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It is natural for people to make the distinction between in-group (Us) and out-group members (Others). What is it that brings people together, or keeps them apart? Ethnicity, nationality, professional expertise or life style? And, above all, what is the role of language in communicating solidarity and detachment? The papers in this volume look at the various cognitive, social, and linguistic aspects of how social identities are constructed, foregrounded and redefined in interaction. Concepts and methodologies are taken from studies in language variation and change, multilingualism, conversation analysis, genre analyisis, sociolinguistics, critical discourse analysis, as well as translation studies and applied linguistics. A wide range of languages is brough into focus in a variety of situational, social and discursive environments. The book is addressed to scholars and students of linguistics and related areas of social communication studies. ... Read more

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One of the most frequently cited scholars in the social and behavioral sciences, Charles E. Osgood has assembled his most important writings in this volume. Four decades of contributions to the field of psychology center on the human cognitive processes and their functional characteristics at three levels of human ecology: in individual humans, across human cultures, and for survival of the human species. An introduction by Oliver Tzeng is followed by eleven selections. A comprehensive bibliography of Osgood's writings completes this volume. ... Read more

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An introduction to culturally determined aspects of communicating in British, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and American societies, especially those that may influence effective communication with members of these societies or be the source of false perceptions/stereotypes of their behaviour. ... Read more

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In Case Studies in Culture and Communication: A Group Perspective, James A. Schnell presents critical essays in the burgeoning field of communication studies. Topics covered include prank-playing and conflict resolution in a college fraternity; the impact of introducing an Afro-centric perspective into American children's education; and the role of the hospital chaplain in facilitating communication between patients and their medical team. Focusing on group dynamics rather than one-on-one interactions, this book demonstrates the broad relevance and applicability of communication studies. ... Read more

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Based on a year-long micro-ethnography of a nursery school, this book presents a unique approach to childhood socialization by focusing directly upon the social, interactive, and communicative processes that make up the world of young children. It contains micro-sociolinguistic analyses of videotaped peer interactive episodes which are the basis of explanations of children's development and use of social concepts such as status, role, norms, and friendship. Stable features of peer culture in the nursery school are identified, and the importance of interpreting children's behavior from their own perspective is demonstrated. The author also addresses the implications of the findings for early childhood education. ... Read more

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A Powerful New Ethnography
When I first started reading this ethnographical study I thought it was a very powerful documentation of social realities in a Pennsylvania town with a large minority of Hispanic population. What really attracted me (may be since I am a graduate of American Culture and Literature program) was the tone and style of the research account that appeared as an amalgamation of facts and fiction in a powerful research design. This slice of/ local history pattern, soon directed me to an active personal questioning and contemplation started when I read the lines about Kennedy's powerful and meaningful words on myth: The greatest enemy of the truth is often not the lie...but the myth-present, persuasive, and unrealistic.

This saying that has its roots in the history of American nation and politics, as my personal questioning suggests, can be found in many nations and their histories.

Another saying that affected my understanding of history and politics was Giroux's: America is experiencing a construction of national identity that is read as white, Heterosexual, middle class, and allegedly threatened by contamination from cultural, linguistic, racial, and sexual differences.

The recent programs about KKK on the TVs, gay bashings, wide ranged oppositions to bilingual education that is a practice of cultural growth and enrichment, and the institutional tolerance shown to our on campus official preacher that curses, calls names, and shows targets the secular people of America, sexual minorities, etc., are all manifestations of this construction of national identity from my perspective.

Those who like national issues, politics, and discussions on bilingual education and human rights issues will find this book breath taking and passionate. ... Read more

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Autism is a puzzle but it can be solved with a team working together.

Fractal and Autism Mathematicians tell us a fractal is a graphic representation of a random set of numbers or behaviors. In any random activity, there is often a level of order that we cannot see due to our visual or cognitive perspective. A fractal image is a pattern of order within the apparent chaos that increases in beauty and complexity as our awareness and vision of it grows. Autism can be perplexing. Children may exhibit behaviors that appear to be random and idiosyncratic with no rhyme or reason. Why does he scream when a certain song is played? Why must all the Froot Loops be purple? The answers to these questions will differ for each child and will always amaze us. The song was in the key of B flat which is the same pitch emitted by the fluorescent light that, when amplified by his auditory sensitivity, is intolerable. The purple Froot Loops match Barney™ a favorite TV character. While seemingly random, all of these behaviors meet a specific need and are communicating an important aspect of who this child is. They are the puzzle pieces that, when assembled, create a beautiful and unique image. ... Read more

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Autism: A must read for parents, students and professionals
Courage,Heart & Wisdom: Essays on Autism is an upbeat,thoughtfully written book by professionals and family members with many years of experience and success helping young children with Autism develop in a healthy way and become prepared to live, work and participate in community life. Each professional and family member writes from their personal experience,sharing with the reader interventions and approaches that worked and did not work for their patients, students and children.As a former special education teacher, administrator and parent of an adult child with developmental disabilities, I wish I had had a book such as this to learn from and guide me to be a better teacher, administrator and Mom through out my own personal journey. The "icing on the cake" are the ending brief stories and comments, written by adults with Autism who want readers to learn from their personal stories. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1914.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.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. ... Read more

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Ten essays provide interdisciplinary discussion of issues relating to education, special education, and communication disorders, with an emphasis on the impact these issues have on Asian and Pacific Island peoples. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The European peoples are the various nations and ethnic groups of Europe. European ethnology is the field of anthropology focusing on Europe. Pan and Pfeil (2004) count 87 distinct "peoples of Europe", of which 33 form the majority population in at least one sovereign state, while the remaining 54 constitute ethnic minorities. The total number of national minority populations in Europe is estimated at 105 million people, or 14% of 770 million Europeans. There is no precise or universally accepted definition of the terms "ethnic group" or "nationality". In the context of European ethnography in particular, the terms ethnic group, people (without nation state), nationality, national minority, ethnic minority, linguistic community, linguistic group and linguistic minority are used as mostly synonymous, although preference may vary in usage with respect to the situation specific to the individual countries of Europe. ... Read more

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This is a comprehensive, accessible guide to the language, culture, history and geography of the United Kingdom and it decodes words and expressions that are unique ly British. ' ... Read more

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Language Memory and Identity in the Middle East differs from traditional modern Middle East scholarship in that it reevaluates the images and perceptions that specialists-and Middle Easterners themselves-have normalized and intellectualized about the region, often with a patronizing rejection of the legitimacy and authenticity of non-Arab Middle Eastern peoples, and a refusal to attribute the Middle East's pathologies to causes outside the traditional Arab-Israeli and post-colonial paradigms. ... Read more

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Educational and inspiring: a must read
The book represents the best study on modern Lebanon and the school of thought of Lebanonism. Dr. Salameh has pulled off a noteworthy feat by producing an accessible yet distictive study of the Middle-East in general and of Lebanon in particular. The book represents a breakthrough touor de force in academic research. It represents the most authoritative and up-to-date analysis of this forgotten and/or neglected group of thinkers.

Dr. Salameh's rich and personal experience adds an enjoyable details to the book. His encounter with Said Akl sheds a direct light on one of the most eloquent and charismatic intellectuals in modern Lebanon.

This book is highly recommended for the policy makers in the West, in particular in the United States, and to academics as well who share the courage of Dr. Salameh to venture into finding real -and fair- solutions to the Middle-East problems (or dilemmas?).

This book presents also a wake-up call to the Lebanese government and the various Lebanese institutions around the world; it provides a framework of necessary and much needed educational material so the Lebanese may learn again the true history of their country and be exposed to some of its greatest thinkers... ... Read more

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A house is generally a shelter, building or structure that is a dwelling or place for habitation by human beings. The term includes many kinds of dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to high-rise apartment buildings. In some contexts, "house" may mean the same as dwelling, residence, home, abode, lodging, accommodation, or housing, among other meanings. The social unit that lives in a house is known as a household. Most commonly, a household is a family unit of some kind, though households can be other social groups, such as single persons, or groups of unrelated individuals. Settled agrarian and industrial societies are composed of household units living permanently in housing of various types, according to a variety of forms of land tenure. English-speaking people generally call any building they routinely occupy "home". Many people leave their houses during the day for work and recreation, and return to them to sleep or for other activities ... Read more

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This work examines the discursive construction of social identity of Arab-American groups on the World Wide Web (WWW). This study builds on scholarship in Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), Corpus Linguistics (CL), and studies in multi modality. It examines the discursive construction of social identity of Arab-American groups on the World Wide Web (WWW). The discourses of these groups are characterized by the use of multiple semiotic modes such as language, image, and sound. This study explores how CDA and CL can cross-fertilize to produce theoretically sound methodologies that are appropriate for the analysis of multi modal discourses; it examines how Web discourses can be researched (i.e. located, stored, retrieved, and analyzed); and it investigates how cultural identification may be formed on the WWW. The findings in this study suggest that Arab-American groups have established ethnicity, religion, and class, among others, as important aspects of the identity of Arabs in the United States (and possibly elsewhere). ... Read more