Grammar of Akajeru :fragments of a traditional north Andamanese dialect

A Grammar of Akajeru describes aspects of the grammatical system and lexicon of Akajeru, a traditional dialect of the North Andamanese language, as it was reportedly used around the beginning of the twentieth century. It is based primarily on the fragments of this variety provided by the British anthropologist Alfred R. Radcliffe-Brown and scattered among the published results of his anthropolo…

A study of cultural interaction and linguistic contact :approaching Chinese l…

This study is an attempt to reorient the field of Chinese linguistics from the perspective of the new field of cultural interaction studies. The author, approaching Chinese linguistics from the periphery, examines such topics as the spread of Western learning and linguistic contact and Westerners’ study of Chinese: He studies materials produced by Western missionaries and Ryukyuan materials t…

Pedagogical translanguaging

Learning through the medium of a second or additional language is becoming very common in different parts of the world because of the increasing use of English as the language of instruction and the mobility of populations. This situation demands a specific approach that considers multilingualism as its core. Pedagogical translanguaging is a theoretical and instructional approach that aims at i…

The meaning of media :texts and materiality in medieval Scandinavia

This book addresses various aspects of materiality and mediality in the manuscript culture of Scandinavia represented in epigraphic writing with runes, the introduction of Roman script and the earliest period of print. The materiality, in stone, lead amulets, parchment and paper, and how it formed part of the literate culture in the Middle Ages is highlighted.

Explorations in Semantic Parallelism

Since 1965, when I frst began to record and attempt to understand the ritual poetry of the Rotenese, the study of semantic parallelism has been a major focus of my research. My chief concern has been with the semantics of canonical parallelism. In my view, the study of parallelism and particularly the study of canonical parallelism is no minor subject but is, in fact, a matter of central theore…

Simplified signs :a manual sign-communication system for special populations,…

Simplified Signs presents a system of manual sign communication intended for special populations who have had limited success mastering spoken or full sign languages. It is the culmination of over twenty years of research and development by the authors. The Simplified Sign System has been developed and tested for ease of sign comprehension, memorization, and formation by limiting the complexity…

Tense and Text in Classical Arabic

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ISBN/ISSN

ISBN 978-90-04-31048

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273 hlm

Series Title

A Discourse-oriented Study of the Classical Arabic Tense System

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400 Mic t

Reading with My Eyes Open

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ISBN/ISSN

978-1-909188-21-1

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211 hlm

Series Title

Embracing the Critical and the Personal in Language Pedagogy

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400 Ger r

Language Endangerment and Language Revitalization

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ISBN/ISSN

3-11-017662-9

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337 hlm

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400 Tas l