Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The speckled people The speckled people Hugo Hamilton The memoir of Hugo Hamilton, which details his life as a young boy growing up in Dublin and his family's homesickness for a country they can call their own. OL16546039W
Old and new perspectives on South Asian languages Old and new perspectives on South Asian languages Colin P. Masica Papers included have been extensively revised, rewritten, and expanded; includes two papers not presented at the conference. OL18794522W
Encountering Aboriginal languages Encountering Aboriginal languages William McGregor This edited volume represents the first book-length study of the history of research on Australian Aboriginal languages, and collects together 18 original papers on a wide variety of topics, spanning… OL18960752W
Directions in Indian sociolinguistics Directions in Indian sociolinguistics R. S. Gupta Contributed seminar papers. OL22084377W
Word and object Word and object Willard Van Orman Quine Language consists of dispositions, socially instilled, to respond observably to socially observable stimuli. This book examines the linguistic mechanisms of objective reference. Topics covered includ… OL2910272W
Acadian French Acadian French Virginia Motapanyane ii, 67 p. : 21 cm OL3380238W
Estuary English Estuary English Altendorf, Ulrike. Sample chapter available at: <http://www.ph-karlsruhe.de/cms/index.php?id=1324#c2137> OL6083707W
Travels through the interior parts of North America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1798 Travels through the interior parts of North America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1798 Jonathan Carver Jonathan Carver served as a member of Rogers’ Rangers and as a Captain in a Massachusetts regiment during the French and Indian War, and also studied surveying and mapping. In the 1760s he wanted to … OL6900741W
Chicano discourse Chicano discourse Rosaura Sánchez Examines factors which contribute to the bilingualism found in the Mexican American community of the Southwest. OL86666W
Perspectives in Linguistics Perspectives in Linguistics P. J. Mistry Contributed articles with reference to various Indian languages; festschrift; includes some articles on him. OL9094633W
A Union of Diversity A Union of Diversity Peter A. Kraus The European Union's motto 'United in Diversity' contrasts with the cultural standardization entailed in the formation of nation-states and the forging of political identities in Europe. So what does… OL9396766W