1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461685103321

Autore

Daftary Farhad

Titolo

Historical dictionary of the Ismailis [[electronic resource] /] / Farhad Daftary

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-65850-9

9786613635433

0-8108-7970-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Collana

Historical dictionaries of peoples and cultures

Disciplina

297.8/2203

Soggetti

Ismailites - History

Ismailites

Electronic books.

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.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463718603321

Autore

Connor Steven

Titolo

Beyond words : sobs, hums, stutters and other vocalizations / / Steven Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78023-303-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Sociolinguistics

Human sounds

Language and languages

Electronic books.

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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