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Taking as its point of departure Nelson Goodman's theory of symbol systems as delineated in his seminal book "Ways of Worldmaking", this volume gauges the possibilities and perspectives offered by the worldmaking approach as a model for the study of culture. Its main objectives...

Germans Going Global is the first monograph in English to address in depth the interrelatedness between contemporary German literature and globalization. In an interdisciplinary framework and through detailed readings of a wide variety of texts, the study shows how the challenges globalization has posed...

Although fictional characters have long dominated the reception of literature, films, television programs, comics, and other media products, only recently have they begun to attract their due attention in literary and media theory. The book systematically surveys today s diverse and at times conflicting...

This book investigates the English translations of Shen Congwen's stories. Shen Congwen (1902-1988) is one of the most acclaimed writers in modern Chinese literature. His works have been translated into more than ten languages and his 44 stories count with 70 different English translations....

Oscar Wilde: A Literary Life tracks the intellectual biography of one of the most influential minds of the nineteenth century. Rather than focusing on the dramatic events of Wilde's life, this volume documents Wilde's impressive forays into education, religion, science, philosophy, and social reform....

This book explores the history of wildlife television in post-war Britain. It revolves around the role of David Attenborough, whose career as a broadcaster and natural history filmmaker has shaped British wildlife television. The book discusses aspects of Attenborough's professional biography and also explores...

Every age has characteristic inventions that change the world. In the 19th century it was the steam engine and the train. For the 20th, electric and gasoline power, aircraft, nuclear weapons, even ventures into space. Today, the planet is awash with electronic business, chatter...

This book presents the reader with some of the earliest classic SF short stories - all of them published between 1858 and 1934, featuring both well-known and long-forgotten writers - dealing for the first time with topics to which science had (some) answers only...

Do you need a 100+ score on the TOEFL exam? Improve your TOEFL Grammar skills with this advanced grammar book today If youAuthor: Timothy DickesonISBN-10: 1985401576ISBN-13: 9781985401570Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/03/2018Pages: 124Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d

This special re-print edition of the Vermont Dept. of Fish and Game's book "Instructions For Raising Pheasants" is a short guide to raising Ringneck Pheasants for release into the wild. Written in 1922, this classic booklet contains the basics of raising pheasants from hatching...

Persian language has suffered great damages due to political and cultural adversities over the last 19 centuries. Ferdowsi the renowned epic poet was the first to put the Persian language back on the right track However over the years and especially since the scientific...

with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and GlossaryAuthor: C. Alphonso SmithISBN-10: 1975880099ISBN-13: 9781975880095Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/02/2017Pages: 194Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.41d

"What does learning new words have to do with great writing? Everything. Words are the bricks to build your ideas and clarify your thoughts to others - and whether you're sculpting great phrases, great paragraphs, or great pieces of writing, your word know-how is...

In the past few decades, there has been a growing interest in the benefits of linking the learning of a foreign language to the study of its literature. However, the incorporation of literary texts into language curriculum is not easy to tackle. As a...

Blended learning has recently been gaining popularity within educational fields. Examining the impact that computer-assisted techniques have on foreign language education will provide more effective ways to enhance learning techniques for educators and students alike. Applications of CALL Theory in ESL and EFL Environments...

In Language and Reality, originally published in S o Paulo, Brazil, in 1964, Vil m Flusser continues his philosophical and theoretical exploration into language. He begins to postulate that language is not simply a map of the world but also the driving force for...

English is a West Germanic language that originated from the Anglo-Frisian dialects and was brought to Britain by Germanic invaders (orsettlers) from what is now called northwest Germany and the Netherlands. It uses a vocabulary unlike other European languages of the same era. A...

This book reports the study about using Podcast for Developing Listening Skills of ESL Learners at Tertiary Level.Author: Sunil Shah, Ankitkumar PatelISBN-10: 1515213269ISBN-13: 9781515213260Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/18/2015Pages: 86Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire...

The story of the discovery of the key of Bacon's system of ciphers and its application to the Voynich manuscript and other untranslated documents.Author: William Romaine NewboldISBN-10: 1512813346ISBN-13: 9781512813340Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press AnniversaryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/29/2028Pages: 256Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.12lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.00d

First inclusive edition, and an essay never published before, by the talented Elizabethan courtier.Author: Norman Egbert McClureISBN-10: 151281217XISBN-13: 9781512812176Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press AnniversaryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/29/1930Pages: 456Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.80lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire...

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire...

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire...

The memoirs, ramblings, forays into explanations of the quirks of English grammar and vocabulary, as well as the pseudo-philosophical insights of a teacher of English as a foreign language, who in the course of his teaching has heard the utterance 'I have a question'...

Alliteration, allusion, analogy, hyperbole, metaphor and simile are all rhetorical devices of which most of us are aware. But, there are many more. The author, Ian McKenzie describes sixty-nine of them, giving examples of each. These sixty-nine tools will be of assistance to both...

A fascinating addition to any criminal law history library or collection, this book will likely be perused often. With a new introduction by Bryan A. Garner, President, LawProse, Inc. 1-2 new introduction], 292 pp. Originally published: Boston: The Christopher Publishing House, 1949. Monteleone was...

Providing a wealth of simple, research-based strategies for teaching reading and writing, this book is designed for each chapter to be accessible to teachers, tutors, parents, and paraprofessionals. Teaching Reading and Writing demonstrates that effective literacy instruction does not have to be complicated or...

Epimetheus has largely been forgotten, and yet, he was once credited with bringing humans into the world naked, unshod, without bed, and unarmed. Rather than view this condition as one of deficiency to be covered over through some kind of technical artifice, Commemorating Epimetheus...

This book demonstrates a feature-checking approach to sentence structure and language typology within the framework of Chomsky's Minimalist Program. The study is both data oriented and theoretical. The analysis is based on data from Toposa, an under-documented Eastern Nilotic language spoken in Southern Sudan....

Scholars have recently begun to document the many outstanding literary (artistic, structural, and rhetorical) properties of the biblical text, qualities contributing, to a significant dimension of "meaning" that few translations, past or present, attempt to reproduce even on a limited basis. Closely related to...

The Dong people are renowned within China for their beautiful singing and their architectural prowess. Their gifts have grown and flourished in the valleys and mountains of Guizhou, Hunan, and Guangxi Provinces of Southwestern China. In relative obscurity before the establishment of the People's...

The Cubeo people live principally along the Vaupés, Cuduyarí, and Querarí Rivers in the northwestern Amazon River Basin. Although the Cubeos have had contact with people outside their communities since the sixteenth century, their language and culture have remained largely intact. In this fifth...

A Message from the Author Back in 1965, when I was teaching reading to first-graders, I began writing books to help them become independent readers. These books used only a few words to tell enjoyable little stories. They gave the children practice in figuring...

This text introduces university students to the philosophical ethos of critical thinking, as well as to the essential skills required to practice it. Author: Jerome E. Bickenbach, Jacqueline M. DaviesISBN-10: 1551110598ISBN-13: 9781551110592Publisher: Broadview Press IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/19/1996Pages: 408Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.40w x...

This is the first book to examine murder through the written word--not only the writings of the killers themselves, but also the story of murder as told in literary fiction and the crime dramas that are now a staple of film and television. The...

Context for elementary students includes multiple topics that introduce your student to context. This book includes engaging activities and an assessment for each topic. Only licensed teachers have created our lessons. This ebook contains the following topics- Summarize and Paraphrase Fact vs. Opinion Context...

A Stem Dictionary of the English Language for Use in Elementary School By John Kennedy Preface Language is the external representative of thought. It is not only the means of expressing thought, but it is also the necessary means or condition of extended thinking....

Faces of Contemporary Russia is a one-semester textbook for high-intermediate to advanced level Russian students that aims to develop students' linguistic proficiency by examining significant personalities in current Russian culture. In addition to introductory and concluding chapters, the book features 12 individuals (one per...

This edited book offers concrete information and useful suggestions to graduate students who are seeking employment at institutions of higher education in North America and other parts of the world. This book also targets entry-level faculty members who are exploring increased participation in professional...

Lexicon of the Mouth surveys the oral cavity as the central channel by which self and surrounding are brought into relation. Questions of embodiment and agency, attachment and loss, incorporation and hunger, locution and the non-sensical are critically examined. In doing so, LaBelle emphasizes...

Dalai Lama is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary is ideal for English as a Second Language or adult...

Elizabeth Fry is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or...

Eleanor Roosevelt is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or...

Jean Vanier is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or...

Fannie Lou Hamer is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language...

Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language...

Nelson Mandela is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or...

Mother Teresa is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or...

Jane Goodall is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to decode. This high-interest, low-vocabulary biography is ideal for English as a Second Language or...