1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455168903321

Autore

Miller William Ian <1946->

Titolo

The anatomy of disgust [[electronic resource] /] / William Ian Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1997

ISBN

0-674-04106-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 320 p.)

Disciplina

152.4

Soggetti

Aversion

Emotions

Passions

Aversió

Emocions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [300]-313) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue 1. Darwin's Disgust 2. Disgust and Its Neighbors 3. Thick, Greasy Life 4. The Senses 5. Orifices and Bodily Wastes 6. Fair Is Foul, and Foul Is Fair 7. Warriors, Saints, and Delicacy 8. The Moral Life of Disgust 9. Mutual Contempt and Democracy 10. Orwell's Sense of Smell Notes Works Cited Index

Sommario/riassunto

William Miller embarks on an alluring journey into the world of disgust, showing how it brings order and meaning to our lives even as it horrifies and revolts us.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910836792303321

Autore

Takau Lana Grelyn

Titolo

A Grammar of Nese / / Lana Grelyn Takau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2023

©2023

ISBN

1-76046-556-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 pages)

Collana

Asia-Pacific Linguistics Series

Disciplina

499/.5

Soggetti

Nese language - Grammar

Nese language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Phonology -- 3. Word classes -- 4. The noun phrase --.5. The verb complex -- 6. Simple sentences -- 7. Complex sentences

Sommario/riassunto

Nese is a dying Oceanic language spoken on the island of Malekula, in northern Vanuatu. This book, based on first-hand fieldwork data, and without adhering to any particular syntactic framework, presents a synchronic grammatical description of Nese's phonology and syntax.