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This book argues that a basic grasp of philosophy and logic can produce written and spoken material that is both grammatically correct and powerful. The author analyses errors in grammar, word choice, phrasing and sentences that even the finest writers can fail to notice; concentrating on subtle missteps and errors that can make the difference between good and excellent prose. Each chapter addresses how common words and long-established grammatical rules are often misused or ignored altogether – including such common words as ‘interesting’, ‘possible’, and ‘apparent’. By tackling language in this way, the author provides an illuminating and practical stylistic guide that will interest students and scholars of grammar and philosophy, as well as readers looking to improve their technical writing skills. Bruce Silver is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of South Florida, USA.

English literature --- Criticism, Textual. --- Grammar, Comparative and general. --- English language. --- Linguistics --- Lexicology. --- Language and languages-Style. --- Grammar. --- English. --- Philosophy of Language. --- Lexicology/Vocabulary. --- Stylistics. --- English language --- Language and languages --- Germanic languages --- Comparative grammar --- Grammar --- Grammar, Philosophical --- Grammar, Universal --- Philosophical grammar --- Philology --- Philosophy. --- Lexicology --- Grammar, Comparative --- Language and languages—Philosophy. --- Language and languages—Style.

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This volume looks at the natural and human history of North Carolina's Mount Mitchell, part of the Black Mountain range and the highest peak in the United States. It chronicles the geological forces that created this landscape, traces its environmental change and human intervention.

Mountain ecology --- Human ecology --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Nature --- Alpine ecology --- Alpine region ecology --- Alpine regions --- Mountains --- Upland ecology --- History. --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on --- Mitchell, Mount (N.C. : Mountain) --- Black Mountains (N.C.) --- Blue Ridge Mountains --- Black Dome (N.C.) --- Black Mountain (Yancey County, N.C.) --- Mitchell's High Peak (N.C.) --- Mitchell's Peak (N.C.) --- Mount Mitchell (N.C.) --- Mount Mitchell (N.C. : Mountain) --- Environmental conditions.

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This photocopiable resource offers a framework for the assessment and measurement of the communication skills of children with autistic spectrum disorders. With assessment and planning sheets, it enables teachers, educators and other professionals to observe and record how children use and understand language, following their progress over time.

Autistic children --- Communication --- Communicative disorders in children --- Thought and thinking --- Disorders of communication in children --- Pediatric neurology --- Education. --- Language. --- Rehabilitation. --- Study and teaching. --- Diagnosis. --- Treatment. --- Methodology

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"Greek scholars have produced a vast body of evidence bearing on nuptial practices that has yet to be mined by a professional economist. By standing on their shoulders, the author proposes and tests radically new interpretations of three important status groups in Greek history: the pallake, the hetaira, and the nothos. It is argued that legitimate marriage - that is 'marriage by loan of the bride to the groom' - was not the only form of legal marriage in classical Athens and the ancient Greek world generally. Pallakia, that is, 'marriage by sale of the bride to the groom', also was legally recognized. The pallake-wifeship transaction is a sale into slavery with a restrictive covenant mandating the employment of the sold woman as a wife. In this highly original and challenging new book economist Morris Silver proposes and tests the hypothesis that the likelihood of bride sale rises with increases in the distance between the ancestral residence of the groom and the father's household. The 'bastard' (nothoi) children of pallakai lacked the legal right to inherit from their fathers but were routinely eligible for Athenian citizenship. It is argued that the basic social meaning of hetaira ('companion') is not 'prostitute'/'courtesan' but 'single woman' - that is, a woman legally recognized as being under her own authority (kuria). The defensive adaptation of single women is reflected in Greek myth and social practice by their grouping into 'packs', most famously the Daniads and Amazons"--

Single women. --- Single women --- Spinsters --- Unmarried women --- Single people --- Women --- History --- Marriage --- Economic aspects --- Social conditions --- Economic conditions --- Greece --- Civilization --- Civilization. --- Economic history. --- Economic aspects. --- Economic conditions. --- Social conditions. --- To 146 B.C. --- Greece. --- Mariage --- --Femme --- --Aspects économiques --- --Grèce ancienne --- --Condition sociale --- --Condition économique --- --Civilisation --- --Economic aspects --- Marriage - Economic aspects - Greece - History --- Women - Greece - Social conditions --- Women - Greece - Economic conditions --- Femme --- Aspects économiques --- Grèce ancienne --- Condition sociale --- Condition économique --- Civilisation --- Greece - Economic conditions - To 146 B.C. --- Greece - Civilization - To 146 B.C.

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Qumran community. --- Dead Sea scrolls. --- Kumran community --- Jewish sects --- Essenes --- Jerusalem scrolls --- ʻAin Fashka scrolls --- Jericho scrolls --- Scrolls, Dead Sea --- Qumrân scrolls --- Rękopisy z Qumran --- Shikai bunsho --- Megilot Midbar Yehudah --- Dodezee-rollen --- Kumránské rukopisy --- Documentos de Qumrán --- Textos de Qumrán --- Rollos del Mar Muerto --- Manuscritos del Mar Muerto --- Manuscrits de la mer Morte --- Dödahavsrullarna --- Kumranin kirjoitukset --- Kuolleenmeren kirjoitukset --- Qumranhandskrifterna --- Qumranin kirjoitukset --- Qumran Caves scrolls