This second edition includes 37 new pages in a new Foreword and Afterword where Logan reports on a number of new developments in his research into the origin and evolution of language. The first edition of the Sixth Language was a recipient of the Susanne K. Langer Prize of the Media Ecology Association for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Symbolic Form.
In this unauthorized sequel to Gary Chapman's best-selling book "The Five Love Languages," unqualified love expert Zach Zimmerman unveils the sixth, secret, and often-neglected love language.You'll learn:* What is the sixth love language?* Why the sixth love language is actually everyone's dominant love language?* How to put your new knowledge of the sixth love language into practice
The Internet is transforming learning and commerce and accelerating the evolution of the Information Age into the Knowledge Era. Web pages and sites, intranets, extranets, and hypertext come together in cyberspace to form one huge Global Network -- the realization of Marshall McLuhan's Global Village. How we respond to the challenges and opportunities that are presented by this burgeoning technology will have a huge impact on whether we will be successful in our future learning and work endeavors. In his provocative new book, Robert Logan submits that the Internet is more than just a technological toy; rather, it constitutes a new link in the linguistic chain, joining speech, writing, mathematics, science, and computing. Characterized by a unique semantics and syntax, the Net forms another distinct step in the evolution of human communication -- the sixth language.
The book is a sociolinguistic case study of District Six, an inner-city neighbourhood in Cape Town characterized by language mixing and switching of English and Afrikaans. Its early inhabitants included indigenous people, freed slaves of African and Asian origin, and immigrants from Europe andelsewhere. The ravages of apartheid affected the residents' attitudes towards their languages in various ways, which are described. The book examines the norms and practices regarding language choice for various functions and domains in the only surviving sector of District Six. It also containsdetailed analyses of extended bilingual conversations showing a range of social, linguistic and discourse features. Of particular interest is the paradoxical polarization and blending of the two languages. They are strongly polarized symbolically and functionally, yet they are also habituallyblended in vernacular speech through lexical borrowing and intrasentential language switching. This paradox has interesting implications for the construction of individual, community and language identity.
This easy-to-implement classroom resource provides sixth grade students with the tools they need to improve their grammar skills. Students will receive daily practice with punctuation, identifying parts of speech, capitalization, spelling, and more. 180 Days of Language features 180 quick activities and lessons that are correlated to state and national standards. Digital resources and assessment tips are also included.
European Miniature Electronic Components and Assemblies Data 1965-66: Including Six-Language Glossaries of Electronic Component and Microelectronics Terms, Part II, contains relevant glossaries, tables, and charts on the products of France, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Switzerland. These include a pictorial glossary of European electronic components; a glossary of terms in current use in microelectronics; useful abstracts of world publications on electronic components; multiple and submultiple prefixes; conversion table for standard prefixes; defined values and physical constants; and a temperature conversion table. Also provided are a table on fixed resistor color codes; a chart on the power loading of fixed resistors; tables on resistance for wires of various resistance alloys, wire gauges, and resistivities of resistance materials; fixed-capacitor selection charts; data on time-delay relays; and a torque conversion chart.
This book addresses a wide range of aspects of the study of language in a variety of domains such as cognition, change, acquisition, structure, philosophy, politics, and education. It offers a renewed discussion on normative understanding of these concepts and opens up avenues for a fresh look at these concepts. Each contribution in this book captures a wide range of perspectives and underlines the vigorous role of language, which happens to be central to the arguments contained therein. The uniqueness of this book lies in the fact that it presents simplified perspective on various complex aspects of language. It addresses a wide range of audiences, who do not necessarily need to have a technical background in linguistics. It focuses on complex relations between language and cognition, politics, education to name a few with reference to cognition, change, and acquisition. This book is for researchers with an interest in the field of language studies, applied linguistics, and socio-linguistics.