Arithmetick written by John Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1743 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Grammarian's Geography and Astronomy Ancient and Modern

Author : John Holmes (Master of Holt Grammar School.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Grammarian's Geography and Astronomy Ancient and Modern written by John Holmes (Master of Holt Grammar School.) and published by . This book was released on 1751 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Language of the English; or, The grammarian's text-book

Author : William Tanner Imeson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Language of the English; or, The grammarian's text-book written by William Tanner Imeson and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Volume 5

Author : Harold G. Coward
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400872707
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Volume 5 by : Harold G. Coward

Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophies, Volume 5 written by Harold G. Coward and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of the monumental reference series being prepared under the general editorship of Karl Potter provides summaries of the main works in the Grammarian tradition of Indian philosophy. Describing the functions of language on different levels, from ordinary empirical speech to the poetic intuition of the divine, the Grammarians sought to demonstrate that the correct grammatical use of language and the devotional chanting of mantras are ways of moving from lower to higher stages of knowledge and self-realization. This work gives special emphasis to the thought of Bhartrhari, the great systematizer of the Grammarian philosophy. For those unacquainted with Indian philosophy, the editors' introduction provides an explanation of the basic concepts found in the Grammarian texts. Grammarian thought is based on the Vedas, and the writings of Panini, Patanjali, Bhartrhari, and others develop implicit Vedic ideas about language and its function. Their works combine a grammatical analysis of Sanskrit language with a philosophy that takes language as divine. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Rebel with a Clause

Author : Ellen Jovin
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0358274567
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (582 download)

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Download or read book Rebel with a Clause written by Ellen Jovin and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Funny Gift for Grammar Lovers NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A fresh and democratic take on language by a gifted teacher." —Mary Norris "[Jovin] never hectors, never finger-points; she enlightens and illuminates. This is lovely work." —Benjamin Dreyer An unconventional guide to the English language drawn from the cross-country adventures of an itinerant grammarian. When Ellen Jovin first walked outside her Manhattan apartment building and set up a folding table with a GRAMMAR TABLE sign, it took about thirty seconds to get her first visitor. Everyone had a question for her. Grammar Table was such a hit—attracting the attention of the New York Times, NPR, and CBS Evening News—that Jovin soon took it on the road, traveling across the US to answer questions from writers, lawyers, editors, businesspeople, students, bickering couples, and anyone else who uses words in this world. In Rebel with a Clause, Jovin tackles what is most on people’s minds, grammatically speaking—from the Oxford comma to the places prepositions can go, the likely lifespan of whom, semicolonphobia, and more. Punctuated with linguistic debates from tiny towns to our largest cities, this grammar romp will delight anyone wishing to polish their prose or revel in our age-old, universal fascination with language.

The Grammarian and His Material

Author : J. M. Wattie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Grammarian and His Material written by J. M. Wattie and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Learned Men's English: the Grammarians

Author : George Washington Moon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Learned Men's English: the Grammarians written by George Washington Moon and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Monkey Grammarian

Author : Octavio Paz Lozano
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780805001914
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Monkey Grammarian written by Octavio Paz Lozano and published by . This book was released on 1988-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Good English and the Grammarian

Author : Sidney Greenbaum
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Good English and the Grammarian written by Sidney Greenbaum and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1988 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a highly practical book, provides detailed examples of the types of research that are needed for writing grammars, in particular the use of corpus analyses and elicitation experiments.

Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen

Author : Mary Norris
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393246604
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen written by Mary Norris and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-04-06 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and Library Journal "Hilarious…This book charmed my socks off." —Patricia O’Conner, New York Times Book Review Mary Norris has spent more than three decades working in The New Yorker’s renowned copy department, helping to maintain its celebrated high standards. In Between You & Me, she brings her vast experience with grammar and usage, her good cheer and irreverence, and her finely sharpened pencils to help the rest of us in a boisterous language book as full of life as it is of practical advice.

The Speculative Grammarian Essential Guide to Linguistics

Author : Trey Jones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615845869
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (458 download)

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Book Synopsis The Speculative Grammarian Essential Guide to Linguistics by : Trey Jones

Download or read book The Speculative Grammarian Essential Guide to Linguistics written by Trey Jones and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speculative Grammarian is the premier scholarly journal featuring research in the oft neglected field of satirical linguistics-and it is now available in book form! The past twenty-five years have witnessed many changes in linguistics, with major developments in linguistic theory, significant expansion in language description, and even some progress in getting a few members of the general public to realize that the term "linguist" is not defined as 'someone who works at the UN doing simultaneous translation'. Speculative Grammarian is proud to have been a part of these changes. And now, in our humble yet authoritative opinion, the time is ripe for the appearance of an anthology containing the most important linguistics articles to have appeared in SpecGram in the past twenty-five years. (Readers seeking articles from before 1988 should consult one of the previous volumes in this series, which have appeared at intervals ranging from twenty to one hundred years ever since SpecGram was first published). This anthology, it is hoped, will allow our readers to gain a deeper, wider, fatter understanding of linguistics as it evolved in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, without the trouble of having to take a graduate seminar in "Modern Linguistics" taught by a professor who's so old that she thinks the Beach Boys are cute. Some of us took graduate seminars like that ourselves, and believe us, this book is better.

Desktop Grammarian

Author : Robert T. Rhode
Publisher : Infinity Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0741492059
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (414 download)

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Download or read book Desktop Grammarian written by Robert T. Rhode and published by Infinity Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Grammars, Grammarians and Grammar-Writing in Eighteenth-Century England

Author : Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110199181
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Grammars, Grammarians and Grammar-Writing in Eighteenth-Century England written by Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-08-27 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book offers insight into the publication history of eighteenth-century English grammars in unprecedented detail. It is based on a close analysis of various types of relevant information: Alston's bibliography of 1965, showing that this source needs to be revised urgently; the recently published online database Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) with respect to sources of information never previously explored or analysed (such as book catalogues and library catalogues); Carol Percy's database on the reception of eighteenth-century grammars in contemporary periodical reviews; and so-called precept corpora containing data on the treatment in a large variety of grammars (and other works) of individual grammatical constructions. By focussing on individual grammars and their history a number of long-standing questions are solved with respect to the authorship of particular grammars and related work (the Brightland/Gildon grammar and the Bellum Grammaticale; Ann Fisher's grammar) while new questions are identified, such as the significant change of approach between the publication of one grammar and its second edition of seven years later (Priestley), and the dependence of later practical grammars (for mothers and their children) on earlier publications. The contributions present a view of the grammarians as individuals with (or without) specific qualifications for undertaking what they did, with their own ideas on teaching methodology, and as writers ultimately engaged in the common aim presenting practical grammars of English to the general public. Interestingly - and importantly - this collection of articles demonstrates the potential of ECCO as a resource for further research in the field.