Jeff Good - Linguistic Universals and Language Change

Jeff Good - Linguistic Universals and Language Change
Oxford University Press | 2008 | ISBN: 0199298491 | Pages: 360 | PDF | 5.18 MB

This book looks at the relationship between linguistic universals and language change. Reflecting the resurgence of work in both fields over the last two decades, it addresses two related issues of central importance in linguistics: the balance between synchronic and diachronic factors in accounting for universals of linguistic structure, and the means of distinguishing genuine aspects of a universal human cognitive capacity for language from regularities that may be traced to extraneous origins. The volume brings together specially commissioned work by leading scholars, including prominent representatives of generative and functional linguistics. It examines rival explanations for linguistic universals and assesses the effectiveness of competing models of language change. The authors investigate patterns and processes of grammatical and lexical change across a wide range of languages; they consider the degree to which common characteristics condition processes of change in related languages; and examine how far differences in linguistic outcomes may be explained by cultural or external factors. This book will interest the wide range of scholars in linguistics and related fields concerned with language change, historical linguistics, linguistic typology and universals, and the nature of the human language faculty

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Donald Fixico - Daily Life of Native Americans in the Twentieth Century

Donald Fixico - Daily Life of Native Americans in the Twentieth Century
(The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series)
Greenwood Press | 2006 | ISBN: 0313333572 | Pages: 288 | PDF | 5.21 MB

Donald Fixico, one of the foremost scholars on Native Americans, details the day-to-day lives of these indigenous people in the 20th century. As they moved from living among tribes in the early 1900s to the cities of mainstream America after WWI and WWII, many Native Americans grappled with being both Indian and American. Through the decades they have learned to embrace a bi-cultural existence that continues today. In fourteen chapters, Fixico highlights the similarities and differences that have affected the generations growing up in 20th-century America. Chapters include details of daily life such as education; leisure activities & sports; reservation life; spirituality, rituals & customs; health, medicine & cures; urban life; women's roles & family; bingos, casinos & gaming. Greenwood's Daily Life through History series looks at the everyday lives of common people. This book explores the lives of Native Americans and provides a basis for further research. Black and white photographs, maps and charts are interspersed throughout the text to assist readers. Reference features include a timeline of historic events, sources for further reading, glossary of terms, bibliography and index.


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Strawberry Days: How Internment Destroyed a Japanese American Community

Strawberry Days: How Internment Destroyed a Japanese American Community
Palgrave Macmillan | 2005 | ISBN: 140396792X | Pages: 288 | PDF | 1.44 MB

The poignant story of a Japanese American community torn apart by racism and WWII internment Strawberry Days tells the vivid and moving tale of the creation and destruction of a Japanese immigrant community. Before World War II, Bellevue, the now-booming 'edge city' on the outskirts of Seattle, was a prosperous farm town renowned for its strawberries. Many of its farmers were recent Japanese immigrants who, despite being rejected by white society, were able to make a living cultivating the rich soil. Yet the lives they created for themselves through years of hard work vanished almost instantly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. David Neiwert combines compelling storytelling with firsthand interviews and newly uncovered documents to weave together the history of this community and the racist schemes that prevented the immigrants from reclaiming their land after the war. Ultimately, Strawberry Daysrepresents more than one community's story, reminding us that bigotry's roots are deeply ingrained in the very fiber of American society.

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The Language of Literature (Routledge a Level English Guides)

The Language of Literature (Routledge a Level English Guides)
Routledge | 2003 | ISBN: 0415286336 | Pages: 144 | PDF | 1.09 MB

The Language Literature provides a framework for analysing language. It explores how writers use literary language to create literary texts, and helps students use language successfully in their own writing. Key features:; Covers key skills and topics, including structure, genre, narrative and narrators, representing talk and intertextuality; Offers a step-bystep guide to approaching the language of literary texts and structuring a response; Examples of literary texts are taken from a wide variety of periods and genres. Relevant AOs: Language: AO1, AO3, AO5 Literature: AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4, AO5 Language and Literature: AO1, AO2, AO3, AO4, AO5.

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Language and social contexts (Routledge a Level English Guides)

Language and social contexts (Routledge a Level English Guides)
Routledge | 2003 | ISBN: 041528628X | Pages: 112 | PDF | 3.11 MB

Routledge A Level English Guides equip students with the skills they need to explore, evaluate, and enjoy English. Books in the series are built around the various skills specified in the assessment objectives (AOs) for all AS and A2 Level English courses. Focusing on the AOs most relevant to their topic, the books help students to develop their knowledge and abilities through analysis of lively texts and contemporary data. Each book in the series covers a different example of language and literary study, and offers accessible explanations, examples, exercises, a glossary of key terms, and suggested answers. Unlike other series designed for A Level English students, this series has been written by senior examiners in the light of how the new specifications have actually worked out in practice.
Language and Social Contexts: explores how social contexts affect language use, enabling students to see how context has a direct effect on how texts are written, read and understood. Key Features: covers the key skills and topics, including the importance of social contexts, transcripts and live data, representation, power, gender and regional dialect analyses a wide variety of spoken and written texts, from conversations and text messages to wedding invitations, road signs, police warnings and advertisements offers a step-by-step guide to approaching texts and data and suggestions for structuring a response can be used as both a course text and a revision tool.

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Richard Wright's Native Son: A Routledge Guide (Routledge Guides to Literature)

Richard Wright's Native Son: A Routledge Guide (Routledge Guides to Literature)
Routledge | 2006 | ISBN: 0415344476 | Pages: 154 | PDF | 1.55 MB

Richard Wright's "Native Son" (1940) is one of the most violent and revolutionary works in the American canon. Controversial and compelling, its account of crime and racism remain the source of profound disagreement both within African-American culture and throughout the world. This guide to Wright's provocative novel offers: an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of "Native Son"; a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present; a selection of reprinted critical essays on "Native Son", by James Baldwin, Hazel Rowley, Antony Dawahare, Claire Eby and James Smethurst, providing a range of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key critical approaches identified in the survey section; a chronology to help place the novel in its historical context; and, suggestions for further reading. Part of the "Routledge Guides to Literature" series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of "Native Son" and seeking not only a guide to the novel, but a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Wright's text.

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Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students 2nd Edition (Routledge Study Guides)

Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students 2nd Edition (Routledge Study Guides)
Routledge | 2006 | ISBN: 0415384192 | Pages: 258 | PDF | 2.21 MB

Writing essays and dissertations can be a major concern for overseas students studying at English-medium colleges and universities, as most courses are assessed by written work. Academic Writing is a new kind of writing course for all international students who have to write coursework or exams in English. This practical book thoroughly explains the writing process and covers all the key writing skills.

Clearly organized into four parts, this new edition of Academic Writing allows both teachers and students to quickly find the help they need with all writing tasks. Each part is split into short sections containing explanations, diagrams and practice exercises, for use in the classroom or self-study.

The text is complemented with cross-references and answers are provided to all of the exercises. Various writing models, such as CVs, letters and essays, are included.

* Explains the writing process from understanding the title to proofreading
* Covers key writing skills such as referencing and paraphrasing
* Contains 20 units on accuracy in writing
* Adaptable for both long and short courses

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High Blood Pressure for Dummies

High Blood Pressure for Dummies English | PDF | 360 Pages | 3.07 MB Just been diagnosed with high blood pressure? Don't fret you're not alone. In fact, you're a member of a club that includes an estimated one-quarter of the world's population! But just because it's common doesn't mean you should treat it lightly. People with high blood pressure are at significantly greater risk for stroke, heart attack, kidney failure and blindness. There's a reason why it's often referred to as 'the silent killer??most people never experience any symptoms... until it's too late. Now for some good news: tons of money has been pouring into high blood pressure research over the last couple of decades, and nowadays it is a very manageable condition. If you think you may be at risk for high blood pressure, or already know that you've got it and are looking for the best way to manage it, this book is for you. Written by bestselling health author Dr. Alan Rubin, it clues you in on everything you need to: * Find out if you have high blood pressure or if you're at risk * Determine what type you have and how serious it is * Understand what causes it * Know how it affects your body's organs * Work with a doctor to get your pressure down * Take charge of your health and add years to your life In plain English, Dr. Rubin explains the role of genetics, sex, age, and ethnicity in high blood pressure. He explores lifestyle factors that contribute to high blood pressure. And he offers: * Expert advice on various blood pressure medications, their effectiveness, side affects, and alternatives * Nutritional guidelines for managing high blood pressure, including the AMA's DASH diet * Tips on how to lose weight, quit smoking, and make other key lifestyle changes guaranteed to get your pressure under control * Guidance on how to design a blood-pressure-lowering exercise program that you can stick with * The inside track on alternative treatments, including yoga, meditation, hypnosis, biofeedback, and more Packed with basic strategies for managing high blood pressure, High Blood Pressure For Dummies will set you on the path to a long and healthy life. Download: http://rapidshare.com/files/132780038/High...p.bY.HsnTop.rar

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Biolinguistics: Exploring the Biology of Language

Lyle Jenkins “Biolinguistics: Exploring the Biology of Language"
Cambridge University Press | 2001-07-02 | ISBN: 0521003911 | 278 pages | PDF | 1,9 Mb

This book investigates the nature of human language and its importance for the study of the mind. It asks what language is from a biological point of view and what the relative contribution of nature and nurture is when a child learns his or her language. Finally it asks how human language evolved and considers the similarities and differences between human language and animal communication systems. Uniquely, it argues that genetic or biological endowment plays a more central role in the aquisition of language than instruction, learning, or cultural determinants.

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The Discovery of Spoken Language

Peter W. Jusczyk “The Discovery of Spoken Language (Language, Speech, and Communication)"
The MIT Press | 2000-07-31 | ISBN: 0262600366 | PDF | 326 pages | 1,4 Mb

The Discovery of Spoken Language marks one of the first efforts to integrate the field of infant speech perception research into the general study of language acquisition. It fills in a key part of the acquisition story by providing an extensive review of research on the acquisition of language during the first year of life, focusing primarily on how normally developing infants learn the organization of native language sound patterns.

Peter Jusczyk examines the initial capacities that infants possess for discriminating and categorizing speech sounds and how these capacities evolve as infants gain experience with native language input. Jusczyk also looks at how infants' growing knowledge of native language sound patterns may facilitate the acquisition of other aspects of language organization and discusses the relationship between the learner's developing capacities for perceiving and producing speech.

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Write to the Top!: How to Become a Prolific Academic

W. Brad Johnson, Carol A. Mullen “Write to the Top!: How to Become a Prolific Academic"
Palgrave Macmillan | 2007-06-12 | ISBN:1403977437 | PDF | 224 pages | 1,8 Mb

This concise guide to writing is designed to help any academic become not only productive but truly prolific. It is a pithy, no-nonsense, no-excuses guide to maximizing the quality and quantity of scholarly output. Johnson and Mullenoffer an accessible overview of the art of writing efficiently and effectively, provide a one-stop source for the nuts and bolts of success in getting things written and into print, and advise academics on how to navigate the turbulent waters of professional stress along the way. This is the first book that explicitly summarizes the key elements of prolific productivity in academic settings.


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Sociolinguistic Variation: Theories, Methods, and Applications

Robert Bayley, Ceil Lucas "Sociolinguistic Variation: Theories, Methods, and Applications"
Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (November 19, 2007) | ISBN:0521691818 | PDF | 422 pages | 1,7 Mb

Why does human language vary from one person, or one group, to another? In what ways does it vary? How do linguists go about studying variation in, say, the sound system or the sentence structure of a particular language? Why is the study of language variation important outside the academic world, in say education, the law, employment or housing? This book provides an overview of these questions, bringing together a team of experts to survey key areas within the study of language variation and language change. Covering both the range of methods used to research variation in language, and the applications of such research to a variety of social contexts, it is essential reading for advanced students and researchers in sociolinguistics, communication, linguistic anthropology and applied linguistics.

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A History of Japanese Literature

A History of Japanese Literature
Simon Publications | August 2001 | ISBN: 1931313946 | 408 pages | PDF | 14MB

First published in 1899, this is the first comprehensive introduction of the subject to western readers.

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Japanese Culture

Japanese Culture
University of Hawaii Press; Updated and Exp edition | May 28, 2000 | ISBN: 0824821521 | 400 pages | PDF | 22MB

Thoroughly updated, the fourth edition includes expanded sections on numerous topics, among which are samurai values, Zen Buddhism, the tea ceremony, Confucianism in the Tokugawa period, the story of the forty-seven ronin, Mito scholarship in the early nineteenth century, and mass culture and comics in contemporary times.

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