wyszukanych pozycji: 45
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Dagara Verbal Art: An African Tradition
ISBN: 9781433147043 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Dagara Verbal Art examines verbal art among the Dagara people of West Africa.
Dagara Verbal Art examines verbal art among the Dagara people of West Africa.
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660,17 |
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«Yes We Can»: Barack Obama's Proverbial Rhetoric
ISBN: 9781433106682 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) As President Barack Obama outlined his promise for change during the presidential campaign, he made effective use of proverbs and proverbial phrases, and invented many quotable epithets that have all the makings of future proverbs. This book examines how Obama s natural and authentic reliance on traditional metaphors enhances his impressive rhetoric, rather than reducing it to mere sound bites. Proverbs, with their often colorful metaphors, add expressiveness and emotion to his communications, giving people the opportunity to follow his pragmatic or philosophical arguments through common...
As President Barack Obama outlined his promise for change during the presidential campaign, he made effective use of proverbs and proverbial phrases, ...
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590,43 |
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Dornröschen
ISBN: 9783706912228 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 373 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Der Hintergrund des bekannten "Dornröschen"-Märchens geht bis zu romanischen Quellen aus dem vierzehnten Jahrhundert zurück und ist über Varianten von Giambattista Basile und Charles Perrault ins Deutsche gelangt. Als ursprünglich literarisches Märchen ist es erst in der heutigen Fassung von Wilhelm Grimm zu einem mündlich und schriftlich überlieferten Volksmärchen geworden. Wie sich der deutsche Text von 1810 bis 1857 entwickelt hat und welche Bedeutung sich in dem symbolisch-poetischen Text verstecken mag, wird in zwei umfangreichen Kapiteln dargestellt. Weitere Kapitel widmen...
Der Hintergrund des bekannten "Dornröschen"-Märchens geht bis zu romanischen Quellen aus dem vierzehnten Jahrhundert zurück und ist über Varianten...
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205,72 |
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We Are All in the Same Boat Now
ISBN: 9783034353267 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The book is based on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's speeches, press conferences, proclamations, and letters. The eleven chapters of the first part deal with his interest in language, his proverbial vision in his four inaugural addresses, his "four freedoms" phrase, his proverbial language for world peace, his reliance on quotations, his propensity to coin sententious remarks, his dependence on Bible proverbs, his use of folk proverbs, his employment of proverbial phrases, his reliance on animal metaphors, and his use of maritime phrases. The second part provides a comprehensive index of the many...
The book is based on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's speeches, press conferences, proclamations, and letters. The eleven chapters of the first part deal w...
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327,26 |
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«Yes We Can»: Barack Obama's Proverbial Rhetoric
ISBN: 9781433106675 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) As President Barack Obama outlined his promise for change during the presidential campaign, he made effective use of proverbs and proverbial phrases, and invented many quotable epithets that have all the makings of future proverbs. This book examines how Obama s natural and authentic reliance on traditional metaphors enhances his impressive rhetoric, rather than reducing it to mere sound bites. Proverbs, with their often colorful metaphors, add expressiveness and emotion to his communications, giving people the opportunity to follow his pragmatic or philosophical arguments through common...
As President Barack Obama outlined his promise for change during the presidential campaign, he made effective use of proverbs and proverbial phrases, ...
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205,43 |
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Essays on German Literature and the Holocaust: Festschrift for David A. Scrase in Celebration of His Eightieth Birthday
ISBN: 9781433163265 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This celebratory volume consists of nineteen previously published essays by Professor David A. Scrase. These English-language essays are divided into three sections: (1) studies on the twentieth-century German author Wilhelm Lehmann; (2) literary studies on Johannes Bobrowski, Ludwig Greve, Stephan Hermlin, and others; and (3) studies on the literature, art, and film of the Holocaust. The book addresses German literature of the twentieth century in particular, with an emphasis on modern poetry and fiction by East and West German authors. Another theme concerns itself with biographical matters...
This celebratory volume consists of nineteen previously published essays by Professor David A. Scrase. These English-language essays are divided into ...
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601,84 |
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Proverbs; A Handbook
ISBN: 9781433120244 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The book comprises a comprehensive survey of the multifaceted nature of proverbs as colorful expressions of folk wisdom. The first part deals with the definition and classification of proverbs, including such matters as proverb markers and meanings, origin and dissemination, traditional forms related to proverbs, and types of proverb collections. The second part presents essays on the origin, history and modern use of a variety of proverbs. There are also representative lists of proverbs from different cultures and languages, Native American proverbs, African American proverbs, etc. The third...
The book comprises a comprehensive survey of the multifaceted nature of proverbs as colorful expressions of folk wisdom. The first part deals with the...
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225,47 |
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The Politics of Proverbs: From Traditional Wisdom to Proverbial Stereotypes
ISBN: 9780299154509 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Proverbs, though anonymous, speak with great authority, and politicians from classical to modern times have deployed them effectively in their rhetoric. In looking at political proverbs in the twentieth century, Wolfgang Mieder the leading expert on proverbs today offers proof of the power of these bits of borrowed wisdom to serve any master or any purpose, for good or ill.
Mieder first singles out Adolf Hitler s "Mein Kampf," in which the Fuhrer used proverbs to advocate the deadly goals of Nazism. Pitted against Hitler s rhetoric is that of Winston Churchill, who was, Mieder... Proverbs, though anonymous, speak with great authority, and politicians from classical to modern times have deployed them effectively in their rhetori...
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213,75 |
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Dictionary of Authentic American Proverbs
ISBN: 9781800731318 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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505,22 |
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Wise Words (Rle Folklore): Essays on the Proverb
ISBN: 9781138844254 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 606 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The twenty essays that comprise this book, which was first published in 1994, were written by leading paremiologists and folklorists from Africa, Canada, Great Britain, Germany and the US. They represent the best scholarship on proverbs in the English language, and together they give an impressive overview of the fascinating advances in the field of paremiology.
The twenty essays that comprise this book, which was first published in 1994, were written by leading paremiologists and folklorists from Africa, Cana...
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922,99 |
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The Pied Piper: A Handbook
ISBN: 9780313334641 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Few figures are as famous, mysterious, and influential as the Pied Piper, the notorious catcher of rats and children. With his magical music he was able to bewitch anyone and anything to follow him blindly, and he continues to influence the contemporary imagination. This book overviews the history of the Pied Piper legend and its lasting significance. Included are excerpts from numerous texts, along with examples of the Pied Piper in art, children's books, political cartoons, and popular culture. The volume also reviews scholarship on the Pied Piper and lists print and electronic... Few figures are as famous, mysterious, and influential as the Pied Piper, the notorious catcher of rats and children. With his magical music he was... |
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265,90 |
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«Proverbs Speak Louder Than Words»: Wisdom in Art, Culture, Folklore, History, Literature and Mass Media
ISBN: 9781433103780 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 357 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The ten chapters of -Proverbs Speak Louder Than Words- present a composite picture of the richness of proverbs as significant expressions of folk wisdom as is manifest from their appearance in art, culture, folklore, history, literature, and the mass media. The first chapter surveys the multifaceted aspects of paremiology (the study of proverbs), with the second chapter illustrating the paremiological work by the American folklorist Alan Dundes. The next two chapters look at the effective role that proverbs play in the mass media, where they are cited in their traditional wording or as...
The ten chapters of -Proverbs Speak Louder Than Words- present a composite picture of the richness of proverbs as significant expressions of fo...
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578,51 |
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Sprichwort-Gebrauch Heute: Ein Interkulturell-Kontrastiver Vergleich Von Sprichwoertern Anhand Polnischer Und Deutscher Printmedien
ISBN: 9783039116553 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2008 / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Sprichworter pragen in charakteristischer Weise Politik, Werbung, Massenmedien und nicht zuletzt unseren sprachlichen Alltag. Diese Arbeit befasst sich mit dem Sprichwort-Gebrauch in polnischen und deutschen Printmedien: Sind Sprichworter am Verschwinden oder nehmen sie eine neue Position und Funktion in der Kommunikation ein? Nahern sich ihre Gebrauchsweisen aufgrund vergleichbarer wirtschaftlicher, politischer und medialer Rahmenbedingungen in Deutschland und Polen an?
Diese Studie belegt, dass sich die Vitalitat von Sprichwortern nicht nur in ihrer empirisch erhobenen Bekanntheit... Sprichworter pragen in charakteristischer Weise Politik, Werbung, Massenmedien und nicht zuletzt unseren sprachlichen Alltag. Diese Arbeit befasst sic...
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657,64 |
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«Mir Ist Zuweilen So ALS OB Das Herz in Mir Zerbrach»: Leben Und Werk Mascha Kalékos Im Spiegel Ihrer Sprichwoertlichen Dichtung
ISBN: 9783039100958 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2003 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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650,28 |
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Argumentative Strukturen in Sprichwoertern
ISBN: 9783034311878 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2012 / 506 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Die Verwendung von Sprichwortern in der argumentativen Rede gilt heute vielfach als -Phrasendrescherei-. Dennoch spiegelt der Sprichwortschatz einer Sprachgemeinschaft zentrale argumentative Denkstrukturen wider, die im alltaglichen Sprachgebrauch Anwendung finden und nicht wegzudenken sind. Doch welche Argumentationsmuster sind in deutschsprachigen Sprichwortern tatsachlich anzutreffen? Und welche spielen dabei eine ubergeordnete Rolle? Diese Arbeit analysiert argumentative Strukturen von 319 deutschsprachigen Sprichwortern und liefert eine fundierte Darstellung der reprasentierten...
Die Verwendung von Sprichwortern in der argumentativen Rede gilt heute vielfach als -Phrasendrescherei-. Dennoch spiegelt der Sprichwortschatz einer S...
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585,86 |
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Behold the Proverbs of a People: Proverbial Wisdom in Culture, Literature, and Politics
ISBN: 9781496814654 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 498 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The thirteen chapters of this book comprise an intriguing and informative entry into the world of proverb scholarship, illustrating that proverbs have always been and continue to be wisdom's international currency. Wolfgang Mieder shows that proverbs matter in culture, literature, and politics, and demonstrates that they deserve to be studied from a range of viewpoints.
The thirteen chapters of this book comprise an intriguing and informative entry into the world of proverb scholarship, illustrating that proverbs have...
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135,98 |
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«Making a Way Out of No Way»: Martin Luther King's Sermonic Proverbial Rhetoric
ISBN: 9781433113031 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 551 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In barely forty years of life Martin Luther King (1929-1968) distinguished himself as one of the greatest social reformers of modern times: civil rights leader, defender of nonviolence in the struggle of desegregation, champion of the poor, anti-war proponent, and broad-minded visionary of an interrelated world of free people. His many verbal and written communications in the form of sermons, speeches, interviews, letters, essays, and several books are replete with Bible proverbs as -Love your enemies-, -He who lives by the sword shall perish by the sword-, and -Man does not live by bread...
In barely forty years of life Martin Luther King (1929-1968) distinguished himself as one of the greatest social reformers of modern times: civil righ...
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cena:
205,43 |
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Right Makes Might: Proverbs and the American Worldview
ISBN: 9780253040343 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
cena:
383,76 |
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A Rising Tide Lifts All the Boats: The Proverbial Rhetoric of John F. Kennedy
ISBN: 9781636674223 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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501,91 |
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Wisdom of Many: Essays on the Proverb
ISBN: 9780299143602 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Explores research on proverbs of many cultures. More than 20 essays written by scholars of such diverse disciplines as folklore, literature, psychology, linguistics and anthropology illustrate the significance of traditional proverbs and trace variations of proverbs over time.
Explores research on proverbs of many cultures. More than 20 essays written by scholars of such diverse disciplines as folklore, literature, psycholog...
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cena:
184,60 |