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"Taking readers on a rollicking ride through history, a master storyteller and reporter, whose legend began in journalism, presents a paradigm-shifting argument that speech, not evolution, is responsible for humanity's complex societies and achievements."--NoveList.
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview: #1 Wang Zhao was a Chinese monk who, in the first spring of the twentieth century, delivered a document that would change the Chinese-speaking world forever. He had been hiding out in Japan for the past two years, carrying a hefty bounty on his head. His desire to go home eclipsed his fear of capture.
#2 The Chinese language seemed to be a major impediment to China's...
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"El silencio de todos los seres humanos, hombres y mujeres, ancianos y niños, debería ser más alabado, más protegido, mejor resguardado. No sólo el silencio, sino ese silencio activo que es la capacidad de escucha [... ] que quisiéramos todos ver mejor distribuida entre los dones de este mundo".
Una sucesión de diversas escenas presenta al lenguaje, en estas páginas, como protagonista e invitado permanente. La palabra cercada de silencio,...
5) Leer para escribir: Leer para informar, leer para argumentar y leer para resolver en la universidad
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Leer para escribir es un libro que se hace cargo de las actividades de lectura imprescindibles para que un estudiante de los primeros semestres de universidad, sin importar su carrera, pueda enfrentar de manera exitosa las tareas de búsqueda de fuentes y de escritura que le demandará su formación académica. Se enfoca, concretamente, en los tres objetivos comunicativos fundamentales dentro de la universidad: "Leer para informar", "Leer para argumentar"...
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Depuis les vingt dernières années, aucun ouvrage n'est venu faire le point sur la situation des langues autochtones au Québec. Ce livre vient illustrer les progrès qui ont été accomplis au cours des dernières années en matière de conservation, de préservation, et même, de revitalisation des langues autochtones.
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La prisa, uno de los males de nuestro siglo XXI, no puede justificar el yerro. Errores sintácticos y ortográficos, dislates preposicionales corroboran que se desconoce el español. Saber hablar y escribir es el corolario de un trabajo circunstanciado que comienza en la infancia; primero, en el hogar y, luego, en la escuela. La lengua también necesita su tiempo para crecer, como todas las grandes realizaciones, y el hablante, desde pequeño, con...
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Si un día de invierno, durante el desayuno, se le derramó el café al escuchar que el periodista radial lanzó un gerundio en mal estado. Si, cuando subió al colectivo y leyó el cartel que imponía "indique su destino", sonrió pensando que esa frase, acaso, estuviera yendo más allá de la última parada del recorrido. Si el eslogan que se utilizó para la campaña política "el voto ganado" le pareció equívoco. Si se considera buen detector...
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In this discursive jaunt through the groves and thickets of the English language, David Crystal creates a mesmerizing and entertaining narrative account of his encounters with the language and its speakers. Woven from personal reflections, historical allusions, and observations of travelers, this fascinating journey through the language we use every day will have readers thinking twice about each word they speak. Starting in Wales and moving from...
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If it goes "moo" then every child knows it's a cow. If it goes "Wham! Bam! Crash!" we're in a fast-paced comic. But what goes "krknout?" Barbara Lasserre takes us on a playful journey through the delightful world of words that mimic sounds. Normally relegated to children's books, cartoons, and comedians, she shows how these often ancient words reveal unexpected things about the way we think, speak, and act. A book for anyone who loves playing with...
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"El lenguaje desobedece cuando ensucia la lengua con sus trampas de encantamiento y sensiblería, cuando la falsifica, cuando la infecta de glosarios impunes y de retóricas sin nadie dentro y nadie del otro lado, cuando se sobreestima en su regocijo adulto o se desprecia el lugar de su ausencia. Sin embargo, el lenguaje es también desobedecido. Lo desobedecen los niños, los ancianos, las mujeres, los artistas, los filósofos. Lo desobedecen la...
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This collection includes a rich variety of approaches to Southerners' complex understandings of change and developments reflected in the literature, history, and culture of this distinctive region. Contributors from both sides of the Atlantic address introspective journeys of literary pilgrimage, shed new light on the history of the civil rights movement as well as its reflection in literature, analyse transactions from literature to film, trace religious...
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These cogent essays on linguistic theory explore Noam Chomsky's influential concept of generative grammar. The readings form a coherent outline of transformational theory, the distinguished author and educator's controversial challenge to structural linguistics. They rely chiefly on Chomsky's own words, but their arrangement is such that nonspecialists will have no difficulty in following the text. Topics include syntactic structure, features, and...
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A menudo escuchamos, por boca de escritores, gramáticos y cargos públicos, entusiastas loas a la lengua española: su grandeza, su hermosura, su elegancia. Ante estos calificativos cabe preguntarse: ¿Atienden a motivos meramente lingüísticos o más bien laten en ellos implicaciones étnicas, culturales y políticas?
Autorretrato de un idioma presenta una serie de textos fundamentales en los que distintos estamentos han abordado algunas cuestiones...
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Linguistics For Beginners is the first book to ever make the arcane labors of linguistics accessible to general readers. It begins with a lucid definition of language and proceeds to examine how it becomes the subject matter of linguistics. Key topics include the contrast between writing and speech, and elementary lessons in analyses ranging from simple sounds to entire sentences. Absurd fictions such as Eskimos having hundreds of words for snow...
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This early work by Otto Jespersen was originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Efficiency in Linguistic Change' is an informative work on linguistics and includes chapters on 'Sound-Laws', 'Semantics', 'Glottic', and much more. Otto Jespersen was born in Randers, Denmark on 16th July 1869. He worked as an academic at Copenhagen University and rose to the position of professor...
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For all the richness and nuance of the English language there are some words that other languages simply do better-whether it's an insult that just hits the spot, a phrase that beautifully articulates a feeling, or a word that you didn't know you even needed. From the funny to the sentimental to the downright bizarre this fascinating journey around Europe in 12 languages unearths the best untranslatable words that English is missing, celebrating our...
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Correos electrónicos, ensayos, reseñas, debates, exposiciones orales... Los alumnos universitarios deben dominar una amplia variedad de textos, tanto escritos como orales.
Para ayudarles en este propósito, se ha preparado este manual, en cuyas páginas y a través de fragmentos textuales relacionados con el ámbito psicológico se presentan de forma sencilla y clara las claves para aprender a elaborarlos.
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"Spectacular vernacular-delivered with fresh flavor."-Playboy "Hang with this slang and reep these righteous words!" This entertaining, highly readable book pulses with the vernacular of young Americans, tracing slang terms and expressions from the end of the nineteenth century to the present. In addition to alphabetical listings for each decade, it features fascinating word histories and sidebars about language and culture-jazz cat jive, the argot...
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