The Grammar Of Rock

Author : Alexander Theroux
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
ISBN 13 : 1606996169
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Grammar of Rock written by Alexander Theroux and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2013-02-16 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novelist and critic Alexander Theroux analyzes the pop song. National Book Award nominee, critic and one of America’s least compromising satirists, Alexander Theroux takes a comprehensive look at the colorful language of pop lyrics and the realm of rock music in general in The Grammar of Rock: silly song titles; maddening instrumentals; shrieking divas; clunker lines; the worst (and best) songs ever written; geniuses of the art; movie stars who should never have raised their voice in song but who were too shameless to refuse a mic; and the excesses of awful Christmas recordings. Praising (and critiquing) the gems of lyricists both highbrow and low, Theroux does due reverence to classic word-masters like Ira Gershwin, Jimmy Van Heusen, Cole Porter, and Sammy Cahn, lyricists as diverse as Hank Williams, Buck Ram, the Moody Blues, and Randy Newman, Dylan and the Beatles, of course, and more outré ones like the Sex Pistols, the Clash, Patti Smith, the Fall (even Ghostface Killa), but he considers stupid rhymes, as well ― nonsense lyrics, chop logic, the uses and abuses of irony, country music macho, verbal howlers, how voices sound alike and why, and much more. In a way that no one else has ever done, with his usual encyclopedic insights into the state of the modern lyric, Theroux focuses on the state of language ― the power of words and the nature of syntax ― in The Grammar of Rock. He analyzes its assaults on listeners’ impulses by investigating singers’ styles, pondering illogical lunacies in lyrics, and deconstructing the nature of diction and presentation in the language. This is that rare book of discernment and probing wit (and not exclusively one that is a critical defense of quality) that positively evaluates the very nature of a pop song, and why one over another has an effect on the listener.

Author : Alexander Theroux
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Grammar of Rock written by Alexander Theroux and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William D. Davies
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470754729
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Grammar of Raising and Control written by William D. Davies and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grammar of Raising and Control surveys analyses across a range of theoretical frameworks from Rosenbaum's classic Standard Theory analysis (1967) to current proposals within the Minimalist Program, and provides readers with a critical understanding of these, helping them in the process to develop keen insights into the strengths and weaknesses of syntactic arguments in general. Distills a very successful graduate course in syntax from two prominent figures in the field, covering analyses from a range of theoretical frameworks. Provides readers with an understanding of the various perspectives represented in generative syntax, using a particular class of grammatical constructions as a means of examining the evolution of syntactic theory over the last thirty years. Helps students to develop keen insights into the strengths and weaknesses of syntactic arguments. Includes excerpts from six important works that allow students to familiarize themselves with the original literature while also providing discussion of the theoretical context in which they were written.

Author : Michael J. Zerbe
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527533263
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rock-'n'-Roll Guide to Grammar and Style written by Michael J. Zerbe and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Believe it or not, you can use your favorite Rock-‘n’-Roll song titles to show you, clearly and concisely, how English grammar and style work—and it’s fun! Inspired by a lifelong love of music and language, this book captures the brilliant bond between music and language, using song titles as an innovative and memorable way to teach grammar and style. The book does not critique grammar and style use in Rock-‘n’-Roll song titles. Instead, it celebrates this use and demonstrates different kinds of sentences, parts of speech, verb tenses, stylistic figures of speech, and more. The book starts with short but complete sentences—song title subject/verb combinations of songs you know such as “Love hurts” and “Voices carry.” The patterns of English grammar and style then become strikingly visible when you see them in the titles of Rock-‘n’-Roll songs you love, all the way from the 1950s to today.

Author : Henry W. WILLIAMS (Wesleyan Minister.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Treatise on English Composition; including a general view of the Grammar of the English language written by Henry W. WILLIAMS (Wesleyan Minister.) and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Grammar school dictionary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The grammar-school dictionary, a dictionary of the English language written by Grammar school dictionary and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mignon Fogarty
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1429964405
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Grammar Devotional written by Mignon Fogarty and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2009-10-27 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of fans around the globe punctuate properly and communicate clearly thanks to Mignon Fogarty's practical and easy-to-remember advice about writing style and word usage. Her first book, Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, hit the New York Times bestseller list, and her weekly grammar podcast has been downloaded more than 100 million times and hailed by USA Today as "authoritative but warm." Now, in tip-of-the-day form, Grammar Girl serves up 365 lessons on language that are sure to inspire. Filled with new, bite-size writing tips, fun quizzes and puzzles, and efficient memory tricks, The Grammar Devotional gives you a daily dose of knowledge to improve your writing and also serves as a lasting reference you'll use for years to come.

Author : Mignon Fogarty
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1250908949
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Grammar Daily: 365 Quick Tips for Successful Writing from Grammar Girl written by Mignon Fogarty and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2023-11-14 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated edition of the classic tip-a-day grammar guide from New York Times bestselling author and creator of the Grammar Girl podcast, Mignon Fogarty. One hundred million podcast downloads say it all: Mignon Fogarty's kicky, practical, and easy-to-remember advice about style and usage has won her fans around the globe. Her first book, Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, hit the New York Times bestseller list, and her weekly grammar podcast has been hailed by USA Today as "authoritative but warm." Here in tip-a-day form, Grammar Girl offers 365 lessons on language that are sure to inspire. Chock-full of bite-sized writing tips, fun quizzes, and efficient memory tricks, The Grammar Daily gives you the tools you need to improve your grammar and become an even better communicator, one day at a time. This revised edition of the book, previously published as The Grammar Devotional, has been updated throughout with new lessons and revised content to reflect shifting concerns in style and usage since initial publication.

Author : James Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Englishh Grammar written by James Brown and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Chase R. Kuhn
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498298141
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ecclesiology of Donald Robinson and D. Broughton Knox written by Chase R. Kuhn and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past forty years the "Knox-Robinson Ecclesiology" has been the predominant ecclesiological model in the Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia, one that emerged out of a series of theological contributions over two decades. The impact of this ecclesiology can be seen today across four continents (Australia, Europe, North America, Africa). Though pervasive in influence, there has--to date--been no extended systematic articulation of this ecclesiology, nor a serious and sustained appraisal of it. Here, the ecclesiologies of Donald W. B. Robinson (Vice Principal of Moore College 1959-1973, Archbishop of Sydney 1983-1992) and D. Broughton Knox (Principal of Moore College 1959-1985) are presented systematically, then analyzed and evaluated. Here, finally, is a thorough theological engagement with their provocative doctrine of the church.