The Structure of Spoken Language

The Structure of Spoken Language

Author: Philippe Martin

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-11-26

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1316390314

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Using an innovative approach, this book focuses on a widely debated area of phonetics and phonology: intonation, and specifically its relation to metrics, its interface with syntax, and whether it can be attributed more to phonetics or phonology, or equally to both. Drawing on data from six Romance languages (French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan and Romanian), whose rich intonation patterns have long been of interest to linguists, Philippe Martin challenges the assumptions of traditional phonological approaches, and re-evaluates the data in favour of a new usage-based model of intonation. He proposes a unified description of the sentence prosodic structure, focusing on the dynamic and cognitive aspects of both production and perception of intonation in speech, leading to a unified grammar of Romance languages' sentence intonation. This book will be welcomed by researchers and advanced students in phonetics and phonology.


The Nouveau Roman

The Nouveau Roman

Author: Celia Britton

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1992-11-15

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 1349223395

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The Nouveau Roman writers have been actively involved in the theory as well as the practice of fiction, participating in a series of vigorous debates on issues such as the political significance of literature, formalism and structuralism, the status of the author, etc. This study discusses Robbe-Grillet, Sarraute, Simon, Butor and Ricardou, analysing both the interaction of their own theory and fiction and their reactions to the work of figures such as Sartre, Barthes, Lvi-Strauss, Sollers and Kristeva.


Racine’s Roman Tragedies

Racine’s Roman Tragedies

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-01-17

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 9004504818

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In two of his most celebrated plays, Britannicus and Bérénice, Racine depicts the tragedies of characters trapped by the ideals, desires, and cruelties of ancient Rome. This international collection of essays deploys cutting-edge research to illuminate the plays and their contexts.


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Publisher: SmartAlbinos

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Total Pages: 197

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Roman Literary Cultures

Roman Literary Cultures

Author: Alison Keith

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2016-06-16

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 144262969X

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Drawing on the historicizing turn in Latin literary scholarship, Roman Literary Cultures combines new critical methods with traditional analysis across four hundred years of Latin literature, from mid-republican Rome in the second century BC to the Second Sophistic in the second century AD. The contributors explore Latin texts both famous and obscure, from Roman drama and Menippean satire through Latin elegies, epics, and novels to letters issued by Roman emperors and compilations of laws. Each of the essays in this volume combines close reading of Latin literary texts with historical and cultural contextualization, making the collection an accessible and engaging combination of formalist criticism and historicist exegesis that attends to the many ways in which classical Latin literature participated in ancient Roman civic debates.


French B for the IB Diploma Student Book

French B for the IB Diploma Student Book

Author: Jane Byrne

Publisher: Hodder Education

Published: 2014-09-26

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1471804208

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A new, accessible guide to French B from IB experts and native speakers, French B for the IB Diploma responds to teacher needs by providing texts and skills practice at the right level for all students for all core and optional topics. Clear learning pathways provide routes through the book for both Standard and Higher Level students ensuring maximum language progression. This Student Book: - develops text handling skills for Paper 1 through carefully crafted reading tasks based around the main text types - provides plenty of writing practice that mirrors the skills and styles needed for Paper 2 (written production) - offers opportunities to encourage speaking skills with a wealth of visual stimulus - promotes global citizenship and an appreciation of the Francophone world through a wide range of cultural material and questioning - signposts links and references to Theory of Knowledge Also available: French B for the IB Diploma Dynamic Learning (ISBN 9781471804731) Teacher planning, student resources, assessment material and audio, all easily accessible, anytime, anywhere. French B for the IB Diploma Dynamic Learning Whiteboard Edition (ISBN 9781471804212).