Scribd Feed for category: LanguageThis is a feed for documents in the category LanguagePronunciation of Greek Gods Names- September 16, 2008 Pronunciation of the Gods Names by Melissa Gold Sept. 2004 How to pronounce the names of the Olympian deities is a frequently asked question. In Classical times, this depended on where the speaker lived, with notable differences among Athenians, Spartans and residents of Thessaly, Boiotia, or Lesbos. Also, pronunciation varied over time, from Homeric or epic forms and those found in the urbane writings of Plato1. In Modern Greek, the pronunciation may be different again. (For more information...http://www.scribd.com/doc/6052471/Pronunciation-of-Greek-Gods-Names Word of the Day - Wayworn- September 16, 2008 Word of the Day. 16 September 2008. Wayworn. WAY-worn adjective worn or wearied by travel: She was wayworn after the long trip. The wayworn Battalions halt in the Avenue: they have, for the present, no wish so pressing as that of shelter and rest. -- Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution These beautiful and verdant recesses, running through and softening the rugged mountains, were cheering and refreshing to the wayworn travellers. -- Washington Irving, Astoria Source:...http://www.scribd.com/doc/6051743/Word-of-the-Day-Wayworn J. Farrell - Latin Language and Latin Culture: From Ancient to Modern Times- September 13, 2008 The Latin language is popularly imagined in a number of specic ways: as a masculine language, an imperial language, a classical language, a dead language. This book considers the sources of these metaphors and analyzes their eect on how Latin literature is read. It argues that these metaphors have become idees xes not only in the popular imagination but in the formation of Latin studies as a professional discipline. By reading with and more commonly against these metaphors, the book oers a...http://www.scribd.com/doc/5989229/J-Farrell-Latin-Language-and-Latin-Culture-From-Ancient-... Projeto Atlas Toponmico do Estado do Cear (ATEC): uma pesquisa em curso. Apresentao e metodologia- September 11, 2008 Atlas Toponmico do Estado do Cear (Projeto ATEC): primeiras notcias Alexandre Melo de Sousa 1 Consideraes iniciais A Onomstica - ramo da lingstica que se ocupa do estudo dos nomes prprios de pessoas (antropnimos) e de lugares (topnimos) - tem se apresentado, atualmente, como um campo rico para investigaes, uma vez que o levantamento e a anlise dos antropnimos eou dos topnimos constituem um resgate scio-histrico, podendo refletir fatos e ocorrncias de diferentes momentos da vida de uma...http://www.scribd.com/doc/5881195/Projeto-Atlas-Toponimico-do-Estado-do-Ceara-ATEC-uma-pes... 333-Hanzi-in-a-Day- September 7, 2008 Hanzi Practice 333 Hanzi-in-a-Day by Claus Liepke A New Approach to Writing & Learning Hundreds of Chinese Characters within Hours Hanzi Practice 333 Hanzi-in-a-Day (www.Hanzi-Sudoku.com) by Claus Liepke A New Approach to Writing & Learning Hundreds of Chinese Characters within Hours dedicated to Nalan www.Hanzi-Sudoku.com 1 Hanzi Practice 333 Hanzi-in-a-Day A new approach to writing & learning hundreds of Chinese characters within hours Generations of students have experienced many...http://www.scribd.com/doc/5576751/333HanziinaDay |