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UNINA9910461685103321 |
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Daftary Farhad |
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Titolo |
Historical dictionary of the Ismailis [[electronic resource] /] / Farhad Daftary |
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Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2012 |
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1-280-65850-9 |
9786613635433 |
0-8108-7970-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (327 p.) |
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Collana |
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Historical dictionaries of peoples and cultures |
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Ismailites - History |
Ismailites |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Editor's Foreword; Preface; Reader's Note; Acronyms and Abbreviations; List of Illustrations and Maps; Maps; Chronology; Introduction; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Illustrations; Genealogical Tables and Lists; Glossary; Bibliography; About the Author |
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This comprehensive new reference work is the first of its kind on the Ismailis and presents a summary of the findings of modern scholarship on the Ismaili Shia Muslims and different facets of their heritage. The dictionary covers all phases of Ismaili history as well as the main doctrines of the community. It includes an introductory chapter, which provides a broad historical survey of the Ismailis, followed by alphabetical entries on all major aspects of the community, such as key figures, institutions, traditions, and doctrines. It also contains a chronology, genealogical t |
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UNINA9910463718603321 |
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Autore |
Connor Steven |
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Beyond words : sobs, hums, stutters and other vocalizations / / Steven Connor |
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London, [England] : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Sociolinguistics |
Human sounds |
Language and languages |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Beyond Words: Sobs, Hums, Stutters and other Vocalizations; Imprint Page; Contents; One: Ahem; Two: St . . . st . . . st; Three: Hiss; Four: Hic; Five: Mmmm; Six: Grrr; Seven: Pprrpffrrppffff; Eight: Tittle-tattle; Nine: Zzzz; Epilogue Blottybus in Blottis; References; Further Reading; Acknowledgements; Index |
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In Beyond Words, Steven Connor seeks to understand spoken human language outside words, a realm that encompasses the sounds we make that bring depth, meaning, and confusion to communication. Plunging into the connotations and uses associated with particular groups of vocal utterances-the guttural, the dental, the fricative, and the sibilant-he reveals the beliefs, the myths, and the responses that surround the growls, stutters, ums, ers, and ahs of everyday language. Beyond Words goes outside of linguistics and phonetics to focus on the popular conceptions of what la |
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