Linguistic Magic and Mystery
Author: Ivan A. Derzhanski
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9789548880275
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Magic, Power, Language, Symbol
Author: Patrick Dunn
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0738713600
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAll forms of magic are linked to language. As a magic practitioner and a linguist, Patrick Dunn illuminates this fascinating relationship and offers breakthrough theories on how and why magic works. Drawing on linguistics and semiotics (the study of symbols), Dunn illuminates the magical use of language, both theoretically and practically. He poses new theories on the mechanics of magic by analyzing the structure of ritual, written signs and sigils, primal language, incantations across cultures, Qabalah and gematria (Hebrew numerology), and the Enochian vocabulary. This revolutionary paradigm can help magicians understand how sigils and talismans work, compose Enochian spells, speak in tongues for magic, create mantras, work with gematria, use postmodern "defixios," and refine their practice in countless other ways. ""Magic, Power, Language, Symbol" is a unique tour de force that reinterprets the very nature of magic—placing it within the modern sciences of symbolism (semiotics) and language (linguistics). Within this paradigm, Dunn explains something that most other books miss: a logical and scientific understanding of how and why real magic actually works." —Donald Michael Kraig, author of "Modern Magick"
How Babies Talk
Author: Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2000-07-01
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1101213086
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn their first three years of life, babies face the most complex learning endeavor they will ever undertake as human beings: They learn to talk. Now, as researchers make new forays into the mystery of the development of the human brain, Golinkoff and Hirsh-Pasek, both developmental psychologists and language experts, offer parents a powerfully insightful guidebook to how infants—even while in the womb—begin to learn language. Along the way, the authors provide parents with the latest scientific findings, developmental milestones, and important advice on how to create the most effective learning environments for their children. This book takes readers on a fascinating, vitally important exploration of the dance between nature and nurture, and explains how parents can help their children learn more successfully.
Language and Magic
Author: Toshihiko Izutsu
Publisher: The Other Press
Published:
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9839541765
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn Introduction to Language and Linguistics
Author: Christopher J. Hall
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780826487339
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Christopher Hall's book is the best new introduction to linguistics that I have seen in decades. It is engagingly written without talking down to the reader and it covers all the subparts of the field in a comprehensive and even-handed manner. I plan to use it the next time that I teach an introductory course at Washington.' Professor Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington 'With apt examples from novels and newspapers, courtroom trials and telephone conversations, the lowly and the mighty, his book repeatedly startles as it casts light on language. This is a bright, humorous, and completely accessible tour of 21st-century linguistics.' Professor Edward Finegan, University of Southern California This book introduces the fundamentals of human language from a linguistic point of view, using examples drawn from everyday life to aid comprehension, and encouraging critical thinking throughout. Besides presenting the fundamental building blocks of language and explaining how these function, the book also introduces other key elements of the discipline of linguistics, including language acquisition, applied linguistics, psycholinguistics and discourse analysis. Packed full of examples, this is the ideal introduction to language for those who are interested in studying linguistics, have already started a course, or just want to study at home.
The Emergence of Semantics in Four Linguistic Traditions
Author: Wout Jac. van Bekkum
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 1997-04-03
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9027298815
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe aim of this study is a comparative analysis of the role of semantics in the linguistic theory of four grammatical traditions, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Greek, Arabic. If one compares the organization of linguistic theory in various grammatical traditions, it soon turns out that there are marked differences in the way they define the place of ‘semantics’ within the theory. In some traditions, semantics is formally excluded from linguistic theory, and linguists do not express any opinion as to the relationship between syntactic and semantic analysis. In other traditions, the whole basis of linguistic theory is semantically orientated, and syntactic features are always analysed as correlates of a semantic structure. However, even in those traditions, in which semantics falls explicitly or implicitly outside the scope of linguistics, there may be factors forcing linguists to occupy themselves with the semantic dimension of language. One important factor seems to be the presence of a corpus of revealed/sacred texts: the necessity to formulate hermeneutic rules for the interpretation of this corpus brings semantics in through the back door.
Dinosaurs in Your Backyard
Author: Hugh Brewster
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 2009-04-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780810970991
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses species of dinosaurs found on the continent of North America 70 million years ago.
Breaking the Language Barrier
Author: George Hollich
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2000-10-26
Total Pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9780631221548
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow do children learn their first words? The field of language development has been polarized by responses to this question. Explanations range from accounts that emphasize the importance of cognitive heuristics in language acquisition, to those that highlight the role of "dumb attentional mechanisms" in word learning. This monograph offers an alternative to these accounts. A hybrid view of word-learning, called the emergentist coalition theory, combines cognitive constraints, social-pragmatic factors, and global attentional mechanisms to arrive at a balanced account of how children construct principles of word learning. In twelve experiments, with children ranging from 12 to 25 months of age, data are described that support the emergentist coalition theory.
Spellwright
Author: Blake Charlton
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2011-08-02
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780765356581
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHampered by his inability to spell in a world where magic must be written in order to work, gifted young wizard Nicodemus experiences disturbing dreams in the wake of an ancient demon's murderous campaign that suggests that Nicodemus's spelling problem may be related to a curse.
Letter Perfect
Author: David Sacks
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Published: 2010-08-20
Total Pages: 415
ISBN-13: 0307371034
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLetters are tangible language. Joining together in endless combinations to actually show speech, letters convey our messages and tell our stories. While we encounter these tiny shapes hundreds of times a day, we take for granted the long, fascinating history behind one of the most fundamental of human inventions -- the alphabet. The heart of the book is the 26 fact-filled “biographies” of letters A through Z, each one identifying the letter’s particular significance for modern readers, tracing its development from ancient forms, and discussing its noteworthy role in literature and other media. We learn, for example, why the letter X has a sinister and sexual aura, how B came to signify second best, why the word “mother” in many languages starts with M, and what is the story of O. Packed with information and lavishly illustrated, Letter Perfect is not only accessible and entertaining, but essential to the appreciation of our own language.
