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The Oceanic Languages form a closed subgroup within one of the
world 's largest language families, Austronesian. There are between
1000 and 1500 Austronesian languages (estimates vary), with so much
structural diversity that they are best handled in two volumes, one
on the Oceanic and one on the non-Oceanic Austronesian languages.
This division is clear and the grammar sketches in this volume
provide a cross-section through the structural diversity of the
Oceanic languages which is not available elsewhere. Much of the
material is drawn from data collected by the authors and has not
been previously published.
The volume contains five background chapters: The Oceanic
Languages, Sociolinguistic Background, Typological Overview,
Proto-Oceanic and Internal Subgrouping. In addition, the volume
presents forty-three grammar sketches, selected from the five
hundred Oceanic languages spread across a region embracing eastern
Indonesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia.
The educational constituency for the arts is rapidly expanding
beyond the conventional school setting to include the wider
community. Cultivating the Habit of Art is a much needed textbook
for courses in the training of arts teachers, arts therapists and
community artists. Malcolm Ross brings together the latest research
on human empathy and creativity to reposition the arts as central
to the effective initiation and management of change in
contemporary society. The book integrates traditional Chinese Five
Element Theory, also known as The Five Phases of Change, with
contemporary Western psychological and cultural studies, to form a
new Syncretic Model of creative artistic practice. Ross sets
empathy and authenticity at the heart of the curriculum -- not just
the arts curriculum but the whole curriculum. The Syncretic Model
is explored and validated through an analysis of interviews with
practising, successful artists, and in a comprehensive review of
the latest neuro-scientific research into human consciousness and
emotion. Finally, drawing upon his extensive experience the author
offers practical help in using the Syncretic Model to educational
and therapy professionals working and training in the arts. For
training and practising arts therapists the book will supply a much
needed comprehensive rationale at a time when the need for a new
research and theoretical underpinning of practice is recognised to
be urgent. With the demand for their services growing and pressure
to demonstrate effectiveness mounting, the arts therapy community
is looking to build bridges between the different therapies and
across national boundaries. This book offers a coherent,
co-ordinating framework for a comprehensive reflective practice.
The public has become acutely aware that there is a large quantity
of asbestos in the environment - it is used to insulate homes,
schools and other public buildings, in car brakes, hair-dryers, and
in many other applications. Asbestos and other fibrous inorganic
materials are used so extensively because of their unique physical
and chemical properties, which partly result from their fibrous
form. This form also accounts for the hazards they pose to health.
This comprehensive sourcebook introduces inorganic fibrous
materials, both synthetic and naturally occurring. It provides an
accessible general description of the fibrous state, the range of
compounds that can adopt this form, and their unique
characteristics. The author also assesses their use in industry and
evaluates their safety.
The European Commission has claimed that 'Solidarity is part of how
European society works...'. But how are we to understand
solidarity, and what are its implications to Government policy?
Promoting Solidarity in the European Union addresses the question
of what solidarity might mean today and its relevance to the
purposes of the European Union and the way it functions. Is
solidarity just a slogan or can it have meaningful legal and policy
content? This book brings together contributions from leading
scholars in law, politics and sociology to discuss an idea that is
coming under fresh scrutiny at a time when the EU's direction
following the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty is hotly debated.
The authors engage with both the content and limitations of
solidarity as a concept in political and legal debate, and its
application to specific fields such as migration, education and
pensions policies.
Promoting Solidarity in the European Union provides a thoughtful
and provocative analysis of the power and potential of solidarity,
applying a sceptical and rigorous assessment of the conditions
necessary for it to make a difference to the European political and
legal space at a time when traditional manifestations of national
solidarity (e.g. in health care) are perceived to be under threat
from EU market liberalization policies. A number of contributions
consider whether an EU concept of solidarity is possible and how
that might affect the balance between market and social priorities
for the Union's future.
If the EU is to be more than just a market, promoting solidarity as
a value and a principle has a key role. This rich collection of
essays explores how solidarity might fulfil its status as a core
value for the Union.
Title: The Earl of Ross: a tragedy in five acts and in
verse].Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY &
DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised
by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of
literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian
verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and
poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage
and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++ British Library Ross, Malcolm; 1823.
vii. 60 p.; 8 . 643.f.25.(4.)
Historical reconstruction of languages relies on the comparative
method, which itself depends on the notion of the regularity of
change. The regularity of sound change is the famous Neogrammarian
Hypothesis: "sound change takes place according to laws that admit
no exception." The comparative method, however, is not restricted
to the consideration of sound change, and neither is the assumption
of regularity. Syntactic, morphological, and semantic change are
all amenable in varying degrees, to comparative reconstruction, and
each type of change is constrained in ways that enable the
researcher to distinguish between regular and more irregular
changes.
This volume draws together studies by scholars engaged in
historical reconstruction, all focussing on the subject of
regularity and irregularity in the comparative method. A wide range
of languages are represented, including Chinese, Germanic, and
Austronesian.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
The educational constituency for the arts is rapidly expanding
beyond the conventional school setting to include the wider
community. Cultivating the Arts in Education and Therapy is a much
needed textbook for courses in the training of arts teachers, arts
therapists and community artists. Malcolm Ross brings together the
latest research on human empathy and creativity to reposition the
arts as central to the effective initiation and management of
change in contemporary society. The book integrates traditional
Chinese Five Element Theory, also known as The Five Phases of
Change, with contemporary Western psychological and cultural
studies, to form a new Syncretic Model of creative artistic
practice. Ross sets empathy and authenticity at the heart of the
curriculum -- not just the arts curriculum but the whole
curriculum. The Syncretic Model is explored and validated through
an analysis of interviews with practising, successful artists, and
in a comprehensive review of the latest neuro-scientific research
into human consciousness and emotion. Finally, drawing upon his
extensive experience the author offers practical help in using the
Syncretic Model to educational and therapy professionals working
and training in the arts. For training and practising arts
therapists the book will supply a much needed comprehensive
rationale at a time when the need for a new research and
theoretical underpinning of practice is recognised to be urgent.
With the demand for their services growing and pressure to
demonstrate effectiveness mounting, the arts therapy community is
looking to build bridges between the different therapies and across
national boundaries. This book offers a coherent, co-ordinating
framework for a comprehensive reflective practice.
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