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Folklinguistics and social meaning in Australian English
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Folklinguistics and social meaning in Australian EnglishFolklinguistics and social meaning in Australian English

Folklinguistics and Social Meaning in Australian English presents an original study of Australian English and, via this, insights into Australian society. Utilising folklinguistic accounts, it uncovers everyday understandings of contemporary Australian English through variations across linguistic systems (sounds, words, discourse and grammar).
 
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Tags: Australian, English, Folklinguistics, linguistic, across, meaning, social
Illustrated Reverse Dictionary: Find the Words on the Tip of Your Tongue
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Illustrated Reverse Dictionary: Find the Words on the Tip of Your TongueIllustrated Reverse Dictionary: Find the Words on the Tip of Your Tongue

The Illustrated Reverse Dictionary is an ingenious word-finder that helps you locate the precise word you want when you know generally what you mean but can't recall the exact term. With an ordinary dictionary, you look up the word to find its meaning. With the Illustrated Reverse Dictionary, you do just the opposite: you look up the meaning to find the word. The Illustrated Reverse Dictionary works like a thesaurus, which gives you words that are similar in meaning, but it does more. You start with an idea, a description of the term you're looking for, and the Illustrated Reverse Dictionary leads you through associated words to the exact one you want...
 
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Tags: Dictionary, Reverse, Illustrated, meaning, words
Reading Shakespeare in the Movies: Non-Adaptations and Their Meaning
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Reading Shakespeare in the Movies: Non-Adaptations and Their MeaningReading Shakespeare in the Movies: Non-Adaptations and Their Meaning analyzes the unacknowledged, covert presence of Shakespearean themes, structures, characters, and symbolism in selected films. Writers and directors who forge an unconscious, unintentional connection to Shakespeare’s work create non-adaptations, cinema that is unexpectedly similar to certain Shakespeare plays while remaining independent as art. These films can illuminate core semantic issues in those plays in ways that direct adaptations cannot. 
 
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Tags: Shakespeare, films, plays, Reading, Meaning
Three Important Verbs
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Three Important VerbsThree Important Verbs

In order to speak English well, you need a thorough knowledge of how to use three important verbs, "to have", 'to do", and "to be". These verbs are discussed in this book. This book also defines the meaning of the word, infinitive.
 
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Tags: verbs, meaning, defines, infinitive, Three, Verbs, Important, discussed
Hamlet: The Comedy
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Hamlet: The ComedyHamlet: The Comedy

Hamlet, the Comedy contains the events of Shakespeare’s famous play, but as seen through the eyes of Amundi, court jester at the time. Amundi and his companions try figure out the meaning of it all, and if, indeed, it has meaning. This, in a milieu of treachery, revenge, and threats of war.
 
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Tags: Amundi, Hamlet, meaning, Comedy, indeed