tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post5951085337448136016..comments2024-03-28T10:20:44.291-07:00Comments on Sacnoth's Scriptorium: The New Arrival: another book about TolkienJohn D. Rateliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-75342664500731722902011-02-10T16:54:45.472-08:002011-02-10T16:54:45.472-08:00"Gricean" = related to H. Paul Grice, li..."Gricean" = related to H. Paul Grice, linguistic philosopher, judging from what I see here. From the introduction excerpt Jason gave: "As a framework, Di<br />Scala makes recourse to the Gricean concepts of speaker meaning vs.<br />utterance meaning. As a case text, he uses The Lay of the Children of<br />Húrin (ca. 1918) to prove that principles from Grice’s theory of<br />communication can be adapted to the poem."David Bratmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08090662884600828582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-24250186156198190332011-02-10T12:04:27.206-08:002011-02-10T12:04:27.206-08:00You already have a copy? That’s much faster than e...You already have a copy? That’s much faster than expected!Jason Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809154870762268253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-50914002304262003072011-02-10T11:19:08.245-08:002011-02-10T11:19:08.245-08:00More off-topic Dunsany curiosities:
In the UK 1st ...More off-topic Dunsany curiosities:<br />In the UK 1st ed. of <i>A Dreamer's Tales</i>, there are the following interesting differences in "Carcassonne":<br /><br />* Paragraph starting "Then Camorak said, 'There are many things to be...'": At the end of the paragraph the British texts inserts a "what" that must be an error for "that": "of the unmolested leisure what they were soon to enjoy."<br />* Paragraph starting "Then they arose, and following Arleon,": The British text has "she" instead of "they" in the second sentence: "And many a woman of Arn sent her thoughts with them as she played alone some old monotonous tune,"Magisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903799437411528229noreply@blogger.com