The Poetic Power of Place

The Poetic Power of Place
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Publisher : ANU E Press
Total Pages : 206
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ISBN-10 : 9781920942861
ISBN-13 : 1920942866
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis The Poetic Power of Place by : James J. Fox

This collection of papers is the fourth in a series of volumes on the work of the Comparative Austronesian Project. Each paper describes a specific Austronesian locality and offers an ethnographic account of the way in which social knowledge is vested, maintained and transformed in a particular landscape. The intention of the volume is to consider common patterns in the representation of place among Austronesian-speaking populations.

Explorations in Semantic Parallelism

Explorations in Semantic Parallelism
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Publisher : ANU E Press
Total Pages : 449
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ISBN-10 : 9781925021066
ISBN-13 : 1925021068
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Explorations in Semantic Parallelism by : James J. Fox

This collection of eighteen papers explores issues in the study of semantic parallelism — a world-wide tradition in the composition of oral poetry. It is concerned with both comparative issues and the intensive study of a single living poetic tradition of composition in strict canonical parallelism. The papers in the volume were written at intervals from 1971 to 2014 — a period of over forty years. They are a summation of a career-long research effort that continues to take shape. The concluding essay reflects on possible directions for future research.

The Island of Lote

The Island of Lote
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Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Total Pages : 591
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ISBN-10 : 9781612047744
ISBN-13 : 1612047742
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis The Island of Lote by : Emily Kinney

Milo Hestler is a lonely, unusual, fourteen-year-old girl. She is constantly moving from home to home with her oblivious parents. The only friend she has is her conscience, whom she has named Bob. Her only comforts are cooking and listening to hip-hop. When her family moves yet again, Milo is bullied mercilessly by her classmates. Such treatment prompts her to travel to Australia for summer camp. During the plane ride, Milo awakens to find the plane deserted and about to crash. After parachuting into the ocean, she discovers she is near an island. Milo passes out, and upon waking, learns she was rescued by a boy named Simon, who is cute, but can't speak English. Not able to understand him, she accidentally says yes when he asks her to marry him. He leads her to a small town on the island, where they locate someone who can translate for them. Milo is outraged to hear that she is engaged to Simon and wants to call it off, but learns that this island has rules that cannot be broken. She must go through with the marriage against her will. After learning about the trick he played on her, Milo hates Simon, though it is obvious that sixteen-year-old Simon really likes her.What will happen next on The Island of Lote?

Harvest of the Palm

Harvest of the Palm
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015002228677
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Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Harvest of the Palm by : James J. Fox

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 1116
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ISBN-10 : 9781351544320
ISBN-13 : 1351544322
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music by : J.W. Love

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

English Language as Hydra

English Language as Hydra
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Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 9781847697509
ISBN-13 : 184769750X
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis English Language as Hydra by : Vaughan Rapatahana

English Language as Hydra argues that, far too often, the English language industry has become a swirling, beguiling monster, unashamedly intent on challenging local lingua-diversity and threatening individual identities. This book brings together the voices of linguists, literary figures and teaching professionals in a wide-ranging exposé of this enormous Hydra in action on four continents.

The Multilingual Apple

The Multilingual Apple
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 389
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ISBN-10 : 9783110885811
ISBN-13 : 3110885816
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis The Multilingual Apple by : Ofelia García

This book will be of special interest to the general reader concerned with the issue of language in the United States, as well as the language specialist and sociolinguist. It has been written to inform those wishing to learn more about the role that languages other than English have had, and continue to have, in the life of the most important United States city, New York. At the same time this volume makes an important contribution to the scholarly literature on urban multilingualism and the sociology of language. The book contains chapters on languages of ethnolinguistic groups who arrived early in New York and which have been somewhat silenced (Irish, German, Yiddish), the languages of groups who made early contributions and continue to be heard in the city (Italian, Greek , Spanish, Hebrew), and languages which are acquiring an important voice in the city today (Chinese, Indian languages, English creoles, Haitian Creole).