From the ancient Mediterranean world to the present day, our conceptions of what is universal in language have interacted with our experiences of language learning. This book tells two stories: the story of how scholars in the west have conceived of the fact that human languages share important properties despite their obvious differences, and the story of how westerners have understood the nature of second or foreign language learning. In narrating these two stories, the author argues that modern second language acquisition theory needs to reassess what counts as its own past. The book...
From the ancient Mediterranean world to the present day, our conceptions of what is universal in language have interacted with our experiences of lang...
It is said that a chain is no stronger than its weakest link. Are we that link? We can be, or we can find the answer to our own release. Margaret P. Thomas, journalist and freelance writer, has spent many years in varying positions of leadership in administration, teaching and as a consultant in the Health Care field across Canada.
It is said that a chain is no stronger than its weakest link. Are we that link? We can be, or we can find the answer to our own release. Margaret P. T...
Although Roman Jakobson (1886 1982) styled himself a Russian philologist, that epithet covers only a fraction of his disciplinary breadth and international impact. In a long and prolific career, he wrote about theoretical and applied linguistics, phonology, prosody, poetics, semiotics, translation theory, psycholinguistics, language universals, literary history and criticism, and historical and descriptive linguistics, especially Slavic. His robust voice and distinctive ideas attracted attention not only from language scholars, but also from literary critics, anthropologists, historians of...
Although Roman Jakobson (1886 1982) styled himself a Russian philologist, that epithet covers only a fraction of his disciplinary breadth and inter...
Word Salad, the first of a trilogy, is a realistic novel set in a housing program for the homeless mentally ill. Within this setting, a story emerges of the infliction of mental illness through government hubris and experimentation, and the escape of one of the victims. This is not the only tale, and the lives of many people are intertwined to illuminate the tragedies, blessings, and epiphanies in the lives of the shared community of the program's clients, staff, and the neighbors and volunteers who surround them.
Word Salad, the first of a trilogy, is a realistic novel set in a housing program for the homeless mentally ill. Within this setting, a story emerges ...
