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Oxfam bookshop folkestone this volume examines special issues associated with providing services and guidance to african american menthe contributors to this book provide a broad, interdisciplinary view of the possible solutions to the different problems facing african american menalthough this group of men is like any other in its struggle with its social and economic problems, african american men experience a higher rate of murder, imprisonment, unemployment and racismsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Recipes for respect african american meals and meaning by john tedge (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Liberia, south carolina an african american appalachian community by john mcoggeshall (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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This sabrina carrera limited edition african american doll comes with it's authenticity certificate, identification labels and it's original display boxthe doll is 16 inches high and is in perfect condition
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The book also discusses the collecting of african american stamps as a hobby and as an investment opportunityafrican americans on stamps, paperback by morant, mack bernard; cassell, macgorine (frw), isbn , isbn-13 , like new used, free shipping in the us america issued its first stamp honoring an african american in when it recognized booker tthere are 583 photographs, 206 of them in colorreferences, bibliography, indexmartin luther king, jrwashington, who was born a slave and became one of the nation’s great educatorsand foreign stamps, with their individual data, featuring such persons as writer alex haley, civil rights activists rosa parks and drthis work has more than
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The book also discusses the collecting of african american stamps as a hobby and as an investment opportunityafrican americans on stamps, paperback by morant, mack bernard; cassell, macgorine (frw), isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free shipping in the us america issued its first stamp honoring an african american in when it recognized booker tthere are 583 photographs, 206 of them in colorreferences, bibliography, indexmartin luther king, jrwashington, who was born a slave and became one of the nation’s great educatorsand foreign stamps, with their individual data, featuring such persons as writer alex haley, civil rights activists rosa parks and drthis work has more than
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african american reborn vinyl doll bought from new, in very good condition with original clothes and certificatecomes in dolls box
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Robert cancel discusses african-language literatures, while oyekan owomoyela treats the question of the language of african literatures) african literatures, says volume editor oyekan owomoyela, "testify to the great and continuing impact of the colonizing project on the african universeoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells a history of twentieth-century african literatures owomoyela, oyekan (ed carole boyce davies and elaine savory fido focus on the special problems of african women writers, while hans mafrican literature in portuguese, reflecting the nature of one of the most oppressive colonizing projects in africa, is treated by russell g in african francophone literature, we see both writers inspired by the french assimilationist system and those influenced by negritude, the african-culture affirmation movement" african writers must struggle constantly to define for themselves and other just what "africa" is and who they are in a continent constructed as a geographic and cultural entity largely by europeanspeters, arlene apovey, thomas knipp, and jforemost among the anglophone writers discussed are nigerians amos tutuola, chinua achebe, and wole soyinkandukaku amankulorzell deals with the broader issues of publishing-censorship, resources, and organizationcontributors for this section include jonathan asee oxfam website for delivery information read morewriters from east africa are also represented, as are those from south africa this study reflects the legacy of colonialism by devoting nine of its thirteen chapters to literature in "europhone" languages-english, french, and portuguesecontributors here include servanne woodward, edris makward, and alain ricard
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Oxfam bookshop shaftesbury what were the beginnings of the english language? why has american culture spread so successfully and will it continue to do so even as the countries power apparently wanes? why are the west indies no longer any good at cricket? what difference did slavery make to the way we speak english today?packed with nuggets of information about language, culture, history and power, robert mccrum traces the way that the english language as twisted and turned in response to the way the world has changed, and how, even as the british empire is long dead, the language extends its influence further and further in a globalised worldpages all in clean crisp conditioncloth cover in good condition with some signs of wear to the spine edges see oxfam website for delivery information read morebook condition: dust jacket in good condition with some signs of being read to the edgesauthors signature to the title page
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It is concerned both with the history of language and the language of historythe essays in this book explore the difficulties and the possibilities in understanding language as historical evidence softcover in excellent conditionwords such as "liberty" and "equality" have to be understood in a limited sense in the french and american revolutions, but it would be impossible to understand these events without recourse to these resonant conceptsthe author examines how political declarations and manifestos relate to the societies from which they emanated and for which they aimed to legislatethe chapters include studies of societies in germany, china, usa and india, pre-revolutionary france and 19th-century britain and americaoxfam bookshop carlisle this book is an investigation of how societies have understood and described themselvespages clean and unmarked see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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)  in a major reassessment of african american culture, phillip brian harper intervenes in the ongoing debate about the "proper" depiction of black peoplehe advocates for african american aesthetic abstractionism,a representational mode whereby an artwork, rather than striving for realist verisimilitude, vigorously asserts its essentially artificial characteroxfam bookshop canterbury phillip brian harper nyu press;(25 dec maintaining that realist representation reaffirms the very social facts that it might have been understood to challenge, harper contends that abstractionism shows up the actual constructedness of those facts, thereby subjecting them to critical scrutiny and making them amenable to transformation an as new unread copy see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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What resulted, she contends, were heated political battles over the extent to which women and african americans would occupy the public stageamerican creed explores the relationships among these three institutions, showing how charities and reform associations forged partnerships with government, provided important safety valves for popular discontent, and sparked much-needed economic developmenttracing, then, the evolution of civil society and the pivotal role of philanthropy in the search for and exercise of political and economic power, this book will prove essential to anyone interested in american history and governmentshe explores how acts of volunteerism and charity became involved with the abolitionist movement, educational patronage, the struggle against racism, and female social justice campaignssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this bracing history, kathleen dmccarthy also demonstrates how the idea of philanthropy became crucially wedded to social activism during the jacksonian erathe market revolution, participatory democracy, and voluntary associations have all been closely linked since the birth of the united statesoxfam original liverpool since the dawn of the republic, faith in social equality, religious freedom, and the right to engage in civic activism have constituted our national creedmccarthy traces the evolution of these ideals, exploring the impact of philanthropy and volunteerism on america from towhat results is a vital reevaluation of public life during the pivotal decades leading up to the civil war
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Oxfam bookshop canterbury regimes of language: ideologies, polities and identities (school of american research advanced seminar) paul vkroskrity james currey a very good copy see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop billericay stephen hopkins directs this biographical drama chronicling the rise of african american athlete jesse owens (stephan james) from promising hopeful to olympic champion at the berlin gameswith the event held in nazi germany, doubts still surround american participation, with owens himself struggling with the moral dilemmawhen the president of the international olympic committee avery brundage (jeremy irons) confirms that the united states team will compete, the stage is set for owens to go head-to-head with the nazi's vision of aryan supremacy and shock the world with his record-breaking performancessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cast also includes jason sudeikis, carice van houten and william hurtafter becoming the first man from his family to go to college, owens overcomes a number of challenges and breaks down racial barriers to become one of his country's best hopes for a medal at the upcoming olympic games
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Constructing a language offers a compellingly argued, psychologically sound new vision for the study of language acquisitionall theories of language acquisition assume these fundamental skills of intention-reading and pattern-findingoxfam bookshop preston in this groundbreaking book, michael tomasello presents a comprehensive usage-based theory of language acquisitiontomasello argues that the essence of language is its symbolic dimension, which rests on the uniquely human ability to comprehend intentiongrammar emerges as the speakers of a language create linguistic constructions out of recurring sequences of symbols; children pick up these patterns in the buzz of words they hear around themdrawing together a vast body of empirical research in cognitive science, linguistics, and developmental psychology, tomasello demonstrates that we don't need a self-contained "language instinct" to explain how children learn languagesome formal linguistic theories posit a second set of acquisition processes to connect somehow with an innate universal grammarsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut these extra processes, tomasello argues, are completely unnecessary-important to save a theory but not to explain the phenomenontheir linguistic ability is interwoven with other cognitive abilitiesfor all its empirical weaknesses, chomskian generative grammar has ruled the linguistic world for forty years
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The structures of language are shown to be purely cultural creationssince chomsky revolutionized the study of language in the s, it has increasingly come to be accepted that language and other knowledge structures are hard-wired in our genesoxfam bookshop preston when it was first published in , geoffrey sampson's educating eve was described as the definitive response to steven pinker's the language instinct and noam chomsky's nativismwith a new chapter entitled 'how people really speak' which uses corpus data to analyse how language is used in spontaneous english conversation, responses to critics, extensive revisions throughout, and a new preface by paul postal of new york university, this new edition will be an essential purchase for students, academics, and general readers interested in the debate about the 'language instinct'but people do not realize how thin the evidence for that idea issee oxfam website for delivery information read moreaccording to this view, human beings are born with a rich structure of cognition already in placethe 'language instinct' debate examines the various arguments for instinctive knowledge, and finds that each one rests on false premisses or embodies logical fallaciesin this revised and expanded new edition, sampson revisits his original arguments in the light of fresh evidence that has emerged since the original publication
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Research on language evolution has burgeoned over the last three decadesits five parts are devoted to insights from comparative animal behaviour; the biology of language evolution; the prehistory of language; the development of a linguistic species; and language creation, transmission, and changeinterdisciplinary activity has produced fundamental advances in the understanding of language evolution and in the evolution of human andanimal communication more generallyoxfam bookshop preston in the oxford handbook of language evolution, sixty leading scholars present critical accounts of every aspect of the fieldthe oxford handbook of language evolution will be valued by everyone interested in one of the most productive and fascinating fields in natural and cognitive sciencesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit highlights the links between different lines of research, shows what has been achieved, and considers promising directions for the futurethis book presents a wide-ranging summation of work in all the disciplines involved
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language presents the bold and controversial idea that language is not an innate component of the brain, as has been famously argued by chomsky and pinkerfusing adventure, anthropology, linguistics and psychology, and drawing on everett's pioneering research with the amazonian pirahĂŁs, language argues that language is embedded within - and is inseparable from - its specific cultureoxfam shop colne road like other tools, language was invented, can be reinvented or lost, and shows significant variation across culturesrather, it's a cultural tool which varies much more across different societies than the innateness view suggestssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book is like a fire that will generate much lightit's as essential to survival as fire - and, like fire, is found in all human societies
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Millions have learned with living languagedevelop practical language skills to speak in any situationretain what you've learned special recall exercises move your new language from short-term to long-term memorythe living language method build a foundation start speaking german immediately using essential words and phrasesat the core of complete german is the living language method, based on linguistic science, proven techniques, and over 65 years of experienceachieve your goals don't just mimic or memorisesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop wimbledon broadway complete german is a unique multimedia program that takes you beginner to advanced level in one convenient packagenow it's your turn* 3 books: 46 lessons, additional review exercises, culture notes, an extensive glossary, and a grammar summary-plus a bonus notebook * 9 audio cds*: vocabulary, dialogues, audio exercises, and more-listen while using the books or use for review on the go * free online learning: flashcards, games, and interactive quizzes for each lesson at wwwcom/languagelab  *access to downloadable audio also available with purchaseour method teaches you the whole language, so you can express yourself, not just recite memorised words or scriptsprogress with confidence build on each lesson as you advance to full sentences, then actual conversationsto learn more visit livinglanguage
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The two disciplines agree that the mysteries of the "creativity of language" can only be resolved by constructing a theory of languagescientific investigations now under way will allegedly make clear that a language is a highly complex system of rules which speakers tacitly knowoxfam bookshop preston theoretical linguistics, pioneered by saussure and much influenced by chomsky's ideas, lays claim to revolutionary insights into the nature of language and the mindlanguage, sense and nonsense argues that these influential disciplines are the pseudosciences of the age, grounded in conceptual confusions and protected from ridicule only by a facade of scientific procedure and mathematical sophisticationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morephilosophy of language, inspired by frege, wittgenstein, carnap and tarski, and developed by davidson and dummett, purports to reveal the hidden forms of thought and inference
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Oxfam shop mold generalisations about language and culture are at best amusing and meaningless, but is thereanythingsensible left to be said about the relation between language, culture and thought? *does language reflect the culture of a society? *is our mother-tongue a lens through which we perceive the world? *can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? inthrough the language glass, acclaimed author guy deutscher will convince you that, contrary to the fashionable academic consensus of today, the answer to all these questions is - yeson an odyssey that takes us from homer to darwin, from scientists to savages, from the corridors of yale to the rivers of the amazon, from how to name the rainbow to why russian water - a 'she' - become a 'he' once you have dipped a tea bag into her,this book explores some of the most fascinating and controversial questions about language, culture and the human mindsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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He asks whether the language is actually changing as fast as we suppose, and, if so, whyoxfam bookshop cheltenham is the english language in decline? many people seem to think so--but philip howard isn't one of themhoward here examines the language in its various branches and categories, such as grammar and pronunciation, spelling and punctuation, dialect and slangand where we can't help it, he says, we should lie back and enjoy its immense richness, which is unrivaled by any other languagehis is not the panglossian attitude that all is neccessarily for the best in the best of all possible languages, but he does feel that change is necessary--and healthy--in any living languagehe navigates the back streets of euphemism and the broad, boring boulevards of clichesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe literary editor of the times of london, howard takes a robust, commonsensical view of the changes that are happening in englishhoward argues that as far as we can, we should strive to direct and control the changes in english in ways that increase its powerrather than have us wring our hands, philip howard entreats us, with his customary with and erudition, to use our tongues in concert with our brainshe discusses the effect the new technologies, from cable tv to photocomposition, are having on the mother tongue, and he examines the new dialects that are coming into use
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Oxfam bookshop canterbury  anita patterson cambridge university press (10 april )language:: english a very good copy see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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2 play, the mind your language series of educational software thankfully takes the drudgery and chore-like elements away from learning a new lingooxfam bookshop chipping norton a collaboration between the berlitz language academy, publishers of hundreds of book and guides, and spanish video game publisher vbudding students are invited to progress through four different levels of difficulty, each of which will become more challenging as their language skills improvea variety of mini-games and a library where players can look up words and search for popular phrases in each language come as additional featuresv2 play promises to make the study of a new language fun, and delivers a 'game' targeted at a young audience, without completely excluding other generationssee oxfam website for delivery information read more'das ist gut', as they say! cartridge, case & booklet in excellent condition
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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate the intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary english language studiesthis accessible textbook in the routledge intertext series offers students hands-on practical experience of textual analysis focused on language and technologyworking with texts: a core introduction to language analysis (third edition, ) is the foundation text which is complemented by a range of 'satellite' titlesaimed at a-level and beginning undergraduate students, language and technology: explores the history of new communication tools such as texting; facebook and online forums examines the public discourses about these new tools incorporates real texts such as adverts, newspaper articles and chat room data includes a comprehensive glossary of termssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewritten in a clear, user-friendly style, it combines practical activities with texts, accompanied by commentaries and suggestions for further studythese provide students with hands-on practical experience of textual analysis through special topics, and can be used individually or in conjunction with working with texts
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The essays, a number of which were originally delivered as lectures in the university of cambridge and all of which are by specialists in the field, combine to provide a history of the german language in its social contextoxfam books & music beeston peter lang, , paperback very good condition the contributions to this volume explore eleven key developments in the external history of the german language, that is, the combination of social, political and cultural circumstances which influenced the language and its speakerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morean overarching theme is the role of deliberate intervention in the development of german, whether it took the form of education, prescriptivism, purism or political manipulationothers are studies of particular periods, places or groups which have not found their place in more narrative accounts: standardisation in the nineteenth century, the role of low german, the state of german at the stunde null insome of these 'landmarks' are individuals or groups of people who have exerted influence over the language: charlemagne, luther, the early modern grammarians and lexicographers
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