|
Showing 1 - 17 of
17 matches in All Departments
|
Language, Logic, and Computation - 12th International Tbilisi Symposium, TbiLLC 2017, Lagodekhi, Georgia, September 18-22, 2017, Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
Alexandra Silva, Sam Staton, Peter Sutton, Carla Umbach
|
R1,605
Discovery Miles 16 050
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th
International Tbilisi Symposium on Logic, Language and Computation,
TbiLLC 2017, held in Lagodekhi, Georgia, in September 2017. The
volume contains 17 full revised papers presented at the conference
from 22 submissions. The aim of this conference series is to bring
together researchers from a wide variety of fields in Natural
language syntax, Linguistic typology, Language evolution, Logics
for artificial intelligence and much more.
William Langland's 14th-century poem Piers Plowman is a disturbing
and often humorous commentary on corruption and greed that remains
meaningful today. The allegorical and satirical work revolves
around the narrator's quest to live a good life, and takes the form
of a series of dreams in which Piers, the honest plowman, appears
in various guises. Characters such as Conscience, Fidelity and
Charity tumble out of the text alongside Falsehood and Guile, and
are instantly recognizable as our present-day politicians and
celebrities, friends and neighbors. Along the way social issues are
confronted, including governance, economic relations, criminal
justice, public finance, marital relations and the limits of
academic learning, as well as religious belief and the natural
world. This book is a new verse translation of Piers from Middle
English which preserves the energy, imagery and intent of the
original, and retains its alliterative style. It derives from a
2012 arts festival presentation performed in the priory where
Langland - a contemporary of Chaucer - was probably educated.
A German language course for adult beginners, both independent
learners and those following adult education courses. It has been
updated to reflect developments in the language and culture of
German-speaking nations, and also the political changes in Germany.
Audio files to accompany the book are available to download from
www.routledge.com/cw/sutton .
This book forms part of a German language course for adult
beginners, both independent learners and those following adult
education courses. It has been updated to reflect developments in
the language and culture of German-speaking nations, and also the
political changes in Germany.
Colour is largely assumed to be already in the world, a natural
universal that everyone, everywhere understands. Yet cognitive
scientists routinely tell us that colour is an illusion, and a
private one for each of us; neither social nor material, it is held
to be a product of individual brains and eyes rather than an aspect
of things. This collection seeks to challenge these assumptions and
examine their far-reaching consequences, arguing that colour is
about practical involvement in the world, not a finalized set of
theories, and getting to know colour is relative to the situation
one is in – both ecologically and environmentally. Specialists
from the fields of anthropology, psychology, cinematography, art
history and linguistics explore the depths of colour in relation to
light and movement, memory and landscape, language and narrative,
in case studies with an emphasis on Australian First Peoples, but
ranging as far afield as Russia and First Nations in British
Columbia. What becomes apparent, is not only the complex but
important role of colours in socializing the world; but also that
the concept of colour only exists in some times and cultures. It
should not be forgotten that the Munsell Chart, with its
construction of colours as mathematical coordinates of hues, value
and chroma, is not an abstraction of universals, as often claimed,
but is itself a cultural artefact.
Combining original observation with deep emotional engagement, this
provocative book argues that, despite claims to the contrary, the
quality of life of indigenous Australians did not improve between
1970 and the year 2000. Debunking past attempts to improve the
tragic situation of many Aboriginal communities, this record
discusses the reforms that granted land rights and encouraged
traditional cultures, in the hope that this empowerment would be
beneficial. Erroneously, however, this same period saw a decline in
safety, health, literacy, numeracy, and employment within the
Aboriginal community. Groundbreaking and informative, this document
offers fresh insight and hope for a new era in indigenous politics.
Peter Sutton highlights fundamental anthropological issues concerned with customary rights, kinship, identity and spirituality that are highly relevant to land claim cases. Native land claims continue to be one of the most controversial political, legal and moral issues in contemporary Australia. Ever since the High Court's Mabo decision of 1992, the attempt to understand and adapt "native title" to different contexts and claims has been an ongoing concern for all involved.
Native title has often been one of the most controversial
political, legal and indeed moral issues in Australia. Ever since
the High Court's Mabo decision of 1992, the attempt to understand
and adapt native title to different contexts and claims has been an
ongoing concern for that broad range of people involved with
claims. In this book, originally published in 2003, Peter Sutton
sets out fundamental anthropological issues to do with customary
rights, kinship, identity, spirituality and so on that are relevant
for lawyers and others working on title claims. Sutton offers a
critical discussion of anthropological findings in the field of
Aboriginal traditional interests in land and waters, focusing on
the kinds of customary rights that are 'held' in Aboriginal
'countries', the types of groups whose members have been found to
enjoy those rights, and how such groups have fared over the last
200 years of Australian history.
|
You may like...
Not available
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R398
R330
Discovery Miles 3 300
|