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Format: 256 p , illustrations(colour)

ISBN: 9780191896644

Series Statement: Oxford scholarship online

Content: This book introduces a new and still emerging theoretical framework for understanding language shift, and presents several case studies of minority language communities using this approach. To date, approaches to language shift have typically relied on explaining the process through descriptive sociolinguistic models, i.e., how the community first becomes bilingual in both the majority and minority languages and then eventually shifts entirely to the majority language. The approach used in this edited volume attributes shift to a change from local control of tightly interconnected "horizontal" institutions within a community to more external or "vertical" control of those increasingly autonomous institutions outside the community. In short, this theory proposes that language shift is driven by specific changes in community structure. Unlike previous approaches to language shift, the one proposed here is generalizable. The bulk of the book contains chapters on language communities aimed at testing and refining the theoretical implications. The chapters cover different languages, contexts, and periods. Importantly, the two final chapters - from leading specialists in the broader field and working largely outside the US - provide critical commentary on the theoretical approach and again offer refinement toward a theory of language shift.

Note: © editorial matter and organization Joshua R. Brown 2022 © the chapters their several authors 2022 , 1 A verticalization theory of language shift -- 2 Politics and cooperatives -- 3 The Great Change in Midwestern agriculture -- 4 The Great Change and the shift from Norwegian to English in Ulen, Minnesota -- 5 Language shift and religious change inCentralPennsylvania -- 6 Internal verticalization and community maintenance -- 7 The verticalization model of language shift from a population-structure perspective -- 8 The verticalization model of language shift from a historical sociolinguistic perspective -- 9 Reflecting on the commentaries

Additional Edition: Print version : ISBN 9780198864639

Language: English

Subjects: Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures , English Studies

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Format: 1 online resource.

Edition: First edition.

ISBN: 9781350082564 , 9781350082557 , 9781350082540

Content: "Transcendence and Substance in Early Chinese Thought offers a new account of the history of early Chinese philosophy, as well as a reconsideration of current understandings of early Chinese thought, by focussing on transcendence and substance. These two concepts are sometimes seen as being at odds with naturalist approaches to philosophy. By offering a robust account of early Chinese thought, Alexus McLeod and Joshua R. Brown argue that in fact non-naturalist positions can be found in early Chinese texts, in topics including transcendence, substance, soul-body dualism, and divinity. Moreover, by closely examining a range of early Chinese texts, and providing comparative readings of a number of Western texts and thinkers, this book offers a way of reading early Chinese Philosophy as consistent with the religious philosophy of the East and West, including the Abrahamic and the Brahmanistic religions. Co-written by a philosopher and theologian, this book draws out unique insights into early Chinese thought, highlighting in particular new ways to consider a range of Chinese concepts, including tian, dao, qi, xing, and win"--

Note: Introduction: Arguments for a Non-Naturalist Reading of Early Chinese Thought -- Part I: Groundwork-Questioning a Naturalistic Interpretation of Early Chinese Thoughts -- 1. 'Naturalism' in Western Philosophy and its Use in Scholarship on Chinese Thought -- 2. Rethinking Transcendence and Nature -- 3. The Naturalist Project of the Han -- Part II: Transcendence-Readings of Key Concepts and Texts -- 4. Does Tian Will? The Debate in Warring States and Han -- 5. The Relationship Between Tian and Humanity -- 6. Tian and the Grounding of Ritual -- 7. Dao and the Propensities of Tian -- 8. Dao and Cosmogony -- 9. Dao as Action and Natural Law -- Part III: Substance-Readings of Key Concepts and Texts -- 10. Qi as Substance in the Early Han -- 12. Chapter Twelve: Qi as Essential Spirit -- 13. An Essential Reading of Xing -- 14. An Essential Reading of Xin -- Bibliography -- Index. , Also published in print. , Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Additional Edition: Print version: Brown, Joshua R.. Transcendence and non-naturalism in early Chinese thought London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. ISBN 9781350082533

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books. ; Electronic books

DOI: 10.5040/9781350082564

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Format: XV, 554 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln : , Illustrationen, Karten.

ISBN: 978-1-4214-2138-4

Series Statement: Young center books in Anabaptist and Pietist studies

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-4214-2139-1

Language: English

Subjects: History

Keywords: Pennsylvaniadeutsche ; Enzyklopädie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Encyclopedias ; Aufsatzsammlung

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Author information: Bronner, Simon J. 1954-

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Format: 245 Seiten.

Edition: Paperback edition

Content: "Transcendence and Substance in Early Chinese Thought offers a new account of the history of early Chinese philosophy, as well as a reconsideration of current understandings of early Chinese thought, by focussing on transcendence and substance. These two concepts are sometimes seen as being at odds with naturalist approaches to philosophy. By offering a robust account of early Chinese thought, Alexus McLeod and Joshua R. Brown argue that in fact non-naturalist positions can be found in early Chinese texts, in topics including transcendence, substance, soul-body dualism, and divinity. Moreover, by closely examining a range of early Chinese texts, and providing comparative readings of a number of Western texts and thinkers, this book offers a way of reading early Chinese Philosophy as consistent with the religious philosophy of the East and West, including the Abrahamic and the Brahmanistic religions. Co-written by a philosopher and theologian, this book draws out unique insights into early Chinese thought, highlighting in particular new ways to consider a range of Chinese concepts, including tian, dao, qi, xing, and win

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Language: English

Subjects: Theology , Philosophy

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Format: 1 online resource (xvi, 301 pages) : , illustrations

ISBN: 0-268-10711-4

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-268-10709-2

Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource (256 p.) : , 1 illustration/1 map

ISBN: 9780271059419

Content: Fred Lewis Pattee, long regarded as the father of American literary study, also wrote fiction. Originally published in 1905 by Henry Holt, The House of the Black Ring was Pattee’s second novel—a local-color romance set in the mountains of Central Pennsylvania. The book’s plot is driven by family feud, forbidden love, and a touch of the supernatural. This new edition makes this novel accessible to new generations of modern-day readers. General readers will find in The House of the Black Ring a thriller that preserves details of rural life and language during the late nineteenth century. Scholars will read it as an expression of cultural anxiety and change in the decades after the Civil War. An introduction by poet and essayist Julia Spicher Kasdorf situates the novel within the context of social and literary history, as well as Pattee’s own biography, and provides a compelling argument for its importance, not only as a literary artifact or record of local customs, but also as a reflection of Pattee’s own story intertwined with the history of Penn State at the turn of the twentieth century. Joshua Brown draws on his expertise in Pennsylvania German ethno-linguistics to interpret the dialect writing and to give readers a clearer view of the customs and regionalisms depicted in the book.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction -- , Note on the Publication History -- , The House of the Black Ring -- , Preface to the 1916 Edition -- , I. The Affair at Tressler’s Farm -- , II. Where the Devil Treads, Who Looks for Snow -- , III. Rose Hartswick -- , IV. The Wooing at Hartswick Hall -- , V. The Horse-Racing on Moon Run -- , VI. The Windy Side of the Law -- , VII. The Flitting Dinner -- , VIII. The Firing of Heller’s Cabin -- , IX. The Fire on Cherry Creek -- , X. The Mill Down Foaming Valley -- , XI. Lona Heller -- , XII. The Play and the Chorus -- , XIII. The Pow-wowing at Roaring Run -- , XIV. In the Wild Azalea -- , XV. The Murder in Sugar Valley -- , XVI. The Mob at Heller’s Gap -- , XVII. The Hour of the Powers of Darkness -- , XVIII. In the Heart of the Limestone -- , XIX. The Last of the Hartswicks -- , XX. The Revenge of Matthew Heller -- , Notes -- , Bibliography , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780271059419

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780271059419

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Format: 151 S. : , Ill.

Series Statement: Yearbook of German-American studies : Supplemental issue 2

Language: English

Keywords: Pennsylvaniadeutsch ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Festschrift

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