Language Arts & Disciplines, Linguistics
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The Great Adventure
Our Life Among Brazil's Canela People by Jack Popjes
We lived with the Canela people to give them the same life choices billions of people around the world already have: 1. To use modern medicine, or not. 2. To learn to read and write, or not. 3. To read the message of love from their Creator, or...
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Panoramic Explorations of Nweh Rituals and Performance Language
by Marc Tateh
From the shores of the Fraser River in Fort Langley, British Columbia, Central Africa might seem like a faraway region—in culture, in traditions, and in language, to name a few. But after observing people of the Kwantlen First Nation in ceremony,...
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Language and State
An Inquiry into the Progress of Civilization, Second Edition by Xing Yu
This book argues that while humans communicate using language, they create and use media. Media extend the distance of communication. Humans form themselves into a large community. This happens in a long historical process in which the state of...
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Language and State
A Theory of the Progress of Civilization by Xing Yu
Language and State: A Theory of the Progress of Civilization, Second Edition, argues that the state takes form because of language. It argues that since humans began to use language, they have been able to create and use media. Media include...
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Tales From the Word Guy
What Your English Teacher Never Taught You by Jonathan Berkowitz
Tales from the Word Guy is a collection of essays adapted from the author’s segments on CBC Radio One’s North by Northwest. Jonathan Berkowitz takes the reader on a delightful journey through the history, idiosyncrasies, and sheer pleasures of...
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With The Dragon's Children
by David J. Garms
David Garms’s With the Dragon’s Children is the first-hand account of interactions with Vietcong who responded to the South Vietnamese government’s amnesty program. The narrative, packed with information about Vietnamese attitudes, aspirations,...
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May I Have a Word With You?
The Surprising Origins of Everyday Words of Religion and Spirituality by David Tickner
Words are the foundation of all communication―the foundation upon which we build our understanding of the world around us … of nature, philosophy, faith, and of ourselves. But where do those words come from? Using humor and insight paired with...
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Sports Talk
How It Has Penetrated Our Everyday Language by Colin McNairn
It’s game on in uncovering the many sports-inspired terms, expressions, sayings and images that populate our everyday language! That’s the challenge that this book takes on, using a playbook for each sport. It kicks off with an opening run...
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Linguistic Archaeology
by Edo Nyland
Edo Nyland shares with us his research on the evolution of European and other languages and his conclusions offer fresh perspectives to challenge traditional views entertained by the linguistic establishment. Nyland’s research was inspired by a...
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