Dsi: Diddly Squat Investigation
Dsi: Diddly Squat Investigation

Author: J. H. Holland

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2011-08-05

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 1463441347

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The intriguing sports history and the constant debate of the origin and meaning of the many different sports phases and sayings in this story are quite enough for any sports fan but this story adds the likes of two bumbling investigators who are bound to steal your heart and entertain your imagination. The twist in the story will leave you spellbound as DSI uncover the realities of sports and life through this charming tale of sport, intrigue and mystery. These two endearing investigators constantly argue with each other and claim that the other doesnt know Diddly-squat about life, sports or investigation. Are they right, or are we the ones in the dark about the true meaning of life, and the all-important world of sports phraseology?

Sports Shorts
Sports Shorts

Author: J H HOLLAND

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2012-06-30

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 1477220003

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Powerful Lessons Sports Shorts is a collection of short stories penned by J. H. Holland, author of Link and DSI: Diddly Squat Investigation. His creative imagination and realistic approach to each sport come from his own experiences. Dr. Holland competed in each of the various sports, and developed an appreciation for the life lessons attributed to the world of athletics. He originally shared these stories with his own children as they were growing up, to encourage them to apply themselves and to find joy in competition. An individuals triumphs are found in the energy it takes to compete, and the rewards are ones personal achievements. It is the authors hope that as you and your family read these stories, you will not only be entertained, but also discover connections with the characters as they come alive on the page.

Casual Lex
Casual Lex

Author: Webb Garrison

Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM

Published: 2005-05-07

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1418557935

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Containing updated editions of the What’s in a Word and Why You Say it, this compendium reveals the history of common words and phrases. Are you a lover of language? Awaken your passion for words, and savor the sheer deliciousness of the things people say! Casual Lex holds the hidden pleasures found in our usage of words. This fresh edition of two etymology classics by Webb Garrison will turn you on to the fascinating—and often surprising—stories behind everyday words and phrases. Experience Casual Lex and discover: The phrase hell on wheels comes from the early American practice of renting railway flatcars to create rolling casinos and brothels bound for the Wild West. Gibberish was the word coined by English villagers to describe the hard-to-understand dialects of certain bands of Gypsies. Gymnasium comes from the Greek word gymnos, which means “naked”—Greek athletes trained and competed in the nude. If your joy of language has been aroused, then many more surprises await you. After all, even the most formal users of our language can benefit from a little Casual Lex “A rather good book to have at hand.” —Kirkus Reviews on Why You Say It

A Chance of Sunshine
A Chance of Sunshine

Author: Jimi

Publisher: Creative Publishing International

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781568461335

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Living next door to each other, but never having met, two people come together for a day before fate separates them.

Seeking Hakka Bakka
Seeking Hakka Bakka

Author: Bebe Lord Gow

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2012-05-04

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9781475917369

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When precocious Mandolin MacDuff wakes up in a strange room, she feels scared, abandoned and then total emptiness turned her body into mush. But when she looked out her window, the only window, she sees a tall man driving a machine with one arm up and down, up and down. She studied him through her tears, discovered his other arm was kind of withered, hung loosely, and didnt seem to bother him. That meant he was brave. Cool! He would be her friend. And so begins a captivating generational story; a thirty-year quest into a complex world to find her way, to learn the truth, the secret of her past and the ever illusive hakka bakka

The Human Polity
The Human Polity

Author: Kay Lawson

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780618043644

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This mainstream text for introductory political science course familiarizes students with the discipline by taking a comparative approach to topics such as the nature of politics, political institutions, behavior, and ideologies. The text takes a broader look at globalization and the role of non-governmental actors, such as multinational corporations and transnational organizations like the U.N.

Perspectives on Negation and Polarity Items
Perspectives on Negation and Polarity Items

Author: Jack Hoeksema

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2001-05-17

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 9027299161

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Perspectives on Negation and Polarity Items contains a selection of papers on the semantics, acquisition and licensing behavior of negation. Negation, being one of the prevalent features of any human language, has many facets of interest to linguists, psychologists and philosophers alike. In recent years, much attention has been paid to the complicated distributional patterns of polarity items. Many of the contributions in this volume are devoted to the study of one or more of these items in langages such as English (Laurence Horn, Anita Mittwoch, Chris Kennedy), Dutch (Jack Hoeksema and Hotze Rullmann, Henny Klein, Gertjan Postma), German (Gabriel Falkenberg), Hindi (Utpal Lahiri) and Greek (Anastasia Giannakidou). In addition, some general issues surrounding negation are addressed, such as the characterization of the notion “strength of negation” (Jay Atlas), the problem of NEG-raising (Lucia Tovena), the interaction of negation and modality (Johan van der Auwera) and the acquisition of negation (Kenneth Drozd).

Extra-grammatical Morphology in English
Extra-grammatical Morphology in English

Author: Elisa Mattiello

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2013-01-30

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 3110295393

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Extra-grammatical morphology is a hitherto neglected area of research, highly marginalised because of its irregularity and unpredictability. Yet many neologisms in English are formed by means of extra-grammatical mechanisms, such as abbreviation, blending and reduplication, which therefore deserve both greater attention and more systematic study. This book analyses such phenomena.