Esther K Sheldon
Biographic Data
| ID | 732267 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Esther K Sheldon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Esther K |
| FAMILY NAME | Sheldon |
| SIGNATURE | SHELDON E K |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1945 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley
What's an Impfiddle
Project and Scheme
Dr. Johnson's Dictionary
Some Pun among the Hucksters
SPURNED AS THE LOWEST FORM of wit for several centuries now, the pun has found two widely different havens in our time-among our best bellelettrists on the one hand; and again, among our advertising copy writers, desperate for a gimmick to catch the public eye. The ingenuity of the latter folk, the range and patterns in their punning, are worth the attention of all who are interested in American English.' Certain company names are inevitable gris…
Derivatives of Middle English O in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Dictionaries
A Very Nice-Type Girl
wOR some time now, composition instructors have been alarmed by an 1 increase in the appearance of the -type construction exemplified in the title above. A student, writing of Philip Guedalla's crystal-pure style, observes that 'he achieves much of his variety and emphasis by different type sentences.' The instructor, thinking of Guedalla, shudders, and the red ink flows. But if the instructor turns for support to the indexes of college handbooks…
The English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson 1604-1755
Pronouncing Systems in Eighteenth-Century Dictionaries
[By the end of the 18th century the diacritical system for indicating pronunciation had been developed almost to the stage now current in commercial dictionaries. This paper traces the growth of diacritical systems from their beginnings in early 18th-century dictionaries to their final form at the end of the century, and indicates the relative usefulness of the 18th-century dictionaries as source material for studies of pronunciation.]
The Rise of the Incomplete Comparative
Pronouncing Systems in Eighteenth-Century Dictionaries
[By the end of the 18th century the diacritical system for indicating pronunciation had been developed almost to the stage now current in commercial dictionaries. This paper traces the growth of diacritical systems from their beginnings in early 18th-century dictionaries to their final form at the end of the century, and indicates the relative usefulness of the 18th-century dictionaries as source material for studies of pronunciation.]
Some Pun among the Hucksters
SPURNED AS THE LOWEST FORM of wit for several centuries now, the pun has found two widely different havens in our time-among our best bellelettrists on the one hand; and again, among our advertising copy writers, desperate for a gimmick to catch the public eye. The ingenuity of the latter folk, the range and patterns in their punning, are worth the attention of all who are interested in American English.' Certain company names are inevitable gris…
The Rise of the Incomplete Comparative
Pronouncing Systems in Eighteenth-Century Dictionaries
[By the end of the 18th century the diacritical system for indicating pronunciation had been developed almost to the stage now current in commercial dictionaries. This paper traces the growth of diacritical systems from their beginnings in early 18th-century dictionaries to their final form at the end of the century, and indicates the relative usefulness of the 18th-century dictionaries as source material for studies of pronunciation.]
The English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson 1604-1755
A Very Nice-Type Girl
wOR some time now, composition instructors have been alarmed by an 1 increase in the appearance of the -type construction exemplified in the title above. A student, writing of Philip Guedalla's crystal-pure style, observes that 'he achieves much of his variety and emphasis by different type sentences.' The instructor, thinking of Guedalla, shudders, and the red ink flows. But if the instructor turns for support to the indexes of college handbooks…
Derivatives of Middle English O in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Dictionaries
Dr. Johnson's Dictionary
Some Pun among the Hucksters
SPURNED AS THE LOWEST FORM of wit for several centuries now, the pun has found two widely different havens in our time-among our best bellelettrists on the one hand; and again, among our advertising copy writers, desperate for a gimmick to catch the public eye. The ingenuity of the latter folk, the range and patterns in their punning, are worth the attention of all who are interested in American English.' Certain company names are inevitable gris…
Project and Scheme
What's an Impfiddle
Thomas Sheridan of Smock-Alley
Lexicography and Language Studies (6 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (2 works)