10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TELEGRAPHESE»
Discover the use of
telegraphese in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
telegraphese and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Babyhood: Stage by Stage, from Birth to Age Two : how Your ...
S. M. Ervin-Tripp [76] set out to see whether, if they were given a model to copy,
young children at this telegraphese stage of speech development would produce
sentences that were more complex than their spontaneous speech. Had the ...
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The Bystander: An Illustrated Weekly, Devoted to Travel, ...
Except it be to road the "Telegraphese" excellent criticisms by Mr. W. L. Courtney,
I don't see any particular reason why bookmen should buy the Daily Telegiaph,
and I confess that if I happen to take it on a day when its eminent critic is not ...
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International English Usage
Telegraphese is a term given to the elliptical style used in telegrams, diaries,
headlines, slogans and in stream-of-consciousness novels. It is characterised by
a brevity resulting from the omission of inessential words. A six-word headline in
...
Ian Hancock, Lorento Todd, 2005
For “ telegraphese ” is a living, palpitating language. It is a curious kind of
Volapuk, a universal tongue, spoken through the finger tips and in most cases
read by ear. In its written form telegraphese, or “ Morse,” as it is called in the
vernacular, ...
In its written form telegraphese, or “Morse,” as it is called in the vernacular, is
rarely seen. Yet as a vehicle of expression it is, to the initiated, as harmonious,
subtle, and fascinating as the language of music itself. Nothing could be simpler
than ...
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Haspelmath, Martin; König, Ekkehard; Oesterreicher, Wulf; ...
„Agrammatismus. Ergebnisse und Probleme der Forschung“. Neurolinguistik 4:
141. Tesak, Jürgen. 1994. „Dutch telegraphese“. Linguistics 32: 325344. Tesak,
Jürgen & Dittmann, Jürgen. 1991. „Telegraphic style in normals and aphasics“.
In view of this fact I should say that thinking in telegraphese is not possible, and
in this point of comparison with a spoken tongue the Morse is deficient. Curiously
enough, however, as an aid to memory in the spelling of words the telegraphese
...
Walter Polk Phillips, 1897
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Language Typology and Language Universals: An International ...
„Agrammatismus. Ergebnisse und Probleme der Forschung“. Neurolinguistik 4:
141. Tesak, Jürgen. 1994. „Dutch telegraphese“. Lin- guistics 32: 325 344. Tesak,
Jürgen & Dittmann, Jürgen. 1991. „Tele- graphic style in normals and aphasics“.
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The Oxford History of English
The introduction of the telegraph raised fears of linguistic decline ('We shall
gradually give up English in favour of Telegraphese, and Electric Telegraphese
is as short and spare as Daily Telegraphese is longwinded and redundant', the
Pall ...
The smaller the dictionary, the more concentrated the entry, as the history of the
word telegraphese indicates. In a world of texting and tweeting, telegrams seem
to be part of a more leisured ageibut there was a time when they were a product ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TELEGRAPHESE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
telegraphese is used in the context of the following news items.
iCapitalism and the Cybertariat
... are choosing restricted channels for their communications: the verbally impoverished telegraphese of SMS messages, the mangled signals of shouted words. «Monthly Review, Dec 14»
James Ellroy interview: LA Confidential author on promoting books …
But then something happened: Ellroy's subsequent books were couched in an eccentric “telegraphese”, prose so spare (but dense) that it cost him many readers ... «The Independent, Nov 14»
The Vomit of a Mad Tyger
I did a version that I had worked out from Suzuki Roshi's English telegraphese translation. First Robert Bly read. Trungpa was drunk, as ever, and while Bly was ... «Lion's Roar, Oct 14»
'You Got Into My Heart Violently, But You're There'
Here, then, are the first two paragraphs of that letter in his telegraphese. “Post-election day,” Studs began. “A hell of a time to write about hope... The ton of stuff ... «Huffington Post, Oct 14»
Frozen in time
It's amazing how all summer we bemoan the cucurbits, “water in dirty form”, using the telegraphese “tinda-tori” generically for ghiya, lauki and kaddu, seetaphal. «The Hindu, Mar 14»
The Year 1922
... the literary mindset in unexpected ways: the evolution of Hemingway's style, his early reporting overseas leading him to finally “master the art of telegraphese,” ... «lareviewofbooks, Sep 13»
Growth slips further
Because he was racing against time, he relapsed into a style strongly influenced by 'telegraphese'. Not only did he get the publishing contract, he also went on ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Sep 13»
Oxford Dictionaries adds twerk, FOMO, selfie, and other words that …
There, in the strange telegraphese of the smartphone, they quickly convey information and shrill emotion through typographic grunts and squeals. Or, rather ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 13»
Golden Rules to Write a Nothing but Good Fake Review.
7: Do not just write three sentences in telegraphese, do your best or at least make some efforts. Fake authors – as already said – are miserably paid and ... «4Hoteliers, Jul 13»
Adieu telegram
I exclaimed, lapsing unconsciously into telegraphese. In case this word has stumped you, telegraphese is the name for the terse style used in telegrams. «The Hindu, Jun 13»
