The Second Life of Nathan Jones

Humor & Entertainment

Atkinson, David

Humor

HarperImpulse

This volume of the Access series examines the formation of the major rock types and their distinctive characteristics and landscapes. It considers the main processes of weathering that break down those rocks and the features produced as a consequence. The physical causes and landforms associated with slope processes and mass movements are also covered, as are the major human activities made possible by the distinctive landscapes and environments of differing geology. Examples at varying scales are drawn from around the world. The text features up-to-date case studies and data as well as maps and photographes which help to reinforce key issues.

Weathering, Slopes and Landforms (Access to Geography Series)

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Hodder Education Publishers

Language and Power in the Modern World

This book explores key areas of modern society in which language is used to form power and social relations. These are presented in five sections: Language and the Media Language and Organisations Language and Gender Language and Youth Multilingualism, Identity and Ethnicity With a unique combination of selected readings and student-centred tasks in a single volume, the book covers contemporary issues in language and power, ranging from the global to the interpersonal. Each area - and each reading chosen to explore it - is substantially contextualised and discussed through a detailed introduction and then followed up with related activities. Each section comprises: *a substantial, specific introduction which draws students' attention to key themes and issues relevant to its topic; *a set of four or five selected readings which encourages students to locate critically these issues in context; *a task, or set of tasks, obliging students to undertake 'hands-on' linguistic analysis of data and engage in more sophisticated discussion of pertinent issues.* In-depth exploration of a variety of approaches to the study of language and power *Unique combination of advanced readings, student-centred tasks and editorial guidance *Hands-on activities at the end of each chapter

Reference

Atkinson, Karen

Talbot, Professor Mary

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Edinburgh University Press

Ballads are a fascinating subject of study not least because of their endless variety. It is quite remarkable that ballads taken down or recorded from singers separated by centuries in time and by hundreds of kilometres in distance, should be both different and yet recognizably the same. In The English Traditional Ballad, David Atkinson examines the ways in which the body of ballads known in England make reference both to ballads from elsewhere and to other English folk songs. The book outlines current theoretical directions in ballad scholarship: structuralism, traditional referentiality, genre and context, print and oral transmission, and the theory of tradition and revival. These are combined to offer readers a method of approaching the central issue in ballad studies - the creation of meaning(s) out of ballad texts. Atkinson focuses on some of the most interesting problems in ballad studies: the 'wit-combat' in versions of The Unquiet Grave; variable perspectives in comic ballads about marriage; incest as a ballad theme; problems of feminine motivation in ballads like The Outlandish Knight and The Broomfield Hill; murder ballads and murder in other instances of early popular literature. Through discussion of these issues and themes in ballad texts, the book outlines a way of tracing tradition(s) in English balladry, while recognizing that ballad tradition is far from being simply chronological and linear.

The English Traditional Ballad: Theory, Method, and Practice (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)

Arts & Photography

Music

Routledge

An accessible overview of five major issues in sociolinguistics and the relationship between language and power.This book analyzes the key ways in which language constitutes and conveys power and social relationships in modern society. It offers selected readings that illustrate the thematic introductions and a set of tasks designed to guide linguistic analysis of data and to stimulate student discussion, in five specific areas: • Multilingualism, Identity, and Ethnicity: examines the phenomena of  linguistic diversity from the perspective of language planning and language policies, with emphasis on personal, psychological, educational, cultural, and political issues. • Language and Youth: examines the languages of old age and the language of youth subcultures. • Language and Gender: explores the claim that men and women use interactional communication styles based on power and solidarity,  respectively. • Language and the Media: considers the extent to which verbal interaction through mass media differs from other kinds of communication and its  consequences in terms of power relations. • Language and Organizations: explores the use of language as a tool of power in public institutions and bureaucracies and how control over individuals is articulated through a range of different discourse structures and strategies. With a unique combination of selected readings and student-centered tasks in a single volume, Language and Power in the Modern World covers contemporary issues of communication theory and sociolinguistics, ranging from the global to the interpersonal.

Talbot, Mary

Words, Language & Grammar

University Alabama Press

An accessible overview of five major issues in sociolinguistics and the relationship between language and power.
This book analyzes the key ways in which language constitutes and conveys power and social relationships in modern society. It offers selected readings that illustrate the thematic introductions and a set of tasks designed to guide linguistic analysis of data and to stimulate student discussion, in five specific areas:
 • Multilingualism, Identity, and Ethnicity: examines the phenomena of linguistic diversity from the perspective of language planning and language policies, with emphasis on personal, psychological, educational, cultural, and political issues.
 • Language and Youth: examines the languages of old age and the language of youth subcultures.
 • Language and Gender: explores the claim that men and women use interactional communication styles based on power and solidarity, respectively.
 • Language and the Media: considers the extent to which verbal interaction through mass media differs from other kinds of communication and its consequences in terms of power relations.
 • Language and Organizations: explores the use of language as a tool of power in public institutions and bureaucracies and how control over individuals is articulated through a range of different discourse structures and strategies.
 With a unique combination of selected readings and student-centered tasks in a single volume, Language and Power in the Modern World covers contemporary issues of communication theory and sociolinguistics, ranging from the global to the interpersonal.

Talbot, Dr. Mary

In Times of Need-H: Words to Comfort

Atkinson, Sue

Religion & Spirituality

Lion Hudson

This series of Old and New Testament commentaries edited by John Stott is characterized by a threefold ideal: to expound the biblical text with accuracy, to relate biblical teaching to contemporary life and to be readable. Perfect for Sunday school teachers, small group leaders, seminary and college students and individual Bible readers.

The Bible Speaks Today (48 Volume Set)

Stott, John R.W.

Motyer, J.A.

Intervarsity Pr

by David Atkinson, Vic Gammon, Rikky Rooksby, Mark Brend, John Morrish, Martin Carthy, and Nigel WilliamsonWords & melodies for 80+ traditional songs, plus detailed explorations of their history & meaning and their value to writers & performers. With a CD of 20 songs recorded in the field.

The Folk Handbook: Working with Songs from the English Tradition

Williamson, Nigel

Rooksby, Rikky

Morrish, John

Brend, Mark

Backbeat Books

Street Ballads in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, and North America: The Interface between Print and Oral Traditions

In recent years, the assumption that traditional songs originated from a primarily oral tradition has been challenged by research into ’street literature’ - that is, the cheap printed broadsides and chapbooks that poured from the presses of jobbing printers from the late sixteenth century until the beginning of the twentieth. Not only are some traditional singers known to have learned songs from printed sources, but most of the songs were composed by professional writers and reached the populace in printed form. Street Ballads in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Ireland, and North America engages with the long-running debate over the origin of traditional songs by examining street literature’s interaction with, and influence on, oral traditions.

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