columbia university press inventing english a portable history of the language mar 2007

Ngày tải lên: 25/12/2013, 13:15

... temporal with their Norman brethren. Norman-French became the language of the Court and the nobility, the language of Parliament and the law courts, of the universities and the schools, of the ... (a finger) Date (the fruit) Dactyl. Phantasia Fancy Phantasy. Phantasma (an appearance) Phantom Phantasm. Presbuteron (an elder) Priest Presbyter. Paralysis Palsy Paral...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 02:20

... 1.2. Words 1.2.1. What is a word? The existence of a word is usually taken for granted by the speakers of a language. It has been estimated that average speakers of a language know from 45000 ... of the life and structure of plants and animals).  “GRAM” – (It means “written”): telegram (a message sent by telegraph and then printed and given to somebody), gra...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 16:45

... proof that the earth is a sphere. It revealed the vast width of the Pacific. It showed that America was probably not a part of Asia, and changed the geographical ideas of the time. [12] THE COAST ... South America to the Strait of Magellan and up the west coast to California, save the foothold of Portugal, island and mainland belonged to Spain. And all the re...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 00:20

... to weary the patience of the reader. As to the seasonableness of such a publication, there can be but one opinion among Churchmen. The aspect of the times, the rapid advances of Romanism, the appointment ... all the papal sovereigns of Europe. A remarkable circumstance is related of the hopes and intentions of the Spaniards, in the event of success in...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 22:20

... “euromark”, for example. They agreed that the name should be the same in all official languages of the European Union (EU), taking account of different alphabets, and easy to pronounce. Above all, ... and minting coins. The date of 1 January 2002 had both advantages and disadvantages. The peak period for banknote use is at the end of the year: circulation is around 1...

Ngày tải lên: 09/03/2014, 00:20

... Gulf. They had traversed a region including what is now known as Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, the Canadas and Acadia. [Footnote: As we shall see hereafter, ... Canary Islands, then they followed the track of Columbus to the West India Islands, and thence along the coast of Florida] Gosnold, a master of a small bark (1602), disco...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 22:20

... be the storage, transmission, and copying of the library of information a whole planet of human beings would generate. These ideas were remarkably ahead of their time, as attested to by an ... other Shakespeare professors believe that the way a person should act to be a great Shakespeare professor is to teach as many people as possible about Shakespeare in as complet...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 22:20

... eir landmarks were in the sky and on the sea.  e shape and direction of clouds, the position of the Sun, Moon, and stars, the appearance of the sea, all helped them navigate across the Pacifi ... toward it is always north. Measure the angle of the Pole Star above the horizon, and that angle is equal to the latitude of the observer. Navigators can also use...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 04:21