{"product_id":"twin-tongues-claire-lacey-9781926743424","title":"Twin Tongues","description":"\u003cp\u003eMining bilong dispela stori: Exploring the power imbalance between \u003cbr\u003eEnglish and Tok Pisin, Twin Tongues transforms the English Language into\u003cbr\u003e a character who encounters her own foreignness in Papua New Guinea. \u003cbr\u003eThis text struggles with the ethics of appropriation, language use and \u003cbr\u003esecond language teaching, questioning the subjective position of the \u003cbr\u003eauthor, the teacher, the speaker of English. The poetry scrapes away the\u003cbr\u003e veneer of objectivity assumed by historical descriptions of Tok Pisin. \u003ci\u003eTwin Tongues\u003c\/i\u003e tests the flexibility of language, and asks, \"What does language sound like to unfamiliar ears? And what is English anyway?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A deeply engrossing collection.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBroken Pencil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claire Lacey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1926743423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781926743424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Invisible Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.77h x 4.57w x 0.24d","brand":"Claire Lacey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47474274468095,"sku":"9781926743424","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_de6d9163-a5ec-4c19-89ca-7280368d0201.jpg?v=1762315807","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/twin-tongues-claire-lacey-9781926743424","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}