Tag: Romance

Free Download The Romance Languages By Rebecca Posner
1996 | 400 Pages | ISBN: 0521281393 | PDF | 10 MB
What is a Romance language? How is it related to other languages and what can it tell us about language in general? Combining philological expertise with insights drawn from modern theoretical linguistics, this study relates linguistic features to historical and sociological factors.

Free Download Adina Senft, "The Sweetest Song: Amish romance (The Whinburg Township Amish)"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1950854272 | EPUB | pages: 238 | 0.7 mb
The sweetest song comes from a forgiving heart. -Whinburg Township Amish proverb

Free Download Ursula Reutner, "Manual of Romance Languages in Africa "
English | ISBN: 3110626101 | 2023 | 880 pages | PDF | 39 MB

Free Download Sam Wolfe, "Verb Second in Medieval Romance "
English | ISBN: 0198804679 | 2019 | 208 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This volume provides the first book-length study of the controversial topic of Verb Second and related properties in a range of Medieval Romance varieties. It presents an examination and analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data from Old French, Occitan, Sicilian, Venetian, Spanish, and Sardinian, in order to assess whether these were indeed Verb Second languages. Sam Wolfe argues that V-to-C movement is a point of continuity across all the medieval varieties – unlike in the modern Romance languages – but that there are rich patterns of synchronic and diachronic variation in the medieval period that have not previously been observed and investigated. These include differences in the syntax-pragmatics mapping, the locus of verb movement, the behaviour of clitic pronouns, the syntax of subject positions, matrix/embedded asymmetries, and the null argument properties of the languages in question. The book outlines a detailed formal cartographic analysis of both the attested synchronic patterns and the diachronic evolution of Romance clausal structure. The findings have widespread implications for the understanding of both the key typological property of Verb Second and the development of Latin into the modern Romance languages.

Free Download Sarah Ayoub, "The Cult of Romance"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1460758943 | EPUB | pages: 320 | 1.5 mb
When your bestie is marrying a guy she barely knows, can you save her from the cult before it’s too late?

Free Download Jenni M. Simon, "Consuming Agency and Desire in Romance: Stories of Love, Laughter, and Empowerment "
English | ISBN: 1498536891 | 2017 | 98 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
The romance industry has profited on the fantasies of women for centuries. However, as a new generation of women raised under the guidance of second-wave feminists take up the reins of romance production, romance novels and films have increasingly challenged tired stereotypes labeling romantic stories as formulaic fodder. This book examines how the romance genre serves women in multiple ways, from escapism to sexual education, from fantasy to fun, and most importantly, as a site of production for feminist texts.

Free Download The Culture of Knighthood in Medieval Romance (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CP9TVRYL | 2023 | 2 hours and 19 minutes | M4B@256 kbps | 256 MB
Author: Larissa (Kat) Tracy, The Great Courses
Narrator: Larissa Tracy
See the word knight and you’ll likely think of gallant men facing off on the field of battle, or rescuing fair maidens from danger, or jousting at tournaments. Since the early 19th century, poets, authors, painters, and playwrights have cultivated such images of medieval knighthood-images that continue to capture our imagination to this day. But just how true to medieval history are these images? What do they tell us about how life was lived in the Middle Ages? What does our obsession with them tell us about who we are today?

Free Download Norse Mythology, Magic & Romance: A Trilogy of History, Mythology, Paganism & Viking Folklore + A Fictional Nordic Tale: 3 Books (3 Books in 1) (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CMJ9PJF5 | 2023 | 9 hours and 12 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 502 MB
Author: History Brought Alive
Narrator: Theodore Rose, Alaura Howery
Explore the Magical World of Norse Mythology, Paganism, and Romance. Join us as we enter the Ancient Norse Realms, and journey into a captivating world of gods and goddesses, mythical creatures, and legendary heroes. Included in this captivating three-audiobook collection are: Norse Paganism for Beginners: Explore The History of The Old Norse Religion. Norse Mythology Legends: Epic Stories, Quests, Myths & More. The Völva’s Apprentice: A Norse Fiction Story of Magic, Mythology & Romance. Book 1 provides listeners with a comprehensive understanding of Norse Paganism, its history, beliefs, people, and what it looks like in our modern world. This book has been written using a variety of scholarly articles and books containing translations of the few existing original texts of the Norse people. Book 2 takes listeners on a journey through the mythical stories of the Norse gods, including epic tales such as The Aesir-Vanir War, Thor, Loki and Valhalla, among others. The book also provides a brief history of Norse Mythology and uncovers the history & beliefs of Ásatrú, the ancient religion of the Vikings. With this bundle of three audiobooks, listeners will be transported into a world of mythology, magic, stories, adventures, and much more.

Free Download Ivana Djordjevic, "Waldef: A French Romance from Medieval England "
English | ISBN: 1641894067 | 2020 | 352 pages | PDF | 13 MB
This first English translation of Le Roman de Waldef makes a significant representative of the French literature of medieval England accessible for the first time. Its wide-ranging content provides an ideal introduction to a number of themes in medieval literature, making it suitable for a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses. The fast-moving romance Description of this early thirteenth-century tale recounts the ancestry and exploits of Waldef and his two sons, set against a history of pre-Conquest England. The narrative shares themes and incident types with other important insular romances, including the Lai of Haveloc, Boeve de Haumtone, and Gui de Warewic. Waldef’s scope, interest in battle, and political stratagems bear reading alongside medieval chronicles, while secret love affairs connect it with other romance literature of the period, and adventures across a wide area of the known world provide affinities with medieval travel narrative.

Free Download Ivana Djordjevic, "Waldef: A French Romance from Medieval England "
English | ISBN: 1641894067 | 2020 | 352 pages | PDF | 13 MB
This first English translation of Le Roman de Waldef makes a significant representative of the French literature of medieval England accessible for the first time. Its wide-ranging content provides an ideal introduction to a number of themes in medieval literature, making it suitable for a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses. The fast-moving romance Description of this early thirteenth-century tale recounts the ancestry and exploits of Waldef and his two sons, set against a history of pre-Conquest England. The narrative shares themes and incident types with other important insular romances, including the Lai of Haveloc, Boeve de Haumtone, and Gui de Warewic. Waldef’s scope, interest in battle, and political stratagems bear reading alongside medieval chronicles, while secret love affairs connect it with other romance literature of the period, and adventures across a wide area of the known world provide affinities with medieval travel narrative.