English Review
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Pigeon English
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Author : Stephen Kelman
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2012-01-05
Pigeon English written by Stephen Kelman and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-05 with Fiction categories.
Eleven-year-old Harrison Opoku, the second best runner in Year 7, races through his new life in England with his personalised trainers - the Adidas stripes drawn on with marker pen - blissfully unaware of the very real threat around him. Newly-arrived from Ghana with his mother and older sister Lydia, Harri absorbs the many strange elements of city life, from the bewildering array of Haribo sweets, to the frightening, fascinating gang of older boys from his school. But his life is changed forever when one of his friends is murdered. As the victim's nearly new football boots hang in tribute on railings behind fluorescent tape and a police appeal draws only silence, Harri decides to act, unwittingly endangering the fragile web his mother has spun around her family to keep them safe.
Watching The English
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Author : Kate Fox
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-04-24
Watching The English written by Kate Fox and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-24 with History categories.
'Brilliant and hilarious' GRAYSON PERRY 'Absolutely brilliant' JENNIFER SAUNDERS, THE TIMES 'A delightful read' SUNDAY TIMES 'An entertaining, clever book' TELEGRAPH The international bestseller and unofficial guidebook to the English national character by anthropologist Kate Fox. Have you ever been unable to explain the idiosyncrasies of English humour, bizarre mobile-phone etiquette, or the endless obsession with class? In this classic bestselling book, social anthropologist Kate Fox puts a nation under a microscope. The result is a biting, affectionate, insightful and often hilarious look at the English in all our glory. Based on extensive field-research, experiments and observations, Fox deciphers a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and bizarre codes of behaviour. She uncovers the roots of English self-mockery and demystifies peculiar cultural features such as 'weather-speak', class anxiety tests, the paranoid pantomime rule and the apology reflex. If you're English, this book will help you understand yourself and your fellow countrymen in a new way. And if you aren't English, you'll finally understand why we talk about the weather so much. A worldwide bestseller, translated into multiple languages, and a set text for university anthropology courses, Watching the English is a timeless classic on the quirks, habits and foibles of the English people.
The Fall Of Language In The Age Of English
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Author : Minae Mizumura
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2015-01-06
The Fall Of Language In The Age Of English written by Minae Mizumura and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
Winner of the Kobayashi Hideo Award, The Fall of Language in the Age of English lays bare the struggle to retain the brilliance of one's own language in this period of English-language dominance. Born in Tokyo but raised and educated in the United States, Minae Mizumura acknowledges the value of a universal language in the pursuit of knowledge yet also embraces the different ways of understanding offered by multiple tongues. She warns against losing this precious diversity. Universal languages have always played a pivotal role in advancing human societies, Mizumura shows, but in the globalized world of the Internet, English is fast becoming the sole common language of humanity. The process is unstoppable, and striving for total language equality is delusional—and yet, particular kinds of knowledge can be gained only through writings in specific languages. Mizumura calls these writings "texts" and their ultimate form "literature." Only through literature and, more fundamentally, through the diverse languages that give birth to a variety of literatures, can we nurture and enrich humanity. Incorporating her own experiences as a writer and a lover of language and embedding a parallel history of Japanese, Mizumura offers an intimate look at the phenomena of individual and national expression.
The Kowloon English Club
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Author : Stephen Griffiths
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-08
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What do you do when you have failed to find the meaning of life in India, your money has dried up, your girlfriend has gone, and prospects at home are limited? Go further east! Meet Joe Walsh, a backpacker who finds adventure and misadventure in 1990s Hong Kong. With the city at a crossroads, Joe faces an equally uncertain future. And as the pressures of abject living conditions mount, he finds himself hounded by an enigmatic Chinese woman with a disturbing secret.
The English Review
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1846
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English Review
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1844
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National And English Review
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
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Foreign Words
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Author : Vassilis Alexakis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
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Crossing countries and continents, this narrative follows a son lost for words over the death of his father. Unable to write the phrase "My father is dead" in either his native Greek or his adopted French, he heads for Africa to undertake the learning of Sango. Traveling across both borders and time, he examines his past, his family history, and the colonial and political ties of his homelands. While at first he does not know why learning a new and uncommon language has become vital to him, he comes to discover that the new language enables him to easily write of his father's passing. But as he truly experiences Sango--meets its speakers, travels where it emerged and has struggled to survive--his intimacy with it grows, and he is once again unable to utter the telling phrase. Meditating on language, loss, and the power of words to express or constrain human emotion, this tale of speaking, living, and letting go is filled with delicate suspense, humor, and honesty.
The English Review Or An Abstract Of English And Foreign Literature
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1786
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The St Petersburg English Review Of Literature The Arts And Sciences
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1842
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