2011年3月7日 星期一

The Grammar of Science /Politics

The White Goddess: a Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth is a book-length essay upon the nature of poetic myth-making by author and poet Robert Graves.

glam·our glam·or (glăm'ər) pronunciation
also
n.
  1. An air of compelling charm, romance, and excitement, especially when delusively alluring.
  2. Archaic. A magic spell; enchantment.

[Scots, magic spell, alteration of GRAMMAR (from the association of learning with magic).]

20 世紀有些書名 The Grammar of Science /The Grammar ofPolitics

"The Grammar" 多翻譯為"典範" 不知何故

(grăm'ər) pronunciation
n.

    1. The study of how words and their component parts combine to form sentences.
    2. The study of structural relationships in language or in a language, sometimes including pronunciation, meaning, and linguistic history.
    1. The system of inflections, syntax, and word formation of a language.
    2. The system of rules implicit in a language, viewed as a mechanism for generating all sentences possible in that language.
    1. A normative or prescriptive set of rules setting forth the current standard of usage for pedagogical or reference purposes.
    2. Writing or speech judged with regard to such a set of rules.
  1. A book containing the morphologic, syntactic, and semantic rules for a specific language.
    1. The basic principles of an area of knowledge: the grammar of music.
    2. A book dealing with such principles.

[Middle English gramere, from Old French gramaire, alteration of Latin grammatica, from Greek grammatikē, from feminine of grammatikos, of letters, from gramma, grammat-, letter.]




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