Lingüística Misionera

Lingüística Misionera
Author: Otto Zwartjes
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2004
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027245975

When the first European missionaries arrived on other continents, it was decided that the indigenous languages would be used as the means of christianization. There emerged the need to produce grammars and dictionaries of those languages. The study of this linguistic material has so far not received sufficient attention in the field of linguistic historiography. This volume is the first published collection of papers on missionary linguistics world-wide; it represents the insights of recent research, containing an introduction and papers on methodology, meta-historiography, the historical and cultural background. The book contains studies about early-modern linguistic works written in Spanish, Portuguese, English and French, describing among others indigenous languages from North America and Australia, Maya, Quechua, Xhosa, Japanese, Kapampangan, and Visaya. Topics dealt with include: innovations of individual missionaries in lexicography, grammatical analysis, phonology, morphology, or syntax; creativity in descriptive techniques; differences and/or similarities of works from different continents, and different religious backgrounds (Catholic or Protestant).

Heartskin

Heartskin
Author: Imani Parker
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2015-06-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1329208919

Haley Daye reconnects with Asher Wells, her childhood best friend. Dissatisfied with their lives, they embark on a journey that will change the both of them forever.

Approaches to Arabic Linguistics

Approaches to Arabic Linguistics
Author: Harald Motzki
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 794
Release: 2007-12-31
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9047422139

For a lifetime Kees Versteegh played a leading role in Arabic linguistics, dialects (diglossia, creolization, pidginization), the history of Arabic grammar, and other fields related to Arabic. From among his global contacts, colleagues contributed to a Liber Amicorum in appreciation of his stimulating efforts to reopen, deepen and complete our knowledge of Arabic Grammar and Linguistics. In three sections, History, Linguistics and Dialects, 27 contributors discuss (alphabetically): bilingual verb construction; contractual language; current developments; language description; language use; lexicology; organization of language; pause; sentence types; and specific topics: ʾallaḏī; featuring; government; homonymy; ʾiḍmār; inflection; maṣdar; the origin of grammatical tradition; variety conflicts; and verbal schematic (ir)regularities; waqf; and ẓarf.

The Jesuit Mission Press in Japan. 1591-1610

The Jesuit Mission Press in Japan. 1591-1610
Author: Ernest Mason Satow
Publisher:
Total Pages: 140
Release: 1888
Genre: Bibliography, Japanese
ISBN:

A bibliography (with facsimiles of title pages and other important information) of books printed by the Jesuit Mission Press in Japan between 1591 and 1610.

Eldorado Network

Eldorado Network
Author: Derek Robinson
Publisher: MacLehose Press
Total Pages: 624
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 162365324X

1941. Hitler is rampant. Spain is neutral. Madrid, like Casablanca, the launching pad for spies from all sides. The most daring and audacious of all is codenamed "Eldorado." Young, inexperienced, hotheaded, he had no right to survive, let alone succeed. Now his network is the most valuable in Europe, and the fates of armies lie in his hands. But who does he work for? Or is he only in it for himself? One thing's for sure. War may be a dirty business, but it certainly brings home the bacon. Based on a true story, The Eldorado Network is the first novel in Derek Robinson's acclaimed Luis Cabrillo Quartet. A tense and gripping espionage thriller from a master of action and suspense.

Fibbed

Fibbed
Author: Elizabeth Agyemang
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2022-06-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593204883

"Elizabeth Agyemang smartly weaves culture, adventure, and a little magic into a dynamic story about stories. Agyemang's colorful illustrations breathe life into Nana's journey as she connects with her roots and learns to believe in her own voice. At its core, FIBBED is a bold reminder that stories—and those who tell them—have power." —Booki Vivat, New York Times bestselling author of the Frazzled series A magical middle-grade graphic novel about a girl who doesn’t lie but no one believes, and who winds up tangled in the web of a trickster spider of Ghanaian lore, Ananse. Everyone says that the wild stories Nana tells are big fibs. But she always tells the truth, as ridiculous as it sounds to hear about the troupe of circus squirrels stealing her teacher’s toupee. When another outlandish explanation lands her in hot water again, her parents announce that Nana will be spending the summer with her grandmother in Ghana. She isn’t happy to be missing the summer camp she’s looked forward to all year, or to be living with family that she barely knows, in a country where she can’t really speak the native language. But all her worries get a whole lot bigger—literally—when she comes face-to-face with Ananse, the trickster spider of legend. Nana soon discovers that the forest around the village is a place of magic watched over by Ananse. But a group of greedy contractors are draining the magic from the land, intent on selling the wishes for their own gain. Nana must join forces with her cousin Tiwaa, new friend Akwesi, and Ananse himself to save the magic from those who are out to steal it before the magic—and the forest—are gone for good.