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Grammar and Meaning. A Semantic Approach to English Grammar | Howard Jackson usato Saggi di letteratura Linguistica

Grammar and Meaning. A Semantic Approach to English Grammar | Howard Jackson usato Saggi di letteratura Linguistica

Grammar and Meaning is an introduction to the study of grammar of contemporary English. It provides an impressive survey of all the main areas of English grammar, from words through to sentences and texts. It introduces and explains the linguistic terms needed to talk about the ways in which language works, from simple terms like adjective to more complex terms like non-finite clause. To meet the needs of both students and scholars, Howard Jackson has produced an innovative approach to the study of English grammar. Instead of concentrating on the formal and theoretical discussion of grammar, as many introductions do, this original analysis examines the 'meanings' we want to express when we use language. Beginning with the question, "What do we talk about?", it goes on to investigate how these meanings are structured in the grammar of English. These notions are closer to our ordinary understanding of what language is doing, and therefore the forms and structures of grammar are more easily grasped. The book is extensively illustrated with examples from real English. With analytical exercises in each chapter and a comprehensive glossary of terms, the book will prove and invaluable aid to students of English language, linguistics and English as a Foreign Language, whilst also being accessible to anyone who studies English grammar as part of their course.

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Da qualche parte starò fermo ad aspettare te | Lorenza Stroppa usato Narrativa Italiana

Da qualche parte starò fermo ad aspettare te | Lorenza Stroppa usato Narrativa Italiana

Diego non è un tipo da traguardi convenzionali, non cerca certezze, tantomeno relazioni stabili. Vicino ai quarant'anni, vive insieme alla gatta Mercedes in una mansarda vista laguna a Venezia e colleziona avventure senza troppi pensieri. La sua grande passione da sempre sono i libri e le parole, e ne ha anche fatto una professione: lavora come editor in una casa editrice. Per questo quando un giorno, mentre sta facendo la spesa al supermercato, trova per terra un'agenda, non può che rimanere colpito da ciò che vi è scritto. L'agenda appartiene a una certa Giulia Moro, che vi ha appuntato una singolare "to do list", una lista di cose da fare che a un certo punto si interrompe misteriosamente. Incuriosito, Diego si mette sulle tracce di Giulia, pittrice di talento ma tormentata da un dolore che le impedisce di utilizzare il rosso - il colore del sangue, del fuoco, del cuore - nei suoi quadri. Diego si fa trovare, apparentemente per caso, nei luoghi indicati nell'agenda di Giulia: quando i due si parlano per la prima volta, tra loro scatta un'immediata attrazione. Ma Diego pensa di essere troppo inaffidabile per riuscire ad amare, e per Giulia l'amore non rientra affatto nella sua "to do list"... Lorenza Stroppa attraverso le voci alternate dei due personaggi ci conduce nei vicoli e nelle strade fatte d'acqua di una Venezia intrigante e luminosa, lontanissima dai cliché turistici, e delinea una mappa non solo geografica ma sentimentale: riusciranno parole e colori a trovare il linguaggio dell'amore?

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Touch, Representation, and Blindness | Morton A. Heller usato Scienze umane Psicologia

Touch, Representation, and Blindness | Morton A. Heller usato Scienze umane Psicologia

Psychological studies of touch and blindness have been fraught with controversy. Is it necessary to explain perception in terms of representation and inferential processes? In addition, psychologists differ in the relative importance they place on the modality of sensory stimulation for subsequent perceptual experiences. Thus, some psychologists argue that touch can do many of the things that are accomplished by vision, and claim that the mode of sensory stimulation is not critically important for perception. Others suggest that there are important consequences of a lack of visual experience, arguing for the importance of multiple forms of sensory input for conceptual development. A deep theoretical split divides researchers in these areas. Many researchers adopt a cognitive orientation, relate research on touch and blindness to higher order processes, such as memory and concept formation. Others adopt a theoretical perspective, explaining perception without recourse to concepts like mind. As part of the Debates in Psychology Series, this book clarifies the issues which divide the field of touch.

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Come dice il poeta - I 1000 versi della poesia italiana spiegati e commentati | Ennio Emanuele Galanga usato Saggi di letteratura Generi Letterari

Come dice il poeta - I 1000 versi della poesia italiana spiegati e commentati | Ennio Emanuele Galanga usato Saggi di letteratura Generi Letterari

Che cosa significa Amor, ch'a nullo amato amar perdona? E Si sta / come d'autunno / sugli alberi I le foglie? Come fa esattamente quel verso di Leopardi Dolce e chiara è la notte...? Come continua e tu vergine cuccio...? E S'i fosse fuoco...? Chi ha scritto Spesso il male di vivere ho incontrato? E L'ora è fuggita e muoio disperato? In quale canzone è il verso do/ letame nascono i fiori? Di molte poesie studiate a scuola o di canzoni che ci accompagnano per un pezzo di vita spesso ci resta solo il ricordo di qualche verso incompleto, di qualche rima oppure di un concetto. "Come dice il poeta" ci permette di ricostruire rapidamente e facilmente il verso nella sua interezza, individuarne la precisa fonte testuale, collocarlo nel suo contesto, ricuperarne il significato, le interpretazioni e le emozioni. I 1000 versi più famosi della poesia italiana sono pronti per essere riscoperti, gustati, nuovamente memorizzati e, perché no, riutilizzati in citazioni a effetto nei contesti più vari.

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The One-Straw Revolution - An Introduction to Natural Farming | Masanobu Fukuoka usato Manualistica Varia

The One-Straw Revolution - An Introduction to Natural Farming | Masanobu Fukuoka usato Manualistica Varia

Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka's manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man whose innovative system of cultivating the earth reflects a deep faith in the wholeness and balance of the natural world. As Wendell Berry writes in his preface, the book “is valuable to us because it is at once practical and philosophical. It is an inspiring, necessary book about agriculture because it is not just about agriculture.” Trained as a scientist, Fukuoka rejected both modern agribusiness and centuries of agricultural practice, deciding instead that the best forms of cultivation mirror nature's own laws. Over the next three decades he perfected his so-called “do-nothing” technique: commonsense, sustainable practices that all but eliminate the use of pesticides, fertilizer, tillage, and perhaps most significantly, wasteful effort.Whether you're a guerrilla gardener or a kitchen gardener, dedicated to slow food or simply looking to live a healthier life, you will find something here—you may even be moved to start a revolution of your own.

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La Historia, o Liber De Regno Sicilie e la Epistola Ad Petrum Panormitane Ecclesie Thesaurarium | Ugo Falcando usato Storia Antica

La Historia, o Liber De Regno Sicilie e la Epistola Ad Petrum Panormitane Ecclesie Thesaurarium | Ugo Falcando usato Storia Antica

Excerpt from La Historia, o Liber De Regno Sicilie e la Epistola Ad Petrum Panormitane Ecclesie Thesaurarium Il D in generale non è difficile a leggere, poichè le abbrevia ture non sono troppe, nè escono dalle comuni. Una difficoltà nasce però dal fatto che I'amanuense quando sbaglia, e sbaglia so vente, non cancella, nè raschia, ma indica la cancellatura da fare con un punto, spesso appena visibile, sotto la lettera errata, alla quale a volte fa seguire, a volte sovrappone la giusta. Quando poi intende cancellare un' intera parola, si limita a porvi sotto due o tre punti, ed è facile intendere come da siffatto sistema derivino difficoltà e confusioni che con grande cura ho cercato di superare o di evitare. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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La verità vincerà - Il popolo sa perché sono stato condannato | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva usato Politica e società Internazionale

La verità vincerà - Il popolo sa perché sono stato condannato | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva usato Politica e società Internazionale

Primo presidente brasiliano di sinistra a cinquant'anni dalla destituzione forzata di João Goulart, capo dello Stato per due mandati consecutivi, primo ex presidente a finire in carcere per reati comuni. Luiz Inàcio Lula da Silva - per tutti Lula - il presidente operaio arrivato a San Paolo dalla miseria dello Stato Pernambuco per fare il lustrascarpe prima, e l'operaio poi, è stato, fra molte luci e qualche ombra, uno dei simboli della rinascita conosciuta dal Brasile all'inizio del nuovo millennio. Il suo coinvolgimento nell'inchiesta Lava Jato e la recente condanna a dodici anni di carcere con l'accusa di corruzione hanno destato grandissimo clamore nell'opinione pubblica nazionale e internazionale. In questo lungo libro-intervista - il primo a essere pubblicato in Italia - Lula si racconta ai giornalisti Juca Kfouri e Maria Inês Nassif, al docente di Relazioni internazionali Gilberto Maringoni e alla fondatrice della casa editrice Boitempo Editorial, Ivana Jinkings. Una conversazione libera, priva di argomenti tabù, in cui l'ex presidente commenta i retroscena politici degli ultimi anni, riflette sui motivi che hanno sancito la sconfitta del Partito dei lavoratori dopo la rielezione di Dilma Rousseff e racconta le sue speranze e aspettative per il Paese. A completare il volume, una cronistoria della sua vita, la trascrizione del discorso pronunciato di fronte al sindacato di Sào Bernardo do Campo prima di consegnarsi spontaneamente alla polizia e una galleria fotografica che ripercorre l'attività sindacalista, i giorni della presidenza, fino ad arrivare alla recente Carovana Lula.

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The Pythons | AA.VV. usato Spettacolo Altri spettacoli

The Pythons | AA.VV. usato Spettacolo Altri spettacoli

Over thirty years ago, a group of five Englishmen and one wayward American, re-wrote the rules of comedy. Monty Python's Flying Circus, an unheralded, previously unseen and practically unprogrammed half hour of sketches, hilarities, inanities and animations first appeared on the BBC late one night in 1969. Its impact on the world has been felt ever since.From its humble beginnings as late night entertainment on a British TV channel that went off the air before midnight, it blossomed into arguably the most influential movement in modern comedy. They found the Holy Grail, they detailed the life of the Savior-also-ran Brian, and when we were lost, they explained The Meaning of Life.Now, those purveyors of dead parrots and silly walks are going to tell us something more: Their story. In their own, intimate, never before heard words.The Pythons by The Pythons is the definitive word on all things Pythonesque (the only word invented by a modern comedian which is listed in the Oxford English Dictionary.) 30 years of insight, hindsight, and bad sight - now told for the first time. Stuff they're never remembered before alongside stories they'd forgotten to say, coupled with things they couldn't say then and even more things they can't pronounce now (with a healthy dollop of things they would never have said in the first place if any others had been in the room at the time.)The Pythons by The Pythons is a unique look at arguably the most important comic team of the modern age, lavishly illustrated with 1000 photographs and illustrations, many culled from the teams' own personal collections, many seen here for the first time. A tome, a tombstone, the definitive word on all things Python, as told by all things Python - do you want Spam with that?

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Four Colors Suffice - How the Map Problem Was Solved | Robin Wilson usato Scienze Matematica e Ingegneria

Four Colors Suffice - How the Map Problem Was Solved | Robin Wilson usato Scienze Matematica e Ingegneria

On October 23, 1852, Professor Augustus De Morgan wrote a letter to a colleague, unaware that he was launching one of the most famous mathematical conundrums in history--one that would confound thousands of puzzlers for more than a century. This is the amazing story of how the "map problem" was solved. The problem posed in the letter came from a former student: What is the least possible number of colors needed to fill in any map (real or invented) so that neighboring counties are always colored differently? This deceptively simple question was of minimal interest to cartographers, who saw little need to limit how many colors they used. But the problem set off a frenzy among professional mathematicians and amateur problem solvers, among them Lewis Carroll, an astronomer, a botanist, an obsessive golfer, the Bishop of London, a man who set his watch only once a year, a California traffic cop, and a bridegroom who spent his honeymoon coloring maps. In their pursuit of the solution, mathematicians painted maps on doughnuts and horseshoes and played with patterned soccer balls and the great rhombicuboctahedron. It would be more than one hundred years (and countless colored maps) later before the result was finally established. Even then, difficult questions remained, and the intricate solution--which involved no fewer than 1,200 hours of computer time--was greeted with as much dismay as enthusiasm. Providing a clear and elegant explanation of the problem and the proof, Robin Wilson tells how a seemingly innocuous question baffled great minds and stimulated exciting mathematics with far-flung applications. This is the entertaining story of those who failed to prove, and those who ultimately did prove, that four colors do indeed suffice to color any map. This new edition features many color illustrations. It also includes a new foreword by Ian Stewart on the importance of the map problem and how it was solved.

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Torch - North Africa and the Allied Path to Victory | Vincent P. O'Hara usato Storia Guerre mondiali

Torch - North Africa and the Allied Path to Victory | Vincent P. O'Hara usato Storia Guerre mondiali

World War II had many superlatives, but none like Operation Torch--a series of simultaneous amphibious landings, audacious commando and paratroop assaults, and the Atlantic's biggest naval battle, fought across a two thousand mile span of coastline in French North Africa. The risk was enormous, the scale breathtaking, the preparations rushed, the training inadequate, and the ramifications profound. Torch was the first combined Allied offensive and key to how the Second World War unfolded politically and militarily. Nonetheless, historians have treated the subject lightly, perhaps because of its many ambiguities. As a surprise invasion of a neutral nation, it recalled German attacks against countries like Belgium, Norway, and Yugoslavia. The operation's rationale was to aid Russia but did not do this. It was supposed to get Americans troops into the fight against Germany but did so only because it failed to achieve its short-term military goals. There is still debate whether Torch advanced the fight against the Axis, or was a wasteful dispersion of Allied strength and actually prolonged the war. Torch: North Africa and the Allied Path to Victory is a fresh look at this complex and controversial operation. The book covers the fierce Anglo-American dispute about the operation and charts how it fits into the evolution of amphibious warfare. It recounts the story of the fighting, focusing on the five landings--Port Lyautey, Fédala, and Safi in Morocco, and Oran and Algiers in Algeria--and includes air and ground actions from the initial assault to the repulse of Allied forces on the outskirts of Tunis. Torch also considers the operation's context within the larger war and it incorporates the French perspective better than any English-language work on the subject. It shows how Torch brought France, as a power, back into the Allied camp; how it forced the English and the Americans to work together as true coalitions partners and forge a coherent amphibious doctrine. These skills were then applied to subsequent operations in the Mediterranean, in the English Channel, and in the Pacific. The story of how this was accomplished is the story of how the Allies brought their power to bear on the enemy's continental base and won World War II.

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