Not everything that can be said in one language can be said in another. The lexicons of different languages seem to suggest different conceptual universes. Investigating cultures from a universal, language-independent perspective, this book rejects analytical tools derived from the English language and Anglo culture and proposes instead a "natural semantic metalanguage" formulated in English words but based on lexical universals.
Nicholas Daly's Modernism, Romance and the Fin De Siecle: Popular Fiction and British Culture, 1880-1914 reads at times like a scholarly response to F
Nicholas Daly's Modernism, Romance and the Fin De Siecle: Popular Fiction and British Culture, 1880-1914 reads at times like a scholarly response to F. Scott's Fitzgerald's assertion that "the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."
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Las Vegas Weekly is a weekly newspaper with an emphasis on arts, entertainment and popular culture. The Weekly is the city's source for an utterly unique, combustible mix of embedded nightlife coverage, thoughtful arts and cultural criticism, sassy lifestyle features, provocative essays and edgy journalism. From the bottle-serviced tables of the latest ultra lounge to the front rows of the hottest concerts; wherever the movers are shaking, the Weekly is there, helping readers make sense of this crazy town.
Science Education for Everyday Life: Evidence-based Practice
This book provides a comprehensive overview of humanistic approaches to science—approaches that connect students to broader human concerns in their everyday life and culture. Author summarizes major worldwide historical findings, focuses on present thinking, and offers evidence in support of classroom practice. This highly accessible text covers curriculum policy, teaching materials, teacher orientations and teacher education, student learning, culture studies, and future research.
