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UNINA9910797141703321 |
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Studies in Hausa language and linguistics : in honour of F.W. Parsons / / edited by Graham Furniss and Philip J. Jaggar |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
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1-315-68343-1 |
1-317-40615-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (319 p.) |
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FurnissGraham |
JaggarPhilip J. <1945-> |
ParsonsF. W <1908-> (Frederick William) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Hausa language |
Hausa literature - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published in 1988 by KPI Limited in association with the International African Institute. |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Original Title Page""; ""Original Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""F. W. Parsons-A Biographical Sketch and List of Publications""; ""Contributors""; ""A Note on Transcription""; ""Examinees, Examiners and Examinations: The Hausa Language Requirements of the Northern Nigerian Government, 1902-62""; ""PART I: LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS""; ""The Vowels of Hausa""; ""Fonction de la diathèse dans le verbe haoussa"" |
""Discourse-deployability and Indefinite NP-marking in Hausa: a Demonstration of the Universal 'Categoriality Hypothesis'""""Hausa and Chadic-A Reappraisal""; ""A NAg-ging Question in Hausa: Remarks on the Syntax and Semantics of the Plural Noun of Agent""; ""O Shush! An Exclamatory Construction in Hausa""; ""Augmentative Adjectives in Hausa""; ""On the Distribution of Consonants and Vowels in the Initial Syllable of Disyllabic Grade 2 Verbs in Hausa""; ""Resumptive Strategies in Hausa""; ""PART II: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE"" |
""Akilu Aliyu, Wordsmith: Some Aspects of the Language of his Poetry""""The Use of Linguistic Devices in Hausa Poetry""; ""The |
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Language of Praise and Vilification: Two Poems by Muhammadu Audi of Gwandu about Abubakar, Emir of Nupe""; ""New Vocabulary and Idioms in Modern Hausa Literature""; ""Préalable to a Theory of Hausa Poetic Meter""; ""Lexical Incompatibility as a Mark of Karin Magana""; ""The Language of Hausa Riddles""; ""A Hausa Language and Linguistics Bibliography 1976-86, (including supplementary material for other years)""; ""Index"" |
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UNINA9910779420603321 |
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Autore |
Crespy David Allison |
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Richard Barr [[electronic resource] ] : the playwright's producer / / David A. Crespy ; with a foreword by Edward Albee |
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Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2013 |
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1-299-39483-3 |
0-8093-3141-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (313 p.) |
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Theatrical producers and directors - United States |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction: "you have to hock your house: the story of a producer" -- Privilege with a price: Washington, Princeton, and early theatre efforts -- Playing with martians: stage and screen with Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre -- A theatrical warrior: Lieutenant Richard Barr -- Learning the director's craft: stock, Broadway, and City Center -- Broadway beginnings: Ethyl Waters, Ruth Draper, and theatrical collage -- The zoo story: discovering Edward Albee -- Producers at work: on Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off Broadway -- Experimenting with Edward Malcolm to all over -- Hocking the house: Seascape to Sweeney Todd -- Brightening Broadway's lights: Barr's legacy to the American theatre -- Afterword / Edward Albee. |
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In Richard Barr: The Playwright's Producer, author David A. Crespy investigates the career of one of the theatre's most vivid luminaries, from his work on the film and radio productions of Orson Welles to his |
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triumphant-and final-production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Explored in detail along the way are the producer's relationship with playwright Edward Albee, whose major plays such as A Zoo Story and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Barr was the first to produce, and his innovative productions of controversial works by playwrights like Samuel Becket |
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