The Rustle of Language

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520066298
Total Pages : 388 pages
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Book Synopsis The Rustle of Language by : Roland Barthes

Download or read book The Rustle of Language written by Roland Barthes and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1989-01-18 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rustle of Language is a collection of forty-five essays, written between 1967 and 1980, on language, literature, and teaching—the pleasure of the text—in an authoritative translation by Richard Howard.

Raising Rosie

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Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1784506524
Total Pages : 194 pages
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Book Synopsis Raising Rosie by : Stephani Lohman

Download or read book Raising Rosie written by Stephani Lohman and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2018-07-19 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 2019 STONEWALL HONOR BOOK When their daughter Rosie was born, Eric and Stephani Lohman found themselves thrust into a situation they were not prepared for. Born intersex - a term that describes people who are born with a variety of physical characteristics that do not fit neatly into traditional conceptions about male and female bodies - Rosie's parents were pressured to consent to normalizing surgery on Rosie, without being offered any alternatives despite their concerns. Part memoir, part guidebook, this powerful book tells the authors' experience of refusing to have Rosie operated on and how they raised a child who is intersex. The book looks at how they spoke about the condition to friends and family, to Rosie's teachers and caregivers, and shows how they plan on explaining it to Rosie when she is older. This uplifting and empowering story is a must read for all parents of intersex children.

Corpus Linguistics

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139502441
Total Pages : 311 pages
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Book Synopsis Corpus Linguistics by : Tony McEnery

Download or read book Corpus Linguistics written by Tony McEnery and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corpus linguistics is the study of language data on a large scale - the computer-aided analysis of very extensive collections of transcribed utterances or written texts. This textbook outlines the basic methods of corpus linguistics, explains how the discipline of corpus linguistics developed and surveys the major approaches to the use of corpus data. It uses a broad range of examples to show how corpus data has led to methodological and theoretical innovation in linguistics in general. Clear and detailed explanations lay out the key issues of method and theory in contemporary corpus linguistics. A structured and coherent narrative links the historical development of the field to current topics in 'mainstream' linguistics. Practical tasks and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter encourage students to test their understanding of what they have read and an extensive glossary provides easy access to definitions of technical terms used in the text.

Corpus-linguistic applications

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9042028017
Total Pages : 266 pages
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Download or read book Corpus-linguistic applications written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an overview of four currently booming areas in the discipline of corpus linguistics. The first section is concerned with studies of the history and development of morphological and syntactic phenomena in English, Spanish, and Mandarin Chinese. The second section contains case studies investigating the functions and contexts of use of different morphological and syntactic forms in English, Spanish, Russian, and Mandarin Chinese. The third section contains studies in the field of genre and register from settings as diverse as health, call center, academic, and legal discourse. The final section features papers refining existing, and exploring new, corpus-linguistic methods: dispersions, text mining, corpus similarity, as well as the development of extraction patterns and the evaluation of tagging methods.

Fixing Sex

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Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822389215
Total Pages : 381 pages
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Book Synopsis Fixing Sex by : Katrina Karkazis

Download or read book Fixing Sex written by Katrina Karkazis and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2008-11-11 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when a baby is born with “ambiguous” genitalia or a combination of “male” and “female” body parts? Clinicians and parents in these situations are confronted with complicated questions such as whether a girl can have XY chromosomes, or whether some penises are “too small” for a male sex assignment. Since the 1950s, standard treatment has involved determining a sex for these infants and performing surgery to normalize the infant’s genitalia. Over the past decade intersex advocates have mounted unprecedented challenges to treatment, offering alternative perspectives about the meaning and appropriate medical response to intersexuality and driving the field of those who treat intersex conditions into a deep crisis. Katrina Karkazis offers a nuanced, compassionate picture of these charged issues in Fixing Sex, the first book to examine contemporary controversies over the medical management of intersexuality in the United States from the multiple perspectives of those most intimately involved. Drawing extensively on interviews with adults with intersex conditions, parents, and physicians, Karkazis moves beyond the heated rhetoric to reveal the complex reality of how intersexuality is understood, treated, and experienced today. As she unravels the historical, technological, social, and political forces that have culminated in debates surrounding intersexuality, Karkazis exposes the contentious disagreements among theorists, physicians, intersex adults, activists, and parents—and all that those debates imply about gender and the changing landscape of intersex management. She argues that by viewing intersexuality exclusively through a narrow medical lens we avoid much more difficult questions. Do gender atypical bodies require treatment? Should physicians intervene to control the “sex” of the body? As this illuminating book reveals, debates over treatment for intersexuality force reassessment of the seemingly natural connections between gender, biology, and the body.

Contesting Intersex

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Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479814156
Total Pages : 233 pages
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Book Synopsis Contesting Intersex by : Georgiann Davis

Download or read book Contesting Intersex written by Georgiann Davis and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2015-09-11 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When sociologist Georgiann Davis was a teenager, her doctors discovered that she possessed XY chromosomes, marking her as intersex. Rather than share this information with her, they withheld the diagnosis in order to "protect" the development of her gender identity; it was years before Davis would see her own medical records as an adult and learn the truth. Davis' experience is not unusual. Many intersex people feel isolated from one another and violated by medical practices that support conventional notions of the male/female sex binary which have historically led to secrecy and shame about being intersex. Yet, the rise of intersex activism and visibility in the US has called into question the practice of classifying intersex as an abnormality, rather than as a mere biological variation. This shift in thinking has the potential to transform entrenched intersex medical treatment. In Contesting Intersex, Davis draws on interviews with intersex people, their parents, and medical experts to explore the oft-questioned views on intersex in medical and activist communities, as well as the evolution of thought in regards to intersex visibility and transparency. She finds that framing intersex as an abnormality is harmful and can alter the course of one's life. In fact, controversy over this framing continues, as intersex has been renamed a 'disorder of sex development' throughout medicine. This happened, she suggests, as a means for doctors to reassert their authority over the intersex body in the face of increasing intersex activism in the 1990s and feminist critiques of intersex medical treatment. Davis argues the renaming of 'intersex' as a 'disorder of sex development' is strong evidence that the intersex diagnosis is dubious. Within the intersex community, though, disorder of sex development terminology is hotly disputed; some prefer not to use a term which pathologizes their bodies, while others prefer to think of intersex in scientific terms. Although terminology is currently a source of tension within the movement, Davis hopes intersex activists and their allies can come together to improve the lives of intersex people, their families, and future generations. However, for this to happen, the intersex diagnosis, as well as sex, gender, and sexuality, needs to be understood as socially constructed phenomena." -- Publisher's description

The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Analysis

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ISBN 13 : 0199677077
Total Pages : 1217 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Analysis by : Bernd Heine

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Analysis written by Bernd Heine and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 1217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook compares the main analytic frameworks and methods of contemporary linguistics. It offers a unique overview of linguistic theory, revealing the common concerns of competing approaches. By showing their current and potential applications it provides the means by which linguists and others can judge what are the most useful models for the task in hand. Distinguished scholars from all over the world explain the rationale and aims of over thirty explanatory approaches to the description, analysis, and understanding of language. Each chapter considers the main goals of the model; the relation it proposes from between lexicon, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and phonology; the way it defines the interactions between cognition and grammar; what it counts as evidence; and how it explains linguistic change and structure. The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Analysis offers an indispensable guide for everyone researching any aspect of language including those in linguistics, comparative philology, cognitive science, developmental philology, cognitive science, developmental psychology, computational science, and artificial intelligence. This second edition has been updated to include seven new chapters looking at linguistic units in language acquisition, conversation analysis, neurolinguistics, experimental phonetics, phonological analysis, experimental semantics, and distributional typology.

Intersex

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ISBN 13 : 9781783742080
Total Pages : 272 pages
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Book Synopsis Intersex by : Tiffany Jones

Download or read book Intersex written by Tiffany Jones and published by . This book was released on 2016-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex is complex. Humans are simultaneously more similar in their sex development, and more diverse, than is commonly appreciated or understood. Females and males are not made of wildly different ingredients. The potential to have intersex variations-to be born with atypical sex characteristics-exists for all humans in the first few weeks of their prenatal development. 1.7% of people actually go on to be born intersex. However, most of us know little about intersex variations. This is only partly due to their occasional invisibility. Intersex people have historically faced deep social stigma-the assumption that they were simply bizarre aberrations from the human norm. Furthermore, intersex infants have been widely subjected to systematic institutional mistreatment, particularly within medical settings. Finally, some people with intersex variations have simply tried to integrate themselves unnoticed into the socially accepted categories of male and female. Drawing on stories and statistics from the first national study of intersex the book argues for a distinct 'Intersex Studies' framework to address intersex issues and identity-foregrounding people with intersex variations' own goals, perspectives and experiences. Collected in 2015 and arranged in thematic chapters, the data presented here on 272 individuals gives a penetrating account of historically and socially obscured experience. This book is an important and long-overdue contribution to our understanding of human sexuality and a must-read for people with intersex variations, health practitioners, psychologists, advocacy groups, students, and anybody interested in knowing more about our diverse human make-up.

Intersexuality and the Law

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Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814731899
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Book Synopsis Intersexuality and the Law by : Julie A. Greenberg

Download or read book Intersexuality and the Law written by Julie A. Greenberg and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2013 Bullough Award presented by the Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality The term “intersex” evokes diverse images, typically of people who are both male and female or neither male nor female. Neither vision is accurate. The millions of people with an intersex condition, or DSD (disorder of sex development), are men or women whose sex chromosomes, gonads, or sex anatomy do not fit clearly into the male/female binary norm. Until recently, intersex conditions were shrouded in shame and secrecy: many adults were unaware that they had been born with an intersex condition and those who did know were advised to hide the truth. Current medical protocols and societal treatment of people with an intersex condition are based upon false stereotypes about sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability, which create unique challenges to framing effective legal claims and building a strong cohesive movement. In Intersexuality and the Law, Julie A. Greenberg examines the role that legal institutions can play in protecting the rights of people with an intersex condition. She also explores the relationship between the intersex movement and other social justice movements that have effectively utilized legal strategies to challenge similar discriminatory practices. She discusses the feasibility of forming effective alliances and developing mutually beneficial legal arguments with feminists, LGBT organizations, and disability rights advocates to eradicate the discrimination suffered by these marginalized groups.

Discursive Intersexions

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Publisher : transcript Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3839437059
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (394 download)

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Book Synopsis Discursive Intersexions by : Michaela Koch

Download or read book Discursive Intersexions written by Michaela Koch and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life narratives and fiction that represent experiences of hermaphroditism and intersex are at the core of Michaela Koch's study. The analyzed texts from the 19th to the early 21st century are embedded within and contrasted with contemporary debates in medicine, psychology, or activism to reveal the processes of negotiation about the meaning of hermaphroditism and intersex. This cultural studies-informed work challenges both strictly essentialist and constructivist notions. It argues for a differentiated perspective on intersex and hermaphrodite experiences as historically contingent, fully embodied, and nevertheless discursive subject positions.

"I Want to Be Like Nature Made Me"

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ISBN 13 : 9781623135027
Total Pages : 179 pages
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Book Synopsis "I Want to Be Like Nature Made Me" by : InterACT

Download or read book "I Want to Be Like Nature Made Me" written by InterACT and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report examines the physical and psychological damage caused by medically unnecessary surgery on intersex people, who are born with chromosomes, gonads, sex organs, or genitalia that differ from those seen as socially typical for boys and girls. The report examines the controversy over the operations inside the medical community, and the pressure on parents to opt for surgery"--Publisher's description.

Context-Sensitivity and Semantic Minimalism

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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199213321
Total Pages : 374 pages
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Book Synopsis Context-Sensitivity and Semantic Minimalism by : Gerhard Preyer

Download or read book Context-Sensitivity and Semantic Minimalism written by Gerhard Preyer and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007-10-25 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book represents a continuation of the research project in philosophy of language and semantics represented in the journal "Protosociology" at the J. W. Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main." - editors' preface.

Lexicology

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Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 082649479X
Total Pages : 124 pages
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Book Synopsis Lexicology by : M.A.K. Halliday

Download or read book Lexicology written by M.A.K. Halliday and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2007-04-09 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a concise survey of lexicology. This book surveys the study of words, providing an overview of basic issues in defining and understanding the word as a unit of language. It also examines the history of lexicology, the evolution of dictionaries and developments in the field. It is of interest to undergraduate students of linguistics.

Tractus de Hermaphrodites; Or, A Treatise of Hermaphrodites

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Publisher : Good Press
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Total Pages : 46 pages
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Book Synopsis Tractus de Hermaphrodites; Or, A Treatise of Hermaphrodites by : Giles Jacob

Download or read book Tractus de Hermaphrodites; Or, A Treatise of Hermaphrodites written by Giles Jacob and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tractus de Hermaphrodites..." is a book dedicated to the subject of hermaphrodites, that rare breed of people of unique reproductive biology. Speaking candidly on what is often a taboo subject, it covers different aspects of hermaphrodite life beginning with a listing of at least five types of such persons. The book also speculates the possible reasons for such person's existence, from the perspective of what was known, or believed, in the eighteenth century.

Ordinary Meaning

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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022630485X
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Book Synopsis Ordinary Meaning by : Brian G. Slocum

Download or read book Ordinary Meaning written by Brian G. Slocum and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brian G. Slocum s "Ordinary Meaning "offers an extended legal-linguistic analysis of the eponymous interpretive doctrine. A centuries-old consensus exists among courts and legal scholars that words in legal texts should be interpreted in light of accepted standards of communication. Therefore the questions of what makes some meaning the ordinary one, and how the determinants of ordinary meaning are identified and conceptualized, are of crucial importance to the interpretation of legal texts. Arguing against reliance on acontextual dictionary definitions, "Ordinary Meaning" rigorously explores the contributions that specific context makes to meaning, along with linguistic phenomena such as indexicals and quantifiers. Slocum provides a theory and a robust general framework for how the determinants of ordinary meaning should be identified and developed."

Do, Lord, Remember Me

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Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807119280
Total Pages : 292 pages
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Book Synopsis Do, Lord, Remember Me by : George Garrett

Download or read book Do, Lord, Remember Me written by George Garrett and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reverend Joshua Smith, facing his imminent death, reexamines his faith and the accomplishments of his life.

Intersex in the Age of Ethics

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Publisher : University Publishing Group.
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Total Pages : 248 pages
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Book Synopsis Intersex in the Age of Ethics by : Alice Domurat Dreger

Download or read book Intersex in the Age of Ethics written by Alice Domurat Dreger and published by University Publishing Group.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: