From skedaddle to selfie : words of the generations / / Allan Metcalf |
Autore | Metcalf Allan A. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
Disciplina | 427/.973 |
Soggetto topico |
English language - United States - New words
English language - United States - Lexicology English language - Social aspects - United States Language and culture - United States English language - New words Americanisms Lexicology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-026346-6
0-19-992713-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction: Speaking of the Generations -- 2. The Republican Generation - (born 1742-1766) -- 3. The Compromise Generation - (born 1767-1791) -- 4. The Transcendental Generation - (born 1792-1821) -- 5. The Gilded Generation - (born 1822-1842) -- 6. The Progressive Generation - (born 1843-1859) -- 7. The Missionary Generation - (born 1860-1882) -- 8. The Lost Generation - (born 1883-1900) -- 9. The G.I. Generation - (born 1901-1924) -- 10. The Silent Generation - (born 1925-1942) -- 11. The Boom Generation - (born 1943-1960) -- 12. The Thirteenth Generation, or Generation X - (born 1961-1981) -- 13. The Millennial Generation, or Generation Y - (born 1982-2004) -- 14. The Homeland Generation - (born 2005-current). |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461119303321 |
Metcalf Allan A. | ||
New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2016] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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From skedaddle to selfie : words of the generations / / Allan Metcalf |
Autore | Metcalf Allan A. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
Disciplina | 427/.973 |
Soggetto topico |
English language - United States - New words
English language - United States - Lexicology English language - Social aspects - United States Language and culture - United States English language - New words Americanisms Lexicology |
ISBN |
0-19-026346-6
0-19-992713-8 |
Classificazione | LAN009000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction: Speaking of the Generations -- 2. The Republican Generation - (born 1742-1766) -- 3. The Compromise Generation - (born 1767-1791) -- 4. The Transcendental Generation - (born 1792-1821) -- 5. The Gilded Generation - (born 1822-1842) -- 6. The Progressive Generation - (born 1843-1859) -- 7. The Missionary Generation - (born 1860-1882) -- 8. The Lost Generation - (born 1883-1900) -- 9. The G.I. Generation - (born 1901-1924) -- 10. The Silent Generation - (born 1925-1942) -- 11. The Boom Generation - (born 1943-1960) -- 12. The Thirteenth Generation, or Generation X - (born 1961-1981) -- 13. The Millennial Generation, or Generation Y - (born 1982-2004) -- 14. The Homeland Generation - (born 2005-current). |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797421303321 |
Metcalf Allan A. | ||
New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2016] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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From skedaddle to selfie : words of the generations / / Allan Metcalf |
Autore | Metcalf Allan A. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
Disciplina | 427/.973 |
Soggetto topico |
English language - United States - New words
English language - United States - Lexicology English language - Social aspects - United States Language and culture - United States English language - New words Americanisms Lexicology |
ISBN |
0-19-026346-6
0-19-992713-8 |
Classificazione | LAN009000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction: Speaking of the Generations -- 2. The Republican Generation - (born 1742-1766) -- 3. The Compromise Generation - (born 1767-1791) -- 4. The Transcendental Generation - (born 1792-1821) -- 5. The Gilded Generation - (born 1822-1842) -- 6. The Progressive Generation - (born 1843-1859) -- 7. The Missionary Generation - (born 1860-1882) -- 8. The Lost Generation - (born 1883-1900) -- 9. The G.I. Generation - (born 1901-1924) -- 10. The Silent Generation - (born 1925-1942) -- 11. The Boom Generation - (born 1943-1960) -- 12. The Thirteenth Generation, or Generation X - (born 1961-1981) -- 13. The Millennial Generation, or Generation Y - (born 1982-2004) -- 14. The Homeland Generation - (born 2005-current). |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816834703321 |
Metcalf Allan A. | ||
New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2016] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lexical analysis [[electronic resource] ] : norms and exploitations / / Patrick Hanks |
Autore | Hanks Patrick |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (479 p.) |
Disciplina | 401/.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Lexicology
English language - Word formation English language - New words |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-299-05578-8
0-262-31285-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Words and Meanings: The Need for a New Approach; 2 What Is a Word?; 3 Do Word Meanings Exist?; 4 Prototypes and Norms; 5 Contextual Dependency and Lexical Sets; 6 Norms Change over Time; 7 Three Types of Alternation; 8 Exploitations; 9 Intertextuality: Literature and the Exploitation of Norms; 10 Word and Pattern Meaning: A Complex Linguistic Gestalt; 11 Meaning, Philosophy of Language, and Anthropology; 12 The Role of the Lexicon in Linguistic Theory; 13 The Broader Picture; Notes; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462605703321 |
Hanks Patrick | ||
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lexical analysis : norms and exploitations / / Patrick Hanks |
Autore | Hanks Patrick |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : The MIT Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (479 p.) |
Disciplina | 401/.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Lexicology
English language - Word formation English language - New words |
Soggetto non controllato | LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General |
ISBN |
1-299-05578-8
0-262-31285-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Words and Meanings: The Need for a New Approach; 2 What Is a Word?; 3 Do Word Meanings Exist?; 4 Prototypes and Norms; 5 Contextual Dependency and Lexical Sets; 6 Norms Change over Time; 7 Three Types of Alternation; 8 Exploitations; 9 Intertextuality: Literature and the Exploitation of Norms; 10 Word and Pattern Meaning: A Complex Linguistic Gestalt; 11 Meaning, Philosophy of Language, and Anthropology; 12 The Role of the Lexicon in Linguistic Theory; 13 The Broader Picture; Notes; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786143603321 |
Hanks Patrick | ||
Cambridge, Mass., : The MIT Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lexical analysis : norms and exploitations / / Patrick Hanks |
Autore | Hanks Patrick |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : The MIT Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (479 p.) |
Disciplina | 401/.4 |
Soggetto topico |
Lexicology
English language - Word formation English language - New words |
Soggetto non controllato | LINGUISTICS & LANGUAGE/General |
ISBN |
1-299-05578-8
0-262-31285-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Words and Meanings: The Need for a New Approach; 2 What Is a Word?; 3 Do Word Meanings Exist?; 4 Prototypes and Norms; 5 Contextual Dependency and Lexical Sets; 6 Norms Change over Time; 7 Three Types of Alternation; 8 Exploitations; 9 Intertextuality: Literature and the Exploitation of Norms; 10 Word and Pattern Meaning: A Complex Linguistic Gestalt; 11 Meaning, Philosophy of Language, and Anthropology; 12 The Role of the Lexicon in Linguistic Theory; 13 The Broader Picture; Notes; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819780003321 |
Hanks Patrick | ||
Cambridge, Mass., : The MIT Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Shocked and awed : how the war on terror and Jihad have changed the English language / / by Fred Halliday |
Autore | Halliday Fred |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (354 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.6250321 |
Soggetto topico |
English language
English language - New words Jihad Language and international relations Linguistic change War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 - Language Language: history & general works |
ISBN |
0-7556-1059-8
1-283-04827-2 9786613048271 0-85771-875-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Publisher's Note; Introduction; Chapter 1. 9/11, US Intelligence and Counterterrorism; Chapter 2. Motifs of Jihad: Terrorist Group, Armed Actions and the Imagery of Osama bib Laden; Chapter 3. Extraordinary Renditions: Abduction, Abuse and Torture; Chapter 4. The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; Chapter 5. Some Islamic and Middle Eastern Vocabulary; Chapter 6. Images of Muslims: Stereotypes, Insults, Self-Perceptions; Chapter 7. Palestine and Israel: 'Holy Land' and Other Inventions; Chapter 8. From 'Collateral Damage' to 'Mowing the Lawn': The Euphemisms of War
Chapter 9. 'Bad Guys', 'Circular Firing Squad', 'Slum Dunk': The Vitality of US ColloquialChapter 10. Spaces, Real and Imagined; Chapter 11. Obscuring Responsability: Euphemisms, Circumlocutions and Vagaries of 'Exculpatory Passive'; Chapter 12. Some Other Distortions: History, Politics and International Relations; Acknowledgements; Note on Transliteration, Standardisation and Abbreviation; Works Consulted; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459799303321 |
Halliday Fred | ||
London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Shocked and awed : how the war on terror and Jihad have changed the English language / / by Fred Halliday |
Autore | Halliday Fred |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (354 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.6250321 |
Soggetto topico |
English language
English language - New words Jihad Language and international relations Linguistic change War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 - Language Language: history & general works |
ISBN |
0-7556-1439-9
0-7556-1059-8 1-283-04827-2 9786613048271 0-85771-875-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Publisher's Note; Introduction; Chapter 1. 9/11, US Intelligence and Counterterrorism; Chapter 2. Motifs of Jihad: Terrorist Group, Armed Actions and the Imagery of Osama bib Laden; Chapter 3. Extraordinary Renditions: Abduction, Abuse and Torture; Chapter 4. The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; Chapter 5. Some Islamic and Middle Eastern Vocabulary; Chapter 6. Images of Muslims: Stereotypes, Insults, Self-Perceptions; Chapter 7. Palestine and Israel: 'Holy Land' and Other Inventions; Chapter 8. From 'Collateral Damage' to 'Mowing the Lawn': The Euphemisms of War
Chapter 9. 'Bad Guys', 'Circular Firing Squad', 'Slum Dunk': The Vitality of US ColloquialChapter 10. Spaces, Real and Imagined; Chapter 11. Obscuring Responsability: Euphemisms, Circumlocutions and Vagaries of 'Exculpatory Passive'; Chapter 12. Some Other Distortions: History, Politics and International Relations; Acknowledgements; Note on Transliteration, Standardisation and Abbreviation; Works Consulted; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790093803321 |
Halliday Fred | ||
London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Shocked and awed : how the war on terror and Jihad have changed the English language / / by Fred Halliday |
Autore | Halliday Fred |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (354 p.) |
Disciplina |
303.6250321
363.325014 |
Soggetto topico |
English language
English language - New words Jihad Language and international relations Linguistic change War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 - Language Language: history & general works |
ISBN |
0-7556-1439-9
0-7556-1059-8 1-283-04827-2 9786613048271 0-85771-875-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Publisher's Note; Introduction; Chapter 1. 9/11, US Intelligence and Counterterrorism; Chapter 2. Motifs of Jihad: Terrorist Group, Armed Actions and the Imagery of Osama bib Laden; Chapter 3. Extraordinary Renditions: Abduction, Abuse and Torture; Chapter 4. The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; Chapter 5. Some Islamic and Middle Eastern Vocabulary; Chapter 6. Images of Muslims: Stereotypes, Insults, Self-Perceptions; Chapter 7. Palestine and Israel: 'Holy Land' and Other Inventions; Chapter 8. From 'Collateral Damage' to 'Mowing the Lawn': The Euphemisms of War
Chapter 9. 'Bad Guys', 'Circular Firing Squad', 'Slum Dunk': The Vitality of US ColloquialChapter 10. Spaces, Real and Imagined; Chapter 11. Obscuring Responsability: Euphemisms, Circumlocutions and Vagaries of 'Exculpatory Passive'; Chapter 12. Some Other Distortions: History, Politics and International Relations; Acknowledgements; Note on Transliteration, Standardisation and Abbreviation; Works Consulted; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823877803321 |
Halliday Fred | ||
London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Virtual words [[electronic resource] ] : language on the edge of science and technology / / Jonathon Keats |
Autore | Keats Jonathon |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
Disciplina | 601/.4 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Technology
English language - New words English language - Jargon Linguistic change |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-756282-5
1-282-76334-2 9786612763342 0-19-975093-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I: Discovery; PART II: Innovation; PART III: Commentary; PART IV: Promotion; PART V: Slang; PART VI: Neologism; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458646603321 |
Keats Jonathon | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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