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It's the founding myth of humanities computing and digital humanities: In 1949, the Italian Jesuit scholar, Roberto Busa, S.J., persuaded IBM to offer technical and financial support for the mechanized creation of a massive lemmatized concordance to the works of St. Thomas Aquinas. Using...

Language is the most essential medium of scientific activity. Many historians, sociologists and science studies scholars have investigated scientific language for this reason, but only few have examined those cases where language itself has become an object of scientific discussion. Over the centuries scientists...

Unlock the vast knowledge contained within the "Encyclopaedia Britannica" with "The Reader's Guide to the Encyclopaedia Britannica: A handbook containing sixty-six courses of systematic study or occasional reading." This unique volume serves as both an encyclopedia reader's guide and a comprehensive study guide, designed...

This in-depth study of the history and culture of the Italian Lake District focuses on the role played by Christian missionaries in the region during the early Middle Ages. The author provides a detailed account of the lives and activities of two important Italian...

This magazine offers a comprehensive look at the world of shorthand, with articles on the latest techniques, tools, and trends. Written for shorthand practitioners and enthusiasts alike, this magazine is a must-read for anyone interested in this fascinating field.This work has been selected by...

Garrett's dictionary is a comprehensive guide to the religion, art, and cultural practices of the Hindu people. Drawing on a vast range of resources, the author provides a detailed description of the customs, traditions, and social mores that have shaped Indian society. A valuable...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Toni Morrison, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993, is perhaps the most important living American author today, and certainly one of the most popular in college and high school courses. Her novels, including Sula, Song of Solomon, Beloved, and Paradise, have...

A master of extreme situations, Charles Dickens populated his novels with unforgettable characters and elaborate settings. This text provides everything you need to know about Dickens and his work.Author: Paul B. Davis,Paul DavisISBN-10: 0816064075ISBN-13: 9780816064076Publisher: Facts on FileLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/07/2007Pages: 676Format: HardcoverWeight: 3.20lbsSize: 9.50h...

This book is an attempt to present a new, integral approach to French literature. Acknowledging his debts to numerous post-Hegelian philosophers or psychologists and modern critics, Professor Cohn offers a lucid and swift-paced account of an original view of literature which bears particular kinship...

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book for 1995Author: Carol Shiner WilsonISBN-10: 0812232313ISBN-13: 9780812232318Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press AnniversaryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/14/1994Pages: 344Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.45lbsSize: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.00d

The Second Edition of this award-winning volume in the field of language rights and language policy is a timely and useful revision of its core arguments and examples, addressing new theoretical and empirical developments since its initial publication. Author: Stephen MayISBN-10: 0805863079ISBN-13: 9780805863079Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage:...

Building a Validity Argument for the Test of English as a Foreign Language(TM) is distinctive in its attempt to develop a coherent story of the rationale for a test or its revision, explain the research and development process, and provide the results of the...

This volume aims to familiarize readers with the varieties of world Englishes used across cultures and to create awareness of some of the linguistic and socially relevant contexts and functions that have given rise to them. It emphasizes that effective communication among users of...

Describes factors that cause some students to have low reading achievement & others to have high reading achievement, and discusses what educators can do to increase reading achievement. For reading researchers & grad students in reading research.Author: Ronald P. CarverISBN-10: 0805835296ISBN-13: 9780805835298Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Examines the relationship between the language learner and language assessment process, and promotes approaches to assessment that involve the learner in the testing process. Gives particular attention to issues of reliability and validity.Author: Glayol V. EkbataniISBN-10: 0805830685ISBN-13: 9780805830682Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2000Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize:...

Informs and trains readers in the techniques of content-based ESL instruction at the college level, and assists in the development and implementation of content-based materials and programs appropriate to their situations.Author: Loretta F. Kasper,Marcia Babbitt,Rebecca William MlynarczykISBN-10: 0805830766ISBN-13: 9780805830767Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/1999Pages: 244Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Drawing on a wide range of disciplines--linguistics, phenomenological analysis, cultural anthropology, media studies, and intellectual history--Walter J. Ong offers a reasoned and sophisticated view of human consciousness different in many respects from that of structuralism. The essays in Interfaces of the Word are grouped...

Koen DePryck is President of the Institute of Knowledge Management in Dilbeek, Belgium.Author: Koen DepryckISBN-10: 0791415341ISBN-13: 9780791415344Publisher: State University of New York PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/24/1993Pages: 184Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbs

During the late Hellenistic and early Imperial periods (B.C. 50 - A.D. 300), important developments may be traced in the philosophy of language and its relationship to mind. This book examines theories of language in the work of theologians and philosophers linked to Ancient...

This collection of classic and contemporary essays in philosophy of language offers a concise introduction to the field for students in graduate and upper-division undergraduate courses. It includes some of the most important basic sources in philosophy of language, as well as new essays...

The Sierra Leone Language Review is the African Language Journal of Fourah Bay College, the University College of Sierra Leone. The Journal is devoted to the detailed study of languages in Sierra Leone and neighbouring areas of West Africa, and also to the more...

This literary study of the first-century BCE Roman poet, Catullus uses two sets of comparative models to offer a new understanding of his poems. The first consists of cultural anthropological accounts of male social interaction in the premodern Mediterranean, and the second, the postmodern...

The publication of Webster's Third New International Dictionary in 1961 set off a storm of intense controversy in both the popular press and in scholarly journals due to widespread disagreements about the nature of language and the role of the dictionary. This is the...

The relationship between the author and his audience has received much critical attention from scholars in non-classical disciplines yet the nature of much ancient literature and of its 'publication' meant that audiences in ancient times were more immediate to their authors than in the...

The poets and prose-writers of Greece and Rome were acutely conscious of their literary heritage. They expressed this consciousness in the regularity with which, in their writings, they imitated and alluded to the great authors who had preceded them. Such imitation was generally not...

In this book, ethnographer and poet Michael Jackson addresses the interplay between modes of writing, modes of understanding, and modes of being in the world. Drawing on literary, anthropological and autobiographical sources, he explores writing as a technics akin to ritual, oral storytelling, magic...

Providing teachers with the theoretical stances and pedagogical tools to develop a beneficial Language Arts practice, this book empowers teachers to be effective even within the confines of a testing- and accountability-driven curriculum.Author: Arthur T. CostiganISBN-10: 0415955777ISBN-13: 9780415955775Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/31/2007Pages: 208Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.18lbsSize:...

Ideological and educational-political aspects of the link between language and faith--especially between Global English and Christianity--is a topic of growing interest in the field of English language teaching. This book explores the possible role and impact of teachers' and students' faith in the English...

Chinese students are the largest international student group in UK universities today, yet little is known about their undergraduate writing and the challenges they face. Drawing on the British Academic Written English corpus - a large corpus of proficient undergraduate student writing collected in...

The Celtic Languages describes in depth all the Celtic languages from historical, structural and sociolinguistic perspectives with individual chapters on Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Breton and Cornish. This second edition has been thoroughly revised to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the...

The authors of this book reconsider the fundamental philosophy of English teaching, evaluate current practice and offer a practical framework for new approaches to teaching this important subject.Author: Nicholas McGuinn,David StevensISBN-10: 041529858XISBN-13: 9780415298582Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2004Pages: 164Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d

This set comprises of 40 volumes covering nineteenth and twentieth century European and American authors. These volumes will be available as a complete set, mini boxed sets (by theme) or as individual volumes. This second set compliments the first 68 volume set of Critical...

Written by teachers who are also at the forefront of the development of critical theory, The State of Theory offers a diversity of perspectives, both practical and theoretical, on the current state of literary studies in education.Author: Richard BradfordISBN-10: 0415073235ISBN-13: 9780415073233Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/21/1993Pages:...

This book provides a psychoanalytic reading of works of literature, enhancing the illuminating effect of both fields. Author: Jean Max GaudillièreISBN-10: 0367523280ISBN-13: 9780367523282Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/23/2020Pages: 198Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.60d

The Committee on Educational Excellence and Testing Equity was created under the auspices of the National Research Council (NRC), and specifically under the oversight of the Board on Testing and Assessment (BOTA). The committee's charge is to explore the challenges that face U.S. schools...

Beginning Japanese (Parts I and II) contains thirty-five lessons, all of which have the same basic pattern and involve the same procedures. Each lesson requires many hours of class work supplemented by outside study and, if possible, laboratory work. The first part of this...

"The Architect" is a well-written, whimsical exploration of life beyond the cosmos and the curiosity that fuels our dreams. Each poem illuminates hidden aspects of the mind, delving deeper into lingering questions of love, passion, heartbreak, and lifetimes of reincarnation. If the answer resides...

The Scribbling Woman is an interactive companion for any female writer who wants to live a life that supports her dreams, her talents, and her authentic self. It is structured around four aspects of the writerly life: Discovering Your Dreams, Winnowing Your Way, Breathing...

This ancient Chinese work on military strategy by Master Sun is dating back a period in Chinese history where the central feudal state governed by the Zhou rulers was in decline with the result that regional rulers waged war among themselves to gain supremacy...

The dry, unforgiving winds of the Sahel swirl dust over the plains around the orphanage. Ali, a young Chadian boy of seven, spends his days shooting marbles and playing soccer with his fellow orphans, waiting with hope to be taken away to a different...

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Different language of spelling Welcome to IrelandAuthor: Robert Anthony HalpinISBN-10: 1508648948ISBN-13: 9781508648949Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/27/2015Pages: 26Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.11lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.05d