Languages of the World
Languages of the World

Author: Asya Pereltsvaig

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-02-09

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1107002788

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Introduces readers to the rich diversity of human languages, familiarizing them with the variety of languages around the world.

Intonation and Prosodic Structure
Intonation and Prosodic Structure

Author: Caroline Féry

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 1107008069

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This book provides a state-of-the-art survey of intonation and prosody from a phonological perspective, for advanced students and researchers in phonology.

Preliminaries to Linguistic Phonetics
Preliminaries to Linguistic Phonetics

Author: Peter Ladefoged

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2019-05-08

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 022622189X

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This book is about some of the phonetic events that occur in the languages of the world. The data described consist mainly of contrasts observable at the systematic phonetic level in a wide variety of languages.

The Sounds of the World's Languages
The Sounds of the World's Languages

Author: Peter Ladefoged

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Published: 1996-02-05

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 9780631198154

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This book describes all the known ways in which the sounds of the world's languages differ. Encapsulating the work of two leading figures in the field, it will be a standard work of reference for researchers in phonetics, linguistics and speech science for many years to come. The scope of the book is truly global, with data drawn from nearly 400 languages, many of them investigated at first hand by the authors.

Senkatana
Senkatana

Author: Sophonia Machabe Mofokeng

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2021-10-01

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 1776145453

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Senkatana is a tragic play adapted from Sotho folk narrative. The play is regarded as a classic of Sesotho literature. Seen as one of the greatest essayists and dramatists writing in Southern Sotho, Senkatana was Mofokeng’s first book, published in 1952 in the African (then Bantu) Treasury Series, an imprint of Witwatersrand University Press.

Thank You and You're Welcome
Thank You and You're Welcome

Author: Kanye West

Publisher: Super Good

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780978967918

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Kanye West teams up with co-author J Sakiya Sandifer to make his literary debut, an entertaining volume of 'Kanye-isms' -- the creative, humorous, and insightful philosophies and anecdotes used in creating his path to success. It captures the same wit, playful irony, and piercing insight found abundant in his lyrics. In this book Kanye delivers his personal message uncensored, without any five-second delay or media distortion. My book is a guide to creating then celebrating your moment! says Kanye.