Dictionary of American Family Names

Dictionary of American Family Names

Author: Patrick Hanks

Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

Published: 2003-05-08

Total Pages: 2094

ISBN-13: 0195081374

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Where did your surname come from? Do you know how many people in the United States share it? What does it tell you about your lineage?From the editor of the highly acclaimed Dictionary of Surnames comes the most extensive compilation of surnames in America. The result of 10 years of research and 30 consulting editors, this massive undertaking documents 70,000 surnames of Americans across the country. A reference source like no other, it surveys each surname giving its meaning, nationality, alternate spellings, common forenames associated with it, and the frequency of each surname and forename.The Dictionary of American Family Names is a fascinating journey throughout the multicultural United States, offering a detailed look at the meaning and frequency of surnames throughout the country. For students studying family genealogy, others interested in finding out more about their own lineage, or lexicographers, the Dictionary is an ideal place to begin research.


Literary Sinitic and East Asia

Literary Sinitic and East Asia

Author: Bunkyo Kin

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-04-06

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9004437304

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In Literary Sinitic and East Asia: A Cultural Sphere of Vernacular Reading, Professor Kin Bunkyō surveys the ‘vernacular reading’ technologies used to read Literary Sinitic through a wide variety of vernacular languages across diverse premodern literary cultures in East Asia.


A Reference Grammar of Japanese

A Reference Grammar of Japanese

Author: Samuel Elmo Martin

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 1286

ISBN-13: 9780824828189

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This title explains the use of Japanese words such as wa, ga and mo looking at the rules and meanings of words in their literary forms.


Social Murder

Social Murder

Author: Wayne Michael Dunwell

Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers

Published: 2023-03-31

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 1528988825

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“Ronni’s mind fell completely silent. She stopped being aware of the room around her, there was only the hateful figure of a bully and an abuser ahead of her, all else was a blur.” You’re in a strange city. Your friend is missing. Could you find the courage to do what is necessary? Would you even know where to start? These are the questions faced by law graduate Ronni Wong when her friend Jenny disappears after a date with a man she met online. Finding evidence suggesting that Jenny’s internet lover hides the darkest of secrets, Ronni is forced to embark on a journey through social media to discover the identity of a kidnapper, and then a dangerous race against time through the streets of Metro Manila to save her friend’s life. The clock is ticking, can Ronni make it in time? Join Ronni as her investigation into one disappearance leads her into mortal danger. Social Murder will keep you on the edge of your seat, and at the same time challenge you to think about how you use social media. Are you safe online?


Asia's Orthographic Dilemma

Asia's Orthographic Dilemma

Author: William C. Hannas

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 1997-06-01

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780824818920

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With the advent of computers and the rise of East Asian economies, the complicated character-based writing systems of East Asia have reached a stage of crisis that may be described as truly millennial in scope and implications. In what is perhaps the most wide-ranging critique of the sinographic script ever written, William C. Hannas assesses the usefulness of Chinese character-based writing in East Asia today.


Zainichi (Koreans in Japan)

Zainichi (Koreans in Japan)

Author: John Lie

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2008-11-17

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0520258207

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This book traces the origins and transformations of a people-the Zainichi, or Koreans “residing in Japan.” Using a wide range of arguments and evidence-historical and comparative, political and social, literary and pop-cultural-John Lie reveals the social and historical conditions that gave rise to Zainichi identity, while exploring its vicissitudes and complexity. In the process he sheds light on the vexing topics of diaspora, migration, identity, and group formation.


The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong

The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong

Author: JaHyun Kim Haboush

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2013-09-14

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 0520957296

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Lady Hyegyong's memoirs, which recount the chilling murder of her husband by his father, form one of the best known and most popular classics of Korean literature. From 1795 until 1805 Lady Hyegyong composed this masterpiece, depicting a court life Shakespearean in its pathos, drama, and grandeur. Presented in its social, cultural, and historical contexts, this first complete English translation opens a door into a world teeming with conflicting passions, political intrigue, and the daily preoccupations of a deeply intelligent and articulate woman. JaHyun Kim Haboush's accurate, fluid translation captures the intimate and expressive voice of this consummate storyteller. Reissued nearly twenty years after its initial publication with a new foreword by Dorothy Ko, The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong is a unique exploration of Korean selfhood and an extraordinary example of autobiography in the premodern era.


Japan Style Sheet

Japan Style Sheet

Author: Society of Writers, Editors and Translators, Tokyo

Publisher: Stone Bridge Press

Published: 2008-09-01

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 1880656302

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A Chicago Style Manual-type guide for anyone working on English-language publications about Japan. Primarily for nonspecialists, it also contains advice and lists of resources for translators and researchers.