Tłįchǫ Yatiì Enįhtł è

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Dogrib language
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110042632

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Tłįchǫ Yatiì Enįhtł'è by Anonim Pdf

Author : David H. Kelley,Eugene F. Milone
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387263564

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Exploring Ancient Skies by David H. Kelley,Eugene F. Milone Pdf

Exploring Ancient Skies brings together the methods of archaeology and the insights of modern astronomy to explore the science of astronomy as it was practiced in various cultures prior to the invention of the telescope. The book reviews an enormous and growing body of literature on the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean, the Far East, and the New World (particularly Mesoamerica), putting the ancient astronomical materials into their archaeological and cultural contexts. The authors begin with an overview of the field and proceed to essential aspects of naked-eye astronomy, followed by an examination of specific cultures. The book concludes by taking into account the purposes of ancient astronomy: astrology, navigation, calendar regulation, and (not least) the understanding of our place and role in the universe. Skies are recreated to display critical events as they would have appeared to ancient observers - events such as the supernova of 1054, the 'lion horoscope' or the 'Star of Bethlehem.' Exploring Ancient Skies provides a comprehensive overview of the relationships between astronomy and other areas of human investigation. It will be useful as a reference for scholars and students in both astronomy and archaeology, and will be of compelling interest to readers who seek a broad understanding of our collective intellectual history.

Author : Trudy Griffin-Pierce
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Art
ISBN : 0826316344

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Earth is My Mother, Sky is My Father by Trudy Griffin-Pierce Pdf

Explores the circularity of Navajo thought through studies of sandpaintings, chantway myths, and stories reflected in the constellations.

Author : Kenneth L. Rehg,Lyle Campbell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780190877040

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The Oxford Handbook of Endangered Languages by Kenneth L. Rehg,Lyle Campbell Pdf

The endangered languages crisis is widely acknowledged among scholars who deal with languages and indigenous peoples as one of the most pressing problems facing humanity, posing moral, practical, and scientific issues of enormous proportions. Simply put, no area of the world is immune from language endangerment. The Oxford Handbook of Endangered Languages, in 39 chapters, provides a comprehensive overview of the efforts that are being undertaken to deal with this crisis. A comprehensive reference reflecting the breadth of the field, the Handbook presents in detail both the range of thinking about language endangerment and the variety of responses to it, and broadens understanding of language endangerment, language documentation, and language revitalization, encouraging further research. The Handbook is organized into five parts. Part 1, Endangered Languages, addresses the fundamental issues that are essential to understanding the nature of the endangered languages crisis. Part 2, Language Documentation, provides an overview of the issues and activities of concern to linguists and others in their efforts to record and document endangered languages. Part 3, Language Revitalization, includes approaches, practices, and strategies for revitalizing endangered and sleeping ("dormant") languages. Part 4, Endangered Languages and Biocultural Diversity, extends the discussion of language endangerment beyond its conventional boundaries to consider the interrelationship of language, culture, and environment, and the common forces that now threaten the sustainability of their diversity. Part 5, Looking to the Future, addresses a variety of topics that are certain to be of consequence in future efforts to document and revitalize endangered languages.

Author : J. G. Kiango
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Bantu languages
ISBN : UOM:39015056820031

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Bantu Lexicography by J. G. Kiango Pdf

Author : Elena Tognini-Bonelli
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001-04-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027285447

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Corpus Linguistics at Work by Elena Tognini-Bonelli Pdf

The book offers a combined discussion of the main theoretical, methodological and application issues related to corpus work. Thus, starting from the definition of what is a corpus and why reading a corpus calls for a different methodology from reading a text, the underlying assumptions behind corpus work are discussed. The two main approaches to corpus work are discussed as the “corpus-based” and the “corpus-driven” approach and the theoretical positions underlying them explored in detail. The book adopts and exemplifies the parameters of the corpus-driven approach and posits a new unit of linguistic description defined systematically in the light of corpus evidence. The applications where the corpus-driven approach is exemplified are language teaching and contrastive linguistics. Alternating between practical examples and theoretical evaluation, the reader is led step-by-step to a detailed understanding of the issues involved in corpus work and, at the same time, tempted to explore for himself some of the major applications where a corpus-driven methodology can reveal unprecedented insights into linguistic patterning.

Author : William Frawley,Kenneth C. Hill,Pamela Munro
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002-10-03
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0520229967

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Making Dictionaries by William Frawley,Kenneth C. Hill,Pamela Munro Pdf

A collection of essays about the theory and practice of Native American lexicography, and more specifically the making of dictionaries, by some of the top scholars working in Native American language studies.

Author : Liwei Jiao
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781000713022

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A Cultural Dictionary of The Chinese Language by Liwei Jiao Pdf

A Cultural Dictionary of the Chinese Language introduces the 500 most important cultural traits of the Chinese as reflected in language use, especially in Chinese idioms (chengyu), proverbs and colloquial expressions (suyu). Communicative competence, the ultimate goal of language learning, consists of not only linguistic, but intercultural competence, which enables the language learner to speak with fluency and understanding. The Chinese language is richly imbued with cultural wisdoms and values underlying the appropriateness of idioms in the Chinese language. The Dictionary provides Intermediate and B1-C1 level learners as well as scholars of the Chinese language with an essential reference book as well as a useful cultural reader.

Author : James M. Kari
Publisher : Alaska Native Language Center
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015048534435

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Headwaters People's Country by James M. Kari Pdf

Collection of 21 narratives focussing on stories about historical events and traditional territory. Also includes a small selection from the rich Upper Ahtna oral tradition.

Author : James M. Kari
Publisher : Alaska Native Language Center
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Dena'ina language
ISBN : 1555001211

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Dena'ina Topical Dictionary by James M. Kari Pdf

This is a dictionary of the Dena'ina Athabascan language of Cook Inlet Basin and the Southern Alaska Range. Vocabulary lists arranged by topic provide a panoramic view of the central cultural and ecological concepts of the Dena'ina. In terms of breadth of subjects, technical specificity, dialect coverage, and illustrations, this is the most refined topical lexicon in existence for an Alaska Native language and for any language in the Athabascan family. More than one hundred Dena'ina speakers contributed words, and many chapters were reviewed by experts in natural history and ethnology. This work positions Dena'ina topical materials at the intersection of ethnology and linguistics.

Author : Victor Golla,Sean O'Neill
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 1124 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110879803

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Northwest California Linguistics by Victor Golla,Sean O'Neill Pdf

This volume contains Sapir's full edition of Hupa texts, with complete linguistic and textual annotations. The texts are accompanied by an analytic lexicon - a complete inventory of all stems and derivational bases contained in the corpus - and a detailed ethnographic glossary.

Author : Leanne Hinton,Leena Huss,Gerald Roche
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317200857

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The Routledge Handbook of Language Revitalization by Leanne Hinton,Leena Huss,Gerald Roche Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Language Revitalization is the first comprehensive overview of the language revitalization movement, from the Arctic to the Amazon and across continents. Featuring 47 contributions from a global range of top scholars in the field, the handbook is divided into two parts, the first of which expands on language revitalization issues of theory and practice while the second covers regional perspectives in an effort to globalize and decolonize the field. The collection examines critical issues in language revitalization, including: language rights, language and well-being, and language policy; language in educational institutions and in the home; new methodologies and venues for language learning; and the roles of documentation, literacies, and the internet. The volume also contains chapters on the kinds of language that are less often researched such as the revitalization of music, of whistled languages and sign languages, and how languages change when they are being revitalized. The Routledge Handbook of Language Revitalization is the ideal resource for graduate students and researchers working in linguistic anthropology and language revitalization and endangerment.

Author : Theodore B. Fernald,Paul Platero
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2000-05-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780195119473

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The Athabaskan Languages by Theodore B. Fernald,Paul Platero Pdf

The Native American language family called Athabaskan has received increasing attention from linguists and educators. The linguistic chapters in this volume focus on syntax and semantics, but also involve morphology, phonology, and historical linguistics. Included is a discussion of whether religion and secular issues can be separated in Navajo classrooms.

Author : Jules Jetté,Eliza Jones
Publisher : Alaska Native Language Center
Page : 1228 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025948915

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Koyukon Athabaskan Dictionary by Jules Jetté,Eliza Jones Pdf

Author : Robert F. Spencer
Publisher : New York : Dover Publications ; Don Mills, Ont. : General Publishing Company
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Eskimos
ISBN : 0486233693

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The North Alaskan Eskimo by Robert F. Spencer Pdf