Undescribed and Endangered Languages: The Preservation of Linguistic Diversity (De Dominicis Amedeo)(Pevná vazba)

Undescribed and Endangered Languages: The Preservation of Linguistic Diversity (De Dominicis Amedeo)(Pevná vazba)

The book is devoted to linguistic and phonetic analysis of some undescribed and endangered languages. It collects the Proceedings of the international conference on Undescribed and endangered languages: the preservation of linguistic diversity held in University of Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy), on

Boulting's Velosaurus: A Linguistic Tour de France (Boulting Ned)(Pevná vazba)

The language of cycling is vibrant, sophisticated, often impenetrable and extremely French. Find yourself confused, nodding along when a rouleur relates how le biscuit was effrit (crumbled)? How today they're feeling Angers (past caring)? Fear no more, for Boulting's Velosaurus will illuminate,

African Voices: Poetry & Tales (Koinange Wanjiru)(Pevná vazba)

African poetry is unique in its complexity, both because of its linguistic diversity and the devastating impact of colonialism and slavery. From the traditional oral poets to the vast outpouring of writing generated throughout the Atlantic slave trade, beautifully lyrical and haunting works are

Languages Are Good For Us (Hardach Sophie)(Paperback / softback)

A celebration of the huge linguistic diversity that is open to all of us at birth, and that has inspired and fascinated humans since the invention of speech This book opens with the first sounds a child hears in their mother's womb and their capacity for quickly learning more than one language

Senegal Abroad - Linguistic Borders, Racial Formations, and Diasporic Imaginaries (Smith Maya Angela)(Pevná vazba)

Senegal Abroad explores the fascinating role of language in national, transnational, postcolonial, racial, and migrant identities. Capturing the experiences of Senegalese in Paris, Rome, and New York, it depicts how they make sense of who they are--and how they fit into their communities,

Oocyte Biology in Fertility Preservation (Kim S. Samuel)(Pevná vazba)

​Fertility preservation has become one of the most important and fast growing fields of reproductive medicine. Although there are several strategies for fertility preservation in female, most of them are still considered experimental. It is important to perfect the existing technologies, but also

Dictionary of the Undoing (Freeman John)(Pevná vazba)

Dictionary of the Undoing is a necessary, resounding cri de coeur in defense of language, meaning, and our ability to imagine, describe, and build a better

Sunday Best: A Celebration of Diversity (Waggett Katie)(Pevná vazba)

- A photographer's celebration of London's cultural and religious diversity In the wake of a terror attack and determined not to let the voices of separatism win out, photographer Katie Waggett embarked on an intimate survey of London's many religions. Her portraits, set alongside personal quotes,

The Collected Works of Spinoza, Volume II (Spinoza Benedictus de)(Pevná vazba)

The second and final volume of the most authoritative English-language edition of Spinoza's writingsThe Collected Works of Spinoza provides, for the first time in English, a truly satisfactory edition of all of Spinoza's writings, with accurate and readable translations, based on the best critical

Management and Diversity: Perspectives from Different National Contexts (zbilgin Mustafa)(Pevná vazba)

International Perspectives on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion examines the complex nature of equality, diversity and inclusion in the world of work through interdisciplinary, comparative and critical

Cinderella's Stick: A Fairy Tale for Digital Preservation (Tzitzikas Yannis)(Pevná vazba)

1 A Few Words About Digital Preservation And Book Overview.- 2 The Fairy Tale Of Cinderella.- 3 Daphne (A Modern Cinderella).- 4 Reading the Contents of the USB Stick.- 5 First Contact with the Contents of the USB Stick.- 6 The File Poem.html: On Reading Characters.- 7 The File MyPlace.png: On

New York New York (Koek Richard)(Pevná vazba)

Photographs by Richard Koek that capture the energy and diversity of the people and streetscapes of New

Call of the Blue (Hamilton Philip)(Pevná vazba)

Watching and recording the gradual dismantling of life, beauty, and diversity in our oceans is a torturous experience for scientists. Our oceans function as earth's organs and our survival depends on their health. Yet in the last fifty years half of coral reefs have disappeared, only 10% of large

Routledge Handbook of Global Populism (de la Torre Carlos)(Pevná vazba)

This volume illustrates the diversity of populism globally. When seeking power, populists politicize issues, and point to problems that need to be addressed such as inequalities, the loss of national sovereignty to globalization, or the rule of unresponsive political elites. Yet their solutions

National Parks of the USA (Siber Kate)(Pevná vazba)

Take a tour of America's great outdoors and discover the beauty and diversity of its most iconic and majestic national parks. *A 2019 Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students: K-12 (National Science Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council)* Packed with maps and fascinating facts

In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World (Thoreau Henry David)(Pevná vazba)

A presentation of one of America's leading photographers and artistic pioneers, this is Eliot Porter's pictorial interpretation of the works of Henry

The Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves (Silverman Joseph H.)(Pevná vazba)

The theory of elliptic curves is distinguished by its long history and by the diversity of the methods that have been used in its study. This book treats the arithmetic theory of elliptic curves in its modern formulation, through the use of basic algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry. The

Natural Language Processing: A Machine Learning Perspective (Zhang Yue)(Pevná vazba)

With a machine learning approach and less focus on linguistic details, this gentle introduction to natural language processing develops fundamental mathematical and deep learning models for NLP under a unified framework. NLP problems are systematically organised by their machine learning nature,

Families and Aging (Drentea Patricia)(Pevná vazba)

Patricia Drentea's Families and Aging examines how the changing lifestyles and diversity of families of Americans will affect aging in later life. It explores the life course transitions that occur as individuals and families age, and considers how these social trends affect lives and society as a

Spiders of the World - A Natural History (Platnick Norman)(Pevná vazba)

Spiders of the World explores the huge diversity of spider species and their fascinating traits, with profiles of over 100 families accompanied by expert commentary and beautiful

Hawksbill Promise: The Journey of an Endangered Sea Turtle (Owens Mary Beth)(Pevná vazba)

Indigenous Language Acquisition, Maintenance, and Loss and Current Language Policies (Okamura Toru)(Pevná vazba)

Presents research on the diverse policies, influences, and frameworks of indigenous languages in various regions of the world. The book discusses the maintenance, attrition, or loss of indigenous languages; language status in society; language policies; and the grammatical characteristics of

The Human Face of Water Security (Devlaeminck David)(Pevná vazba)

This volume collects essays from academics and practitioners from a diversity of areas and perspectives in order to discuss water security at various levels and to illuminate the central idea of water security: its focus on the individual. Beginning with the big picture, this book aims to

The New Linguistic and Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament (Rogers Jr Cleon L.)(Pevná vazba)