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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Language, Culture, and Society Language, Culture, and Society Christine Jourdan Language, our primary tool of thought and perception, is at the heart of who we are as individuals. Languages are constantly changing, sometimes into entirely new varieties of speech, leading to subt… OL15182493W
Dreaming in Chinese Dreaming in Chinese Deborah Fallows Fallows unravels Chinese culture by explaining the intricacies and subtleties of Mandarin, devoting each chapter to a particular linguistic quirk. OL16087030W
La Parola Formativa La Parola Formativa Elsa Maria Bruni Il viaggio attaverso la civiltà greca percorre inevitabilmente i sentieri della oralità quale dimensione della comunicazione e dell'educazione. Di qui, la necessità di considerare la forte incidenza … OL16610191W
Vernacular translation in Dante's Italy Vernacular translation in Dante's Italy Alison Cornish "Translation and commentary are often associated with institutions and patronage; but in Italy around the time of Dante, widespread vernacular translation was mostly on the spontaneous initiative of … OL17006384W
Language and cultural diversity in U.S. schools : democratic principles in action Language and cultural diversity in U.S. schools : democratic principles in action Terry A. Osborn "In a post-9/11 world, the benefits of understanding diversity take on urgent meaning. As children from around the world continue to pour into U.S. classrooms, an understanding of cultural and lingui… OL17721939W
Language, culture and values in Canada at the dawn of the 21st century Language, culture and values in Canada at the dawn of the 21st century Pierre Savard,Patricia Smart,André Lapierre 358 p. ; 23 cm OL18928487W
Speaking volumes Speaking volumes Janet Watson xvi, 235 p. ; 25 cm OL19151474W
Die vielsprachige Seele Kakaniens Die vielsprachige Seele Kakaniens Michaela Wolf In the last few decades, the discipline of Translation Studies has been characterized by a considerable increase of interdisciplinary approaches which both helped to sharpen its profiling and to prom… OL20933614W
South Asian in the mid-south South Asian in the mid-south Iswari P Pandey "In an age of global anxiety and suspicion, South Asian immigrants juggle multiple cultural and literate traditions in Mid-South America. In this study Iswari P. Pandey looks deeply into this communi… OL22319592W
The Urhobo language today The Urhobo language today Rose Aziza,Tanure Ojaide >This is a pioneering work on Urhobo language, and since language is not the restricted domain of only scholars of linguistics, other aspects of the language or issues that impinge on language use ar… OL33180041W
The message in the bottle The message in the bottle Walker Percy Walker Percy, a Catholic, a physician, a man bent to philosophy, became interested in semiotics, the field which studies the meaning of language when he involved himself in teaching his congenitally … OL38266W
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