Author: Christina Thompson
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 140882079X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
A book that perfectly balances memoir and history, interweaving a cross-cultural love story with the larger history of the colonial encounter 'A highly unusual blend of personal memoir, travel writing and anthropology' Lynne Truss, Sunday Times 'This book stands out because of its sharp, fine writing ... strong and compulsive' New Statesman _______________________________ Come On Shore and We Will Kill And Eat You All is a sensitive and vibrant portrayal of the cultural collision between Westerners and Maoris, from Abel Tasman's discovery of New Zealand in 1642 to the author's unlikely romance with a Maori man. An intimate account of two centuries of friction and fascination, this intriguing and unpredictable book weaves a path through time and around the world in a rich exploration of the past and the future that it leads to.
Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All
Author: Christina Thompson
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 140882079X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
A book that perfectly balances memoir and history, interweaving a cross-cultural love story with the larger history of the colonial encounter 'A highly unusual blend of personal memoir, travel writing and anthropology' Lynne Truss, Sunday Times 'This book stands out because of its sharp, fine writing ... strong and compulsive' New Statesman _______________________________ Come On Shore and We Will Kill And Eat You All is a sensitive and vibrant portrayal of the cultural collision between Westerners and Maoris, from Abel Tasman's discovery of New Zealand in 1642 to the author's unlikely romance with a Maori man. An intimate account of two centuries of friction and fascination, this intriguing and unpredictable book weaves a path through time and around the world in a rich exploration of the past and the future that it leads to.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 140882079X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
A book that perfectly balances memoir and history, interweaving a cross-cultural love story with the larger history of the colonial encounter 'A highly unusual blend of personal memoir, travel writing and anthropology' Lynne Truss, Sunday Times 'This book stands out because of its sharp, fine writing ... strong and compulsive' New Statesman _______________________________ Come On Shore and We Will Kill And Eat You All is a sensitive and vibrant portrayal of the cultural collision between Westerners and Maoris, from Abel Tasman's discovery of New Zealand in 1642 to the author's unlikely romance with a Maori man. An intimate account of two centuries of friction and fascination, this intriguing and unpredictable book weaves a path through time and around the world in a rich exploration of the past and the future that it leads to.
A Grammar of Emai
Author: Ronald P. Schaefer
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110766280
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1019
Book Description
This reference grammar is the first ever description of West Africa’s Edoid language Emai. It incorporates narrative, lexical and grammatical field results over the last three decades. Treated are morphology, syntax and argument structure after an introductory phonology and orthographic overview highlighting grammatical and lexical tone. Individual chapters delineate noun and verb phrase structure as well as clause shape in discourse and clause combination. Noun inflection and derivation are detailed as is verb inflection in the context of tense, aspect and modality. Noun phrase character encompasses remnant noun classes, nominal modification types and pronoun forms followed by conjunction. Verb phrase features include complex predicates, both verbs in series and verb plus postverbal particle, functionally distinct copulas, double objects, and sentence complement types constrained by matrix verb. Also analyzed are preverbal and postverbal adverbials relative to information question types. Multi-clause constructions are profiled as to coding varieties across dependent clauses as well as precedence relations. A concluding chapter presents a sample narrative in orthographic form, interlinear gloss and English free translation.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110766280
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1019
Book Description
This reference grammar is the first ever description of West Africa’s Edoid language Emai. It incorporates narrative, lexical and grammatical field results over the last three decades. Treated are morphology, syntax and argument structure after an introductory phonology and orthographic overview highlighting grammatical and lexical tone. Individual chapters delineate noun and verb phrase structure as well as clause shape in discourse and clause combination. Noun inflection and derivation are detailed as is verb inflection in the context of tense, aspect and modality. Noun phrase character encompasses remnant noun classes, nominal modification types and pronoun forms followed by conjunction. Verb phrase features include complex predicates, both verbs in series and verb plus postverbal particle, functionally distinct copulas, double objects, and sentence complement types constrained by matrix verb. Also analyzed are preverbal and postverbal adverbials relative to information question types. Multi-clause constructions are profiled as to coding varieties across dependent clauses as well as precedence relations. A concluding chapter presents a sample narrative in orthographic form, interlinear gloss and English free translation.
Fieldiana
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
The Original Gospel of Thomas in Translation
Author: April D. DeConick
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0567042928
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Provides the first comprehensive analysis of the stages of development of the Gospel of Thomas
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0567042928
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Provides the first comprehensive analysis of the stages of development of the Gospel of Thomas
Come Kill with Me
Author: Fred Kassak
Publisher: GLM LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
A love and crime circle where Fred Kassak's black humor works wonders. Pierre loves Marie-José, who loves Gérard, who... loves Marie-José. Unfortunately, Gérard drags after him a terrible Gorgon wife... They say true love consists in forgetting oneself and thinking only of the happiness of the other. And not just thinking about it... For Marie-José, to be happy, let's rid Gérard of his Gorgon! Easy to say. The road to Hell, as everyone knows, is paved with good intentions...
Publisher: GLM LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
A love and crime circle where Fred Kassak's black humor works wonders. Pierre loves Marie-José, who loves Gérard, who... loves Marie-José. Unfortunately, Gérard drags after him a terrible Gorgon wife... They say true love consists in forgetting oneself and thinking only of the happiness of the other. And not just thinking about it... For Marie-José, to be happy, let's rid Gérard of his Gorgon! Easy to say. The road to Hell, as everyone knows, is paved with good intentions...
Adventure
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Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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Journal
Author: California. Legislature
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 497
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Traditions of the Arikara
Author: George A. Dorsey
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368936735
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368936735
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
The Source Book for the Life of Christ
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Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The Gospel According to Mark. Translated from the Greek on the Basis of the Common English Version ..
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Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description