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Acknowledges the unstable relationship between language, objects & meanings & explores how we translate the experience of visual culture into written & spoken words. This book aims to examine & clarify a representative range of language, formal & informal, academic & colloquial, global & local, which characterises design discourse. ...

This book examines the syntax & semantics of verbs from a crosslinguistic perspective, taking full account of diachronic & usage-based research. It encompasses the full range of English verb classes, has a strong typological dimension, & presents a model of event structure that breaks new ground in predicting & explaining linguistic facts. ...

In this third edition of the classic Verdi, renowned authority Julian Budden offers a comprehensive overview of Verdi the man & the artist, tracing his ascent from humble beginnings to the status of a cultural patriarch of the new Italy, whose cause he had done much to promote, & demonstrating the gradual enlargement over the years of his artistic vision. ...

Documentary film on the life & work of composer Giuseppe Verdi. Presented by Mark Elder, former Music Director of English National Opera, the film combines on-location footage of the Italian milieux that Verdi frequented with"ations from the composer's memoirs & correspondence. The documentary also features highlights from some of Verdi's most popular operas, sung in Italian & specially staged by American director David Alden. ...

Giuseppe Verdi & Richard Wagner, the two greatest operatic composers of their time, had everything & nothing in common. Their achievements were comparable, but their personalities, their approaches to music & drama, & their complex legacies made them incompatible. This book investigates their affinities & explains their mutual mistrust. ...