I Hear America Talking
Author | : Stuart Berg Flexner |
Publisher | : Simon & Schuster |
Total Pages | : 532 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780671249946 |
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Author | : Stuart Berg Flexner |
Publisher | : Simon & Schuster |
Total Pages | : 532 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780671249946 |
Author | : Stuart Berg Flexner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 505 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Americanisms |
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Author | : James Thomas Flexner |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1979-10-01 |
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ISBN | : 9785550338605 |
Author | : Geoffrey Hughes |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 573 |
Release | : 2015-03-26 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1317476778 |
This is the only encyclopedia and social history of swearing and foul language in the English-speaking world. It covers the various social dynamics that generate swearing, foul language, and insults in the entire range of the English language. While the emphasis is on American and British English, the different major global varieties, such as Australian, Canadian, South African, and Caribbean English are also covered. A-Z entries cover the full range of swearing and foul language in English, including fascinating details on the history and origins of each term and the social context in which it found expression. Categories include blasphemy, obscenity, profanity, the categorization of women and races, and modal varieties, such as the ritual insults of Renaissance "flyting" and modern "sounding" or "playing the dozens." Entries cover the historical dimension of the language, from Anglo-Saxon heroic oaths and the surprising power of medieval profanity, to the strict censorship of the Renaissance and the vibrant, modern language of the streets. Social factors, such as stereotyping, xenophobia, and the dynamics of ethnic slurs, as well as age and gender differences in swearing are also addressed, along with the major taboo words and the complex and changing nature of religious, sexual, and racial taboos.
Author | : Jim Murphy |
Publisher | : Temple University Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2021-06-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439919240 |
"An alternative, history-focused guidebook to a selection of Philadelphia's heroes and notable places"--
Author | : Walt Whitman |
Publisher | : Philomel |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780399218088 |
Whitman's famous poem, accompanied by linoleum-cut illustrations, depicts people at work all over an earlier America.
Author | : America Ferrera |
Publisher | : Gallery Books |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2019-09-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1501180924 |
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From award-winning actress and political activist America Ferrera comes a vibrant and varied collection of first-person accounts from prominent figures about the experience of growing up between cultures. America Ferrera has always felt wholly American, and yet, her identity is inextricably linked to her parents’ homeland and Honduran culture. Speaking Spanish at home, having Saturday-morning-salsa-dance-parties in the kitchen, and eating tamales alongside apple pie at Christmas never seemed at odds with her American identity. Still, she yearned to see that identity reflected in the larger American narrative. Now, in American Like Me, America invites thirty-one of her friends, peers, and heroes to share their stories about life between cultures. We know them as actors, comedians, athletes, politicians, artists, and writers. However, they are also immigrants, children or grandchildren of immigrants, indigenous people, or people who otherwise grew up with deep and personal connections to more than one culture. Each of them struggled to establish a sense of self, find belonging, and feel seen. And they call themselves American enthusiastically, reluctantly, or not at all. Ranging from the heartfelt to the hilarious, their stories shine a light on a quintessentially American experience and will appeal to anyone with a complicated relationship to family, culture, and growing up.
Author | : Gabriel Grayson |
Publisher | : Square One Publishers, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780757000072 |
Grayson makes sign language accessible, easy, and fun with this comprehensive primer to the techniques, words, and phrases of signing. 800 illustrative photos.
Author | : Ijeoma Oluo |
Publisher | : Seal Press |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2019-09-24 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1541619226 |
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a revelatory examination of race in America Protests against racial injustice and white supremacy have galvanized millions around the world. The stakes for transformative conversations about race could not be higher. Still, the task ahead seems daunting, and it’s hard to know where to start. How do you tell your boss her jokes are racist? Why did your sister-in-law hang up on you when you had questions about police reform? How do you explain white privilege to your white, privileged friend? In So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from police brutality and cultural appropriation to the model minority myth in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race, and about how racism infects every aspect of American life. "Simply put: Ijeoma Oluo is a necessary voice and intellectual for these times, and any time, truth be told." ―Phoebe Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of You Can't Touch My Hair
Author | : Ralph Keyes |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2021-02-19 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0190466782 |
Successful word-coinages--those that stay in currency for a good long time--tend to conceal their beginnings. We take them at face value and rarely when and where they were first minted. Engaging, illuminating, and authoritative, Ralph Keyes's The Hidden History of Coined Words explores the etymological underworld of terms and expressions and uncovers plenty of hidden gems. He also finds some fascinating patterns, such as that successful neologisms are as likely to be created by chance as by design. A remarkable number of new words were coined whimsically, originally intended to troll or taunt. Knickers, for example, resulted from a hoax; big bang from an insult. Casual wisecracking produced software, crowdsource, and blog. More than a few resulted from happy accidents, such as typos, mistranslations, and mishearing (bigly and buttonhole), or from being taken entirely out of context (robotics). Neologizers (a Thomas Jefferson coinage) include not just scholars and writers but cartoonists, columnists, children's book authors. Wimp originated with a book series, as did goop, and nerd from a book by Dr. Seuss. Coinages are often contested, controversy swirling around such terms as gonzo, mojo, and booty call. Keyes considers all contenders, while also leading us through the fray between new word partisans, and those who resist them strenuously. He concludes with advice about how to make your own successful coinage. The Hidden History of Coined Words will appeal not just to word mavens but history buffs, trivia contesters, and anyone who loves the immersive power of language.