1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790813003321

Titolo

The Syllable : views and facts / / edited by Harry van der Hulst, Nancy A. Ritter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : M. de Gruyter, , 1999

ISBN

3-11-174792-1

3-11-080679-7

Edizione

[Reprint 2012]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (808 p.)

Collana

Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] ; ; 45

Studies in generative grammar ; ; 45

Classificazione

ET 215

Altri autori (Persone)

HulstHarry van der

RitterNancy A. <1959->

Disciplina

414

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syllable

Syllabication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Chiefly revised papers originally presented at the International Conference on the Phonology of the World's Languages, June 21-24, 1996, Pézenas, France, and sponsored by the University of Salford, Oxford University Press, and the city of Pézenas.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introducing the volume / Hulst, Harry van der / Ritter, Nancy A. -- Part I: General Issues -- 2 Theories of the syllable / Hulst, Harry van der / Ritter, Nancy A. -- 3 Morpheme structure constraints and the phonotactics of Dutch / Booij, Geert -- 4 Syllables in Danish / Basboll, Hans -- 5 The syllable in Hindi / Ohala, Manjari -- Part II: Government Phonology -- 6 Head-Driven Phonology / Hulst, Harry van der / Ritter, Nancy A. -- 7 The syllable in German: Exploring an alternative / Brockhaus, Wiebke -- 8 Consonant clusters and governing relations: Polish initial consonant sequences / Cyran, Eugeniusz / Gussmann, Edmund -- 9 Hungarian syllable structure: Arguments for/against complex constituents / Törkenczy, Miklós / Siptár, Péter -- 10 The Latin syllable / Marotta, Giovanna -- 11 Syllables in Western Koromfe / Rennison, John R. -- Part III: Moraic Phonology -- 12 The syllable in Luganda phonology and morphology / Hyman, Larry M. / Katamba, Francis X. -- 13 Kihehe syllable structure / Odden, David / Odden, Mary -- 14 Dschang syllable structure / Bird,



Steven -- 15 The syllable in Chinese / Duanmu, San -- 16 The syllable and syllabification in Modern Spoken Arabic (Ṣancānī and Cairene) / Watson, Janet C.E. -- 17 The Romansch syllable / Montreuil, Jean-Pierre -- Part IV: Optimality Theory -- 18 Syllables and phonotactics in Irish / Chiosáin, Maire Ni -- 19 A preliminary account of some aspects of Leurbost Gaelic syllable structure / Smith, Norval -- 20 Quantity in Norwegian syllable structure / Kristoffersen, Gjert -- Part V: Other approaches -- 21 A syllable-level feature in Finnish / Ogden, Richard -- 22 Sievers' Law in Vedic / Calabrese, Andrea -- Indexes -- Index of authors -- Index of languages -- Index of subjects -- Backmatter

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781676203321

Autore

Jones Graham

Titolo

Trade of the Tricks : Inside the Magician's Craft / / Graham Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-283-27858-8

9786613278586

0-520-95052-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Disciplina

793.8

Soggetti

Magic tricks

Magic

Magician

Social Sciences

Recreation & Sports

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

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. Men of a Thousand Hands -- ONE. An Apprenticeship in Cunning -- TWO. The Social Life of Secret Knowledge -- THREE. Potency and Performance -- FOUR. Business as Un-Usual -- FIVE. Conjuring Culture -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index



Sommario/riassunto

From risqué cabaret performances to engrossing after-hours shop talk, Trade of the Tricks offers an unprecedented look inside the secretive subculture of modern magicians. Entering the flourishing Paris magic scene as an apprentice, Graham M. Jones gives a firsthand account of how magicians learn to perform their astonishing deceptions. He follows the day-to-day lives of some of France's most renowned performers, revealing not only how secrets are created and shared, but also how they are stolen and destroyed. In a book brimming with humor and surprise, Jones shows how today's magicians marshal creativity and passion in striving to elevate their amazing skill into high art. The book's lively cast of characters includes female and queer performers whose work is changing the face of a historically masculine genre.