Hopeful Activist: Discovering the vital change you were made to bring

Walker, Rachel

Gower, Rich

Humor & Entertainment

SPCK Publishing

Linguists researching the sounds of languages do not just study lists of sounds but seek to discover generalizations about sound patterns by grouping them into categories. They study the common properties of each category and identify what distinguishes one category from another. Vowel patterns, for instance, are analysed and compared across languages to identify phonological similarities and differences. This original account of vowel patterns in language brings a wealth of cross-linguistic material to the study of vowel systems and offers new theoretical insights. Informed by research in speech perception and production, it addresses the fundamental question of how the relative prominence of word position influences vowel processes and distributions. The book combines a cross-linguistic focus with detailed case studies. Descriptions and analyses are provided for vowel patterns in over 25 languages from around the world, with particular emphasis on minor Romance languages and on the diachronic development of the German umlaut.

Vowel Patterns in Language (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 130)

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

Cambridge University Press

The events of the last eight years on that part of the globe that was once called the Soviet Union have left the world community amazed and disbelieving. The superpower suddenly disintegrated not because it was threstened with immediate invasion, famine or war, but because it crumbled from within. Mikhail Garbachev, the telegenic politician who came to power in 1985 promising to reform the Soviet system, and who became the only Soviet leader to win the genuine affection and respect of almost everyone outside his country's borders, was transformed almost overnight into the Soviet Union's "grave-digger" and removed from office. Focusing on the six years of perestroika in the Soviet Union, this book suggests that many of the problems confronting the new states were first created during this time. The book tries to explore and explain some of the developments, particularly in Russia, since the collapse of the USSR in December 1991 and covers events up to August 1992. The book is designed to take a broad interpretive and analytical approach, rather than a factual one, its intention being to provide the reader with the tools for understanding developments, not just a knowledge of events. It should be of interest to the student and the general reader who would like to learn more about the events which have taken place in the Soviet system.

Six Years That Shook the World: Perestroika--The Impossible Project

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Manchester Univ Pr

Offers a guide for students and general readers to the revolution that occurred in Soviet politics after 1985, and to the emergence of independent nations from the wreckage of the old Soviet system after August 1991. Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Six Years That Shook the World: Perestroika - The Impossible Project

Nasalization, Neutral Segments and Opacity Effects (Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics)

This book explores cross linguistic variation in nasalization.

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Routledge

Vowel Patterns in Language (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics)

When you walk around you probably think of the Earth as a solid, stable mass, when really it is constantly moving and reshaping itself - usually at a pace too slow to be noticed, but occasionally with a dramatic event like a violent earthquake or volcanic eruption. It has been changing since its creation and now looks nothing like it was all that time ago. Reading Level 28/F&P Level S

Active Earth: Standard English Edition (Advanced Fluency 3 Non-Fiction Set A)

English as a Second Language

Red Rocket

When you walk around you probably think of the Earth as a solid, stable mass, when really it is constantly moving and reshaping itself - usually at a pace too slow to be noticed, but occasionally with a dramatic event like a violent earthquake or volcanic eruption. It has been changing since its creation and now looks nothing like it was all that time ago.

Active Earth (Red Rocket Readers Advanced Fluency Level 3)

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Red Rocket Readers

How does an author choose an artist? How does an artist works? How do they decide what to draw? What do they use? What are the stages of making art?

Book Art (Red Rocket Readers Early Level 4)

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