| Description |
12 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 132 pages ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
The great courses |
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Great courses (Compact disc)
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| Note |
Subtitle from container. |
| Performer |
Taught by Professor Brooks Landon, University of Iowa. |
| Note |
In 2 containers (19 cm.). |
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Compact discs. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Lecture 1. A sequence of words -- Lecture 2. Grammar and rhetoric -- Lecture 3. Propositions and meaning -- Lecture 4. How sentences grow -- Lecture 5. Adjectival steps -- Lecture 6. The rhythm of cumulative syntax -- Lecture 7. Direction of modification -- Lecture 8. Coordinate, subordinate, and mixed patterns -- Lecture 9. Coordinate cumulative sentences -- Lecture 10. Subordinate and mixed cumulatives -- Lecture 11. Prompts of comparison -- Lecture 12. Prompts of explanation. |
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Pt. 2. Lecture 13. The riddle of prose rhythm -- Lecture 14. Cumulative syntax to create suspense -- Lecture 15. Degrees of suspensiveness -- Lecture 16. The mechanics of delay -- Lecture 17. Prefab patterns for suspense -- Lecture 18. Balanced sentences and balanced forms -- Lecture 19. The rhythm of twos -- Lecture 20. The rhythm of threes -- Lecture 21. Balanced series and serial balances -- Lecture 22. Master sentences -- Lecture 23. Sentences in sequence -- Lecture 24. Sentences and prose style. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
English language -- Rhetoric.
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Linguistics.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1598034472 |
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9781598034479 |
| Music No. |
2368 Teaching Company |
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