First Lessons in the Maori Language with a Short Vocabulary
by William L Williams
Surveying the night sky, a charming philosopher and his hostess, the Marquise, are considering the possibility of travelers from the moon. 'What if they were skillful enough to navigate on the outer surface of our air, and from there, through their curiosity to see us, they angled for us like fish? Would that please you?', asks the philosopher. 'Why not?', the Marquise replies. 'As for me, I'd put myself into their nets of my own volition just to have the pleasure of seeing those who caught me'....
Writing Handbook Student Edition Grade 4 (Senderos Estandares Comunes)
Education between Speech and Writing (New Directions in the Philosophy of Education)
by Ruyu Hung
This unique book explores how graphocentrism affects Chinese education and culture. It moves away from the contemporary educational practices in China of following the Western model of phonocentrism, to demonstrate that each perspective interacts and counteracts with each other, creating a dialogue between Eastern and Western thought. Chapters explore the consonances and dissonances between the two, problematizing the educational practices of Chinese tradition and proposing a dialectical think...
Ourselves
This book delves into how we come to terms with ourselves, with other people, and with the world in general. It is about how we come to be what we are, and to think the way we do. It is a book about influences on this process. A particular influence to which Smith gives central consideration is language, not just in terms of the communicative networks in which it engages us--the "information" that presents itself to us--but in the largely unsuspected framework for thought that lies within langua...
The Voice of Prophecy
"His voice is as deeply needed as ever. Ardener anticipated numerous central issues in the social sciences today...This publishing event will achieve something much more significant still: a long-overdue recognition that Ardener not only forged ahead of today's mainstream but bequeathed a legacy of ideas that can regenerate and redirect anthropological thought today. This new edition will allow a new and more receptive audience to come to grips with Ardener's distinctive mode of analysis and und...
Like all First Nations languages, Lillooet (Lil'wat) is a repository for an abundantly rich oral literature. In These Are Our Legends, the fifth volume of the First Nations Language Readers series, the reader will discover seven traditional Lillooet sptakwlh (variously translated into English as "legends," "myths," or "bed-time stories." These texts are presented in a technical transcription that can be used by linguists, and also in a practical orthography that can be used by Lillooet speakers...
A challenging quiz collection, this book aims to test your knowledge of more than 400 incredible words and surprising definitions, and increase your vocabulary. Each word is used in a sentence, and is accompanied by three or four possible definitions. The book includes words like cockarouse, shilly-shally, hornswaggle and hugger-mugger, and can be played alone or with friends.
-A chunky pocket library, with six mini board books-Full colour pictures and simple first words for babies and toddlers to discover on each page-My Year has books about the four seasons, and two specialcelebrations, birthdays and Christmas
This is a touch-and-feel first word and picture book celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. The pages feature familiar Diwali images, including oil lamps, fantastic fireworks and Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth.