Wordstruck: A MemoirViking, 1989 - 230 sider MacNeil's autobiography re-creates the world of his youth and the experiences that were opened up to him through his love of words. His delight and passion for the music and magic of language, have enabled MacNeil to transmute it into a work of art. Photos. |
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A Memoir Robert MacNeil. Then a series of sounds , as explicit as directions for the sound- effects man in a radio play , yet suffused with the magic of night , and startlingly original in diction : The hum of either army stilly sounds ...
A Memoir Robert MacNeil. Then a series of sounds , as explicit as directions for the sound- effects man in a radio play , yet suffused with the magic of night , and startlingly original in diction : The hum of either army stilly sounds ...
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... sound , the distinguishing Canadian diphthong that has special varia- tions in Nova Scotia . I was saying house and out to rhyme with hoase and oat , both said very short . But there was a bubbly blonde from Louisiana who said hey ...
... sound , the distinguishing Canadian diphthong that has special varia- tions in Nova Scotia . I was saying house and out to rhyme with hoase and oat , both said very short . But there was a bubbly blonde from Louisiana who said hey ...
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... sound , by speaking them aloud , or in my mind's ear . The sound of the words governs much of the pleasure in them . I am a mover of lips and a public mumbler when reading words worth savouring . If I am to take them into my con ...
... sound , by speaking them aloud , or in my mind's ear . The sound of the words governs much of the pleasure in them . I am a mover of lips and a public mumbler when reading words worth savouring . If I am to take them into my con ...
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Beyond Boundaries: Understanding, Translation and Anthropological Discourse Gisli Palsson Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 1993 |