Latin Laughs

Author : John H. Starks
Publisher : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780865163232
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latin laughs written by John H. Starks and published by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -- Introduction-- Facing vocabulary-- Edited text with notes-- Oral exercises-- Glossary

Author : Zenia Sacks DaSilva
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443864722
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book At Whom Are We Laughing? written by Zenia Sacks DaSilva and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They say that laughter is a purely human phenomenon, so exclusively ours that we brook no intruders except, of course, for the laughing hyena, the laughing jackass (officially known as the kookaburra bird of Australia), laughing matters, laughing gas, or the perennial laughing stock. But what is humor, that funny thing so varied in its colors and tones, so encompassing in its themes, so different from time to time and place to place? And when we poke fun, at whom are we really laughing? At Whom Are We Laughing? Humor in Romance Language Literatures is the selective product of a multi-national gathering of scholars sponsored by Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, to explore humor across the centuries in the literatures of Italy, France, Romania, the Iberian Peninsula and its diaspora. The volume contains thirty-one scholarly and interpretative papers on diverse aspects of their wit, provocative aspects that are, for the most part, little known to the general reader. Precisely because of its scope and diversity, its appeal should extend beyond academia into the libraries of the intellectually curious, be they English speakers or not, be they specialists in humanities, psychology, society and culture, or merely interested amateurs who frequent the many new humor societies and clubs that abound in the world of today.

Author : William V. Costanzo
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190924993
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When the World Laughs written by William V. Costanzo and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the World Laughs is a book about the intersection of humor, history, and culture. It explores how film comedy, one of the world's most popular movie genres, reflects the values and beliefs of those who enjoy its many forms, its most enduring characters and stories, its most entertaining routines and funniest jokes. What people laugh at in Europe, Africa, or the Far East reveals important truths about their differences and common bonds. By investigating their traditions of humor, by paying close attention to what kinds of comedy cross national boundaries or what gets lost in translation, this study leads us to a deeper understanding of each other and ourselves. Section One begins with a survey of the theories and research that best explain how humor works. It clarifies the varieties of comic forms and styles, identifies the world's most archetypal figures of fun, and traces the history of the world's traditions of humor from earliest times to today. It also examines the techniques and aesthetics of film comedy: how movies use the world's rich repertoire of amusing stories, gags, and wit to make us laugh and think. Section Two offers a close look at national and regional trends. It applies the concepts set forth earlier to specific films-across a broad spectrum of sub-genres, historical eras, and cultural contexts-providing an insightful comparative study of the world's great traditions of film comedy.

Author : Rong Chen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110787857
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toward a Motivation Model of Pragmatics written by Rong Chen and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-07-18 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the “discursive turn” has come a distrust – a complete rejection by some – of theories that seek deeper reasons for surface phenomena. Rong Chen argues that this distrust, with its accompanying overemphasis on specificity and fluidity of linguistic meaning and social values, is unwarranted and unhelpful. Drawing on insights from social theories and various strands of pragmatics, he proposes a motivation model of pragmatics (MMP), contending that language use can be adequately, coherently, and elegantly studied via the motivation behind it in its varied and dynamic contexts. The model, with its well-laid out components, is then applied to (im)politeness research, cross-cultural pragmatics, diachronic pragmatics, discourse and genre analysis, conversation analysis, identity construction, and the study of metaphor, sarcasm, parody, and lying. MMP is thus a framework aimed at accounting for fluidity with stable notions, specificity with general principles, and differences with similar underlying factors. As such, the book should appeal to students of pragmatics, (im)politeness, conversation analysis, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, communication, sociology, and psychology.

Author : Victor Hugo
Publisher : The Floating Press
ISBN 13 : 1775452786
Total Pages : 748 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Man Who Laughs written by Victor Hugo and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving away from the explicitly political content of his previous novels, Victor Hugo turns to social commentary in The Man Who Laughs, an 1869 work that was made into a popular film in the 1920s. The plot deals with a band of miscreants who deliberately deform children to make them more effective beggars, as well as the long-lasting emotional and social damage that this abhorrent practice inflicts upon its victims.

Author : Thomas Laurence Kington-Oliphant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New English written by Thomas Laurence Kington-Oliphant and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Giuseppe Eugenio Rallo
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
ISBN 13 : 3949189971
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Laughing at domestica facta written by Giuseppe Eugenio Rallo and published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. This book was released on 2024-01-22 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this monograph, the author embarks on a captivating journey to shed fresh light on the togata, a mid-Republican theatrical genre which survives only in fragments. The book seeks to answer pressing questions surrounding the togata's significance in identity construction during the middle Republic from a literary and cultural perspective. Delving deep into the fragmentary textual remains of the togata, the book explores how the Roman elite fashioned their identity. The author challenges the notion of monolithic identity construction, and explores the diverse forms of identity within the togata, offering a new perspective on the subject. This study thus positions the togata as a vital source for discerning the characteristics and beliefs by which the Romans distinguished themselves and their culture from others. By examining how Romans perceived themselves, their ideas about different social groups, and their literary and cultural ties to earlier traditions, this book aims to transform our understanding of the togata's role in Roman drama.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2312 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cumulative Book Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 2312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world list of books in the English language.

Author : Robert Matthew Brzenchek
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351655833
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gang Life: Laugh Now, Cry Later written by Robert Matthew Brzenchek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gang Life: Laugh Now, Cry Later examines the criminal gangster mindset and offers gang prevention strategies, using real-world examples to demonstrate a holistic approach toward combatting this surging societal problem. The text outlines the evolution of gang membership from a state of interest, to association, to hardcore "O.G." (Original Gangster) status, and explores the evolution of law enforcement’s multi-pronged approach to combating criminal street gang violence, from the catch-and-release mentality of the 1970s and 1980s to today’s collaboration with private organizations such as Boys & Girls Clubs. In-depth profiles, case studies, and lengthy histories of gangs, gang members, and their transformations are provided to demonstrate the deleterious effect of gangs on society. Designed for criminal justice students and for practitioners in the field, this text offers readers a holistic approach toward gang prevention from three nationally awarded educators and gang investigators.

Author : William Smith
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3382107457
Total Pages : 1030 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary written by William Smith and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-02-01 with total page 1030 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.