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Microcosm Publishing Slip Of The Tongue: Talking About Language
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£13.29
University College Dublin Press Foreign Tongues
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Hardie Grant Explore Murli la: Songs and Stories of the Tiwi Islands
Book SynopsisA joint project with the Indigenous Literary Foundation, Murli la is a beautifully designed gift book that celebrates the culture of the Tiwi Islands through song. The songs presented in this book hold cultural, genealogical, geographical and spiritual knowledge that has been passed down through thousands of years of Tiwi storytelling, ceremony and in the songlines that circle the islands. As custodians of the songs, the Ngarukuruwala Women’s Group in partnership with Dr Genevieve Campbell have recorded over 40 songs in language for the first time – each with an introduction and English translation. A one-of-a-kind map of the islands, with areas marked in language, gives further intimate knowledge into Tiwi culture. Dr Campbell shares beautiful insights into the Tiwi Islands and her words are accompanied by intimate photographs from the time she has spent with the women. Murli la is the essential introduction to the wonderfully rich Tiwi culture and a glimpse into many lifetimes of sung knowledge.
£999.99
Short Books Ltd For the Love of Letters: The Joy of Slow
Book SynopsisHandwritten is a celebration of letter-writing in all its guises
£12.34
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Anatomy of Laughter
Book SynopsisThis volume consists of a selection of the papers given at a major conference, The Anatomy of Laughter/Traduire le Rire, held in September 2001. It focuses on the latter aspect of observations of the situations in which laughter is expressed, and stresses the acoustic features of laughter.Trade ReviewAn accessible and educative collection... provides much more than a visitation of standard methodologies, and it does much more than merely celebrate laughter as cognitive, linguistic, or aesthetic function. An indispensable collection for the serious humour scholar. -- Tarez Samra Graban Canadian Review of Comparative Literature December 2010, 428-31Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Anatomie et étymologie: Ordre et désordre du rire selon Laurent Joubert 2. The Sound of Laughter: Recent Concepts and Findings in Research into Laughter Vocalizations 3. Why Can't You Tickle Yourself? 4. Belly Laughs 5. Upping the Ante/i: Exaggeration in Céline and Vallès 6. Humour Styles and Class Cultures: Highbrow Humour and Lowbrow Humour in the Netherlands 7. Searching for Jokes: Language, Translation, and the Cross-Cultural Comparison of Humour 8. And What If They Don't Laugh? 9. Without the Rape the Talk-Show Would Not Be Laughable 10. Translating a Great Feast of Languages 11. Traduire le rire 12. Rire et désir dans les comédies américaines de Lubitsch: L’exemple de Ninotchka (1939) 13. What's So Funny? On Being Laughed At... 14. Laughing and Talking 15. Le Rire comme accident en peinture 16. La Couleur du rire: Peinture et traduction 17. Views on the Physics and Metaphysics of Laughter
£78.84
University College Dublin Press The Symbol Theory
Book Synopsis"The Symbol Theory, volume 13 in "The Collected Works of Norbert Elias", situates the human capacity for forming symbols in the long-term biological evolution of Homo sapiens, showing how it is linked through communication and orientation to group survival. Elias proceeds to recast the question of the ontological status of knowledge, moving beyond the old philosophical dualisms of idealism/materialism and subject/object. He readjusts the boundary between the 'social' and the 'natural' by interweaving evolutionary biology and the social sciences. "The Symbol Theory" provides nothing less than a new image of the human condition as an accidental outcome of the blind flux of an indifferent cosmos. Elias' Introduction now includes previously unpublished passages written in the days before he died.Table of ContentsNorbert Elias (1897-1990); Note on the text; Introduction; Towards a comprehensive understanding of human beings: reconfiguring sociology, evolutionary biology and philosophy; Languages as learned sound patterns and symbols as the 'fifth dimension'; 'Symbol emancipation' as an evolutionary breakthrough; The high survival value of communication by learned sound-symbols; To speak, to think, to know: the sociogenesis and psychogenesis of reality-congruent symbols; Human society as a level of nature: beyond idealism and materialism; From 'truth' to reality congruence: beyond traditional philosophical theories of knowledge; Concept-formation in the 'five-dimensional' human world: beyond abstraction explanations; The distant past and the long future: reality-congruent knowledge and human survival; Appendix: Previously unpublished passages in Elias's Introduction; Textual variants; Bibliography; Index.
£52.20
Prospect Books Eatymologies: Historical Notes on Culinary Terms
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£22.50
Peter Lang AG Uebersetzungsprobleme und strategien
Book SynopsisDer Band untersucht den Einfluss der Beherrschung von mehr als zwei Sprachen auf den kognitiven Sprachverarbeitungsprozess eines Sprechers. Ausgangspunkt sind zwei Gruppen mehrsprachiger Personen mit unterschiedlichem Sprachhintergrund, die einen Kiswahili-Text ins Deutsche übersetzen sollen. Es zeigt sich, dass auch andere bekannte Sprachen, die nicht in der Aufgabenstellung vorkamen, eine wichtige Rolle bei der Bewältigung der Aufgabe spielen. Der Sprachgebrauch, die Situiertheit und die Art und Weise des Erwerbs des Deutschen sind entscheidende Faktoren sie beeinflussen sowohl den Sprachverarbeitungsprozess als auch das Endprodukt.
£51.30
Schwabe Verlag Basel Grimm Gotha Paris
£56.42
BIS Publishers B.V. The F***ing History of Swearing
Book SynopsisThis book is a bold and expressively designed treasure trove of information about the history of swearing. With its bold and expressive design, The F***ing History of Swearing is an outstanding visual feast. Swearing is and always has been regarded as undereducated, obscene, rude and profane in society. Yet despite your mum’s best efforts, cussing is mainstream. It’s even more than that, it’s an integrated part of our culture. The number of times we swear is huge. Most often it occurs naturally and you would have to force yourself not to swear. We don’t think twice about shouting the word ‘FUCK’ if we hurt ourselves or miss the bus in the morning. It just happens automatically and that’s where it gets interesting.
£15.71
Running Press Adult Twas the Night Before Christmas YAll
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Oxford University Press Latin in Medieval Britain
Book SynopsisLatin continued to be used across Europe long after the end of the Roman Empire. This collection considers key issues arising from the use of Latin in Britain from the 6th to the 16th centuries. Latin in this period was not the native language of its users but was nevertheless used extensively for a wide variety of functions from religion, literature, and philosophy to record-keeping and correspondence. It existed alongside a number of everyday native spoken languages, including English, French, and Welsh. The chapters in this collection consider Latin with regard to the various contexts in which it was used, looking beyond narrow comparisons with its Roman ancestor to see what medieval users did with Latin and the changing effects this had on the language. The fifteen chapters by expert contributors are divided into three parts. The chapters of the first part consider important examples of Latin usage in Britain during four successive periods, the pre-Conquest period, the 12th centuryTrade ReviewThe collection is diverse, and the wide range both of topics and of scholarly approaches provides ample testimony not only to the richness and complexity of the Latin tradition in Britain but also to the impressive achievement of the dictionary's editors and contributors, faced with such a daunting quantity and range of material. * Pádraic Moran, Speculum *this volume excellently demonstrates the breadth and value of the corpus of Medieval Latin from Britain. Individual contributions on the whole are exemplary and will be of great use to a wide readership, while the editorial standards of the volume are high. Although not exhaustive in its reach, this collection is a fine tribute both to the DMLBS and Medieval Latin studies more generally. * Robert Gallagher, The Medieval Review *Table of ContentsPART I; PART II; PART III
£76.00
Oxford University Press Literature Learning and Social Hierarchy in Early Modern Europe
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The University of Chicago Press Tippecanoe and Tyler Too
Book SynopsisTurns cliches back into history by telling the life stories of the words that have served as our most powerful battle cries, rallying points, laments, and inspirations. This title features famous slogans and catchphrases that give voice to our common history even as we argue about where it should lead us.Trade Review"As Van Meter argues, these are important 'memory devices for a larger story.'... The author has thoroughly researched all the catchphrases.... This book would make delightful in-flight reading or a nice gift for a trivia buff. Recommended." - Choice "As the great philosopher George Santayana would have said, 'those who cannot remember the past... should simply read Jan Van Meter's Tippecanoe and Tyler Too.' Van Meter's greatest hits collection of slogans is the catchiest ever retelling of American history. It's like the greatest minds of Madison Avenue sat down to write a history book. They don't make sound bites like they used to!" - Mo Rocca, author of All the Presidents' Pets"
£18.58
McGill-Queen's University Press Language Citizenship and S225mi Education in the
Book SynopsisTimely in its focus on educational policies in multiethnic societies, Otso Kortekangas examines how educational policies affected the Sámi people residing in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, and Finland. The book provides essential information on the relationship between large-scale government policies and indigenous peoples.Trade Review“[This book] grapples with conditions across the board in three neighbouring countries, allowing for useful comparative perspectives on their response to difference in education. Well written and easy to digest, the book combines a big-picture account with an in-depth engagement with the positions taken by Sámi teachers, who often inhabited the roles of debaters and activists. [It] will be valuable for the historical understanding of the dynamics that have impacted the peoples indigenous to the Nordic north and beyond.” *University of Toronto Quarterly *
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McGill-Queen's University Press Lost and Found Voices
Book SynopsisLost and Found Voices explores how four gay writers – Gombrowicz, Pereleshin, Taïa, and Mogutin – use language and exilic realities to voice their identities. Tracing their expressions of desire in language, culture, and community, Beaudoin offers a contextual queer reading that navigates the artists’ self-portrayals.Trade Review“Cogent and convincing, Lost and Found Voices juxtaposes the lives and writings of four queer émigré authors, working in different times, places, and languages, to allow transnational commonalities to emerge. Weaving his own personal experiences into the analysis, Beaudoin’s approach is bold and compelling.” Brian James Baer, Kent State University and author of Queer Theory and Translation Studies: Language, Politics, Desire“An insightful study that is strengthened by the author’s personal reflections... . The volume proves particularly timely in today’s political moment, when a new wave of LGBTQ+ refugees are fleeing a Russia that has redoubled its anti-gay stance." Modern Language Review
£71.10
Columbia University Press Inventing English A Portable History of the
Book SynopsisA masterful history of the English language from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem.Trade Review"A personal, selective, and impassioned journey through the history of English."-Times Higher Education Supplement"An invigorating read for the mind and the mouth."-Bloomsbury Review"Lerer not only navigates the shifting currents and boiling rapids of English, but also explores its secret coves."-Advocate"[A] remarkable linguistic investigation."-Booklist"Written with real authority, enthusiasm, and love for our unruly and exquisite language."-Washington Post"The book percolates with creative energy and will please anyone intrigued by how our richly variegated language came to be."-Publishers Weekly"Erudite and accessible."-Globe & Mail"An unusual linguistic and literary feast."-Michigan Quarterly ReviewTable of ContentsA Note on Texts and Letter Forms Preface to the Revised Edition Introduction: Finding English, Finding Us 1. Caedmon Learns to Sing: Old English and the Origins of Poetry 2. From Beowulf to Wulfstan: The Language of Old English Literature 3. In This Year: The Politics of Language and the End of Old English 4. From Kingdom to Realm: Middle English in a French World 5. Lord of This Langage: Chaucer's English 6. I Is as Ille as a Millere Are Ye: Middle English Dialects 7. The Great Vowel Shift and the Changing Character of English 8. Chancery, Caxton, and the Making of English Prose 9. I Do, I Will: Shakespeare's English 10. A Universal Hubbub Wild: New Words and Worlds in Early Modern English 11. Visible Speech: The Orthoepists and the Origins of Standard English 12. A Harmless Drudge: Samuel Johnson and the Making of the Dictionary 13. Horrid, Hooting Stanzas: Lexicography and Literature in American English 14. Antses in the Sugar: Dialect and Regionalism in American English 15. Hello, Dude: Mark Twain and the Making of the American Idiom 16. Ready for the Funk: African American English and Its Impact 17. Pioneers Through an Untrodden Forest: The Oxford English Dictionary and Its Readers 18. Listening to Private Ryan: War and Language 19. He Speaks in Your Voice: Everybody's English 20. Faith in English: Vernacular Devotion and Biblical Translation Epilogue: The Talk and the Text Appendix: English Sounds and Their Representation Glossary References and Further Reading Acknowledgments Acknowledgments to the Revised Edition Index
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Columbia University Press Colonizing Language
Book SynopsisChristina Yi investigates linguistic nationalism in the formation of literary canons through an examination of Japanese-language cultural production by Korean and Japanese writers from the 1930s through the 1950s. She challenges conventional understandings of national literature by showing how Japanese language ideology shaped colonial histories.Trade ReviewColonizing Language adds an important and most readable, yet sophisticated discussion to the growing body of colonial and postcolonial studies, and particularly to that in the field of Korean literature of this period. * Pacific Affairs *Christina Yi’s fascinating book narrates the prehistory of the popular Japanese-language literary works written by ethnically Korean writers today. Yi’s careful readings show how the linguistic dilemmas faced by Japan’s colonial subjects became an inheritance that could not be simply returned despite the collapse of empire. A must-read for anyone interested in questions of postcolonialism and language. -- Janet Poole, University of TorontoChristina Yi’s Colonizing Language provides a wide-ranging overview of the emergence and development of Japanese-language writings by Korean writers from the colonial through postcolonial periods. Based on meticulous archival research of Korean, Japanese, and English-language sources, and effectively weaving together historical analysis with close literary readings, it promises to be an authoritative text in the field. -- Sejii Lippit, University of California, Los AngelesBy probing into Japanese-language cultural productions by ethnic Koreans and diasporic Japanese across the 1945 divide, Colonizing Language reveals and deconstructs the multiple borders that have become naturalized and interiorized in the formation of national language and national literary canons in both Japan and Korea. The book is essential to our rethinking of ‘Japanese’ and ‘Korean’ languages and literatures, and its theoretical sophistication deserves an even wider appeal and application outside of East Asian studies. -- Jin-Kyung Lee, University of California, San DiegoYi’s nuanced analysis of primary texts proves her prowess as a literary scholar. She expertly unearths traces of the colonial past lurking in literary texts to question the dominant idea of ‘national language’ in Japan and South Korea, which is indispensable to the equally dominant idea of the homogeneous ethnic nation in the two countries. -- Serk-Bae Suh, University of California, IrvineInsightful and elegant. Her book can be recommended to all students of social studies, sociolinguistics, the history of thought, and of course literary studies. * Japan Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsA Note on Names, Terminology, and TranslationsIntroduction1. National Language Ideology in the Age of Empire2. “Let Me In!”: Imperialization in Metropolitan Japan3. Envisioning a Literature of the Imperial Nation4. Coming to Terms with the Terms of the Past5. Colonial Legacies and the Divided “I” in Occupation-Period Japan6. Collaboration, Wartime Responsibility, and Colonial MemoryEpilogueAppendix: Korean Authors and Literary CriticsNotesSelected BibliographyIndex
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University of Illinois Press Digital Critical Editions
Book Synopsis Provocative yet sober, Digital Critical Editions examines how transitioning from print to a digital milieu deeply affects how scholars deal with the work of editing critical texts. On one hand, forces like changing technology and evolving reader expectations lead to the development of specific editorial products, while on the other hand, they threaten traditional forms of knowledge and methods of textual scholarship. Using the experiences of philologists, text critics, text encoders, scientific editors, and media analysts, Digital Critical Editions ranges from philology in ancient Alexandria to the vision of user-supported online critical editing, from peer-directed texts distributed to a few to community-edited products shaped by the many. The authors discuss the production and accessibility of documents, the emergence of tools used in scholarly work, new editing regimes, and how the readers'' expectations evolve as they navigate digital texts. The goal: exTrade Review"This is the first collection I have seen to address such a range of questions surrounding editing in the digital age, with a well-focused approach on key issues and offering a strong theoretical and historical background."--Peter Robinson, editor of Chaucer: The Wife of Bath's Prologue on CD-ROM"Recommended."--Choice "An exciting and poignant contribution to the field of textual editing. . . .Digital Critical Editions represents the most comprehensive volume yet on this topic and one that every scholar and interested citizen should be proud to display on their bookshelf."--Digital Scholarship in the Humanities"Digital Critical Editions offers a wonderful introduction to an important aspect not only publishing but also of understanding the media involved in a process that so many take for granted-- reading."--Communication Research Trends"This collection melds theory with contemporary practice. Moreover, its use of theory is wide-ranging and current, providing a much-needed counterpoint to more technically focused scholarship."--Susan Schreibman, editor of A Companion to Digital Literary Studies and A Companion to Digital Humanities
£87.55
Pennsylvania State University Press Truth in Many Tongues
Book SynopsisExamines how the Spanish monarchy managed an empire of unprecedented linguistic diversity, making only sporadic efforts to propagate Spanish during the sixteenth century. Challenges the assumption that the pervasiveness of the Spanish language resulted from deliberate linguistic colonization.Trade Review“This book offers an exciting glimpse into the development of Spanish linguistic policy regarding conquered peoples in the early modern period on both sides of the Atlantic. It is a courageous undertaking, confronting the Spanish efforts to evangelize first the Arabic speakers devoted to Islam on the Iberian Peninsula and then come to grips with the multifaceted linguistic challenge of converting indigenous peoples in the Americas to Christianity.”—John Schwaller,author of The History of the Catholic Church in Latin America“This book will no doubt encourage scholars to test further the bird’s eye view of changing norms against the social history of Spanish in the Iberian and colonial overseas contexts, where multiple languages and cultures coexisted and transformed, and the hierarchies among them endured.”—John Charles Colonial Latin American Review“Wasserman-Soler’s book is a meaningful contribution to the religious history of the Spanish Habsburg Empire that works across the fields of early modern and Reformation studies, colonial Latin American history, and early modern transatlantic studies. His work suggests far greater continuity between Spain prior to 1492 and during the sixteenth century than previously postulated and argues against the dominant view that sixteenth-century officials dogmatically sought to spread Castilian as the language of the empire.”—Allison Caplan H-LatAm“Truth in Many Tongues is an important contribution to mission history because it situates Catholic missionary approaches to language and religious conversion in both Atlantic and local contexts. The book is another reminder that Spanish approaches to colonization were always shaped and transformed by the local peoples they encountered across the empire.”—Jason Dyck Canadian Journal of History / Annales canadiennes d'histoire“Truth in Many Tongues will be necessary reading for any study of language and religious conversion in premodern European and colonial contexts.”—Stephanie M. Cavanaugh Renaissance Quarterly“It provides a nuanced and welcome interpretation of clerical attitudes toward languages, theology, and indoctrination that enriches the field.”—Rafaela Acevedo-Field Hispanic American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsList of Illustrations AcknowledgmentsNote on the TextIntroduction1. The Spanish Language and the Inquisition, ca. 1550–16002. Arabic and Spanish in Granada, ca. 1492–15703. Arabic and Romance in Valencia, ca. 1540–16004. Native Tongues and Spanish in New Spain, ca. 1520–855. Creating a Multilingual New Spain, ca. 1550–1600ConclusionAppendix: Linguistic Abilities of Franciscan Friars in Sixteenth-CenturyNew SpainNotesBibliographyIndex
£71.96
WW Norton & Co Palimpsest
Book SynopsisA profound, eloquent meditation on the history of writing, from Mesopotamia to multimedia.Trade Review"Anyone who can write a history of writing in fewer than 200 pages is either foolish or brilliant. Matthew Battles is brilliant. This is not an encyclopedic chronology but an extended essay that skips gracefully across the centuries, stopping wherever the most interesting stories lie." -- Anne Fadiman, author of Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader "From traces in clay to photon traces on the screens that surround us today, seeing roots and bones in the shapes of letters, Matthew Battles explores the deep origins and hidden structures of our written world. Scholarly and poetic, Palimpsest is a beautiful and engaging read for anyone who loves to write." -- Ethan Zuckerman, author of Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection "To call this book a profound meditation on what it means to be human would be to tell the truth but leave out all the fun. At once elegant and mischievous, Palimpsest is a great intellectual adventure that travels around the world on its way from the emergence of cuneiform to the future of cyberspace. It will charm and provoke any reader who has ever put pen to paper or typed into a text box, whether to attempt literature or scrawl today's to-do list." -- Elise Blackwell, author of Hunger and The Lower Quarter "This is book history as dizzying palimpsest. Traveling through centuries and across continents, Battles finds unexpected connections and echoes that resonate with our own day. Surely this is what life in Borges's endless library must be." -- Martin Puchner, professor of drama and of English and comparative literature, Harvard University "The written word changed literally everything, allowing for history, the law, and civilization itself. But rarely is it appreciated for its own sake and its own beauty. Matthew Battles has written an essential text on the essence of writing. Whether it turns out to be an ode or an elegy, we have yet to see." -- Douglas Rushkoff, author of Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now
£19.94
University of California Press Converting Words
Book SynopsisDocuments the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest: how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it.Trade Review"Anthropologist William Hanks has given us a remarkable piece of scholarly work..." Missiology "This book is a true landmark." -- Frauke Sachse Anthropos RedaktionTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Field of Discourse Production The Making of a Translanguage * The Body as Totality * A Shifting Voice for Indian Authors Part I. The Scope of Reduccion 2. Perpetual Reduccion in a Land of Frontiers Notes on the Political Geography of Post-Mayapan Yucatan * Lopez Medel and the Spirit of the Laws * Reduccion in a Regional Perspective * A Land of Frontiers 3. To Make Themselves New Men Governance of the Guardiania * Disciplining the Senses * Bishop Toral's Vision * Cogolludo's Landscape * Guardiania and Cofradia * Cabildos in the Mission Towns Part II. Converting Words 4. From Field to Genre and Habitus Metalinguistic Labeling * Production Format and Author Position * I ndexical Centering in the Deictic Field * Stylistic Differentiation of Genres * Multimodality: Speech, Animation, Inscription * Iteration 5. First Words: From Spanish into Maya Dictionaries and the Problem of Authorship * The Thematic Scope of the Dictionaries * From Spanish into Maya * First Principles * R eligious Practices * Pedagogy * Language and Signs * G overnance * Marginal Practices 6. Commensuration: Maya as a Matrix Language Commensuration and Translingual Meaning * Fray Antonio de Ciudad Real, Exemplary Lengua 7. The Grammar of Reduccion and the Art of Speaking What Is an Arte? * The Shadow of Nebrija * Fray Juan Coronel, Arte en lengua de maya (1620) * G abriel de San Buenaventura, Arte de la lengua maya (1684) * Fray Pedro Beltran de Santa Rosa Maria, Arte de el Idioma Maya (1746) * Missionary Linguistics as a Hybrid System 8. The Canonical Word The Maya Doctrinas * What Is a Doctrina Menor? praying in maya / doctrinal dialogues / sermons Part III. Into the Breach: The Dispersion of Maya reducido 9. The Scripted Landscape What Is a Notarial Document? * L andscape as Text * Early Chronicles * The Titles of Ebtun * Bills of Sale 10. Petitions as Prayers in the Field of Reduccion Letters of the Caciques to the Crown, February 11, 1567 * L etter of the Batabs to the Crown, March 19, 1567 * Petition from Dzaptun, July 20, 1605 * Petitions from Numkini and Xecelchakan, November 1669 11. Cross Talk in the Books of Chilam Balam Doctrinal Language in the Books of Chilam Balam * True God Comes to Yucatan * The Sadness of the Christians * The Words of the Prophet Epilogue: Full Circle Notes References Cited Index
£50.40
University of California Press Converting Words
Book SynopsisDocuments the crucial role played by language in cultural conquest - how colonial Mayan emerged in the age of the cross, how it was taken up by native writers to become the language of indigenous literature, and how it ultimately became the language of rebellion against the system that produced it.Trade Review"Anthropologist William Hanks has given us a remarkable piece of scholarly work..." Missiology "This book is a true landmark." -- Frauke Sachse Anthropos RedaktionTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Field of Discourse Production The Making of a Translanguage * The Body as Totality * A Shifting Voice for Indian Authors Part I. The Scope of Reduccion 2. Perpetual Reduccion in a Land of Frontiers Notes on the Political Geography of Post-Mayapan Yucatan * Lopez Medel and the Spirit of the Laws * Reduccion in a Regional Perspective * A Land of Frontiers 3. To Make Themselves New Men Governance of the Guardiania * Disciplining the Senses * Bishop Toral's Vision * Cogolludo's Landscape * Guardiania and Cofradia * Cabildos in the Mission Towns Part II. Converting Words 4. From Field to Genre and Habitus Metalinguistic Labeling * Production Format and Author Position * I ndexical Centering in the Deictic Field * Stylistic Differentiation of Genres * Multimodality: Speech, Animation, Inscription * Iteration 5. First Words: From Spanish into Maya Dictionaries and the Problem of Authorship * The Thematic Scope of the Dictionaries * From Spanish into Maya * First Principles * R eligious Practices * Pedagogy * Language and Signs * G overnance * Marginal Practices 6. Commensuration: Maya as a Matrix Language Commensuration and Translingual Meaning * Fray Antonio de Ciudad Real, Exemplary Lengua 7. The Grammar of Reduccion and the Art of Speaking What Is an Arte? * The Shadow of Nebrija * Fray Juan Coronel, Arte en lengua de maya (1620) * G abriel de San Buenaventura, Arte de la lengua maya (1684) * Fray Pedro Beltran de Santa Rosa Maria, Arte de el Idioma Maya (1746) * Missionary Linguistics as a Hybrid System 8. The Canonical Word The Maya Doctrinas * What Is a Doctrina Menor? praying in maya / doctrinal dialogues / sermons Part III. Into the Breach: The Dispersion of Maya reducido 9. The Scripted Landscape What Is a Notarial Document? * L andscape as Text * Early Chronicles * The Titles of Ebtun * Bills of Sale 10. Petitions as Prayers in the Field of Reduccion Letters of the Caciques to the Crown, February 11, 1567 * L etter of the Batabs to the Crown, March 19, 1567 * Petition from Dzaptun, July 20, 1605 * Petitions from Numkini and Xecelchakan, November 1669 11. Cross Talk in the Books of Chilam Balam Doctrinal Language in the Books of Chilam Balam * True God Comes to Yucatan * The Sadness of the Christians * The Words of the Prophet Epilogue: Full Circle Notes References Cited Index
£27.00
University of California Press An American Language The History of Spanish in
Book SynopsisThis is the most comprehensive book I've ever read about the use of Spanish in the U.S.Incredible research. Read it to understand our country.Spanish is, indeed, an American language.Jorge RamosAn American Language is a tour de force that revolutionizes our understanding of U.S. history. It reveals the origins of Spanish as a language binding residents of the Southwest to the politics and culture of an expanding nation in the 1840s. As the West increasingly integrated into the United States over the following century, struggles over power, identity, and citizenship transformed the place of the Spanish language in the nation. An American Language is a history that reimagines what it means to be an Americanwith profound implications for our own time.Trade Review"An American Language provides an original discussion of linguistic citizenship and offers insight into the historical racialization of Spanish-speakers. . . . Lozano skillfully garners archival sources to offer an insightful comparative analysis of the changing status of Spanish in the United States, and the role that Spanish-speakers—from treaty citizens to Chicanos—played in refusing second-class citizenship based on their use of Spanish." * Journal of American History *"An outstanding contribution to historiography. It will become a standard reference on language in the American Southwest. Its wealth of primary sources and thematic interventions in a variety of topics brilliantly demonstrates just how much can be uncovered by a focus on that most basic of topics—language." * Southwestern Historical Quarterly *"A well-written and -researched account of the complicated history of language in the United States and its relationship to power and people." * History of Education Quarterly *"An American Language is not only an important book because the conflict over who gets to speak Spanish in the U.S. continues, but because Lozano does a thorough job at documenting and telling the history of Spanish in U.S. society. Lozano has made a significant contribution not only to the history of Spanish, but to language policy, politics, and planning. It is an asset to language rights advocates and pushes the boundaries of Spanish in the U.S. as a field of inquiry." * Spanish in Context *"A sophisticated and intricate narrative about the foundational history of Spanish in the United States, as well as the history of ethnic Mexican U.S. citizens (treaty citizens, Mexican immigrants, and U.S.–born citizens of Mexican descent)." * Journal of Arizona History *"Con este título la profesora Lozano hace una valiosa aportación al estudio de la historia de los hispanohablantes en el sur de los Estados Unidos, analizando su contexto político y social. La autora ha demostrado con este trabajo tan revelador que se pueden abrir nuevos caminos dentro de esa fructífera vía, aún poco investigada." * Journal of the Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies *"Lozano has made a strong case for language as a tool for expressing power. . . . In sum, the author succeeds at illuminating the dynamic history of Spanish language rights in the United States. And, in the process she also offers an important corrective to the notion of a monolingual national politic." * Latino Book Review *"An American Language has breadth and vision. . . . [and] the implications of its findings surely reach to our day." * Latin American Research Review *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations viii Introduction 1 PART ONE. A Language of Politics, 1848–1902 19 1. United by Land 21 2. Translation, a Measure of Power 38 3. Choosing Language 67 4. A Language of Citizenship 89 5. The United States Sees Language 111 PART TWO. A Political Language, 1902–1945 135 6. A Language of Identity 137 7. The Limits of Americanization 167 8. Strategic Pan-Americanism 191 9. The Federal Government Rediscovers Spanish 211 10. Competing Nationalisms: New Mexico and Puerto Rico 232 Epilogue 253 Acknowledgments 267 Abbreviations 271 Notes 273 Select Bibliography 333
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University of California Press An American Language
Book SynopsisThis is the most comprehensive book I've ever read about the use of Spanish in the U.S.Incredible research. Read it to understand our country.Spanish is, indeed, an American language.Jorge RamosAn American Language is a tour de force that revolutionizes our understanding of U.S. history. It reveals the origins of Spanish as a language binding residents of the Southwest to the politics and culture of an expanding nation in the 1840s. As the West increasingly integrated into the United States over the following century, struggles over power, identity, and citizenship transformed the place of the Spanish language in the nation. An American Language is a history that reimagines what it means to be an Americanwith profound implications for our own time.Trade Review"A well-written and -researched account of the complicated history of language in the United States and its relationship to power and people." * History of Education Quarterly *"An outstanding contribution to historiography. It will become a standard reference on language in the American Southwest. Its wealth of primary sources and thematic interventions in a variety of topics brilliantly demonstrates just how much can be uncovered by a focus on that most basic of topics—language." * Southwestern Historical Quarterly *"An American Language is not only an important book because the conflict over who gets to speak Spanish in the U.S. continues, but because Lozano does a thorough job at documenting and telling the history of Spanish in U.S. society. Lozano has made a significant contribution not only to the history of Spanish, but to language policy, politics, and planning. It is an asset to language rights advocates and pushes the boundaries of Spanish in the U.S. as a field of inquiry." * Spanish in Context *"An American Language provides an original discussion of linguistic citizenship and offers insight into the historical racialization of Spanish-speakers. . . . Lozano skillfully garners archival sources to offer an insightful comparative analysis of the changing status of Spanish in the United States, and the role that Spanish-speakers—from treaty citizens to Chicanos—played in refusing second-class citizenship based on their use of Spanish." * Journal of American History *"A sophisticated and intricate narrative about the foundational history of Spanish in the United States, as well as the history of ethnic Mexican U.S. citizens (treaty citizens, Mexican immigrants, and U.S.–born citizens of Mexican descent)." * Journal of Arizona History *"Con este título la profesora Lozano hace una valiosa aportación al estudio de la historia de los hispanohablantes en el sur de los Estados Unidos, analizando su contexto político y social. La autora ha demostrado con este trabajo tan revelador que se pueden abrir nuevos caminos dentro de esa fructífera vía, aún poco investigada." * Journal of the Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies *"Lozano has made a strong case for language as a tool for expressing power. . . . In sum, the author succeeds at illuminating the dynamic history of Spanish language rights in the United States. And, in the process she also offers an important corrective to the notion of a monolingual national politic." * Latino Book Review *"An American Language has breadth and vision. . . . [and] the implications of its findings surely reach to our day." * Latin American Research Review *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations viii Introduction 1 PART ONE. A Language of Politics, 1848–1902 19 1. United by Land 21 2. Translation, a Measure of Power 38 3. Choosing Language 67 4. A Language of Citizenship 89 5. The United States Sees Language 111 PART TWO. A Political Language, 1902–1945 135 6. A Language of Identity 137 7. The Limits of Americanization 167 8. Strategic Pan-Americanism 191 9. The Federal Government Rediscovers Spanish 211 10. Competing Nationalisms: New Mexico and Puerto Rico 232 Epilogue 253 Acknowledgments 267 Abbreviations 271 Notes 273 Select Bibliography 333
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Dying Words
Book SynopsisThe next century will see more than half of the world's 6,000 languages become extinct, and most of these will disappear without being adequately recorded. Written by one of the leading figures in language documentation, this fascinating book explores what humanity stands to lose as a result.Trade Review“Its straightforward and compelling style will make it appealing to a general audience as well as to professional linguists and anthropologists.” (Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, 10 April 2013) "This is a wonderful book.... This is story telling of the highest quality - with each story told in its relevant language, together with a translation - but it is also text with some messages of great importance." (Aboriginal History, 1 January 2011) "Evans's book is one of the most penetrating and insightful works we have had on language for years." (Current Anthropology, February 2011) "In sum, this is the best book I've yet seen in terms of its potential to persuade the broader public of the need to value endangered languages and to support the fight to keep them in daily use. Will Dying words convince my recalcitrant friends? I don't know, but I will urge them to try it." (Language Documentation and Conservation, 2010) "In sum, this is the best book I've yet seen in terms of its potential to persuade the broader public of the need to value endangered languages and to support the fight to keep them in daily use." (Language Documentation and Conservation, October 2010) "The style of this book is at a level that both interested laypersons and undergraduate students of linguistics can understand - and indeed be inspired by - without excessive pondering. But its content is so important, so beneficial - and hitherto, so distinctive among works of general linguistics - that it should be put into the hands of most, if not all, graduate students in this field. It is supported with good bibliographies which will generate further interest in its readers through the examples it discusses. With luck, it will encourage them to go out and do likewise." (International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Spring 2010) "Of all the books on language disappearance that have appeared in the last decade, Dying Words is intellectually the most challenging and the most persuasive. Evans sets out to show why linguistic diversity is an essential part of what makes us human … .Modestly yet persuasively, Evans has thrown down an intellectual guantlet." (Times Literary Supplement, May 2010) "I predict that Dying Words will be an important addition to the fields of linguistics and cultural anthropology.... Evans maintains a style which is thought-provoking without being overbearing. I found the experience of reading Dying Words to be an exciting one." (Journal of Folklore Research, January 2010) "Nicholas Evans ... has written a sensitive and deeply persuasive book about what endangered languages can tell us. He gives us a huge mosaic of the dwindling storehouse of human discovery that is our languages. That's why we should care." (Courier Mail, August 2009) "Dying Words ... is an astonishing book. This is a study of dying languages, of tremendous variety and richness. It makes clear ... the importance of describing each language and each culture on its own terms ... .I recommend this book to any person with an enquiring mind, prepared to be astonished by the variety of languages, living and dead, which enrich our world." (Teacher Magazine, September 2009) "Evans has made an outstanding contribution toward increasing awareness of endangered languages with this book, and it deserves to be one of the go-to books on the topic." (Linguist List, August 2009) "Evans describes the dimensions of the loss, culled from his years of work in northern Australian Aboriginal communities, in the recently released Dying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have to Tell Us." (The Australian, June 2009) "While some linguists worry that helping communities shore up their languages saps too much time from research, Evans believes that linguists who document languages in the field should take an active role in such activities." (The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 2009) "Nicholas Evans manages to conquer the mammoth task of sharing the plight of the endangered languages of the world in a manner that very few have been able to do. Intertwining anecdote and narrative with concepts of linguistics, Evans touches upon the need for awareness about the plight of the world's languages without unnecessary dramatics." (Endangered Languages, April 2009)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Prologue xv A Note on the Presentation of Linguistic Material xx Part I The Library of Babel 1 1 Warramurrungunji’s Children 5 2 Four Millennia to Tune In 24 Part II A Great Feast of Languages 45 3 A Galapagos of Tongues 49 4 Your Mind in Mine: Social Cognition in Grammar 69 Part III Faint Tracks in an Ancient Wordscape: Languages and Deep World History 81 5 Sprung from Some Common Source 85 6 Travels in the Logosphere: Hooking Ancient Words onto Ancient Worlds 105 7 Keys to Decipherment: How Living Languages Can Unlock Forgotten Scripts 129 Part IV Ratchetting Each Other Up: The Coevolution of Language, Culture, and Thought 155 8 Trellises of the Mind: How Language Trains Thought 159 9 What Verse and Verbal Art Can Weave 182 Part V Listening While We Can 205 10 Renewing the Word 207 Epilogue: Sitting in the Dust, Standing in the Sky 229 Notes 232 References 249 Index of Languages and Language Families 274 Index 280
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Harvard University Press An Introduction to Chinese Poetry
Book SynopsisMichael A. Fuller's innovative textbook for learning classical Chinese poetry moves beyond the traditional anthology of poems translated into English and instead brings readers including those with no knowledge of Chinese as close as possible to the texture of the poems in their original language.
£32.26
Stanford University Press Romanticism and the Rise of English
Book SynopsisRomanticism and the Rise of English provides a revisionary account of Romantic literature in light of the eighteenth-century transformation of the English language.Trade Review"Admirable for its breadth, the book dwells mainly on the canonical Romantic writers but also spends time with composition manuals, grammar books, dictionaries, and guides to pronunciation. . . Elfenbein succeeds in making what might seem a musty and highly specialized topic relevant to contemporary literary criticism and the classroom teaching of English and composition. . . [G]enuinely compelling and deserves a wider audience than Romantic studies." -- Grant F. Scott * Modern Philology *"Elfenbein offers a well-informed analysis of British Romantic literature from the perspective of the history of the English language. His fascinating book provides important new insights into the complex and troubled relationship between the eighteenth-century purveyors of standard English and the various 'bad Englishes' employed by poets and playwrights of the Romantic period. It offers ample opportunity for reflection upon what is fundamentally at stake in the teaching of English in the twenty-first century, when the profession of English seems to have lost touch with any common core of disciplinary knowledge. Elfenbein encourages all professors of English to re-examine what it is that they profess." -- James C. McKusick"...undeniably fascinating and important book." -- David Simpson * Modern Language Quarterly *"Andrew Elfenbein's insightful, informative, and often surprsing new book opens with an introduction that dusts off the concept and the tradition of 'philology.'" -- William Keach"'English professors now study everything except English,' begins this breathtakingly learned, imaginative, and rewarding study of late- 18th- and early-19th-century literature and authorship. ... Everywhere Elfenbein fleshes out generalizations with persuasive close readings that have something genuine to say about works (by Austen, Scott, Wordsworth, Keats, Byron, Shelley) one thought one knew well." -- CHOICE"The product of wide-ranging research, acute critical intelligence, and a mature knowledge of English studies, Romanticism and the Rise of English is that rare book that changes minds, pleases readers, and presents highly original, stimulating arguments about what seem to be unpopular ways of thinking." -- Dianne F. Sadoff and John Kucich * SEL: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 *"Elfenbein's outstanding and provocative book returns to questions about Romanticism and language incompletely explored in the scholarship of the 1970s and 1980s and presents an argument that is informed by but goes beyond the historicist work so influential these past fifteen to twenty years." -- —William Keach * Brown University *"This is an important and original work by one of British Romanticism's most innovative voices. Romanticism and the Rise of English is a broadly arching account of how Romanticism created the terms for how we conceive of and use the English language. It is an impressive call for radical thinking about language as at the root of literature and for how we read it." -- Stuart Curran * University of Pennsylvania *Table of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:Acknowledgements xxx @toc2:Introduction: The Dust of Philology 1 Chapter 1: Purifying English 000 Chapter 2: Romantic Syntax 000 Chapter 3: Bad Englishes 000 Chapter 4: Sounding Meaning 000 Chapter 5: Sentencing Romanticism 000 Chapter 6: Afterlives: Philology, Elocution, Composition 000 Afterword 000 @toc4:List of Abbreviations 000 Notes 000 Works Cited 000 Index 000
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University of Pennsylvania Press Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Jennifer Taylor Westerfeld presents a logical narrative, with a clear arc, describing how Christian writers made use of the cultural heritage of pharaonic Egypt. An excellent treatment of a very complicated subject." * Richard Jasnow, Johns Hopkins University *"Equally conversant with the texts in ancient Egyptian scripts-hieroglyphic, hieratic, and demotic-and the late antique sources, Jennifer Taylor Westerfeld offers a dynamic account of how late antique authors viewed ancient hieroglyphic script in an increasingly Christian world." * Jitse Dijkstra, University of Ottawa *"[T]he volume sheds considerable light on the discourse around hieroglyphs in Late Antiquity, and how these increasingly mysterious and incomprehensible letters embody the cultural memory of the wisdom of Egypt, either positively as being symbols of divine truth, or negatively as the idolatrous past of a triumphalist Egyptian Christianity, or somewhere in between." * Numen *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Note on Translations Introduction. Confronting Pharaonic Egypt in Late Antiquity Chapter 1. From Sign to Symbol in Roman Egypt Chapter 2. Hieroglyphs, Deep History, and Biblical Chronology Chapter 3. Encoding the Wisdom of Egypt Chapter 4. Laws for Murdering Men's Souls Chapter 5. Translating Hieroglyphs, Constructing Authority Conclusion. Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination Notes Bibliography Index Locorum Subject Index Acknowledgments
£48.60
University of Arizona Press The Maya Art of Speaking Writing
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£52.50
University of Pittsburgh Press Learning to Become Turkmen
Book SynopsisLearning to Become Turkmen examines the ways in which the iconography of everyday life—in dramatically different alphabets, multiple languages, and shifting education policies—reflects the evolution of Turkmen society in Central Asia over the past century.Trade ReviewLearning to Become Turkmen is unique in several respects. There are very few books in English on the history of Turkmens and Turkmenistan, and no other book-length treatment of its language and culture. Clement does an excellent job of broadening the analysis to make it relevant to scholars beyond the handful of 'Turkmenologists' in Western academia."" - Adrienne Lynn Edgar, University of California, Santa Barbara, author of Tribal Nation: The Making of Soviet Turkmenistan
£42.75
Cornell University Press Dan Burleys Jive
Book SynopsisOffers a history of and definition for jive, followed by examples of folktales, poetry, and Shakespeare 'translated' into jive. This work includes a jive glossary for easy reference as well as stories told in jive. It is suitable for those interested in African American history and culture or linguistics.Trade ReviewThis book is a gem, and its reprinting highlights the contributions of one of the most creative and socially conscious wordsmiths in American history. -- H. Samy Alim, UCLA, author of Roc the Mic RightBy making this material available, readers will have a strong guide to understanding references to this language in a variety of media. -- Steven C. Tracy, University of MassachusettsTable of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction by Thomas Aiello Dan Burley's Original Handbook of Harlem Jive Diggeth Thou? The Jiver's Bible Editor's Notes
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Writing Theory and History of the Technology of
Book Synopsis"This is an excellent, accessible introduction to writing's origins and development; Powell's jargon-free exposition clarifies many important issues in a way that specialist discussions have rarely achieved to date.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Maps xiv Preface xv Chronology xvii Introduction: A Difficult Topic, Little Studied, Poorly Understood 1 1 What Is Writing? 11 2 Writing with Signs 19 3 Categories and Features of Writing 38 4 Some General Issues in the Study of Writing 51 5 Protocuneiform and Counting Tokens 60 6 Origin of Lexigraphic Writing in Mesopotamia 70 7 Plato's Ideas and Champollion’s Decipherment of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs 85 8 Egyptian Writing and Egyptian Speech 100 9 The Origin and Nature of Egyptian Writing 108 10 “The House of Life”: Scribes and Writing in Ancient Egypt 120 11 Syllabic Scripts of the Aegean 128 12 The West Semitic Revolution 148 13 What Kind of Writing Was West Semitic? 163 14 The Origins of West Semitic Writing 175 15 Chinese Logography 187 16 Lexigraphic Writing in Mesoamerica 206 17 The Greek Alphabet: A Writing That Changed the World 227 18 Summary and Conclusions 245 Glossary 255 Bibliography 263 Index 270
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Sacred Languages of the World
Book SynopsisA fascinating comparative account of sacred languages and their role in and beyond religion written for a broad, interdisciplinary audience Sacred languages have been used for foundational texts, liturgy, and ritual for millennia, and many have remained virtually unchanged through the centuries.Trade Review“Bennett has done scholars of religion and of their various scriptures a great service by focusing our attention on the contemporary phenomenon of sacred languages, their variety, and their continuing power in the lives of millions of people worldwide. His book should prompt us to more self-reflection about our roles as teachers of sacred languages.” – RBL© 04/2022 by the Society of Biblical LiteratureTable of ContentsPreface vi Acknowledgments xii 1 What Exactly Is a Sacred Language? 1 2 Sacred Languages, Past and Present 21 3 Not Dead Yet: Latin as Test Case 48 4 Beliefs about Sacred Languages 77 5 Practices: Religious, Political, Artistic 102 6 Learning a Sacred Language 129 7 Communities and Controversies 155 8 Borderlines: Sacred Languages, Fundamentalism, and Globalization 183 9 Conclusion 210 Index 219
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to the Latin Language
Book SynopsisFor a dead language, Latin has achieved an elevated stature unmatched by few living languages -- its cultural cachet evidenced through countless terms and phrases utilized in Western law, medicine, and science.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations viii Notes on Contributors x Abbreviations of Ancient Authors and Works xiv Abbreviations of Modern Sources xx Symbols Used xxiv Linguistic and Other Abbreviations xxv 1 Introduction 1James Clackson PART I Sources 7 2 The Latin Alphabet and Orthography 9Rex Wallace 3 Latin Inscriptions and Documents 29James Clackson 4 Latin Manuscripts and Textual Traditions 40Bruce Gibson 5 Romance Languages as a Source for Spoken Latin 59Roger Wright PART II The Language 81 6 The Sounds of Latin: Phonology 83Matthew McCullagh 7 Latin Prosody and Metrics 92Benjamin W. Fortson IV 8 The Forms of Latin: Inflectional Morphology 105James Clackson 9 Latin Syntax 118Geoffrey Horrocks 10 Latin Vocabulary 144Michèle Fruyt 11 Word-Formation in Classical Latin 157Michèle Fruyt 12 Latin Particles and the Grammar of Discourse 176Caroline Kroon PART III Latin Through Time 197 13 The Historical Background to Latin within the Indo-European Language Family 199Benjamin W. Fortson IV 14 Archaic and Old Latin 220John Penney 15 Classical Latin 236James Clackson 16 Late Latin 257J.N. Adams 17 Medieval Latin 284Greti Dinkova-Bruun 18 Neo-Latin 303David Butterfield PART IV Literary Registers of Latin 319 19 The Language of Roman Comedy 321Wolfgang de Melo 20 The Language of Latin Epic and Lyric Poetry 344Rolando Ferri 21 The Language of Latin Verse Satire 367Anna Chahoud 22 The Language of Roman Oratory and Rhetoric 384J.G.F. Powell 23 The Language of Latin Historiography 408Christina Shuttleworth Kraus 24 Epistolary Latin 426Hilla Halla-aho 25 Latin as a Technical and Scientific Language 445Thorsten Fögen 26 Legal Latin 464J.G.F. Powell 27 Christian Latin 485Philip Burton PART V Latin in Social and Political Contexts 503 28 The Social Dialects of Latin 505James Clackson 29 Latin and Other Languages: Societal and Individual Bilingualism 527Alex Mullen 30 Language Policies in the Roman Republic and Empire 549Bruno Rochette 31 Latin Inside and Outside of Rome 564Giovanbattista Galdi References 582 Index Locorum 619 Index 627
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Stanford University Press German as a Jewish Problem: The Language Politics
Book SynopsisThe German language holds an ambivalent and controversial place in the modern history of European Jews, representing different—often conflicting—historical currents. It was the language of the German classics, of German Jewish writers and scientists, of Central European Jewish culture, and of Herzl and the Zionist movement. But it was also the language of Hitler, Goebbels, and the German guards in Nazi concentration camps. The crucial role of German in the formation of Jewish national culture and politics in the late nineteenth century has been largely overshadowed by the catastrophic events that befell Jews under Nazi rule. German as a Jewish Problem tells the Jewish history of the German language, focusing on Jewish national movements in Central and Eastern Europe and Palestine/Israel. Marc Volovici considers key writers and activists whose work reflected the multilingual nature of the Jewish national sphere and the centrality of the German language within it, and argues that it is impossible to understand the histories of modern Hebrew and Yiddish without situating them in relation to German. This book offers a new understanding of the language problem in modern Jewish history, turning to German to illuminate the questions and dilemmas that largely defined the experience of European Jews in the age of nationalism.Trade Review"In this sparkling and original account, Marc Volovici unpacks the various meanings of German in modern Jewish history. A language of transcendence as well as tragedy, German transformed Jews in myriad ways and in so doing, blurred the traditional distinction between Jewish and non-Jewish languages. A fascinating, superbly told story." -- John M. Efron * University of California, Berkeley *"Training his eye on the omnipresence of German in European Jewish nationalist discourse, Marc Volovici reveals the profound significance of the language not only in the lives of those Jews who spoke it but also in the evolution of a much wider, transnational, multilingual community of Jews who read in German, wrote in German, and shaped their thinking about Jewish modernity and nationalism in, through, and against it. A major contribution to the fields of modern European Jewish history, the history of Zionism, and the study of national language politics in modern times." -- Liora R. Halperin * University of Washington *"Volovici's insightful and elegantly crafted study makes an important contribution to our understanding of Jewish language politics in general and Jewish nationalism's ambivalent relationship with German in particular." -- Kalman Weiser * Journal of Jewish Languages *"It is notable for a piece of historical, rather than linguistic, scholarship to take a language as its central object of study. Volovici does so elegantly, tracing the shifting symbolic and functional role of the German language in the development of Jewish nationalism over the past two centuries." -- Lea Greenberg * In geveb *"Crucially, in this fascinating book, Volovici captures more broadly how Jews' attitude to German—in the language and against it—came to crystallize the various tensions withinmodern European Jewry as it struggled to articulate and assert itself." -- Audrey Borowski * Times Literary Supplement *"A short review can hardly encompass the breadth of Volovici's undertaking... The book is a fine example of cultural/intellectual history, which is useful not only to students of Jewish history, but also to scholars of German and European history, and those who study antisemitism, nationalism, and group identity." -- Gil Ribak * Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism *"Volovici provides a complex picture of the language of Heine and Hitler, of Goethe and Goebbels. German was not always a Jewish problem, but it was a language without which modern Jewish history, in its best and in its worst times, cannot be imagined. Thus, this book provides important keys of understanding both to modern Jewish history and to modern German culture." -- Michael Brenner * Association for Jewish Studies Review *
£53.60
University of Utah Press,U.S. A Dictionary of Ch'orti' Mayan–Spanish–English
Book SynopsisOf extant languages, Ch’orti’ Mayan is the closest to ancient the Maya hieroglyphic script, but it is a language that is decreasing in usage. In southern Guatemala where it is spoken, many children no longer learn it, as Spanish dominates most experiences. From linguistic and anthropological data gathered over many years, Kerry Hull has created the largest and most complete Ch’orti’ Mayan dictionary to date. With nearly 9,000 entries, this trilingual dictionary of Ch’orti’, Spanish, and English preserves ancient words and concepts that were vital to this culture in the past. Each entry contains examples of Ch’orti’ sentences along with their translations. Each term is defined grammatically and linked to a grammatical index. Variations due to age and region are noted. Additionally, extensive cultural and linguistic annotations accompany many entries, providing detailed looks into Ch’orti’ daily life, mythology, flora and fauna, healing, ritual, and food. Hull worked closely with native speakers, including traditional ritual specialists, and presents that work here in a way that is easily accessible to scholars and laypersons alike.Trade Review“Professor Hull’s dictionary is the product of one who is not only a competent linguist, but one who is a fluent speaker of the Ch’orti’ language. More importantly, he is meticulously careful with the data.” —John S. Robertson, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, Brigham Young University“Thorough, systematic, well researched, and easy to use. This dictionary will be the standard used by me and anyone else interested in the Ch’orti’ language.”—Brent Metz, Department of Anthropology, University of Kansas
£68.25
NewSouth Publishing Rooted: An Australian history of bad language
Book SynopsisBugger, rooted, bloody oath … What is it about Australians and swearing? We’ve got an international reputation for using bad language (Where the bloody hell are ya?) and letting rip with a choice swear word or two has long been a very Aussie thing to do. From the defiant curses of the convicts and bullock drivers to the humour of Kath and Kim, Amanda Laugesen, director of the Australian National Dictionary Centre, takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of Australia’s bad language to reveal our preoccupations and our concerns. Bad language has been used in all sort of ways in our history: to defy authority, as a form of liberation and subversion, and as a source of humour and creativity. Bad language has also been used to oppress and punish those who have been denied a claim to using it, notably Indigenous Australians and women. It has also long been subject to various forms of censorship. The story of bad language is a story about what it means to be Australian.Trade ReviewIf you’ve ever wondered why to use bad language in Australia is to ‘swear like a bullocky’, Amanda Laugesen’s Rooted will give you the answer. Taking us on a colourful tour of more than two centuries of bad language that extends from the mildly offensive to the completely filthy, Laugesen tells the story of Australia through those words and phrases that have often been seen as unfit to print. This is an engrossing social history – a bloody beauty – from one of our leading experts on Australian English.""- Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History, The Australian National University
£18.86
Liverpool University Press Studia Hibernica Vol. 44
Book SynopsisFounded in 1961, Studia Hibernica is devoted to the study of the Irish language and its literature, Irish history and archaeology, Irish folklore and place names, and related subjects. Its aim is to present the research of scholars in these fields of Irish studies and so to bring them within easy reach of each other and the wider public. It endeavours to provide in each issue a proportion of articles, such as surveys of periods or theme in history or literature, which will be of general interest. A long review section is a special feature of the journal and all new publications within its scope are there reviewed by competent authorities.
£67.92
Liverpool University Press Studia Hibernica Vol. 45
Book SynopsisFounded in 1961, Studia Hibernica is devoted to the study of the Irish language and its literature, Irish history and archaeology, Irish folklore and place names, and related subjects. Its aim is to present the research of scholars in these fields of Irish studies and so to bring them within easy reach of each other and the wider public. It endeavours to provide in each issue a proportion of articles, such as surveys of periods or theme in history or literature, which will be of general interest. A long review section is a special feature of the journal and all new publications within its scope are there reviewed by competent authorities.
£67.92
Liverpool University Press Studia Hibernica Vol. 46
Book SynopsisFounded in 1961, Studia Hibernica is devoted to the study of the Irish language and its literature, Irish history and archaeology, Irish folklore and place names, and related subjects. Its aim is to present the research of scholars in these fields of Irish studies and so to bring them within easy reach of each other and the wider public. It endeavours to provide in each issue a proportion of articles, such as surveys of periods or theme in history or literature, which will be of general interest. A long review section is a special feature of the journal and all new publications within its scope are there reviewed by competent authorities.
£67.92
Liverpool University Press Countervocalities: Shifting Language Hierarchies
Book SynopsisThe Mediterranean island of Corsica, a French territory, experiences mobility in the form of locals’ mass exodus to the Continent, the arrival of immigrants at rates similar to Paris, and a booming tourist industry with millions of visitors each year. What, then, are the multilingual dynamics on the island—languages emerging from above (French), a middle ground (Corsican), and sideways (languages of immigrants and tourists)? What multilingual subjectivities are articulated? Mendes analyzes competing conceptualizations of linguistic multiplicity, what he calls countervocalities, in which languages are constantly rearranging in variously imagined hierarchies. Countervocalities explores different dimensions of institutional multilingualism, namely those related to policies, practices, and ideologies within and extending from education settings. The chapters address reclamation, imposition, and erasure of different languages on Corsica, moving from inside the school, to artefacts from the schoolscape, to discourses about language teaching. The study fruitfully analyzes an array of interactional and artefactual data types. This productive alternation offers a cross-section of attitudes toward and representations of multilingual dynamics while foregrounding the role of mobility and language in understandings of place and what counts as local.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsTranscription ConventionsList of ImagesPrefaceChapter 1 Introduction: TightropesChapter 2 PearlsChapter 3 ABCsChapter 4 StoriesChapter 5 For(z)aCodaBibliography
£95.00
Liverpool University Press Practical Manx
Book SynopsisThere has been a revival of interest in Manx Gaelic of late, with the number of Manx speakers rising tenfold over the last twenty years. Jennifer Kewley Draskau has now produced the first definitive guide to the language, drawing on a wide range of written and recorded sources from the earliest times to the present. The book covers the grammar, spelling and pronunciation of Manx Gaelic in such a way as to render the language accessible to readers of all levels of competence. An accompanying website with voice recordings provides a unique opportunity to observe intonation patterns and other features (www.practicalmanx.com).Trade ReviewOn behalf of the North American Manx Association may I congratulate Jennifer on this highly informative Manx book. I am sure it will prove to be an excellent reference guide and must-have for all interested Manx language parties. Laurence D. Skelly, North American Manx Association * North American Manx Association *This beautifully written new grammar of the Manx language is of considerable benefit to all interested in our national history. Noel CringleThis important book is certain to be appreciated and used by teachers and students. Those of us who may be fluent and literate in related Celtic languages, such as Scottish Gaelic and Irish, but who may find Manx orthography a somewhat daunting and “inconsistent” mask, will soon regard this book as an indispensable vade mecum. Donald Meek, University of Edinburgh * University of Edinburgh *Table of Contents Preface and acknowledgements Abbreviations 1. Initial sound change 2. Nouns 3. Pronouns 4. Prepositions 5. The articles 6. Adjectives and adverbs 7. Conjunctions 8. Numerals 9. Verbs 10. Phrasal verbs 11. The verb in use 12. Word order and sentence structure; word building 13. Dates and seasons 14. Emphasis 15. Spelling and pronunciation Gist English translations of recorded Manx conversations Glossary Select bibliography
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Unisa Press Language policy and the promotion of peace:
Book SynopsisThis book brings together the contributions of twelve scholars engaged in language activism, in research and in promoting peace. The writers are keenly attuned to the potentially genocidal consequences of language differences. In the articles they have written, they make compelling cases for indigenous non-hegemonic languages to be used and promoted, not only as a means of communication but to preserve the multilingual communities inhabiting the world. The book is a product of a collegial effort resulting from a symposium on Language Policy and the Promotion of Peace or the Prevention of Conflict, which was held at the University of Osnabruck, Germany, in 2011. While many different 'angles of vision', positions, approaches and emphases are argued in the contributors' commentaries and in their case studies, the twelve scholars and activists are united in their call for a multilingual global habitus.Neville Edward Alexander, the principal editor of this compilation, spent about 30 years studying and making policy proposals about the language question in South Africa. In that country, eleven languages are officially recognised by the post-apartheid government, and yet only two, English and Afrikaans, enjoy high-status functions in official communications. Alexander persistently called for mother-tongue instruction for children in their formative years of schooling. Sadly, this radical scholar and acknowledged sociologist of language died of lung cancer while he was working on this volume in 2012.Arnulf von Scheliha, the co-editor of this compilation, is professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Osnabruck in Germany. His main research topics are political ethics, interreligious hermeneutics, history of theology, and transformation of religion in pluralistic societies. He was the main organiser of the symposium that brought international scholars together to reflect on language policy and the promotion of peace, and that provided the wide-ranging 'raw material' for this book.
£20.85
Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Language of Living Matter: How Molecules
Book SynopsisThis book, by an eminent scientist and philosopher, provides strong evidence for the claim that language is a general principle of Nature, rooted exclusively in physical and chemical laws. The author’s radical idea inevitably leads us to view the essence, origin and evolution of life in a completely new light. It shifts the coordinates of our scientific world-view in favor of an overarching concept of language that is able to bridge the gap between matter and mind. At the same time, it removes a blind spot in the Darwinian concept of evolution. To justify this far-reaching idea, the book takes a long and deep look at our scientific and philosophical thinking, at language as such, at science’s claim to truth, and at its methods, unity, limits and perspectives. These are the cornerstones structuring the book into six thematically self-contained chapters, rounded off by an epilogue that introduces the new topic of Nature’s semantics. The range of issues covered is a testimony to how progress in the life sciences is transforming the whole edifice of science, from physics to biology and beyond. The book is aimed at a broad academic and general readership; it requires no mathematical expertise.Table of Contents1. Language: Gateway to the World2. Truth: The Regulative Principle of Cognition3. Methods: Ways of Gaining Knowledge4. Unity: The Deep Structure of Science5. Limits: Insights into the Reach of Science6. Perspectives: Designing Living Matter7. Epilogue: Nature’s SemanticsAuthor IndexSubject Index
£39.00
Springer International Publishing AG StarWords
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£21.84
De Gruyter Manual of Applied Romance Linguistics
Book SynopsisThis handbook provides a systematic overview firstly of the basic concepts and secondly of current research topics and trends in Applied Romance Linguistics from a theoretical, methodological, and practical perspective. It takes account of both traditional and innovative research approaches. Following a general introduction to the field and its major topics, methods, and objectives, the presentation is divided into four thematic sections (methods and methodology; language, society, and knowledge; language acquisition and language teaching; specialized communication and transfer). The volume is geared towards students, teachers, and researchers working in the fields of linguistics and communication studies, but also addresses itself to the general public. It aims to provide useful information for anyone dealing with problems of language and communication in their private or professional lives, and illustrates career options for graduates of Romance linguistics.
£196.18
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Einführung in die Syntax: Grundlagen – Strukturen
Book SynopsisWie sind Nominalgruppen aufgebaut? Welche Funktion haben Präpositionalgruppen? Wie werden komplexe Sätze analysiert? Der Band führt in die Grundlagen der Syntax ein und liefert Hintergründe und Anleitungen zur syntaktischen Analyse. Ausgehend von den Wörtern und ihren Eigenschaften erläutert der Autor die Struktur und Funktion von Wortgruppen sowie von einfachen und komplexen Sätzen. Weitere Kapitel widmen sich ausgewählten Konstruktionen wie Passiv, freien Dativen, Ellipsen etc. Ideale Einführung für BA-Studenten, aber auch als Nachschlagewerk bestens geeignet.
£18.99
