Western Neo-Aramaic
The Dialect of Jubaadin
Western Neo-Aramaic is the last surviving branch of the Western Aramaic language, once the primary spoken language of Syria and the Levant. Other branches of Western Aramaic, including Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Palmyrene Aramaic, and Nabatean Aramaic, are now extinct. Hidden in the Qalamun Mountains and shielded by layers of snow and fog, the village of Jubaadin has kept this language alive for thousands of years. With a population of about four to five thousand, Jubaadin is the largest of three Syrian villages that speak Western Neo-Aramaic. Years of war and…
Western Neo-Aramaic is the last surviving branch of Western Aramaic, kept alive for thousands of years in three remote Syrian villages. Now at great risk of extinction, this book explores the language with a detailed grammar, texts by native speakers, and a thorough dictionary.
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This dictionary of Persian grammar has certain distinctive features that make it more informative and attractive than other sources on Persian grammar. Every entry here begins with a thorough linguistic analysis, according to the latest developments in the field, followed by its literary usage, which is an integral part of the language and culture. The final part of the book deals with the developmental stages of acquiring Persian, as clear evidence for the origins of the linguistic descriptions. The value of this dictionary lies in its use as a three…
This distinctive dictionary of Persian grammar features entries with a thorough linguistic analysis and literary usage. A valuable three-tiered compilation, it meets the needs of both instructors and students of Persian language and linguistics.
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Facilitating with Stories
Ethics, Reflective Practice and Philosophies
This book provides a rich connection between theory and practice for those seeking to work with stories in organisational, community, educative or coaching settings. With an international cast of contributors, it charters a unique inquiry into both ethics and the facilitation philosophies for working with stories supporting educators, facilitators, trainers and consultants towards more effective and considered practice. This book will be a valuable resource for professionals and reflective practitioners seeking to explore: What informs an ethics of facilitating with stories? How can we create safe spaces for story work?…
This book connects theory and practice for professionals working with stories. It offers a unique inquiry into the ethics and philosophies of facilitation, supporting educators, facilitators, and consultants towards more effective and considered practice.
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This book is the first overview of Romanian political discourse, analysing samples of various political discourse genres (parliamentary and presidential campaign debates, political programs, political talk-shows, and festive speeches) and examining public perceptions and reactions to political discourse (protest slogans, memes, press editorials, and online comments). The focus is on present-day discursive practices with occasional references to the past. The 14 chapters of the book are linked together by key-concepts: (im)politeness, consensus – conflict – aggressiveness, manipulation, discursive creativity. The theoretical and methodological framework is grounded in the pragma-discursive, interactional,…
This first overview of Romanian political discourse analyzes genres from parliamentary debates to protest memes. The analysis reveals the specifics of the lesser-known Romanian style of political communication, fostering cultural awareness for an international readership.
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Canadian Readings of Jewish History
From Knowledge to Interpretive Transmission
This book takes the reader through a genealogical embodied journey, explaining how our historical context, through various expressions of language, culture, knowledge, pedagogy, and power, has created and perpetuated oppression of marginalised identities throughout history. The volume is, in essence, a social justice initiative in that it shines a spotlight on elitist forms of knowledge, and their attached privileged protectors. As such, the reader will unavoidably reflect on their own pre-conceived meanings and culturally inherent notions while engaging with these pages, and in so doing open a third space where…
This book explains how history, language, and power perpetuate the oppression of marginalised identities. It shines a spotlight on elitist knowledge, propelling the reader to re-interpret discourse, challenge their own beliefs, and recreate taken-for-granted “universal truths.”
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This volume investigates the mechanisms and psychosocial aspects of humour related to specialised work environments, and foregrounds its role as one of the building blocks that shape the discourse, culture and identity of specialised communities. Through a cross-disciplinary approach, the book brings together an international team of authors using state-of-the art research to analyse the varieties, characteristics and functions of humour in and across a wide range of specialised fields, including law, policing, banking, marketing, and mental health, among many others. English for specific purposes (ESP) researchers will appreciate the…
This volume investigates how humour shapes the discourse, culture, and identity of specialised communities. Using a cross-disciplinary approach, an international team of authors analyses humour’s function in fields like law, policing, marketing, and mental health.
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This is a unique applied linguistic study which demonstrates that the history of TEFLers is very different from the history of TEFL. Instead of studying theories of language learning and teaching, it explores the experience of being a TEFLer through the ages, using a wide range of fictional and fictive sources: novels, plays, biographies, memoirs, essays, and poems. Part One considers the present and recent past through an analysis of 15 fictional works and five memoirs. Part Two is concerned with the experiences of some historical iconic figures from the…
This unique study shows that the history of TEFLers is different from the history of TEFL. Instead of theories, it explores the experience of being a TEFLer through the ages, using novels, plays, and memoirs to meet Victorian governesses, Berlitz teachers, and iconic figures.
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This textbook presents a unique version of simplified English grammar that is easily understood by the average EFL student who struggles with the complex explanations found in standard grammar books prescribed for undergraduate students. Moreover, many prescribed grammar textbooks often lack sufficient practice materials and overlook certain seemingly trivial aspects of language that are crucial for language acquisition. Therefore, this book is specifically designed to address these challenges by shifting from traditional rule-based grammar learning to a cognitive approach that identifies patterns of correct sentence structure. This method makes grammar…
This simplified grammar book uses a cognitive approach, focusing on sentence patterns instead of complex rules. This method makes learning easier and more engaging. It includes dedicated sections on summarizing, paraphrasing, and essay writing to develop writing skills.
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In recent decades, research on clear and approximate categorizations and their manifestations in language has been generating a number of studies on syntax, semantics, pragmatics, psycholinguistics, philosophy, and logic. This is particularly interesting because these two operations have formally similar realizations even in languages belonging to different groups. The existence of a large number of type nouns testifies to their productivity. If these nouns serve to both categorize and approximate, the fundamental question is that of identifying the processes of interpretation concerned, since there is not always a consensus on…
This book explores categorization and approximation—two often opposed, yet indissociable, operations. By comparing their expression in different languages, it clarifies the links between them and the cognitive foundations of interpretation for scholars and students.
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This volume is an important exploration of Africa’s rich linguistic diversity. The chapters delve into the complexities of linguistic research, preservation, and cultural understanding, with a regional focus covering indigenous African languages. It honours often-overlooked sign languages, making it a trailblazing work in its combination of signed and spoken languages within the African environment. This book is a must-have for anybody interested in African languages, providing new perspectives on language preservation, cultural identity, and the lasting spirit of linguistic diversity. The individual chapters present an invitation to discover, appreciate, and…
This trailblazing exploration of Africa’s rich linguistic diversity uniquely combines often-overlooked signed languages with spoken indigenous languages. It offers new perspectives on language preservation, cultural identity, and the lasting spirit of linguistic diversity.
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This volume presents how Chinese people communicate with various meta-level expressions for different purposes across contexts. It demonstrates empirically how the use of these expressions contributes to the management of meaning generation, interpersonal relating and discourse organization. It will serve to shed light on the understanding of how Chinese people monitor their speech in the course of communication, and will function as an important reference for researchers and students who conduct cross-linguistic comparative or contrastive metapragmatic research concerning Chinese and other languages.
This volume demonstrates how Chinese speakers use meta-level expressions to manage meaning, relationships, and discourse. It sheds light on how they monitor their speech, providing an important reference for researchers conducting cross-linguistic metapragmatic research.
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This volume provides descriptive and interpretive insights into the ‘living’ usage of language and other semiotic modes in building and performing the law across academic, professional and institutional contexts, where issues arise from the meaning and function of legal texts, discourse and genre in constituting and enabling conventions, albeit dynamically, and account for the socially and (inter)culturally influenced forms of discursive actions and practices. The twenty contributions included here weave significant contexts and situations for legal discourse and practice into a tight thread, and justify selected topic areas through a…
This volume explores the ‘living’ usage of language in building and performing the law across academic and professional contexts. These contributions offer multiperspectival approaches to legal discourse, providing an invaluable resource for academics and students.
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Proceedings of GALA 2017
Language Acquisition and Development
This volume is a comprehensive, state-of-the-science treatment of the acquisition of different Indo- and Non-Indo-European languages in different contexts (i.e., L1, L2, L3/Ln, bi/multilingual language, heritage languages, pathology and language impairment and sign language acquisition) conducted within the generative framework. It also encompasses the diversity of methodologies and issues that can be found with contemporary research in the field. The different chapters contain original research from several different angles and provide a basis for dialogue between researchers working on diverse projects with the aim to further our understanding of how…
A state-of-the-science treatment of language acquisition within the generative framework. Covering L1, L2, multilingual, heritage, and sign language acquisition, this volume uses original research to further our understanding and propose new theoretical constructs.
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Abdication of the Sovereign Self
The Psycholinguistics of Invalid Synthetic Propositions
Language and logic are inextricably commingled in our everyday speech. What we say, particularly in the form of statements, tends not only to mirror our world, but mold it into our own image. This book looks at how much of our verbal communication can be considered “valid” from the point of view of the rules of logic. Are we saying what we mean to say? Is what we hear from the media, our peers, our leaders, and those who determine the narrative “story” of our lives meaningful, rational, and…
Spano looks at how much of our verbal communication can be considered valid from perspective of the rules of logic. The book is a call for introspection in the hope that the reader will recognise the situation described here reflected in both himself and the society he inhabits.
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Language in Focus
Exploring the challenges and opportunities in Linguistics and English Language Teaching (ELT)
Applied Linguistics is a field of academic enquiry that deals with the theoretical and empirical investigation of real issues which focus on language. These issues include aspects of linguistics, first or second language acquisition, literacy, language disorders, foreign language learning and teaching, bilingual education, linguistic discrimination, and language policy, among others. New approaches, new theoretical concepts and new methods are a prerequisite for dealing with particular educational issues, and, as such, this book focuses on the challenges and opportunities that emerge from this. It brings together…
Presenting papers from an applied linguistics conference, this book addresses the issues that emerge from the need to apply new approaches, theoretical concepts and methods to educational issues.
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Language and Speech in Synchrony and Diachrony
Papers from an International Linguistics Conference
This collection arises from the Fifth International Scientific Conference, “Language and Speech in Synchrony and Diachrony”, held in Taganrog, Russia, devoted to the memory of Russian linguist and philosopher Professor P.V. Chesnokov. It examines the functioning of different levels of linguistic units and categories of speech with regard to intra-and cross-cultural communication in pragmatics of speech. The theory of language and speech is represented not only in synchrony, but in diachrony, in the comparative and typological aspects of languages from various groups, including non-literate Yenisei languages. A further…
This collection examines language and speech in synchrony and diachrony. It covers cross-cultural communication, pragmatics, translation, text, and discourse, analyzing languages from various groups, including the non-literate Yenisei languages.
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“Sing, Goddess, of the wrath of Pēleús’ son Akhilleús, the accursed wrath that caused Akhaíans countless woes and hurled headlong To Hāḯdēs a host of heroes’ souls And left their bodies spoil for dogs and all The birds of carrion. The will of Zeús Was brought to pass from when Agamémnōn, The Lord of men, opposed the consummate Akhilleús. Which God was it that set the two At odds?” So begins the Íliad, Homer’s epic song about the invasion of Troy by a force of Greeks led by Agamémnōn, King…
Homer’s epic song of the Trojan War. When the Greeks’ greatest warrior, Akhilleús, falls out with King Agamémnōn and withdraws from battle, their fortunes turn. The Trojans are storming the wall to fight close to the ships, and Akhilleus still refuses to join the battle.
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Pragmatics, Discourse and Society, Volume 2
A Festschrift for Akin Odebunmi
This two-volume work speaks to the entire scope of Professor Odebunmi’s research concerns in general pragmatics, medical/clinical pragmatics, literary discourse, critical discourse analysis, applied linguistics and language sociology. Its 52 chapters across both volumes (24 chapters in the first volume and 28 chapters in this volume), written by established scholars such as Jacob Mey, Paul Hopper, Joyce Mathangwane, and Ming-Yu Tseng, in addition to the honoree, explore the dynamics of the interplay of spatial, temporal, agential and (non-)institutional factors that drive discourse/textual constructions, negotiations and interpretations and sometimes influence human…
Leading scholars explore the interplay of context and meaning, examining how spatial, temporal, and institutional factors drive discourse and shape human cognition and action.
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“The people took the bones, enwrapped them with Soft purple robes, and laid them down within A golden urn, to place it in a hollow Kist of stone, and cover it above With close-set rocks and earth to make a mound. ...When they had raised the mound Of earth above the grave, they went back to The city and assembled for a splendid Banquet in the hall of Príamos. Thus were the funeral rites completed for Illustrious Héktōr, the horsetamer.” When the humiliated Akhilleús withdrew from battle, the Akhaians were…
Enraged by the death of his beloved comrade Pátroklos, Akhilleús returns to battle to slay the Trojan champion Héktōr. After desecrating the corpse, he is confronted by King Príamos. Touched by the old man’s grief, Akhilleús achieves redemption by returning the body for burial.
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Language and State
A Treatise on Political Linguistics and Philosophy
This book is a study of the growth of human society from the perspective of language. It argues that when humans begin to use language for communication, they develop and use media. Media extend the distance of communication, allowing humans to interact with one another on a large scale and form a large society. Language leads to the dissolution of primitive society and the formation of civilized society. From the formation of civilisation, humans began to group themselves by way of ethnicity or nationality. They have made themselves a people,…
This book argues that language shapes human society. By enabling media for mass communication, language allows us to form large societies, nations, and states. These states are then governed through linguistic mechanisms like constitutions, elections, and representation.
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