Landscape in Language

Landscape in Language
Author: David M. Mark
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2011-06-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 902728704X

Landscape is fundamental to human experience. Yet until recently, the study of landscape has been fragmented among the disciplines. This volume focuses on how landscape is represented in language and thought, and what this reveals about the relationships of people to place and to land. Scientists of various disciplines such as anthropologists, geographers, information scientists, linguists, and philosophers address several questions, including: Are there cross-cultural and cross-linguistic variations in the delimitation, classification, and naming of geographic features? Can alternative world-views and conceptualizations of landscape be used to produce culturally-appropriate Geographic Information Systems (GIS)? Topics included: ontology of landscape; landscape terms and concepts; toponyms; spiritual aspects of land and landscape terms; research methods; ethical dimensions of the research; and its potential value to indigenous communities involved in this type of research.

The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Fieldwork

The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Fieldwork
Author: Nicholas Thieberger
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2011-11-24
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0191632821

This book offers a state-of-the-art guide to linguistic fieldwork, reflecting its collaborative nature across the subfields of linguistics and disciplines such as astronomy, anthropology, biology, musicology, and ethnography. Experienced scholars and fieldworkers explain the methods and approaches needed to understand a language in its full cultural context and to document it accessibly and enduringly. They consider the application of new technological approaches to recording and documentation, but never lose sight of the crucial relationship between subject and researcher. The book is timely: an increased awareness of dying languages and vanishing dialects has stimulated the impetus for recording them as well as the funds required to do so. The handbook is an indispensible source, guide, and reference for everyone involved in linguistic and cultural work.

Proceedings of Our National Landscape

Proceedings of Our National Landscape
Author: Gary H. Elsner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 764
Release: 1979
Genre: Forest landscape design
ISBN:

Contains highlights of new developments in managing and maintaining the attractiveness of wildland landscapes.

The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms

The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms
Author: Michael Hickey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2000-11-16
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780521794015

A particularly versatile reference work for all those needing a guide to botanical terminology and plant structure.

The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Fieldwork

The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Fieldwork
Author: Nick Thieberger
Publisher: Oxford Handbooks
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2012
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0199571880

This book offers a state-of-the-art guide to linguistic fieldwork, reflecting its collaborative nature across the subfields of linguistics and disciplines such as astronomy, anthropology, biology, musicology, and ethnography. Experienced scholars and fieldworkers explain the methods and approaches needed to understand a language in its full cultural context and to document it accessibly and enduringly. They consider the application of new technological approaches to recording and documentation, but never lose sight of the crucial relationship between subject and researcher. The book is timely: an increased awareness of dying languages and vanishing dialects has stimulated the impetus for recording them as well as the funds required to do so. The handbook is an indispensible source, guide, and reference for everyone involved in linguistic and cultural fieldwork.

Plant Identification Terminology

Plant Identification Terminology
Author: James G. Harris
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1994
Genre: Botany
ISBN: 9780964022157

A marvelous resource for anyone who wishes to familiarize themselves with plant identification keys, this volume (first published in 1994, with numerous reprints) assembles a visual glossary of botanical terms. The first section presents the alphabetical glossary of some 2,400 terms commonly used in plant description and identification. The second part groups related terms to facilitate study and comparison. Illustrated with clear bandw line drawings. c. Book News Inc.

The Complete Illustrated Book of Development Definitions

The Complete Illustrated Book of Development Definitions
Author: Harvey S. Moskowitz
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 643
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 135148463X

The latest edition of The Illustrated Book of Development Definitions breaks new ground. It addresses traditional and new planning problems: natural and industrial disasters such as hurricanes and oil spills; new housing types and living accommodations; changes in urban design and practice like new urbanism; sustainability; pedestrian and bicycle friendly environments; and more. Joining Harvey S. Moskowitz and Carl G. Lindbloom, authors of the first three editions, are two prominent, nationally known planners: David Listokin and Richard Preiss. Attorney Dwight H. Merriam adds legal annotations to almost all 2,276 definitions. These citations from court decisions bridge the gap between land use theory and real world application, bringing a new dimension to this edition. More than 20,000 copies of previous editions were sold over four decades to professionals and government representatives, such as members of planning and zoning boards and municipal governing bodies. This first revision in ten years updates what is widely acknowledged as an essential, standard reference for planners.