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Global discontents : conversations on the rising threats to democracy / by Chomsky, Noam,interviewee.(CARDINAL)145847; Barsamian, David,interviewer.(CARDINAL)351428;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In wide-ranging discussions with David Barsamian, his longtime interlocutor, Noam Chomsky asks us to 'consider the world we are leaving to our grandchildren': one imperiled by climate change and the growing potential for nuclear war. If the current system is incapable of dealing with these threats, he argues, it's up to us to radically change it"--
Subjects: Interviews.; Chomsky, Noam; Chomsky, Noam; World politics; Linguists; Climatic changes.; Income distribution; International economic relations;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Linguistics : a complete introduction / by Hornsby, David,1963-author.(CARDINAL)428271;
Thinking like a linguist -- A brief history of linguistic thought -- Structural linguistics -- The building blocks of language: describing speech sounds -- Laying the foundations: sound systems in language -- Building words: morphology -- A grammar of sentences: syntax -- The Chomskyan revolution: generative grammar -- Semantics: the meaning of "meaning" -- Pragmatics: saying what you mean -- Exploring variation in language -- Choosing your language: multilingualism and language planning -- Mechanisms of language change.A comprehensive yet easy-to-use introduction to understanding linguistics. Hornsby explains linguistic thought, syntax, sound systems, language acquisition, and much more. This book will be helpful whether you are studying for an exam or essay, or you simply want to improve your knowledge.
Subjects: Linguistics.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The new Joys of Yiddish / by Rosten, Leo,1908-1997.(CARDINAL)152522; Bush, Lawrence.(CARDINAL)525896; Rosten, Leo,1908-1997.Joys of Yiddish.(CARDINAL)607099;
Includes bibliographical references.An updated version of the informal dictionary which offers the history and folklore behind Yiddish and Hebrew words as well as literal translations adds information on linguistic and cultural changes since Rosten's day.
Subjects: Humor.; Yiddish language; English language; Jewish wit and humor.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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The first word : the search for the origins of language / by Kenneally, Christine.(CARDINAL)484367;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-340) and index.The search for the origin of human language has finally come of age. For centuries, progress in Ur-language research was slow and spasmodic; many scientists came to believe that there was no definitive way to answer its central questions. Then, in the past 20 years, everything changed. Linguist Kenneally shows how linguists, cognitive scientists, animal researchers, biologists, and geneticists have all contributed valuable new insights into language evolution.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Evolution.; Language and languages.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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How language works : how babies babble, words change meaning, and languages live or die / by Crystal, David,1941-(CARDINAL)125122;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-486) and index.Introducing language -- Spoken language -- Written language -- Sign language -- Language structure -- Discourse -- Dialects -- Languages -- Multilingualism -- Looking after language.
Subjects: Language and languages.; Linguistics.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 5
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Laubach way to reading. by Laubach, Frank Charles,1884-1970.(CARDINAL)167672; Kirk, Elizabeth Mooney.(CARDINAL)777421; Laubach, Robert S.(Robert Seely),1918-(CARDINAL)777381; Macero, Jeanette D.(CARDINAL)358929;
1. In the valley -- 2. City living -- 3. Changes -- 4. People and places.Linguistic consultant: Jeanette D. Macero on books 3 and 4.
Subjects: High interest-low vocabulary books.; Readers for new literates.; Reading (Adult education);
Available copies: 24 / Total copies: 24
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Death in a darkening mist : a Lane Winslow mystery / by Whishaw, Iona,1948-author.(CARDINAL)806193;
On a snowy day in December 1946, Lane Winslow--a former British intelligence agent who's escaped to the rural Canadian community of King's Cove in pursuit of a tranquil life--is introduced to the local hot springs. While there she overhears nearby patrons speaking Russian. When one of those patrons is found dead in the change room, Lane's linguistic and intelligence experience is of immeasurable value to the local police force in solving the murder.
Subjects: Novels.; Women intelligence officers; Intelligence officers; Russians; Murder;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The story of human language [videorecording] / by McWhorter, John H.(CARDINAL)342022; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;
Producer, James Blandford ; director, Jon Leven ; academic content supervisor, Pam Greer ; camera, Tom Dooley, Jim Allen, Amanda Carter.Thirty-six lectures of thirty minutes each by lecturer Professor John McWhorter, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute.Language is fascinating. It defines humans as a species, placing us head and shoulders above even the most proficient animal communicators. Professor McWhorter explores many of the common questions about language, such as: Why isn't there just a single language? Or, How does a language change, and when it does, is that change indicative of decay or growth? In short, everything about a language is eternally and inherently changeable, from its word order and grammar to the very sound and meaning of basic words, while word histories reveal the phenomena of language change and mixture worldwide.DVD.
Subjects: Educational films.; Lectures.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings.; Creole dialects.; Dialectology.; Historical linguistics.; Language and languages; Languages, Artificial.; Linguistic analysis (Linguistics); Linguistics.; Linguistics; Linguistics; Pidgin languages.; Psycholinguistics.; Sociolinguistics.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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A companion to American Indian history / by Deloria, Philip Joseph.(CARDINAL)276996; Salisbury, Neal.(CARDINAL)160328;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-494) and index.Historiography / Philip J. Deloria -- First contacts / John E. Kicza -- Wag the imperial dog: Indians and overseas empires in North America, 1650-1776 / Gregory Evans Dowd -- Health, disease, and demography / Russell Thornton -- Native American systems of knowledge / Clara Sue Kidwell -- Native American spirituality: history, theory, and reformulation / Lee Irwin -- Indians and Christianity / Willard Hughes Rollings -- Kinship, family kindreds, and community / Jay Miller -- American Indian warfare: the cycles of conflict and the militarization of Native North America / Tom Holm -- Languages: linguistic change and the study of Indian languages from colonial times to the present / Regna Darnell -- Performative traditions in American Indian history / L.G. Moses -- Indigenous art: creating value and sharing beauty / Nancy Parezo -- Native American literatures / P. Jane Hafen -- Wanted: more histories of Indian identity / Alexandra Harmon -- Labor and exchange in American Indian history / Patricia Albers -- The nature of conquest: Indians, Americans, and environmental history / Louis S. Warren -- Gender in Native America / Betty Bell -- Métis, Mestizo, and mixed-blood / Jennifer Brown and Theresa Schenck -- Transforming outsiders: captivity, adoption, and slavery reconsidered / Pauline Turner Strong -- Translation and cultural brokerage / Eric Hinderaker -- Federal and state policies and American Indians / Donald Fixico -- Native Americans and the United States, Canada, and Mexico / R. David Edmunds -- American Indian education: by Indians versus for Indians / K. Tsianina Lomawaima -- Indian law, sovereignty, and state law: Native people and the law / Sidney L. Harring -- Sovereignty / Taiaiake Alfred.
Subjects: Indians of North America; Indians of North America; Indians of North America;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Children of the dark ghetto : a developmental psychology / by Silverstein, Barry.(CARDINAL)200150; Krate, Ronald.(CARDINAL)604016;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction and perspective -- Socialization and its discontents : a macro view -- Early socialization : micro views -- Identification and identity -- Peer relations : the street -- Competence and performance : the politics of intelligence -- Cognitive-linguistic development -- Children in school : toward a typology of behavior patterns -- The interaction of teachers and students -- Black identity : fixity and change.
Subjects: African American children; African Americans; Socialization.; Negritude (Literary movement);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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