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Words on the move : why English won't - and can't - sit still (like, literally) / by McWhorter, John H.,author.(CARDINAL)342022;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A bestselling linguist takes us on a lively tour of how the English language is evolving before our eyes and why we should embrace this transformation and not fight it. Language is always changing -- but we tend not to like it. We understand that new words must be created for new things, but the way English is spoken today rubs many of us the wrong way. Whether its the use of literally to mean "figuratively" rather than "by the letter" or the way young people use LOL and like or business jargon like Whats the ask? it often seems as if the language is deteriorating before our eyes. But the truth is different and a lot less scary, as John McWhorter shows in this delightful and eye-opening exploration of how English has always been in motion and continues to evolve today. Drawing examples from everyday life and employing a generous helping of humor, he shows that these shifts are a natural process common to all languages, and that we should embrace and appreciate these changes, not condemn them. Words on the Move opens our eyes to the surprising backstories to the words and expressions we use every day. Did you know that silly once meant "blessed?" Or that ought was the original past tense of owe? Or that the suffixly in adverbs is actually a remnant of the word like? And have you ever wondered why some people from New Orleans sound as if they come from Brooklyn? McWhorter encourages us to marvel at the dynamism and resilience of the English language, and his book offers a lively journey through which we discover that words are ever on the move and our lives are all the richer for it"--
Subjects: Linguistic change.; Language and languages; Language and languages; Sociolinguistics.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Education goes outdoors / by Johns, Frank A.(CARDINAL)333329; Liske, Kurt Allen.; Evans, Amy L.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-188).Sensitivity to the environment -- Outdoor language adventures -- Schoolyard math investigations -- Art experiences in nature -- Explorations in social studies -- Science beyond the classroom -- Discovering the community.Teacher's handbook of ideas for teaching the school curriculum to grades K-9, using the inquiry process in an outdoor setting. Activities designed to develop positive interaction skills.
Subjects: Natural history; Science; Outdoor education.; Nature study.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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First words : a parent's step-by-step guide to helping a child with speech and language delays / by Offenbacher, Barbara Levine,1953-(CARDINAL)401768;
This book gives parents the information they need to allow them to stimulate their childs speech and language. Parents are given actual samples of how children with autism and other language delays respond differently to questions and how their responses can be redirected in order to start building connections. Offenbacher explains terms such as speech and language, typical language delay, PDD- Pervasive Developmental Delay, ASD-Autism Spectrum Disorder, Aspergers Syndrome, and ABA- Applied Behavioral Analysis. The book outlines the typical developmental steps of speech and language acquisition, and where parents should begin when starting to help their child. It suggests the types of toys, and experiences that stimulate language, as well as a floor plan to arrange a work area and learning center in their home. It provides check lists for them to evaluate their child every step of the way and set meaningful and attainable goals. This book is not meant to replace professional intervention. But it guides parents in becoming a para-speech partner in maximizing the stimulation their child receives so they develop skills for communicating
Subjects: Speech disorders in children.; Language disorders in children.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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The solitudes : a dual-language edition with parallel text / by Góngora y Argote, Luis de,1561-1627.(CARDINAL)137785; Grossman, Edith,1936-2023,translator.(CARDINAL)756044; Manguel, Alberto,writer of introduction.(CARDINAL)510272;
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxiii-xxiv).Foreword / Edith Grossman -- Introduction / Alberto Manguel -- Suggestions for further reading -- The Solitudes. Dedication -- The first solitude -- The second solitude.The Solitudes ... is an intoxicating lush novel-in-verse that follows the wanderings of a shipwrecked man who has been spurned by his lover. Wrenched from civilization and its attendant madness, the desolate hero is transported into a natural world that is at once menacing and sublime."--Back cover.
Subjects: Novels in verse.; Spanish language materials.; Poetry.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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No time for tears : coping with grief in a busy world / by Heath, Judy.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 255-260) and index."No Time for Tears is a new kind of guide, rich with information and real-life stories, to help not only people struggling through grief due to the loss of a loved one but also those who counsel them. Psychotherapist Judy Heath draws on her experiences in private practice and in her own life, as well as years of research, to address the misconceptions, myths, and misinformation about grief that still abound today. She notes that while popular scholarship is still commonly rooted in Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's 1960s "five stages of grief" theory, more recent research shows that there are no exact stages of grief and that denial and avoidance are more common threads woven throughout. Heath shows readers that grief is a painful but natural process that our society tends to medicate and hurry people through, leaving them ill-prepared for the roller coaster of emotions, lack of focus, and other feelings they experience. No Time for Tears offers practical and useful ways to traverse the pitfalls that may lead to unresolved and lasting grief and to find comfort and peace. Those who counsel the bereaved will find new ways to inspire their practices and many tools to assist those in need. This second edition includes updated information about medication and grief, children and grief, coping after a loved one is murdered, and grief following the events of September 11. "--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Grief therapy.; Grief.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The origin of life patterns : in the natural inclusion of space in flux / by Rayner, A. D. M.(Alan D. M.),1950-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: a personal experience of culture shock -- Noticing recurrent patterns, from microcosm to macrocosm -- Natural flow geometry: 'pulse' and 'circulation' -- Natural inclusion and the evolution of self-identity -- Flow geometry and the evolution of collective organization: individuals, couples, series and huddles -- The influence of core beliefs and perceptions on human cultural diversity and governance -- Epilogue: the co-creative partnership between responsive flux and infinite grace in the life of every body.Understanding the relationship between human cultural psychology and the evolutionary ecology of living systems is currently limited by abstract perceptions of space and boundaries as sources of definitive discontinuity. This Brief explores the new understandings possible when space and boundaries are perceived instead as sources of receptive continuity and dynamic distinction between local identities and phenomena. It aims to identify the recurrent patterns in which life is expressed over diverse scales in natural ecosystems and to explore how a new awareness of their evolutionary origin in the natural inclusion of space in flux can be related to human cultural psychology. It explains why these patterns cannot adequately be represented or understood in terms of conventional logic and language that definitively isolates the material content from the spatial context of natural systems. Correspondingly, the Brief discusses how the perception of natural space as an infinite, intangible, receptive presence, and of natural informational boundaries as continuous energetic flux, revolutionizes our understanding of evolutionary processes. The mutual natural inclusion of receptive space and informative flux in all distinguishable local phenomena enables evolutionary diversification to be understood as a fluid dynamic exploration of renewing possibility, not an eliminative 'survival of the fittest'. Self-identity is recognized to be a dynamic inclusion of natural neighborhood, not a definitive exception from neighborhood. The Origins of Life Patterns will be of interest to psychologists, philosophers, anthropologists, evolutionary biologists, ecologists, mathematicians, and physicists.
Subjects: Life.; Philosophical anthropology.; Philosophy of nature.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The language of mathematics : the stories behind the symbols / by Rojas, Raúl,1955-author.(CARDINAL)635811; Aparicio, Eduardo,translator.(CARDINAL)650987;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-245) and index.The long history of mathematical symbols -- Numbers and variables -- Arithmetic operators -- Relational and grouping operators -- Calculus/analysis -- Sets and functions -- Constants -- Combinatorics -- Various topics."Galileo famously wrote that the book of nature is written in mathematical language. The Language of Mathematics is a wide-ranging and beautifully illustrated collection of short, colorful histories of the most commonly used symbols in mathematics, providing readers with an engaging introduction to the origins, evolution, and conceptual meaning of each one. In dozens of lively and informative entries, Raúl Rojas shows how today's mathematics stands on the shoulders of giants, mathematicians from around the world who developed mathematical notation through centuries of collective effort. He tells the stories of such figures as al-Khwarizmi, René Descartes, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Augustin-Louis Cauchy, Karl Weierstrass, Sofia Kovalevskaya, David Hilbert, and Kenneth Iverson. Topics range from numbers and variables to sets and functions, constants, and combinatorics. Rojas describes the mathematical problems associated with different symbols and reveals how mathematical notation has sometimes been an accidental process. The entries are self-contained and can be read in any order, each one examining one or two symbols, their history, and the variants they may have had over time. An essential companion for math enthusiasts, The Language of Mathematics shows how mathematics is a living and evolving entity, forever searching for the best symbolism to express relationships between abstract concepts and to convey meaning"--"A marvelous compendium of mathematical symbols and their fascinating historiesGalileo famously wrote that the book of nature is written in mathematical language. The Language of Mathematics is a wide-ranging and beautifully illustrated collection of short, colorful histories of the most commonly used symbols in mathematics, providing readers with an engaging introduction to the origins, evolution, and conceptual meaning of each one.In dozens of lively and informative entries, Raúl Rojas shows how today's mathematics stands on the shoulders of giants, mathematicians from around the world who developed mathematical notation through centuries of collective effort. He tells the stories of such figures as al-Khwarizmi, René Descartes, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Augustin-Louis Cauchy, Karl Weierstrass, Sofia Kovalevskaya, David Hilbert, and Kenneth Iverson. Topics range from numbers and variables to sets and functions, constants, and combinatorics. Rojas describes the mathematical problems associated with different symbols and reveals how mathematical notation has sometimes been an accidental process. The entries are self-contained and can be read in any order, each one examining one or two symbols, their history, and the variants they may have had over time.An essential companion for math enthusiasts, The Language of Mathematics shows how mathematics is a living and evolving entity, forever searching for the best symbolism to express relationships between abstract concepts and to convey meaning"--
Subjects: Mathematical notation.; Mathematical notation; Mathematics;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The biological sciences in the twentieth century / by Borell, Merriley.(CARDINAL)771544;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-293) and index.
Subjects: Biology; Biology; Biology;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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How it's made : the creation of everyday items / by Gerencer, Thomas,author.; Studio Muti (Firm),illustrator.(CARDINAL)863737;
Introduction -- Common processes -- Food -- Sports -- Science & technology -- Music -- Art -- Vehicles -- Just for fun -- Conclusion."For 24 seasons and counting, How It's Made has been an enthralling presence on Science Channel, educating its viewers on the process of making everything from bread to bifocals and breaking down complex ideas and processes with language everyone can understand. A "how-it's-made" guide for relentlessly curious kids between the ages of eight and twelve, this book will teach young readers how the items they love and use every day come to be, with simple yet captivating descriptions, and full-color illustrations and photographs. Each chapter will focus on one specific item of particular interest to middle-grade readers, such as airplanes, candy, or basketballs, and break down exactly what happens at the factory to make things tick" --Ages 8 to 12
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Instructional and educational works.; Manufacturing processes; Materials; Natural resources; Raw materials; Synthetic products;
Available copies: 18 / Total copies: 22
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The secret language of dogs : stories from a dog psychic / by Kessler, Jocelyn.(CARDINAL)403763;
"Based on her years of experience with dogs and their owners in southern California, Kessler explains in metaphysical terms, how energy flows between pets and their owners and what the implications of that energy flow are for both parties. Her stories show how we often inflict our own emotional issues on our pets, and how negative energy can result in both behavior and physical difficulties"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Dogs; Dogs;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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