Figments of Ocracoke
Author | : Chester Lynn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2018-07-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781532381690 |
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Author | : Chester Lynn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2018-07-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781532381690 |
Author | : Robert Romanyshyn |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2003-09-02 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1134985495 |
The development of linear perspective in the 15th century represented a radical transformation in the European's sense of the world, the body and the self. Robert Romanyshyn's latest book examines the claim that the development of linear perspective vision was and is indispensable to the emergence of our technological world. It does so by telling the story of how an artistic technique has become a cultural habit of mind.
Author | : Molly MacRae |
Publisher | : Kensington Cozies |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2024-06-25 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1496744292 |
When widowed folklorist Maureen Nash visits a legendary North Carolina barrier island shell shop, she discovers its resident ghost pirate and the mystery of a local’s untimely death . . . As a professional storyteller, Maureen Nash can’t help but see the narrative cues woven through her life. Like the series of letters addressed to her late husband from a stranger—the proprietor of The Moon Shell, a shop on Ocracoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina. The store is famous with shell collectors, but it’s the cryptic letters from Allen Withrow, the shop’s owner, that convince Maureen to travel to the small coastal town in the middle of hurricane season. At the very least, she expects she’ll get a good story out of the experience, never anticipating it could end up a murder mystery . . . In Maureen’s first hours on the storm-lashed island, she averts several life-threatening accidents, stumbles over the body of a controversial Ocracoke local, and meets the ghost of an eighteenth-century Welsh pirate, Emrys Lloyd. To the untrained eye, all these unusual occurrences would seem to be random misfortunes, but Maureen senses there may be something connecting these stories. With Emrys’s supernatural assistance, and the support of a few new friends, Maureen sets out unravel the truth, find a killer, and hopefully give this tale a satisfying ending . . . while also rewriting her own.
Author | : Walt Wolfram |
Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2014-04-07 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1469614375 |
Are you considered a "dingbatter," or outsider, when you visit the Outer Banks? Have you ever noticed a picture in your house hanging a little "sigogglin," or crooked? Do you enjoy spending time with your "buddyrow," or close friend? Drawing on over two decades of research and 3,000 recorded interviews from every corner of the state, Walt Wolfram and Jeffrey Reaser's lively book introduces readers to the unique regional, social, and ethnic dialects of North Carolina, as well as its major languages, including American Indian languages and Spanish. Considering how we speak as a reflection of our past and present, Wolfram and Reaser show how languages and dialects are a fascinating way to understand our state's rich and diverse cultural heritage. The book is enhanced by maps and illustrations and augmented by more than 100 audio and video recordings, which can be found online at talkintarheel.com.
Author | : Anne Curzan |
Publisher | : Longman Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 578 |
Release | : 2015-02-23 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780321946270 |
Author | : Anthony Vanderlinden |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2013-05-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780970799791 |
Expanded, Second Edition
Author | : H. M. Shirley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Browning rifles |
ISBN | : 9780970799760 |
Author | : William York |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2011-09-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780970799784 |
Author | : Luke Mercaldo |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Firearms designers |
ISBN | : 9780970799777 |
Author | : Robert Macneil |
Publisher | : Nan A. Talese |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2007-12-18 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0307423573 |
Is American English in decline? Are regional dialects dying out? Is there a difference between men and women in how they adapt to linguistic variations? These questions, and more, about our language catapulted Robert MacNeil and William Cran—the authors (with Robert McCrum) of the language classic The Story of English—across the country in search of the answers. Do You Speak American? is the tale of their discoveries, which provocatively show how the standard for American English—if a standard exists—is changing quickly and dramatically. On a journey that takes them from the Northeast, through Appalachia and the Deep South, and west to California, the authors observe everyday verbal interactions and in a host of interviews with native speakers glean the linguistic quirks and traditions characteristic of each area. While examining the histories and controversies surrounding both written and spoken American English, they address anxieties and assumptions that, when explored, are highly emotional, such as the growing influence of Spanish as a threat to American English and the special treatment of African-American vernacular English. And, challenging the purists who think grammatical standards are in serious deterioration and that media saturation of our culture is homogenizing our speech, they surprise us with unpredictable responses. With insight and wit, MacNeil and Cran bring us a compelling book that is at once a celebration and a potent study of our singular language. Each wave of immigration has brought new words to enrich the American language. Do you recognize the origin of 1. blunderbuss, sleigh, stoop, coleslaw, boss, waffle? Or 2. dumb, ouch, shyster, check, kaput, scram, bummer? Or 3. phooey, pastrami, glitch, kibbitz, schnozzle? Or 4. broccoli, espresso, pizza, pasta, macaroni, radio? Or 5. smithereens, lollapalooza, speakeasy, hooligan? Or 6. vamoose, chaps, stampede, mustang, ranch, corral? 1. Dutch 2. German 3. Yiddish 4. Italian 5. Irish 6. Spanish