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Proto : how one ancient language went global / by Spinney, Laura,author.(CARDINAL)350938;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-304) and index.Introduction: Ariomania -- Genesis: Lingua obscura -- Sacred spring: Proto-Indo-European -- First among equals: Anatolian -- Over the range: Tocharian -- Lark rising: Celtic, Germanic, Italic -- The wandering horse: Indo-Iranian -- Northern idyll: Baltic and Slavic -- They came from Steep Wilusa: Albanian, Armenian, Greek -- Conclusion: shibboleth."Daughter. Duhitár-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these English, Sanskrit, Armenian and Lithuanian words, all meaning the same thing, and you hear echoes of one of history's most unlikely journeys. All four languages-along with hundreds of others, from French and Gaelic, to Persian and Polish-trace their origins to an ancient tongue spoken as the last ice age receded. This language, which we call Proto-Indo-European, was born between Europe and Asia and exploded out of its cradle, fragmenting as it spread east and west. Its last speaker died thousands of years ago, yet Proto-Indo-European lives on in its myriad linguistic offspring and in some of our best loved works of literature, including Dante's Inferno and the Rig Veda, The Lord of the Rings and the love poetry of Rumi. How did this happen? Acclaimed journalist Laura Spinney set out to answer that question, retracing the Indo-European odyssey across continents and millennia. With her we travel the length of the steppe, navigating the Caucasus, the silk roads and the Hindu Kush. We retrace the epic journeys of nomads and monks, warriors and kings - the ancient peoples who carried these languages far and wide. In the present, Spinney meets the scientists on a thrilling mission to retrieve the lost languages and their speakers: the linguists, archaeologists and geneticists who have reconstructed that ancient diaspora. What they have learned has profound implications for our modern world, because people and their languages are on the move again. Proto is a revelatory portrait of world history in its own words."-- Publisher.
Subjects: Proto-Indo-European language.; Indo-European languages; Historical linguistics.; Language and languages.; Language spread.; Linguistic change.; World history.; Linguistics.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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A death in the rainforest : how a language and a way of life came to an end in Papua New Guinea / by Kulick, Don,author.(CARDINAL)785295;
The air we breathe -- A village in the swamp -- First catch your teacher -- Moses's plan -- The burden of giving -- Dining in Gapun -- "I'm getting out of here" -- Over the rainbow -- The poetics of swearing -- Matters of the liver -- Young people's Tayap -- Living dangerously -- Who killed Monei? -- Luke writes a letter -- Going to hell -- What actually dies when a language dies? -- The end.As a young anthropologist, Kulick went to the tiny village of Gapun in New Guinea to document the death of the native language, Tayap. He arrived knowing that you can't study a language without understanding the daily lives of the people who speak it: how they talk to their children, how they argue, how they gossip, how they joke. Over the course of thirty years, he returned again and again to document Tayap before it disappeared entirely. Here he takes us inside the difficult-to-get-to village of two hundred people. In doing so he looks at the impact of white society on the farthest reaches of the globe. -- adapted from jacket
Subjects: Ethnology; Language and culture; Taiap language.; Linguistic change; Social change;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Making sense : the glamorous story of English grammar / by Crystal, David,1941-author.(CARDINAL)125122;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-267) and index.
Subjects: English language; English language; Linguistic change.; English language; English language;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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What's your pronoun? : beyond he & she / by Baron, Dennis E.,author.(CARDINAL)813537;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-271) and index."The story of how we got from he and she to zie and hir and singular they. Like trigger warnings and gender-neutral bathrooms, pronouns are suddenly sparking debate, prompting new policies in schools, workplaces, even prisons, about what pronouns to use. Colleges ask students to declare their pronouns; corporate conferences print nametags with space for people to add their pronouns; email signatures sport pronouns along with names and titles. Far more than a byproduct of campus politics or culture wars, gender-neutral pronouns are in fact nothing new. Renowned linguist Dennis Baron puts them in historical context, demonstrating that Shakespeare used singular they; that women evoked the generic use of he to assert the right to vote (while those opposed to women's rights invoked the same word to assert that he did not include she), and that self-appointed language experts have been coining new gender pronouns, not just hir and zie but hundreds more, like thon, ip, and em, for centuries. Based on Baron's own empirical research, What's Your Pronoun? tells the untold story of gender-neutral and nonbinary pronouns"--
Subjects: Informational works.; English language; Grammar, Comparative and general; English language; Gender-nonconforming people; Linguistic change.; Anthropological linguistics.; Gender non-conforming people.;
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How you say it : why you talk the way you do--and what it says about you / by Kinzler, Katherine D.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.IIntroduction: It's not what you say -- How you speak is who you are -- Native tongues -- How language divides us -- Deep talk -- Little bigots? -- On the basis of speech -- A linguistics revolution -- Afterword: It's not [crossed out] what you say."We gravitate toward people like us; it's human nature. Race, class, and gender affect this social identity, but one overlooked factor can be even more powerful: the way we speak. As pioneering psychologist Katherine Kinzler reveals in How You Say It, that's because our speech largely reflects the voices we heard as children. We can change how we speak to some extent, whether by "code-switching" between dialects or learning a new language. But for the most part we are forever marked by our native tongue-and are hardwired to prejudge others by theirs, often with serious consequences. Your accent alone can determine the economic opportunity or discrimination you encounter in life, making speech one of the most urgent social-justice issues of our day. Ultimately, Kinzler shows, our linguistic differences can also be a force for good. For her research reveals that exposure to different languages is beneficial-a paradox that hints at the benefits we can reap from mastering this ancient source of tribalism"--
Subjects: Language and languages; Linguistic change; Languages in contact.; Second language acquisition.; Sociolinguistics.;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 10
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Heart of the mind : engaging your inner power to change with neuro-linguistic programming / by Andreas, Connirae.(CARDINAL)521314; Andreas, Steve.(CARDINAL)725184;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Neurolinguistic programming.; Neurolinguistic programming;
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How to they/them : a visual guide to nonbinary pronouns and the world of gender fluidity / by Getty, Stuart,author.(CARDINAL)837713; Thyng, Brooke,illustrator.(CARDINAL)837714;
"Ever wonder what "nonbinary" or "gender nonconforming" really means? Why would someone choose to identify that way? And how the heck do you use "they/them" pronouns for a singular person - isn't it supposed to be plural? This charming and disarming guide promises to unpack all these questions and more, with a fun, visual infographic approach"--
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general; Gender nonconformity.; Gender identity.; English language; English language; Gender-nonconforming people; Linguistic change.; Anthropological linguistics.; Gender identity.; Gender non-conforming people.;
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My one word : change your life with just one word / by Ashcraft, Mike,1970-(CARDINAL)401408; Olsen, Rachel,1970-(CARDINAL)484269;
Includes bibliographical references.What is my one word? -- Beyond self-help -- Pick your word -- Self-deception -- Keep it in front of you -- Hearing isn't the hard part -- Let it morph -- Seeing through your word -- Blow up the moment -- Write your guts out -- Wait for it -- Last words.
Subjects: Change (Psychology); Spiritual formation.; Attention; Focus (Linguistics);
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Get the life you want / by Bandler, Richard.(CARDINAL)521224;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-217) and index.Inventory -- The power of your unconscious : the freeway to change -- The qualities of your thoughts : submodalities -- Running your own brain : changing neuro chemistry -- Building new beliefs : the structure of certainty -- Timelines : how you mentally code time -- Getting over it -- Getting through it -- Getting to it.
Subjects: Attitude change.; Change (Psychology); Neurolinguistic programming.;
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Blooming English : observations on the roots, cultivation and hybrids of the English language / by Burridge, Kate.(CARDINAL)360296;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-235) and index.Why a garden? -- The complexity of language -- Language change -- Word creation -- Meaning shifts -- Relics of linguistic change -- The nature of exotics -- Bad language -- Colloquial today, standard English tomorrow -- Our untidy English -- Sound symbolism -- What is correct English? -- Dictionaries, style guides, and grammars -- Personal names -- Dirty words -- Taboo language.
Subjects: English language.; English language; English language;
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