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Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names on their lyrical walk home through the city. Empowered by this newfound understanding, the young girl is ready to return the next day to share her knowledge with...

Developed by the author, a speech consultant and accent specialist, this book features her method, which focuses on the anatomical placement of sound and on the musculature used in articulation. Where other accent reduction/English pronunciation products rely on solely mimicking of audio sounds, this work focuses visually, audibly, and narratively on the physical ability to speak English, noting that many sounds of English may be difficult for the...

A debut picture book that explores the importance of pronouncing names properly and celebrates cultural identity. Saajin loves his name-he loves it so much that he sees it spelled out in the world around him in his snacks, in the sky and sometimes he even sings it aloud. On his first day of school, Saajin is excited to meet his new classmates, but things take a turn when the teacher mispronounces his name as Say-jin and he is not sure how-or if...

This illustrated dictionary presents the 1,500 most useful Arabic words and sentences that beginning learners need to know. The vocabulary is organized into 38 thematic sections. Each section presents 25-35 words and 5-8 sentences demonstrating their usage. Every word and sentence is given in the Arabic script along with a Romanized equivalent to help you pronounce it correctly--along with the English meaning. Richly illustrated with over 700 color...

The motor theory is about the process by which language emerged and developed and how it functions now in human speech. The concern is with both synchronic and the diachronic aspects of language, language evolving over time and differentiating over space. In English alone we have half a million words and endless syntatic complexities, as Chomsky has demonstrated. Add the multitude of other languages that exist and have existed and it is apparent that...

Get the Summary of Jay Heinrichs's Thank You for Arguing in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book."Thank You for Arguing" by Jay Heinrichs is a comprehensive guide to the art of persuasion, emphasizing the role of argument in daily life. Heinrichs shares personal anecdotes and historical references to demonstrate the strategic use of concession, the importance of rhetoric in leadership, and the effectiveness of various...

La autora incide en temas como la fundamentación de una ética global, las posibilidades y límites de un constitucionalismo mundial y la justicia social global. Profesora Titular de Filosofía del Derecho en la Universidad de Castilla-la Mancha (España), ha dedicado parte de su investigación al estudio de la jurisprudencia analítica británica, habiendo publicado, entre otros trabajos, la monografía Derecho y moral en John Austin (CEPC, 2001)....

Schauer presenta, de entrada, la disputa entre iusnaturalismo y positivismo como cubriendo tres debates distintos: el primero de ellos versa sobre uno y otro ismo "como explicaciones, en competencia, de la naturaleza del derecho". El segundo trata sobre los derechos naturales, o preconstitucionales, y "sobre la permisibilidad de que los jueces los identifiquen y los hagan valer". El tercero -que es el que, me atrevo a decir, interesa en mayor medida...