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Douglas Alexander Stewart, poet, author and playwright
No full textDouglas Alexander Stewart, poet, author and playwrigh
Chapter 18: Diffusion
No full textThe diffusion of innovative linguistic forms is discussed at three levels.Firstly, the chapter deals with terminological issues. What is the differencebetween an innovation and a change? How do we (and, indeed, should we)distinguish between changes diffused because of speaker migration, and thosespread because of everyday human contact? Secondly, the chapter considers thespread of features from one individual to another. Is it possible to socially locatethose who diffuse linguistic changes? Here, we consider competing argumentsconcerning the embedding of diffusers in local social networks of differentstrengths and structures. Finally, the geographical diffusion of changes is exam-ined. By what routes do changes spread from place A to B? In this section, thedifferent models of innovation diffusion are compared and critiqued. Throughout,studies on Englishes past and present are used to exemplify the arguments,models, and critiques
Chapter 10: Cockney
No full textThere is no homogeneous speech form to which Cockney refers. Therehave always been slight regional differences as well as specific local variants usedby some speakers and of course there have also always been social and stylisticdifferences among individuals. Nevertheless, Cockney is a term which has a longhistory and, even if its application has been rather vague, has traditionally beenassociated with the speech of the lower social groups in London, particularly inthe“East End”. However, like any variety, it has been subject to change over timeand recent sociolinguistic research shows that socio-economic and demographicchanges to the area may render the term Cockney irrelevant to the majority ofpeople now living in the traditional homeland of the variety. This chapter willgive an overview of the traditional aspects of the London dialect while atthe same time taking into account some of the recent changes described as Multi-cultural London English
Author inscription in William Hazlitt, essayist and critic; selections from his writings, with a memoir, biographical and critical by Alexander Ireland
No full textAuthor's gift inscription, "To W. C. Hazlitt Esq with kind regards, from Alexr Ireland," with tipped-in review of the book.ASU Library edition has inscription from Ireland to Hazlitt [a child of William Hazlitt?].
Hazlitt , William, 1778-1830.
Ireland, Alexander, 1810-1894
The Author of the Alexander Romance
No full textThis paper, which is based on a portion of the introduction of the author’s edition of Il Romanzo di Alessandro (Mondadori: Fondazione Valla 2007), surveys the generic components of the Alexander Romance in an attempt to arrive at a definition of the work. The argument builds on Merkelbach’s categorisation of elements and uses Fusillo’s insight into the novel as an ‘encyclopaedic genre’ to propose that ‘historical novel’ is not, as Hägg contended, a misnomer for the work. The main components I discuss are: ‘life’; praxeis; chreiai; Cynic elements, including choliambic poetry and utopian perspectives; and the Egyptian aspects of the narrative. A concluding jeu d’esprit offers a characterisation of the putative author, his antecedents and his process of composition.Richard Stoneman was for 25 years editor for classics at Croom Helm and then Routledge. In 1997 he was appointed an Honorary Fellow in the department of classics, University of Exeter. After retiring from publishing in 2006 he has been pursuing his researches on the Alexander legends and teaching a course on the subject at Exeter. His Penguin translation of the Alexander Romance was published in 1991, and a volume of translated Legends of Alexander the Great appeared from Everyman in 1994. Also in 1994 he co-edited Greek Fiction with John Morgan. His edition of the Greek recensions of the Alexander Romance was published (volume I) by the Fondazione Valla in 2007 – volumes II and III will follow over the next few years – and his Alexander the Great: A Life in Legend appeared from Yale University Press in spring 2008. He is the author of a number of other books on Greek history and travel, and is writing a book on oracles
Author Correction: The dengue-specific immune response and antibody identification with machine learning
No full textCorrection to: npj Vaccineshttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-023-00788-7, published online 20 January 2024 In this article, the affiliation details for author Alexander Horst were incorrectly given as Alexander Horst1,2 but should have been Alexander Horst1 and other affiliations are renumbered. The original article has been corrected
Alexander Woollcott, author and stage actor
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Lori Alexander: Cook Prize 2025, Silver Medal Acceptance Speech
No full textAuthor Lori Alexander gives an acceptance speech for Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park (Calkins Creek)https://educate.bankstreet.edu/cook/1017/thumbnail.jp
Catwalks and Collecting: Alexander Fury on Westwood and Galliano
No full textFashion journalist, author, and critic Alexander Fury and MFIT Curator Colleen Hill discussed Fury’s latest book, Vivienne Westwood: The Complete Collections (Yale University Press, 2021). The conversation included an overview of highlights from Fury’s personal collection of fashion, which includes designs by Westwood, John Galliano, Christian Lacroix, among others
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