10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LITERAL-MINDED»
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literal-minded in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
literal-minded and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Shakespeare Survey: Volume 57, Macbeth and Its Afterlife: An ...
Macbeth's literal-minded confidence ni Birnam wood's stability overlooks the
possibility of synecdoche, a possibility realized when Malcolm's soldiers cut
down branches to conceal their numbers. He also forgets the fatal dangers of
childbirth ...
2
Joint Cognitive Systems: Patterns in Cognitive Systems ...
When anomaly response breaks down, it is often associated with an inability to
revise plans and assessments as new evidence arrives and as situations change
(pp. 74-75). An extreme form of people acting literal-minded happens in cases of
...
David D. Woods, Erik Hollnagel, 2006
3
A Midsummer Night's Dream
As this brief production analysis shows, Lepage was directly opposed to literal-
minded realism in his Dream, as in much of his other work. Although he finds film
'an extraordinarily exciting place to be', he prefers theatre, borrowing from film ...
Our literal-minded philoso— phers, however, believe in the power of language to
contain the truth, and in this belief they are led to the love of argument—as if
argument could literally pro— duce a truth. The literal-minded and
commonsensical, ...
Donald Phillip Verene, 2009
5
Compromising Situations
The trouble with you, Randson, is that you're too literal-minded. No female likes a
man who is literal-minded.” “I'm not literal-minded,” Randson objected. “I just
prefer that things be done right. Don't care for these flights of fancy.” Henrietta's ...
Humorless and literal-minded, Lincoln's Republican critics found his pragmatism
either cowardly or frivolous, and they were unable to see that behind his
adaptability as to means lay a firm commitment to ends, such as the preservation
of the ...
David Herbert Donald, 1996
7
Essentials of Business Communication
In many cultures negative news is offered with such subtleness or in such a
positive light that it may be overlooked or misunderstood by literal-minded
Americans. In many Asian and some Latin cultures, one must look beyond an
individual's ...
Now, in the new rational age, there was no place for allegory at all. But Arthurian
romance wasn't dead yet. There was a more literal-minded style of romance
flourishing in England—one that left out Lancelot, the Holy Grail, and everything
that ...
Mike Aquilina, Christopher Bailey, 2010
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Historical Dictionary of Quotations in Cognitive Science: A ...
This seems to lie in the fact that the operation of magic is singularly literal-minded
, and that if it grants you anything at all it grants what you ask for, not what you
should have asked for or what you intend. . . . The magic of automation, and in ...
10
Shakespeare the Thinker
It is odd that the epithet ''literal- minded'' seems to apply to Theseus and then,
having flipped over, to the mechanicals. Theseus is literal-minded in the sense
that he restricts reality to ordinary language and experience and absolutely
denies it ...
Anthony David Nuttall, 2007
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LITERAL-MINDED»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
literal-minded is used in the context of the following news items.
Which Golden Girl and Kardashian Are You? Find Your Persona by …
Other people might find themselves in literal-minded widow Rose Nylund (Betty White), but I doubt anyone would admit it. Or some could easily ... «Out Magazine, Jul 15»
Perfect aioli is worth all the effort - Hamilton Spectator
The overly literal-minded may describe aioli as a garlicky mayonnaise, but in my house, we call it an occasion. A big bowl of aioli, assorted ... «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»
What would Reagan do?
Activists are not on a literal-minded quest: their new Reagan need not look dashing on a horse, or flash a film-star smile. That is lucky for Mr ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
Do lesbian chefs have a special way of cooking? - Slate Magazine
... the way to the bank by selling an image of perfection via cheap merchandise), and the literal-minded science geeks who treat the kitchen like ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
The Morning Download: Cloud Computing Disrupts the Tech …
... Artificial Intelligence, “If more people learned how to write software, they'd see how literal-minded these overgrown pencils we call computers ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
Sports notebook: July 14
Reward worth all the effort. The overly literal-minded may describe aioli as a garlicky mayonnaise, but in my house, we call it an occasion. «Hanford Sentinel, Jul 15»
Bits | The Real Threat Posed by Powerful Computers
“If more people learned how to write software, they'd see how literal-minded these overgrown pencils we call computers actually are.”. «New York Times, Jul 15»
UFC 189 Results: The Real Winners and Losers from McGregor vs …
These are the real winners and losers from UFC 189. And if you're one of those literal-minded folks, full results appear on the final slide. «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
Sponsored content
Just to clarify, for the benefit of the more literal-minded readers of this column, I do not actually receive foreign funding for my work, nor have I ... «The Nation, Jul 15»
It's 'All in the Timing' for Patio Playhouse
Their immediate romantic attraction is buried under layers of banal party talk, helpfully interpreted for the audience by a clinical, literal-minded ... «Valley Roadrunner, Jul 15»
