A History of the Korean Language

A History of the Korean Language

Author: Ki-Moon Lee

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-03-03

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780521661898

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A History of the Korean Language is the first book on the subject ever published in English. It traces the origin, formation, and various historical stages through which the language has passed, from Old Korean through to the present day. Each chapter begins with an account of the historical and cultural background. A comprehensive list of the literature of each period is then provided and the textual record described, along with the script or scripts used to write it. Finally, each stage of the language is analyzed, offering new details supplementing what is known about its phonology, morphology, syntax, and lexicon. The extraordinary alphabetic materials of the 15th and 16th centuries are given special attention, and are used to shed light on earlier, pre-alphabetic periods.


Healing the Culture

Healing the Culture

Author: Robert Spitzer

Publisher: Ignatius Press

Published: 2009-10-16

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 168149227X

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Father Spitzer, President of Gonzaga University, has been using the principles in this book over the last eight years to educate people of all backgrounds in the philosophy of the pro-life movement. The tremendous positive response he has received inspired him to start the Life Principles Institute. This book is one of the key resources used for this program. This work effectively draws out the connections between personal attitudes toward happiness and the meaning of life, and the larger cultural issues such as freedom and human rights. Relying on the wisdom of the ages and respecting the human persons' unique capacity for rational analysis, this work offers definitions of the key cultural terms affecting life issues, including Happiness, Success, Love, Suffering, Quality of Life, Ethics, Freedom, Personhood, Human Rights and the Common Good.


The Psychology of Gratitude

The Psychology of Gratitude

Author: Robert A. Emmons

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2004-02-26

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780195150100

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Gratitude, like other positive emotions, has inspired many theological and philosophical writings, but it has inspired very little vigorous, empirical research. In an effort to remedy this oversight, this volume brings together prominent scientists from various disciplines to examine what has become known as the most-neglected emotion. The volume begins with the historical, philosophical, and theoretical foundations of gratitude, then presents the current research perspectives from social, personality, and developmental psychology, as well as from primatology, anthropology, and biology. The volume also includes a comprehensive, annotated bibliography of research on gratitude. This work contributes a great deal to the growing positive psychology initiative and to the scientific investigation of positive human emotions. It will be an invaluable resource for researchers and students in social, personality, and developmental, clinical, and health psychology, as well as to sociologists and cultural anthropologists.


Glenstal Abbey

Glenstal Abbey

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2020-07-22

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 9781782183631

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A collection of stunning images gives a rare insight into the daily life of the community of Benedictine monks based in Glenstal Abbey, Co. Limerick.


Appropriation and Representation

Appropriation and Representation

Author: Yang Shuhui

Publisher: U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES

Published: 2021-01-19

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 0472038109

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Feng Menglong (1574–1646) was recognized as the most knowledgeable connoisseur of popular literature of his time. He is known today for compiling three famous collections of vernacular short stories, each containing forty stories, collectively known as Sanyan. Appropriation and Representation adapts concepts of ventriloquism and dialogism from Bakhtin and Holquist to explore Feng’s methods of selecting source materials. Shuhui Yang develops a model of development in which Feng’s approach to selecting and working with his source materials becomes clear. More broadly, Appropriation and Representation locates Feng Menglong’s Sanyan in the cultural milieu of the late Ming, including the archaist movement in literature, literati marginality and anxieties, the subversive use of folk works, and the meiren xiangcao tradition—appropriating a female identity to express male frustration. Against this background, a rationale emerges for Feng’s choice to elevate and promote the vernacular story while stepping back form an overt authorial role.


Essays Presented To C G Seligman

Essays Presented To C G Seligman

Author: Evans Pritchard E E

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781018610726

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