In every language there are descriptive lexical elements, such as evening and whisper, as well as grammatical elements, such as the and -ing. The distinction between these two elements has proven useful in a number of domains, but what is covered by the terms, lexical and grammatical, and the basis on which the distinction is made, appear to vary according to the domain involved. This book analyses the grammatical elements ('functional categories') in language, a topic that has drawn considerable attention in linguistics, but has never been approached from an integrated, cross-disciplinary...

Psycholinguist Maya Hickmann presents an original comparative study of discourse development in English, French, German, and Chinese. Hickmann discusses the main theoretical issues in the study of first language acquisition and provides a wide review of available studies in three domains of child language: person, space and time. Her findings concern the rhythm of language acquisition, its formal and functional determinants, and its universal vs. language-specific aspects. The conclusions stress the importance of relating sentence and discourse determinants of acquisition in a crosslinguistic...

This book offers a critical assessment of the career of Ben Jonson.

Billionaire American businessman Chief Chuki is a notable within the American high society and a venerable name in the African nation of Goldia, where he holds the highest honorary title of Chief among his Oyi people. When Chief Chuki gets entangled in a business deal with rival Goldian Army Generals, he finds himself held hostage in a land in which he is revered. Yet even with his proximity to the wheels of power on both sides of the pond, he cannot shout for help because of the desire to keep his good name. Second, his Goldian wife has delivered a son and becomes the beneficiary of the...

In "THE MILAYI CURSE, Joseph R. Alila (the Author of "Sunset on Polygamy") tells a story about a centuries-old conflict between two ancestral cousins, the Jamokos and Milayis, both members of the Jokamilayi-a fictional Luo (Kenyan) clan. The conflict is of a spiritual as well as social nature, with one early Christian Priest (Father James O'Kilghor) struggling to make sense of an alien culture and reconcile the Jokamilai. It is a tale about spirituality, honor, betrayal, pride, poverty, wealth, and uneasy kinship in fast-changing times, with Christianity and formal education breaking class...

'Learn Italian with Wordsearch Puzzles' is a collection of 150 Italian-English wordsearch puzzles intended to improve vocabulary and comprehension. Words can be found inside the puzzle grid in straight lines running up, down, left, right or diagonally. Included are 60 unique puzzles that span a variety of categories from basic numbers to musical instruments. 90 review puzzles are also included that contain jumbled word-lists, and fill-in-the blanks to test your memory and reinforce the lessons provided. This collection is intended as a fun way to start or supplement your language learning....

In MAYA, Joseph R Alila, author of "Birthright (a Luo Tragedy)," brings yet another narrative about the lives of ordinary people with human flaws, from which each of them can only run away, or ignore, at his or her own peril. Maya Boone faces a legal quandary over a death she has witnessed from her hideout on Eagle Street, Harmony, New York. First, she watches Raul, the troublesome husband from whom she is hiding, kill a bulldog. When Maya crosses Eagle Street to enquire whether the dog's owner (Mike) is suing Raul, she instead falls in love with the heartbroken man, lures him to her bed, and...

Watch your life transform into the life you want by applying simple, practical creative magick. The Art of Creative Magick will show you how to create everything from ritual space, to powerful tools, effective amulets, potent sigils, personal pantheons, and invocations for use in powerful rituals and spells in accordance with your will - not someone else's. Included are some great craft ideas including how to make homemade sigils and talismans, altars, and elemental tiles. This book is non-denominational and can be used by people beginning any magickal path or tradition. BEGINNER LEVEL

A compilation of prayer from Theistic Satanists and Daemonolators. Also included are proverbs and the Al Jilwah (with Demonolatry based commentary).

In the Sanctus Quattuordecim, generational Demonolator and author M. Delaney shares 14 sacred sigils from his family journals (begotten from the Daemon Ba'al Peor 150 years ago as the family legend says) and explains how to use them. This is a book of sigil magick as much as it's a book of demonic magick.