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Language and the Law

Linguistic Inequality in America

By: Douglas A. Kibbee

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Language and the Law

Linguistic Inequality in America

By: Douglas A. Kibbee

Language policy is a topic of growing importance around the world, as issues such as the recognition of linguistic diversity, the establishment of official languages, the status of languages in educational systems, the status of heritage and minority languages, and speakers' legal rights have come increasingly to the forefront. One fifth of the American population do not speak English as their first language. While race, gender and religious discrimination are recognized as illegal, the US does not currently accord the same protections regarding language; discrimination on the basis of language is accepted, and even promoted, in the name of unity and efficiency. Setting language within the context of America's history, this book explores the diverse range of linguistic inequalities, covering voting, criminal and civil justice, education, government and public services, and the workplace, and considers how linguistic differences challenge our fundamental ideals of democracy, justice and fairness.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316785122

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For to Speke Frenche Trewely

The French language in England, 10001600. Its status, description and instruction

By: Douglas A. Kibbee

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For to Speke Frenche Trewely

The French language in England, 10001600. Its status, description and instruction

By: Douglas A. Kibbee

The first grammatical descriptions of the French language were produced in England, several centuries before the first grammar written in French (but also several centuries after the Norman Conquest). This book describes the status of French in England during the period from the marriage of Emma of Normandy to thelred (1004) to the fixing of a (relatively) standard pedagogical scheme for the teaching of French of English speakers (ca. 1600). During this period French passed from a native language to a second language, became the official language of the legal profession, and ultimately fell back to a position of social accomplishment. At the same time, different pedagogical and descriptive traditions developed to meet these various needs. Here Kibbee traces the interaction of cultural, intellectual, social and technological history with the elaboration of a grammatical tradition. The book includes a bibliography and indexes of names, titles and subjects.

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027277710

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100 Film Musicals

By: Douglas Pye,Jim Hillier

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100 Film Musicals

By: Douglas Pye,Jim Hillier

From the coming of sound to the 1960s, the musical was central to Hollywood production. Exhibiting – often in spectacular fashion – the remarkable resources of the Hollywood studios, musicals came to epitomise the very idea of 'light entertainment'. Films like Top Hat and 42nd Street, Meet Me in St. Louis and On the Town, Singin' in the Rain and Oklahoma!, West Side Story and The Sound of Music were hugely popular, yet were commonly regarded by cultural commentators as trivial and escapist. It was the 1970s before serious study of the Hollywood musical began to change critical attitudes and foster an interest in musical films produced in other cultures. Hollywood musicals have become less common, but the genre persists and both academic interest in and fond nostalgia for the musical shows no signs of abating. 100 Film Musicals provides a stimulating overview of the genre's development, its major themes and the critical debates it has provoked. While centred on the dominant Hollywood tradition, 100 Film Musicals includes films from countries that often tried to emulate the Hollywood style, like Britain and Germany, as well as from very different cultures like India, Egypt and Japan. Jim Hillier and Douglas Pye also discuss post-1960s films from many different sources which adapt and reflect on the conventions of the genre, including recent examples such as Moulin Rouge! and High School Musical, demonstrating that the genre is still very much alive.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1838714049

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9781838714048

French

A Linguistic Introduction

By: Zsuzsanna Fagyal,Douglas Kibbee,Frederic Jenkins

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French

A Linguistic Introduction

By: Zsuzsanna Fagyal,Douglas Kibbee,Frederic Jenkins

French is used on every continent, spoken not only in France but also in Belgium, Switzerland, North America, the Caribbean, Polynesia and Africa. This is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the structure of French, suitable for those with little prior knowledge of linguistics or of the French Language. It clearly introduces the language's history, phonetics (pronunciation), phonology (sound system), morpho-syntax (how words and sentences are formed), pragmatics (how speakers express meaning), and lexicology (the study of word composition and derivation) - with each chapter showing how these aspects are subject to regional and social variation. English translations are provided for all examples, and the book contains an extensive bilingual glossary of linguistic terms, and numerous exercises and essay questions in every chapter. French: A Linguistic Introduction will be welcomed by advanced language learners, and by linguists studying the structure of this important language.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139459562

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Language and the Law

By: Douglas A. Kibbee

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Language and the Law

By: Douglas A. Kibbee

A comprehensive overview of the political and legal consequences of linguistic inequality in the United States.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107025311

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Boys and Toys

Ulitmate Action-Adventure Movies

By: Douglas Brode

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Boys and Toys

Ulitmate Action-Adventure Movies

By: Douglas Brode

Loaded with stills that give a sweeping presentation of what guys like, this is the perfect book for downtime, college campus, the bar, late-night poker games, pizza parties or the chronically dateless. Here are all the top film picks, along with a brief description of each and how they are rated. Performers such as Willis, Segal, Cruise, Ford, Schwarzenegger, Washington, Stallone, Connery, Brando, Wayne, Clooney, Eastwood, Gibson, Bronson, Nicholson and McQueen are featured in this comprehensive list of every type of action-adventure movie.

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Citadel Press

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0806523816

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Fixing the Musical

How Technologies Shaped the Broadway Repertory

By: Douglas L. Reside

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Fixing the Musical

How Technologies Shaped the Broadway Repertory

By: Douglas L. Reside

Thousands of shows have opened on Broadway. Why do we remember some and not others? The musical theatre repertory is not composed of titles popular in the theatre but by those with successful cast recordings, movie versions, or even illegal bootlegs on YouTube. The shows audiences know, and the texts and music they expect to hear when they attend a production, are defined by media consumed at home more than by memories of performances witnessed in the theatre. For example, author Doug Reside shows that it is no accident that the serious book musical with a fixed score developed in the 1940s - when commercially pressed and marketed record albums made it possible to record most of the score of a new musical in a fixed medium. And Hamilton, a musical with dense lyrics and revolutionary musical style, would not have been as easily accessible to world audiences if most hadn't already had the opportunity to learn the score by listening to free digital streams of the original cast recording. The technologies that made these media possible developed concurrently with and shaped the American musical as an art form. Reside uncovers how the affordances and limitations of these technologies established a repertory of titles that are most frequently performed and defined by the texts used in these performances. Fixing the Musical argues that the musicals we most remember are those which most effectively used their era's best recording and distribution technologies to document and share the work with those who would never see the original production on Broadway.

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Oxford University Press

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0190073713

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Fantastic Planets, Forbidden Zones, and Lost Continents

The 100 Greatest Science-Fiction Films

By: Douglas Brode

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Fantastic Planets, Forbidden Zones, and Lost Continents

The 100 Greatest Science-Fiction Films

By: Douglas Brode

Whether you judge by box office receipts, industry awards, or critical accolades, science fiction films are the most popular movies now being produced and distributed around the world. Nor is this phenomenon new. Sci-fi filmmakers and audiences have been exploring fantastic planets, forbidden zones, and lost continents ever since George Méliès’ 1902 film A Trip to the Moon. In this highly entertaining and knowledgeable book, film historian and pop culture expert Douglas Brode picks the one hundred greatest sci-fi films of all time. Brode’s list ranges from today’s blockbusters to forgotten gems, with surprises for even the most informed fans and scholars. He presents the movies in chronological order, which effectively makes this book a concise history of the sci-fi film genre. A striking (and in many cases rare) photograph accompanies each entry, for which Brode provides a numerical rating, key credits and cast members, brief plot summary, background on the film’s creation, elements of the moviemaking process, analysis of the major theme(s), and trivia. He also includes fun outtakes, including his top ten lists of Fifties sci-fi movies, cult sci-fi, least necessary movie remakes, and “so bad they’re great” classics—as well as the ten worst sci-fi movies (“those highly ambitious films that promised much and delivered nil”). So climb aboard spaceship Brode and journey to strange new worlds from Metropolis (1927) to Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).

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University of Texas Press

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0292739192

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9780292739192

A Love For All Time

By: Chloe Douglas

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A Love For All Time

By: Chloe Douglas

From modern-day New York to Victorian London, one thrilling mystery brings together two passionate souls-for all time . . . Homicide detective Mick Giovanni has seen lot a strange things in the NYPD-but nothing like Miss Lettitia Merryweather. Waltzing into his precinct dressed like some actress on Masterpiece Theater, the stunning British beauty implores Mick to find her missing sister. The strange part is, she disappeared in London-in 1888. Of course, Mick doesn't believe Lettitia. Until he steps through a time portal onto a gaslit street-and sees a newspaper headline that reads: Jack the Ripper Still At Large . . . For Mick, it's the dream of a lifetime-a chance to hunt down the most notorious killer in history. But for Lettitia, it's all too personal, and Mick is her only hope. The tough, handsome cop has only seven days to solve the world's greatest mystery before he loses his chance to go home. But the closer Mick gets to the truth, the deeper his feelings for Lettitia grow. Even if he solves the case, can these two soul mates say goodbye to a love that was meant for all time?

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Forever Yours

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145558505X

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9781455585052

French

A Linguistic Introduction

By: Zsuzsanna Fagyal,Douglas Kibbee,Frederic Jenkins

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French

A Linguistic Introduction

By: Zsuzsanna Fagyal,Douglas Kibbee,Frederic Jenkins

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Cambridge University Press

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1139459562

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Joss Whedon as Shakespearean Moralist

Narrative Ethics of the Bard and the Buffyverse

By: J. Douglas Rabb,J. Michael Richardson

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Joss Whedon as Shakespearean Moralist

Narrative Ethics of the Bard and the Buffyverse

By: J. Douglas Rabb,J. Michael Richardson

Drawing on the works of Shakespeare and American screenwriter Joss Whedon, this study in narrative ethics contends that Whedon is the Shakespeare of our time. The Bard wrote before the influence of the modern moral philosophers, while Whedon is writing in the postmodern period. It is argued that Whedon's work is more in harmony with the early modern values of Shakespeare than with modern ethics, which trace their origin to 17th and 18th century moral philosophy. This study includes a detailed discussion of representative works of Shakespeare and Whedon, showing how they can and should be read as forms of narrative ethics.

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McFarland

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0786474408

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9780786474400

The MGM Story

The Complete History of Fifty Roaring Years

By: John Douglas Eames

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The MGM Story

The Complete History of Fifty Roaring Years

By: John Douglas Eames

This revised edition includes all the films produced and distributed by MGM from the early days of silent films, through the golden age of the 1930s and 1940s right up to the blockbusters of the 80s and 90s. Year by year every film is appraised alongside a still from the movie.

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400

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Crown

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0517526131

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9780517526132

The Christopher Lee Film Encyclopedia

By: Robert W. Pohle,Douglas C. Hart,Rita Pohle Baldwin

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The Christopher Lee Film Encyclopedia

By: Robert W. Pohle,Douglas C. Hart,Rita Pohle Baldwin

In a career that spanned eight decades, Christopher Lee (1922–2015) appeared in more than 200 roles for film and television. Though he is best known for his portrayal of Dracula in films of the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s—as well as his appearances in the Lord of the Rings trilogy—Lee also appeared in many other films, including The Three Musketeers, The Man with the Golden Gun, and Star Wars. The Christopher Lee Film Encyclopedia encompasses all of the films in the distinguished actor’s prolific career, from his early roles in the 1940s to his work in some of the most successful film franchises of all time. This reference highlights Lee’s iconic roles in horror cinema as well as his non-horror films over the years, including The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. The entries in this book feature: Cast and crew information Synopsis Critical evaluation Newspaper and magazine reviews DVD availability Many of the entries also feature Sir Christopher’s recollections about the production, as well as the actor’s insights about his directors and fellow costars. Appendices in this volume include discussions of Lee’s significant work on radio and television, as well as film shorts, screen tests, films in which he is mentioned, films from which he was cut, and unrealized projects. A film-by-film review of the actor’s cinematic output. The Christopher Lee Film Encyclopedia will appeal to this legend’s many devoted fans.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0810892707

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9780810892705

For to Speke Frenche Trewely

The French Language in England, 1000-1600 : Its Status, Description and Instruction

By: Douglas A. Kibbee

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For to Speke Frenche Trewely

The French Language in England, 1000-1600 : Its Status, Description and Instruction

By: Douglas A. Kibbee

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027245479

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9789027245472

The Douglas Kennedy Reader's Companion

A Collection of Excerpts

By: Douglas Kennedy

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The Douglas Kennedy Reader's Companion

A Collection of Excerpts

By: Douglas Kennedy

A glorious sampling of eight amazing novels by the #1 internationally bestselling author Douglas Kennedy—Five Days, The Moment, Leaving the World, The Woman in the Fifth, Temptation, State of the Union, A Special Relationship, and The Pursuit of Happiness.

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Simon and Schuster

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1451695713

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9781451695717

Journal Kept by David Douglas During His Travels in North America 1823-1827

Together with a Particular Description of Thirty-Three Species of American Oaks and Eighteen Species of Pinus

By: David Douglas

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Journal Kept by David Douglas During His Travels in North America 1823-1827

Together with a Particular Description of Thirty-Three Species of American Oaks and Eighteen Species of Pinus

By: David Douglas

This 1914 edition of journals by the Scottish botanist David Douglas (1799-1834) also includes reports of his mysterious death.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108033776

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Journal Kept by David Douglas During His Travels in North America, 1823-1827

By: David Douglas,Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain)

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Journal Kept by David Douglas During His Travels in North America, 1823-1827

By: David Douglas,Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain)

Transcipt of the complete diaries kept by David Douglas (discoverer of the 'Douglas Fir') during his intrepid explorations of North America in search of rare plants and adventure.

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0953971821

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9780953971824

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