This extraordinary guide to Tarot goes beyond fortune-telling into the realms of self-understanding and creative introspection to show how the cards can be used to offer insight into present-day situations, make everyday and long-range decisions, recogize behavior patterns, and explore life options.
Many scholars of language have accepted a view of grammar as a clearly delineated and internally coherent structure which is best understood as a self-contained system. The contributors to this volume propose a very different way of approaching and understanding grammar, taking it as part of a broader range of systems which underlie the ...
This reference grammar provides, for the first time, a description of the grammar of Mandarin Chinese, the official spoken language of China and Taiwan, in functional terms, focusing on the role and meanings of word-level and sentence-level structures in actual conversations.
This study tells the tale of two retirement organizations that reflect common leadership issues throughout the western world, issues that are emerging in many developing countries and have yet to be experienced in others. Wherever rapid population ageing is coupled with a view of old people as useless and a burden, challenging questions arise: how ...
Think insurance has to be boring? Not now. Fundamentals of Insurance combines hands-on activities, examples from news-making companies, creative special features, and solid content. Students learn the importance of risk management, auto insurance, health coverage, and planning for retirement. Ethics in Action, Tech Talk, and World View bring ...
This collection of previously unpublished, cutting-edge research discusses the conversation analysis (CA) approach to understanding language use. CA is the dominant theory for analyzing the social use of language and is concerned with the description of how speakers engage in conversation and other forms of social interaction involving language. ...
In recent years there has been a resurgance of interest in grammatical contructions - units of grammar representing form-meaning correspondences. The movement, in which Construction Grammar as developed by Charles Fillmore and Paul Kay has played a significant role, has arisen in part as a response to the Chomskyan modular approach, which treats ...
Wappo is an indigenous language, generally regarded as a language isolate, which was once spoken in the Russian River Valley, just north of San Francisco, California. This reference grammar is based on the speech of Laura Fish Somersal, its last fluent speaker, who died in 1990, and represents the most extensive data and grammatical research ever ...
This timely book, written by experts in gerontology and based on recent, solid research debunks the myth that slipping into one's dotage is inevitable for baby boomers. An active, productive mind is as important as physical health and a critical key to aging well. Authors Sandra Cusack and Wendy Thompson draw on studies from Harvard, Berkeley, ...
Detective Tom Bradshaw and Dr. Laura Lannigan marry in spite of stark differences in their backgrounds. Laura is killed in a tragic accident, leaving Tom, a Southern Baptist, to raise their daughter, Adrianna, as a Roman Catholic. Tom and Adrianna move to Topsail Island, where they become involved in a terroristas plot to attack Camp Lejeune. ...
In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in grammatical constructionsunits of grammar representing formmeaning correspondences. The movement in which Construction Grammar, as developed by Charles Fillmore and Paul Kay, has played a significant role, has arisen in part as a response to the Chomskyan modular approach, which treats ...
'The authors clearly explain the "why" or alternative assessment and support this with lots of "how-to" information throughout the book. It is hard to imagine a teacher or administrator who wouldn't gain valuable new skills for reading this book - Victor Nolet, Author, Accessing the General Curriculum (Corwin Press 2000) The authors of this book ...
The Program at a glance; Mental Fitness for Life presents an eight-week mental fitness program designed to keep you mentally fit for life. Each chapter begins with a mental fitness warm-up consisting of quizzes and puzzles to get your brain limbered up.1. Why are 1990 American dollar bills worth more that 1989 American dollar bills?2. Is there a ...
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