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On Instability in the Use of Moods in Earliest Sanskrit Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 29
ISBN: 9781607246633
Pub Date: 06 Oct 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Bloomfield lists and discusses instances of vague and ambiguous mood usages in early Sanskrit syntax.
Amadis of Gaul, Books III and IV Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 750
ISBN: 9780813192321
Pub Date: 02 Oct 2009
Series: Studies in Romance Languages
Illustrations: 0
Description:
In the long history of European prose, few works have been more influential and popular than Amadis of Gaul. It is a landmark work among the knight-errantry tales and probably derives from an oral tradition. Although its original author is unknown, it was likely written during the early fourteenth century, with the first known version of this work, dating from 1508, written in Spanish by Garci Ordóñez (or Rodríguez) de Montalvo.
Linguistic and Cultural Studies in Aramaic and Arabic Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 330
ISBN: 9781607245865
Pub Date: 02 Oct 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Gorgias Précis Portfolios
Description:
The book affords solutions to some significant phonetics and phonology in Aramaic and Arabic. In the area of human language maintenance and erosion, the dynamics and timelines of such language phenomena are highlighted with relevance to Mesopotamia. Additionally, the book poses some innovative views pertinent to the progress of civilization from concreteness to abstraction with particular emphasis on writing systems
A  Collection of Latin Proverbs Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 107
ISBN: 9781607246237
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Sutphen's list of Latin proverbs from the Classical era through the Middle Ages, arranged aphabetically.
A Harvard Manuscript of Ovid, Palladius and Tacitus Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 39
ISBN: 9781607246343
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Edward Rand's analysis of the Harvard ms. L25, one of the few sources for both Ovid's Heroides and Tacitus' Germania.
A Hindu Book of Tales: The Vikramacarita Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 36
ISBN: 9781607246510
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
This is the introduction to Edgerton's edition and translation of the Vikramacarita, a Sanskrit story-collection.
Horatian Urbanity in Hesiod's Works and Days Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 35
ISBN: 9781607246497
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Prof. Rand uses references to Hesiod's work in other authors to defend and uphold the received text of Works and Days.
Linguistic Notes on the Shahbazgarhi and Mansehra Redactions of Asoka's Fourteen-Edicts Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 28
ISBN: 9781607246442
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Truman Michelson explores the spelling variants among copies of the Edicts of Ashoka, a legal document in Sanskrit.
On the Recession of the Latin Accent in Connection with Monosyllabic Words and the Traditional Word-Order Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 56
ISBN: 9781607246299
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Prof. Radford uses early Latin poetry to examine patterns of vowel quantity in early spoken Latin.
Problems in Greek Syntax Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 27
ISBN: 9781607246244
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Basil Gildersleeve discusses certain difficulties in codifying Greek syntax.
Recognition Scenes in Greek Literature Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 34
ISBN: 9781607246459
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Prof. Perrin uses Aristotle's Poetics to classify and analyze the various sorts of recognition scenes found in surviving Greek literature.
Root Reducibility in Polynesian Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781607246367
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
William Churchill's essay on roots in Polynesian language, challenging the Euro-centric scholarship of traditional linguistics.
The Classical Origin and Tradition of Literary Conceits Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 28
ISBN: 9781607246541
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Prof. Ogle traces the Classical roots of descriptions of feminine beauty in poetry of the English renaissance.
The Gerund and Gerundive in Livy Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 26
ISBN: 9781607246398
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
R. B. Steele classifies Livy's use of the gerund and gerundive in his history of Rome, providing insight into the regular useage of this rather irregular feature of Latin grammar.
The Hindu Beast Fable in the Light of Recent Studies Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 54
ISBN: 9781607246589
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Edgerton's review of Hertel's text of the Paficatantra with specific reference to Hertel's interpretation of the Beast myth.
The Imperfect Indicative in Early Latin Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 29
ISBN: 9781607246275
Pub Date: 23 Sep 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Description:
Prof. Wheeler traces the development of the Latin imperfect from its earliest roots to its later simplification.