This book presents a challenge to the widely-held assumption that human languages are both similar and constant in their degree of complexity. For a hundred years or more the universal equality of languages has been a tenet of faith among most anthropologists and linguists. It has been frequently advanced as a corrective to the idea that some languages are at a later stage of evolution than others. It also appears to be an inevitable outcome of one of the central axioms of generative linguistic theory: that the mental architecture of language is fixed and is thus identical in all languages and that whereas genes evolve languages do not.
Language Complexity as an Evolving Variable reopens the debate. Geoffrey Sampson's introductory chapter re-examines and clarifies the notion and theoretical importance of complexity in language, linguistics, cognitive science, and evolution. Eighteen distinguished scholars from all over the world then look at evidence gleaned from their own research in order to reconsider whether languages do or do not exhibit the same degrees and kinds of complexity. They examine data from a wide range of times and places. They consider the links between linguistic structure and social complexity and relate their findings to the causes and processes of language change. Their arguments are frequently controversial and provocative; their conclusions add up to an important challenge to conventional ideas about the nature of language.
The authors write readably and accessibly with no recourse to unnecessary jargon. This fascinating book will appeal to all those interested in the interrelations between human nature, culture, and language.

This book presents a challenge to the widely-held assumption that human languages are both similar and constant in their degree of complexity. For a hundred years or more the universal equality of languages has been a tenet of faith among most anthropologists and linguists. It has been frequently advanced as a corrective to the idea that some languages are at a later stage of evolution than others. It also appears to be an inevitable outcome of one of the central axioms of generative linguistic theory: that the mental architecture of language is fixed and is thus identical in all languages and that whereas genes evolve languages do not.
Language Complexity as an Evolving Variable reopens the debate. Geoffrey Sampson's introductory chapter re-examines and clarifies the notion and theoretical importance of complexity in language, linguistics, cognitive science, and evolution. Eighteen distinguished scholars from all over the world then look at evidence gleaned from their own research in order to reconsider whether languages do or do not exhibit the same degrees and kinds of complexity. They examine data from a wide range of times and places. They consider the links between linguistic structure and social complexity and relate their findings to the causes and processes of language change. Their arguments are frequently controversial and provocative; their conclusions add up to an important challenge to conventional ideas about the nature of language.
The authors write readably and accessibly with no recourse to unnecessary jargon. This fascinating book will appeal to all those interested in the interrelations between human nature, culture, and language.

More urgent than ever, David G. Gil's guiding text gives social workers the knowledge and confidence they need to change unjust realities. Clarifying the meaning, sources, and dynamics of injustice, exploitation, and oppression and certifying the place of the social worker in combating these conditions, Gil promotes social-change strategies rooted in the nonviolent philosophies of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. He shares suggestions for transition policies intended to alleviate poverty, unemployment, and discrimination and examines modes of radical social work practice compatible with the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and President Roosevelt's proposed "Economic Bill of Rights." For this updated edition, Gil considers the factors driving two crucial developments since his volume's initial publication: the Middle East's Arab Spring and the U.S. Occupy Wall Street movement.

En primer lugar, amigo entrenador-lector, bienvenido a este Manual Rapido de Ejercicios, un compendio de situaciones que nace fruto de la experiencia de muchas temporadas a pie de pista, tanto en el basket aficionado como en el profesional. Ante todo, el libro que tienes en tus manos pretende ser un manual eminentemente practico y de aplicacion inmediata, tal y como indica su nombre. El objetivo primordial es ofrecer una recopilacion de ejercicios -algunos conocidos, otros no tanto- de cara a facilitar la realizacion de entrenamientos atractivos, dinamicos y divertidos. Si en algo se ha ahorrado en este manual es en la redaccion excesiva de explicaciones vanas -el baloncesto tiene su propio lenguaje a traves de los graficos-. Lejos de dar un mitin en cada ejercicio, se ha buscado ir al grano, a la esencia. La intencion es provocar en el entrenador- lector una idea general, para que luego el pueda trasladarla a su entrenamiento de la misma manera que esta escrita o adaptada a su modo de hacer, incorporando matices propios. A su vez, este manual se puede tomar de dos maneras: Como una progresion de ejercicios o bien a modo de compendio de situaciones que pueden ser aisladas de forma independiente. El caso es promover en el entrenador una reflexion en la forma de hacer y aportarle herramientas para que realice su trabajo en funcion de su filosofia o manera de entender el baloncesto. Al fin y al cabo la labor del tecnico se basa en saber adaptar, modificar, o crear en funcion de sus necesidades. No es posible saber de antemano que necesidades tiene tu equipo. Pero, si puedes quedarte con una idea basica, o estos ejercicios pueden servir a modo de fuente de inspiracion de otros, el objetivo se habra conseguido a buen seguro.

More urgent than ever, David G. Gil's guiding text gives social workers the knowledge and confidence they need to change unjust realities. Clarifying the meaning, sources, and dynamics of injustice, exploitation, and oppression and certifying the place of the social worker in combating these conditions, Gil promotes social-change strategies rooted in the nonviolent philosophies of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. He shares suggestions for transition policies intended to alleviate poverty, unemployment, and discrimination and examines modes of radical social work practice compatible with the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and President Roosevelt's proposed "Economic Bill of Rights." For this updated edition, Gil considers the factors driving two crucial developments since his volume's initial publication: the Middle East's Arab Spring and the U.S. Occupy Wall Street movement.

En primer lugar, amigo entrenador-lector, bienvenido a este Manual Rapido de Ejercicios, un compendio de situaciones que nace fruto de la experiencia de muchas temporadas a pie de pista, tanto en el basket aficionado como en el profesional. Ante todo, el libro que tienes en tus manos pretende ser un manual eminentemente practico y de aplicacion inmediata, tal y como indica su nombre. El objetivo primordial es ofrecer una recopilacion de ejercicios -algunos conocidos, otros no tanto- de cara a facilitar la realizacion de entrenamientos atractivos, dinamicos y divertidos. Si en algo se ha ahorrado en este manual es en la redaccion excesiva de explicaciones vanas -el baloncesto tiene su propio lenguaje a traves de los graficos-. Lejos de dar un mitin en cada ejercicio, se ha buscado ir al grano, a la esencia. La intencion es provocar en el entrenador- lector una idea general, para que luego el pueda trasladarla a su entrenamiento de la misma manera que esta escrita o adaptada a su modo de hacer, incorporando matices propios. A su vez, este manual se puede tomar de dos maneras: Como una progresion de ejercicios o bien a modo de compendio de situaciones que pueden ser aisladas de forma independiente. El caso es promover en el entrenador una reflexion en la forma de hacer y aportarle herramientas para que realice su trabajo en funcion de su filosofia o manera de entender el baloncesto. Al fin y al cabo la labor del tecnico se basa en saber adaptar, modificar, o crear en funcion de sus necesidades. No es posible saber de antemano que necesidades tiene tu equipo. Pero, si puedes quedarte con una idea basica, o estos ejercicios pueden servir a modo de fuente de inspiracion de otros, el objetivo se habra conseguido a buen seguro.