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Language, Rhythm, and Sound

Author : Joseph K. Adjaye
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822971771
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Book Synopsis Language, Rhythm, and Sound by : Joseph K. Adjaye

Download or read book Language, Rhythm, and Sound written by Joseph K. Adjaye and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 1997-03-15 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on expressions of popular culture among blacks in Africa, the United States, and the Caribbean this collection of multidisciplinary essays takes on subjects long overdue for study. Fifteen essays cover a world of topics, from American girls' Double Dutch games to protest discourse in Ghana; from Terry McMillan's Waiting to Exhale to the work of Zora Neale Hurston; from South African workers to Just Another Girl on the IRT; from the history of Rasta to the evolving significance of kente clothl from rap video music to hip-hop to zouk.The contributors work through the prisms of many disciplines, including anthropology, communications, English, ethnomusicology, history, linguistics, literature, philosophy, political economy, psychology, and social work. Their interpretive approaches place the many voices of popular black cultures into a global context. It affirms that black culture everywhere functions to give meaning to people's lives by constructing identities that resist cultural, capitolist, colonial, and postcolonial domination.

Integrated Practice

Author : Pedro de Alcantara
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0195317076
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Book Synopsis Integrated Practice by : Pedro de Alcantara

Download or read book Integrated Practice written by Pedro de Alcantara and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2011 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INTEGRATED PRACTICE: COORDINATION, RHYTHM & SOUND proposes a new approach to musicianship, health, and wellbeing. Containing dozens of exercises and supported by an extensive online library of video and audio clips, INTEGRATED PRACTICE offers tools for instrumentalists, singers, and conductors to use music itself as their guide toward unity and freedom of mind and body.

The Ancient Language of Sacred Sound

Author : David Elkington
Publisher : Inner Traditions
ISBN 13 : 9781644111659
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book The Ancient Language of Sacred Sound written by David Elkington and published by Inner Traditions. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the connections between the Earth's resonant frequencies, sacred sites, human consciousness, and the origins of religion * Details how sacred sites resonate at the same frequencies as both the Earth and the alpha waves of the human brain * Shows how human writing in its original hieroglyphic form was a direct response to the divine sound patterns of sacred sites * Explains how ancient hero myths from around the world relate to divine acoustic science and formed the source of religion The Earth resonates at an extremely low frequency. Known as "the Schumann Resonance," this natural rhythm of the Earth precisely corresponds with the human brain's alpha wave frequencies--the frequency at which we enter into and come out of sleep as well as the frequency of deep meditation, inspiration, and problem solving. Sound experiments reveal that sacred sites and structures like stupas, pyramids, and cathedrals also resonate at these special frequencies when activated by chanting and singing. Did our ancestors build their sacred sites according to the rhythms of the Earth? Exploring the acoustic connections between the Earth, the human brain, and sacred spaces, David Elkington shows how humanity maintained a direct line of communication with Mother Earth and the Divine through the construction of sacred sites, such as Stonehenge, Newgrange, Machu Picchu, Chartres Cathedral, and the pyramids of both Egypt and Mexico. He reveals how human writing in its original hieroglyphic form was a direct response to the divine sound patterns of sacred sites, showing how, for example, recognizable hieroglyphs appear in sand patterns when the sacred frequencies of the Great Pyramid are activated. Looking at ancient hero legends--those about the bringers of important knowledge or language--Elkington explains how these myths form the source of ancient religion and have a unique mythological resonance, as do the sites associated with them. The author then reveals how religion, including Christianity, is an ancient language of acoustic science given expression by the world's sacred sites and shows that power places played a profound role in the development of human civilization.

Film Rhythm After Sound

Author : Lea Jacobs
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520279654
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Film Rhythm After Sound written by Lea Jacobs and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seemingly effortless integration of sound, movement, and editing in films of the late 1930s stands in vivid contrast to the awkwardness of the first talkies. Film Rhythm after Sound analyzes this evolution via close examination of important prototypes of early sound filmmaking, as well as contemporary discussions of rhythm, tempo, and pacing. Jacobs looks at the rhythmic dimensions of performance and sound in a diverse set of case studies: the Eisenstein-Prokofiev collaboration Ivan the Terrible, Disney’s Silly Symphonies and early Mickey Mouse cartoons, musicals by Lubitsch and Mamoulian, and the impeccably timed dialogue in Hawks’s films. Jacobs argues that the new range of sound technologies made possible a much tighter synchronization of music, speech, and movement than had been the norm with the live accompaniment of silent films. Filmmakers in the early years of the transition to sound experimented with different technical means of achieving synchronization and employed a variety of formal strategies for creating rhythmically unified scenes and sequences. Music often served as a blueprint for rhythm and pacing, as was the case in mickey mousing, the close integration of music and movement in animation. However, by the mid-1930s, filmmakers had also gained enough control over dialogue recording and editing to utilize dialogue to pace scenes independently of the music track. Jacobs’s highly original study of early sound-film practices provides significant new contributions to the fields of film music and sound studies.

Music, Language, and the Brain

Author : Aniruddh D. Patel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019989017X
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Book Synopsis Music, Language, and the Brain by : Aniruddh D. Patel

Download or read book Music, Language, and the Brain written by Aniruddh D. Patel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first comprehensive study of the relationship between music and language from the standpoint of cognitive neuroscience, Aniruddh D. Patel challenges the widespread belief that music and language are processed independently. Since Plato's time, the relationship between music and language has attracted interest and debate from a wide range of thinkers. Recently, scientific research on this topic has been growing rapidly, as scholars from diverse disciplines, including linguistics, cognitive science, music cognition, and neuroscience are drawn to the music-language interface as one way to explore the extent to which different mental abilities are processed by separate brain mechanisms. Accordingly, the relevant data and theories have been spread across a range of disciplines. This volume provides the first synthesis, arguing that music and language share deep and critical connections, and that comparative research provides a powerful way to study the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying these uniquely human abilities. Winner of the 2008 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award.

Sound–Emotion Interaction in Poetry

Author : Reuven Tsur
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027257833
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Sound–Emotion Interaction in Poetry by : Reuven Tsur

Download or read book Sound–Emotion Interaction in Poetry written by Reuven Tsur and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2022-06-03 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of studies providing a unique view on two central aspects of poetry: sounds and emotive qualities, with emphasis on their interactions. The book addresses various theoretical and methodological issues related to topics like sound symbolism, poetic prosody, and voice quality in recited poetry. The authors examine how these sound-related phenomena contribute to the generation of emotive qualities and how these qualities are perceived by readers and listeners. The book builds upon Reuven Tsur’s theoretical research and supplements it from an experimental angle. It also engages in methodological debates with prevalent scientific approaches. In particular, it emphasises the importance of proper theory in empirical literary studies and the role of the personal traits of the reader in literary analysis. The intended readership of this book consists mainly of literary scholars, but it might also appeal to researchers from disciplines such as linguistics, psychology, and brain science.

The Color Vowel Approach

Author : Karen Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780986340390
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Color Vowel Approach written by Karen Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-25 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Color Vowel Approach is a 36-page, full-color book featuring a detailed orientation to the Color Vowel Chart tool and approach. The booklet contains teaching techniques, discovery activities, lesson plans, and photocopiable resources.

Sound & Rhythm. Understanding Spoken English

Author : Nancy Lippmann
Publisher : Firenze University Press
ISBN 13 : 8884539129
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (845 download)

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Book Synopsis Sound & Rhythm. Understanding Spoken English by : Nancy Lippmann

Download or read book Sound & Rhythm. Understanding Spoken English written by Nancy Lippmann and published by Firenze University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Words Into Rhythm

Author : D. W. Harding
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521212677
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (212 download)

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Download or read book Words Into Rhythm written by D. W. Harding and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1976-11-18 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Harding assesses the rhythm in poetry and prose from a psychological standpoint.

Melodies, Rhythm and Cognition in Foreign Language Learning

Author : M. Carmen Fonseca-Mora
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443813621
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Book Synopsis Melodies, Rhythm and Cognition in Foreign Language Learning by : M. Carmen Fonseca-Mora

Download or read book Melodies, Rhythm and Cognition in Foreign Language Learning written by M. Carmen Fonseca-Mora and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melodies, Rhythm and Cognition in Foreign Language Learning is a collection of essays reflecting on the relationship between language and music, two unique, innate human capacities. This book provides a clear explanation of the centrality of melodies and rhythm to foreign language learning acquisition. The interplay between language music brings to applied linguists inquiries into the nature and function of speech melodies, the role of prosody and the descriptions of rhythmical patterns in verbal behaviour. Musical students seem to be better equipped for language learning, although melodies and rhythm can benefit all types of students at any age. In fact, in this book melodies and rhythm are considered to be a springboard for the enhancement of the learning of foreign languages.

Sounds English

Author : Nabeel Zuberi
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252026201
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Sounds English written by Nabeel Zuberi and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Zuberi looks at how the sounds, images, and lyrics of English popular music generate and critique ideas of national belonging, recasting the social and even the physical landscapes of cities like Manchester and London. The Smiths and Morrissey play on romanticized notions of the (white) English working class, while the Pet Shop Boys map a "queer urban Britain" in the AIDS era. The techno-culture of raves and dance clubs incorporates both an anti-institutional do-it-yourself politics and emergent leisure practices, while the potent mix of technology and creativity in British black music includes local conditions as well as a sense of global diaspora. British Asian musicians, drawing on Afrodiasporic and South Asian traditions, seek a sense of place in Britain as commercial interests try to pin down an image of them to market." "Sounds English shows how popular music complicates cherished notions of Englishness as it activates cultural outsiders and taps into a sense of not belonging."--BOOK JACKET.

Intelligibility, Oral Communication, and the Teaching of Pronunciation

Author : John M. Levis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108416624
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Intelligibility, Oral Communication, and the Teaching of Pronunciation by : John M. Levis

Download or read book Intelligibility, Oral Communication, and the Teaching of Pronunciation written by John M. Levis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intelligibility-based approach to teaching that presents pronunciation as critical, yet neglected, in communicative language teaching.

The Architecture of Language

Author : Quincy Troupe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Architecture of Language written by Quincy Troupe and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Full of rhythm and big-breath lines, Troupe's poetry explodes from the page, capturing the spirit of America. Inspired by contemporary art, music, literature, and sports, Troupe dismantles the dangerously cliched, wooden rhetoric saturating our national discourse and rebuilds the language in poems bursting with beauty, energy, and enough imaginative fire to light the way to the future."--Publisher's website.

Uncovering the Logic of English: A Common-Sense Solution to America's Literacy Crisis

Author : Denise Eide
Publisher : Logic of English, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1936706075
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Uncovering the Logic of English: A Common-Sense Solution to America's Literacy Crisis written by Denise Eide and published by Logic of English, Inc. This book was released on 2011-01-27 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "English is so illogical!" It is generally believed that English is a language of exceptions. For many, learning to spell and read is frustrating. For some, it is impossible... especially for the 29% of Americans who are functionally illiterate. But what if the problem is not the language itself, but the rules we were taught? What if we could see the complexity of English as a powerful tool rather than a hindrance? --Denise Eide Uncovering the Logic of English challenges the notion that English is illogical by systematically explaining English spelling and answering questions like "Why is there a silent final E in have, large, and house?" and "Why is discussion spelled with -sion rather than -tion?" With easy-to-read examples and anecdotes, this book describes: - the phonograms and spelling rules which explain 98% of English words - how English words are formed and how this knowledge can revolutionize vocabulary development - how understanding the reasons behind English spelling prevents students from needing to guess The author's inspiring commentary makes a compelling case that understanding the logic of English could transform literacy education and help solve America's literacy crisis. Thorough and filled with the latest linguistic and reading research, Uncovering the Logic of English demonstrates why this systematic approach should be as foundational to our education as 1+1=2.

Speech, Music, Sound

Author : Theo Van Leeuwen
Publisher : Red Globe Press
ISBN 13 : 0333642880
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (336 download)

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Download or read book Speech, Music, Sound written by Theo Van Leeuwen and published by Red Globe Press. This book was released on 1999-08-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speech, Music, Sound presents an entirely original approach to the theory of sound. Drawing on a wide range of phonetic, linguistic, pragmatic, semiotic, and musicological sources, it concentrates on the communicative roles of aural perspective, rhythm, melody, and timbre in music as well as speech, everyday soundscapes, and film and television soundtracks. It applies linguistic concepts such as turntaking to music, and musical concepts such as harmony to speech. And it also contains a chapter on aural realism, again in relation to music, speech, and contemporary sound design.

The Aesthetics and Politics of Linguistic Borders

Author : Heidi Grönstrand
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429536429
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)

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Book Synopsis The Aesthetics and Politics of Linguistic Borders by : Heidi Grönstrand

Download or read book The Aesthetics and Politics of Linguistic Borders written by Heidi Grönstrand and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-18 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection showcases a multivalent approach to the study of literary multilingualism, embodied in contemporary Nordic literature. While previous approaches to literary multilingualism have tended to take a textual or authorship focus, this book advocates for a theoretical perspective which reflects the multiplicity of languages in use in contemporary literature emerging from increased globalization and transnational interaction. Drawing on a multimodal range of examples from contemporary Nordic literature, these eighteen chapters illustrate the ways in which multilingualism is dynamic rather than fixed, resulting from the interactions between authors, texts, and readers as well as between literary and socio-political institutions. The book highlights the processes by which borders are formed within the production, circulation, and reception of literature and in turn, the impact of these borders on issues around cultural, linguistic, and national belonging. Introducing an innovative approach to the study of multilingualism in literature, this collection will be of particular interest to students and researchers in literary studies, cultural studies, and multilingualism.

A Writer's Craft

Author : Kendall Dunkelberg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1137610964
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (376 download)

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Download or read book A Writer's Craft written by Kendall Dunkelberg and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introductory creative writing text uses a unique, multi-genre approach to provide students with a broad-based knowledge of their craft, treating them as professional writers. Beginning by discussing elements common to all genres, this book underscores the importance of learning good writing habits before committing to a genre, encouraging writers to look beyond their genre expectations and learn from other forms. The book then devotes one chapter to each of the major literary genres: fiction, poetry, drama and creative nonfiction. These style-specific sections provide depth as they compare the different genres, furnishing students with a comprehensive understanding of creative writing as a discipline and fostering creativity. The discussion concludes with a chapter on digital media and an appendix on literary citizenship and publishing. With exercises at the end of each chapter, a glossary of literary terms, and a list of resources for further study, A Writer's Craft is the ideal companion to an introductory creative writing class. It has been listed as one of the 'Best Books for Writers' by Poets and Writers magazine.