Author: Phoebe Lin File Type: pdf To apply the same approaches to analysing spoken and written formulaic language is problematic to do so masks the fact that the contextual meaning of spoken formulaic language is encoded, to a large extent, in its prosody. In The Prosody of Formulaic Sequences, Phoebe Lin offers a new perspective on formulaic language, arguing that while past research often treats formulaic language as a lexical phenomenon, the phonological aspect of it is a more fundamental facet. This book draws its conclusions from three original, empirical studies of spoken formulaic language, assessing intonation unit boundaries as well as features such as tempo and stress placement. Across all studies, Lin considers questions of methodology and conceptual framework. The corpus-based descriptions of prosody outlined in this book not only deepen our understanding of the nature of formulaic language but have important implications for English Language Teaching and automatic speech synthesis. **Review In a linguistic research world dominated by the computers love of the written word, we need a more methodical approach to the characterization and identification of formulaic language in speech. Phoebe Lins very welcome book takes the reader through the complex process of empirically identifying contributory factors marking formulaicity in spoken language, and explores methods for improving its identification. Alison Wray, Research Professor in Language and Communication, Cardiff University, UK Phoebe Lins study is a very welcome contribution to the field of applied linguistics. She extends the traditional study of FS as discrete structures and reveals the importance of their functions in different discourse environments. The book is packed with insights and is highly recommended for advanced students and researchers. Ronald Carter, Research Professor of Modern English Language, University of Nottingham, UK The volume is a valuable and timely addition to the existing literature on formulaic language. Although recent years have seen a lot of interest in this phenomenon, prosody has been largely overlooked. The three empirical studies that make up the volume shed important light on the prosody of formulaic language, highlighting its unique role in language learning and use, and providing a rich research agenda for future enquiry. Anna Siyanova, Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand About the Author Phoebe M. S. Lin is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.

Author: Doris Flexner File Type: pdf The classic irreverent look at the pastnow updated with even more appalling facts!Fourteen billion or so years ago, the Big Bang explodedand its been downhill from there. For every spectacular discovery throughout history, there have been hundreds of devastating epidemics for every benevolent despot, a thousand like Vlad the Impaler for every cup half-full, a larger cup half-empty. This enthralling, enlightening, and devilishly entertaining chronicle of disasters and dastardly deeds brings to light the darkest events in history and the most abysmal calamities to strike the planet . . . so far.88 BC Mithridates VI Eupator provides an early example of genocide by massacring 100,000 Romans.1347 Saint Vitus Dance Epidemic shimmies across Europe like a deadly disco fever, leaving its victims twitching, uncontrollably leaping, and foaming at the mouth.1888 Jack the Ripper stalks through the dark alleys of Whitechapel, England, turning the worlds oldest profession into the worlds most dangerous one.1939 A Swiss chemist wins a Nobel Prize for developing DDTand the environment gets another nail in the coffin.2005 Hurricane Katrina devastates the Gulf Coast. In a classic double whammy, the government response also devastates the Gulf Coast.And much, much more!

Author: Basil Hiley File Type: pdf David Bohm is one of the foremost scientific thinkers of today and one of the most distinguished scientists of his generation. His challenge to the conventional understanding of quantum theory has led scientists to reexamine what it is they are going and his ideas have been an inspiration across a wide range of disciplines. Quantum Implications is a collection of original contributions by many of the world s leading scholars and is dedicated to David Bohm, his work and the issues raised by his ideas. The contributors range across physics, philosophy, biology, art, psychology, and include some of the most distinguished scientists of the day. There is an excellent introduction by the editors, putting Bohms work in context and setting right some of the misconceptions that have persisted about the work of David BohmReviewThis book should be of interest to anyone for whom physics is more than just a set of calculational recipes. It contains brain food for everybody from the formal theorist all the way to the artist searching for new concepts.*Physics Today*A fitting tribute to one of the most searching thinkers in modern physics, and will become a standard reference work on the concepts of quantum mechanics.*Nature*. . . a tribute to Professor Bohms creative imagination, his single-mindedness, his inspirational guidance, and his complete dedication to further understanding of the fundamental issues . . . a major contribution to the annals of modern thought.*New Humanity*About the AuthorBasil Hiley is Reader in Theoretical Physics, Birkbeck College, University of London. F. David Peat is a science writer based in Canada and is co-author with David Bohm of Science, Order and Creativity (1988).

Author: Vinay Sitapati File Type: pdf When P.V. Narasimha Rao became the unlikely prime minister of India in 1991, he inherited economic catastrophe, violent insurgencies and a nation adrift. Yet because he was unloved by his people and mistrusted by his own party-a minority in Parliament and ruling under the shadow of Sonia Gandhi-Rao lacked the mandate to combat these crises. Yet, Rao was not just able to last a full five years as Prime Minister, he reinvented India, at home and abroad. Few world leaders have achieved so much with so little power. With exclusive access to Raos never-before-seen personal papers as well as over a hundred interviews, Vinay Sitapatis definitive biography tells the story of Indias makeover in the 1990s and the story of the Deng Xiaoping-like figure who did it. Assuming power over an ossified, quasi-socialist economy burdened by inefficient industrial behemoths, Rao was instrumental in driving through a broad set of liberalizing economic reforms that transformed India. Raos career is the ideal window through which to understand how India became a force in the global economy almost overnight. Sitapati traces Raos life from a village in Telangana through his years in power and-afterward-his humiliation in retirement. Yet the book never loses sight of the inner man-his difficult childhood, his corruptions and love affairs, and his lingering loneliness. Meticulously researched and honestly told, this landmark political biography is a must-read for anyone interested in the man responsible for transforming India. **