1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451129003321

Autore

McGregor William

Titolo

The languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia [[electronic resource] /] / William B. McGregor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004

ISBN

1-134-39603-1

1-280-07879-0

0-203-43471-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (398 p.)

Classificazione

18.95

Disciplina

427/.99414

Soggetti

Australian languages - Australia - Kimberley (W.A.) - Grammar

Electronic books.

Kimberley (W.A.) Languages Grammar

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-357) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and conventions; Introduction; Survey of Kimberley languages; Language in Kimberley Aboriginal societies; Phonetics and phonology; Fundamental concepts of grammar; Pronouns and determiners; Nominals and noun phrases; Verbs and verbal constructions; Vocabulary and meaning; Clauses and sentences; Text and discourse; Grammar in language use; Conclusion; Notes; Languages and sources; Bibliography; Index of languages and language families; Index of names; Index of subjects;

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an insightful and highly readable account both of the social setting in which the languages are spoken and of their main structural features.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996441541103316

Titolo

A companion to Catullus [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Marilyn B. Skinner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007

ISBN

1-78268-432-8

1-281-32239-3

9786611322397

1-4051-8503-1

0-470-75156-8

0-470-75155-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (618 p.)

Collana

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture

Altri autori (Persone)

SkinnerMarilyn B

Disciplina

874.01

874/.01

Soggetti

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [542]-567) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

A COMPANION TO CATULLUS; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; Part I The Text and the Collection; 2 History and Transmission of the Text; 3 Authorial Arrangement of the Collection: Debate Past and Present; Part II Contexts of Production; 4 The Valerii Catulli of Verona; 5 The Contemporary Political Context; 6 The Intellectual Climate; 7 Gender and Masculinity; Part III Influences; 8 Catullus and Sappho; 9 Catullus and Callimachus; Part IV Stylistics; 10 Neoteric Poetics; 11 Elements of Style in Catullus

12 Catullus and Elite Republican Social DiscoursePart V Poems and Groups of Poems; 13 Catullus and the Programmatic Poem: The Origins, Scope, and Utility of a Concept; 14 The Lesbia Poems; 15 Sexuality and Ritual: Catullus' Wedding Poems; 16 Catullan Intertextuality: Apollonius and the Allusive Plot of Catullus 64; 17 Poem 68: Love and Death, and the Gifts of Venus and the Muses; 18 Social Commentary and Political Invective; Part VI Reception; 19 Catullus and Horace; 20 Catullus and Vergil; 21 Catullus and Roman Love Elegy; 22



Catullus and Martial; 23 Catullus in the Renaissance

24 The Modern Reception of CatullusPart VII Pedagogy; 25 Catullus in the Secondary School Curriculum; 26 Catullus in the College Classroom; Part VIII Translation; 27 Translating Catullus; Consolidated Bibliography; General Index; Index Locorum

Sommario/riassunto

In this companion, international scholars provide a comprehensive overview that reflects the most recent trends in Catullan studies.Explores the work of Catullus, one of the best Roman 'lyric poets'Provides discussions about production, genre, style, and reception, as well as interpretive essays on key poems and groups of poemsGrounds Catullus in the socio-historical world around himChapters challenge received wisdom, present original readings, and suggest new interpretations of biographical evidence