Treasures of the Area Studies Collections: Reconsidering Primary Sources and Collections
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Ever wondered what some of the languages in the US are that aren’t English? This volume provides some information about a few of the Native American languages of the US, as well as, for example, Spanish dialects in different parts of the country.
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A classic text, English with an accent takes the reader through key aspects of English in the United States. Everyone has an accent, and this book explains why.
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Though somewhat out of date, this is a useful volume summarizing approximately 200 of the world’s 7000 languages, showcasing the diversity of scripts in use as well as how different languages have different grammatical structure.
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This is a more in-depth study of language endangerment, and shows the extent of the potential for language loss across the world. The authors discuss what it means to call a language ‘endangered’ and how even large languages can fall out of use quickly.
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This book illustrates the spread of language diversity across the world, where languages are spoken (language hot spots), and what stands to be lost by the encroachment of a few large languages.
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Aaron Douglas’s cover for the 1928 reissue of James Weldon Johnson’s Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man
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We tend to think of gesture as separate from language, but in fact our gestures are very closely intertwined with speech.
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Speaking or signing a sentence involves complex pathways all throughout the brain – memory, motor planning, as well as the areas associated with language itself.
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Cartoons from the Australia SCM’s Jubilee Grapevine
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Cartoon from the Australia SCM’s Jubilee Grapevine
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Monica Melanchthon (in white) cutting her birthday cake at an ExCo meeting in Thailand, along with Harsha, Kangwa Mabuluki, and Iris Lee
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