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Language Visible

David Sacks
Language Visible Book PDF

Author : David Sacks
Publisher : Crown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780307486936

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Letters are tangible language. Joining together in endless combinations to actually show speech, letters convey our messages and tell our stories. While we encounter these tiny shapes hundreds of times a day, we take for granted the long, fascinating history behind one of the most fundamental of human inventions--the alphabet. The heart of the book is the 26 fact-filled “biographies” of letters A through Z, each one identifying the letter’s particular significance for modern readers, tracing its development from ancient forms, and discussing its noteworthy role in literature and other media. We learn, for example, why the letter X has a sinister and sexual aura, how B came to signify second best, why the word “mother” in many languages starts with M, and what is the story of O. Packed with information and lavishly illustrated, Language Visible is not only accessible and entertaining, but essential to the appreciation of our own language.

Making Language Visible in Social Studies

Sharon Besser,Ruslana Westerlund
Making Language Visible in Social Studies Book PDF

Author : Sharon Besser,Ruslana Westerlund
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781003850052

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Making Language Visible in Social Studies by Sharon Besser,Ruslana Westerlund Pdf

As the first book in the Making Disciplinary Language Visible series, this practical toolkit helps teachers promote disciplinary literacy development for Multilingual learners and their peers in the 5–12 social studies classroom. Using systemic functional linguistics (SFL) and the SFL-informed genre pedagogy, the Teaching and Learning Cycle for Disciplinary Genres, the book shows teachers how to teach content using language as a meaning-making resource. Besser and Westerlund provide clear guidance on understanding how language is used in the discipline and provide practical tools to empower teachers to teach language in the service of social studies disciplinary genres. Chapters feature authentic vignettes to illustrate problems of practice, annotated social studies texts, practical curriculum design tools, exercises for readers to develop knowledge about language, and sample scripts for practical application.

Making Language Visible in the University

Bee Bond
Making Language Visible in the University Book PDF

Author : Bee Bond
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781788929318

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This book focuses on the nexus of language, disciplinary content and knowledge communication against the background of the economic, cultural and ideological forces of Higher Education’s current push for internationalisation. It suggests the need for a greater synergy between language and content experts and argues that change needs to be implemented through policy rather than on an ad-hoc basis by individual teachers. It is a call to action for English for Academic Purposes practitioners to find a way out of the silo of their own centres and work to assert influence over the wider context in which they work. The book begins and ends in the practice of teaching, with a focus throughout on understanding the barriers and enablers to that practice within a particular context.

Processing of Visible Language

Paul A. Kolers
Processing of Visible Language Book PDF

Author : Paul A. Kolers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781468410686

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The second symposium on processing visible language constituted a different "mix" of participants from the first. Greater emphasis was given to the design of language, both in its historical development and in its current display; and to practical questions associated with machine-implementation oflanguage, in the interactions of person and computer, and in the characteristics of the physical and environmental objects that affect the interaction. Another change was that a special session on theory capped the proceedings. Psychologists remained heavily involved, however, both as contributors to and as discussants of the work pre sented. The motivation of the conferences remains one of bringing together graphic designers, engineers, and psychologists concerned with the display and acquisition of visible language. The papers separately tended to emphasize the one of the three disciplines that mark their authors' field of endeavor, but are constructed to be general rather than parochial. Moreover, within the three disciplines, papers emphasized either the textual or the more pictorial aspects. For example, a session on writing systems ranged from principles that seem to characterize all such systems to specific papers on ancient Egyptian writing, modern Korean, and English shorthand. The complementary session on the nontextual media opened with a discussion of general principles of pictorial communication and included papers on communicating instructions, general information, or religious belief through designs and other pictorial forms, as well as a discussion. of misrepresentation.

Letter Perfect

David Sacks
Letter Perfect Book PDF

Author : David Sacks
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780307371034

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Letter Perfect by David Sacks Pdf

Letters are tangible language. Joining together in endless combinations to actually show speech, letters convey our messages and tell our stories. While we encounter these tiny shapes hundreds of times a day, we take for granted the long, fascinating history behind one of the most fundamental of human inventions -- the alphabet. The heart of the book is the 26 fact-filled “biographies” of letters A through Z, each one identifying the letter’s particular significance for modern readers, tracing its development from ancient forms, and discussing its noteworthy role in literature and other media. We learn, for example, why the letter X has a sinister and sexual aura, how B came to signify second best, why the word “mother” in many languages starts with M, and what is the story of O. Packed with information and lavishly illustrated, Letter Perfect is not only accessible and entertaining, but essential to the appreciation of our own language.

Visible Language

University of Chicago. Oriental Institute
Visible Language Book PDF

Author : University of Chicago. Oriental Institute
Publisher : Oriental Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Cuneiform writing
ISBN : 1885923767

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This unique exhibit is the result of collaborative efforts of more than twenty authors and loans from five museums. It focuses on the independent invention of writing in at least four different places in the Old world and Mesoamerica with the earliest texts of Uruk, Mesopotamia (5,300 BC) shown in the United States for the first time. Visitors to the exhibit and readers of this catalog can see and compare the parallel pathways by which writing came into being and was used by the earliest kingdoms of Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and the Maya world.

Visible Signs (Second Edition)

David Crow
Visible Signs Second Edition Book PDF

Author : David Crow
Publisher : AVA Publishing
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9782940411429

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"Visible Signs" explains semiotic terms and theories in relation to visual communication, with illustrative examples taken from contemporary art and design. This edition features new and revised content and includes 200 visuals created to illustrate the ideas discussed within the book.

Visible Language

Anonim
Visible Language Book PDF

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Pragmatics
ISBN : UCSC:32106006362732

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The journal for research on the visual media of language expression.

Our World-God's Visible Language

Jerry Salloum
Our World God s Visible Language Book PDF

Author : Jerry Salloum
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781039126329

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Our World-God's Visible Language by Jerry Salloum Pdf

“How could you ever have thought [our world] was the ultimate reality? How could you ever have thought that it was merely a stage set for the moral drama of men and women?” For the many who share these thoughts from C.S. Lewis, our world is far more than mere matter, space and energy. Its orderly patterns, its reliable processes and arresting natural beauty give it the capacity to speak, without words, a mysterious language that feeds our curiosity and wonder about it. We are drawn into the world of the audacious, with thoughts beyond the conventional, to posit an intelligent and imaginative Artist and Architect whose ineffable Creation in both its spatial and temporal dimensions defies adequate verbal expression. In delving into revelation contained in various earth sciences and within the pages of the Bible, Our World: God’s Visible Language reveals a congruency between these two avenues to Truth, that the visible Creation repeatedly declares the glory and mystery of the invisible God, and that science is not an enemy to faith. Informative and written with imagination and personal anecdotes, these pages provide readers an opportunity to better understand the invisible God and His written Word, nudging us toward a loftier context in which life can be lived and enjoyed with hope and purpose.

The Visible Word

Johanna Drucker
The Visible Word Book PDF

Author : Johanna Drucker
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780226165028

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Drucker skillfully traces the development of this critical position, suggesting a methodology closer to the actual practices of the early avant-garde artists based on a rereading of their critical and theoretical writings. After reviewing theories of signification, the production of meaning, and materiality, she analyzes the work of four poets active in the typographic experimentation of the 1910s and 1920s: Ilia Zdanevich, Filippo Marinetti, Guillaume Apollinaire, and Tristan Tzara. Drucker explores the context for experimental typography in terms of printing, handwriting, and other practices concerned with the visual representation of language. Her book concludes with a brief look at the ways in which experimental techniques of the early avant-garde were transformed in both literary work and in applications to commercial design throughout the 1920s and early 1930s.

Visible Differences

Dominic J. Pulera
Visible Differences Book PDF

Author : Dominic J. Pulera
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2002-06-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441170897

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Visible Differences by Dominic J. Pulera Pdf

Race. The mere mention of the R-word is a surefire conversation-stopper. In this book about AmericaÆs most divisive social issue, Dominic J. Pulera offers a compelling roadmap to our future. This accessible and penetrating analysis is the first to include detailed coverage of AmericaÆs five "racial" groups: whites, blacks, Hispanics, Asian Americans, and Native Americans. The author contends that race will matter to Americans during the twenty-first century because of visible differences, and that differences in physical appearance separating the races are the single most important factor shaping intergroup relations, in conjunction with the social, cultural, economic, and political ramifications that accompany them. Pulera shows how, why, when, and where race matters in the United States and who is affected by it. He explains the ongoing demographic transition of America from a predominantly white country to one where nonwhites are increasingly numerous and consequently more visible. The advent of a multiracial consciousness has tremendous implications for AmericaÆs future, because the racial significance of almost every part of the American experience is increasing as a result. The author concludes on a note of cautious optimism as he explores whether the visible differences dividing Americans are reconcilable.

Visible Signs

David Crow
Visible Signs Book PDF

Author : David Crow
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-11
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781350164956

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Visible Signs by David Crow Pdf

Basic semiotic theories are taught in most art schools as part of a contextual studies program, but many students find it difficult to understand how these ideas might impact on their own practice. Visible Signs tackles this problem by introducing key theories and concepts, such as signs and signifiers, and language and speech, within the framework of visual communication. Each chapter provides an overview of a particular facet of semiotic theory, with inspiring examples from graphic design, typography, illustration, advertising and art to illustrate the ideas discussed in the text. Creative exercises at the end of the book will help exemplify these ideas through practical application. The fourth edition of Visible Signs includes new imagery and updated exercises, as well as coverage of propaganda, diversity in 'neutral' communication (like emojis), and issues related to social media representation.

Visible Women

Christine Bell
Visible Women Book PDF

Author : Christine Bell
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443836746

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Visible Women: Tales of Age, Gender and In/Visibility is a reflective, questioning, subjective, self-indulgent and moving narrative exploration of the experiences of women growing older and not disappearing. What lies behind stories of older women becoming invisible and disregarded? How true are they, where do they come from, and what do they mean? How might they be challenged, and what other stories can be told? The core of the book is the poetic representation of the thoughts and lives of a group of women between 50 and 70. Their narratives are drawn from the email correspondence between the author and her seven co-researchers. Starting with a search for the anecdotal and mythical ‘invisible woman’, the author’s own story is woven into, and becomes part of, the journey. The landscape – which is beautifully observed in clear, non-academic language – takes us through feminist and poststructuralist theory, existentialism, auto/biography, journalism, fictional writing, art, film, poetry and the internet. In ‘examining the bones’ of tales of invisibility, Christine Bell is motivated by indignation as much as curiosity.

The Visible and the Invisible

Maurice Merleau-Ponty
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Author : Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0810104571

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The Visible and the Invisible by Maurice Merleau-Ponty Pdf

The Visible and the Invisible contains the unfinished manuscript and working notes of the book Merleau-Ponty was writing when he died. The text is devoted to a critical examination of Kantian, Husserlian, Bergsonian, and Sartrean method, followed by the extraordinary "The Intertwining--The Chiasm," that reveals the central pattern of Merleau-Ponty's own thought. The working notes for the book provide the reader with a truly exciting insight into the mind of the philosopher at work as he refines and develops new pivotal concepts.

Visible Song

Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe
Visible Song Book PDF

Author : Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521375509

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Visible Song by Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe Pdf

This book throws light on the debate about the 'orality' or 'literacy' of Old English verse, whether it was transmitted orally or written down.