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...Lowdown: Nobody's going to mistake this book for a serious look at the evolution of global fashion or a monograph on the guerilla-retailing model that Nigo and his associates pioneered; its uneven grammar and haphazard use of the serial comma alone should see to that. *A Bathing Ape is an unabashed love letter from Nigo (or Nigo ?, as he's branded in the book) and his co-authors to himself, and as such it plays up A BATHING APE's many successes while leaving any artistic, aesthetic or financial missteps well off the page. Still, what it does...
...Western culture. This labor, however, pays off in that it allows the casual reader to gain a basic understanding of the gravity of his assertions and of some fairly complex linguistic concepts to boot. Everett provides basic explanations of theories in the field such as the theory of universal grammar (which asserts that there are grammatical principles innately common to all living humans) and Hockett’s “duality of patterning” tool, stemming from a list of theoretical language universals. Yet he does so mostly to advance his own theory about why the Pirah?...
...simple question opens the video for Akon’s new single, “Right Now (Na Na Na).” “When you have everything?” the subtitles ask (apparently, Akon’s not into proper grammar), “what could you possibly desire?” Akon, the man who we can all pretty much agree has everything (including his own diamond mine in South Africa—seriously), has your answer: “The one you loved the most.” Well, duh! No doubt tempered...
...Synecdoche, as you'll remember from seventh grade grammar class, is a figure of speech substituting the part for the whole (using "hands" for "sailors" in "all hands on deck"). Caden's parts, you could say, are irrevocably crumbling into a black hole of depression. Some of the movie's parts may stir confusion in the viewer, but the whole is clear: Caden is losing his spirit, his determination and his mind...
...more thoroughly well-rounded graduates.While both Greek and Latin are “dead” languages, their usefulness is not similarly consigned to the past. The fact that they have ceased evolving, like “living” languages continue to do, endows them with an unchangeable grammar and syntax, impervious to innovation. Mastering the nuances of archaic constructions and a catalogue of rules and their innumerable exceptions calls for patience, persistence, and an analytical mind—all qualities that behoove a student of any discipline.In literature and poetry, the classical languages have left an unmistakable influence...