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Review Of: A Grammar Of Mangghuer: A Mongolic Language Of China's Qinghai-Gansu Sprachbund, Edward J. Vajda

Modern & Classical Languages

One of the least remarked aspects of the Mongol conquest is the dissemination of Mongolic languages to various corners of Eurasia. Like the far-flung remnants of a supernova, some of these are still spoken today. Keith Slater's book is a detailed synchronic description of one such language, called Mangghuer, which has received little attention from Western linguists before the appearance of this study.

Review Of: Gender In Indo-European, Edward J. Vajda

Modern & Classical Languages

This book takes a fresh look at the development of gender in Early and Late Proto-Indo-European. Matasovic reduces the diachronic picture to a few basic facts, while also making informed comparisons with non-Indo-European (IE) languages. Early Proto-IE appears to reveal a binary noun-class opposition between a common gender and a neuter gender, with the feminine arising only later

Review Of: Beginning Creek (Mvskoke Emponvkv), Edward J. Vajda

Modern & Classical Languages

This introductory course is aimed at speakers who wish to maintain and pass on their ancestral language. Each chapter begins with a straightforward explanation of the concepts covered, so even students with no formal linguistic training will find the presentation easy to follow. At the same time, the material is sophisticated enough to be of illustrative value to typologists as well. The inclusion of morpheme glosses beneath most example sentences should be particularly welcome to the serious linguist.

The Liar As A Comic Figure In Plays By Ruiz De Alarcon, Corneille And Moliere, Robert Matthew Patrick

Doctoral Dissertations

This study on the liar as a comic figure centers on protagonists in five seventeenth-century comic plays: La verdad sospechosa (Ruiz de Alarcon), Melite, Le Menteur (Corneille), Tartuffe and Dom Juan (Moliere). It applies a model combining the concepts of "ironic comedy" (Frye), "the world as stage," metatheater, and theories of laughter. Through this model, supplemented by a comparative-literature approach and additional research, the study attempts to demonstrate that in the plays examined an alazon (impostor) is always punished for his contempt for an ideal of truth that is conceived mainly in secular terms, as well as that in the …

"Why Do They Always Send The Poor?": Antiwar Lyrics In Contemporary Rock, Amy Kepple Strawser

Modern Languages & Cultures Faculty Scholarship

This presentation focuses upon the impact of antiwar lyrics in contemporary rock and roll songs.

What's Fresh In Contemporary German Poetry? A Look At Two Of Today's Movers And Shakers, Amy Kepple Strawser

Modern Languages & Cultures Faculty Scholarship

This presentation examines the works of two contemporary German poets, Ursula Krechel and the Iranian-German poet known as SAID.

Review Of El Tren Pasa Primero, By Elena Poniatowska, Traci Roberts-Camps

College of the Pacific Faculty Articles

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Fact Or Fable? Female Gender And Sexuality In Villedieu’S Histoires Allégoriques, Russell J. Ganim

French Language and Literature Papers

In many respects, the Fables ou Histoires allégoriques of Marie-Catherine Desjardins, more commonly known as Madame de Villedieu (1640?–1683), can be read in terms of the sexual politics of neo-classical France. Unlike many of her other works, the Fables serve in part as a defense and illustration of female presence and sexuality. A moral that emerges in the nine tales she classifies as “fables” is that the female gender proves as authoritative and as intelligent as the male and that female sexuality should be considered as natural and as legitimate as its masculine equivalent. In her dedication to Louis XIV, …

Theatre And The Rwandan Genocide, Marie-Chantal Kalisa

French Language and Literature Papers

In 1994, Rwanda was the scene of genocide, or more precisely in French, “le théâtre du génocide” (theatre of genocide). Perpetrators and victims played their role while the rest of the world watched the “spectacle” live on television. Perhaps because of its spectacular aspect, the Rwandan genocide has inspired a number of artistic materials. In the last decade, we have indeed witnessed the growth of literary and artistic expression in relation to the Rwandan genocide. Survivors and witnesses have told their stories in books and songs. Journalists, as well as other travelers “to the end of Rwanda,” to use Véronique …

Cuando Vienen Matando: On Prepositional Shifts And The Struggle Of Testimonial Subjects For Agency, Alicia Partnoy

Modern Languages and Literatures Faculty Works

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Mnemonic Hauntings: Photography As Art Of The Missing, Silvia Tandeciarz

Arts & Sciences Articles

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Developing Teachers Who Are Reflective Practitioners: A Complex Process, Alcione N. Ostorga

Bilingual and Literacy Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

Teachers everywhere are being held accountable for their professional actions through the test-driven curricula sweeping the nation. The National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE, 2002) makes it clear that promotion of reflective practice is an important component of teacher education programs. This multiple case study examines the relationship between epistemic stances and reflective thinking using a set of theories and instruments that allowed for the analysis of these constructs. The participants' epistemic stances were examined through the use of instruments developed by Baxter-Magolda (1992) while the qualitative aspects of reflective thinking were examined through the use of …

Christa Reinig (1926-2008), Amy Kepple Strawser

Modern Languages & Cultures Faculty Scholarship

The life and works of the contemporary German feminist lesbian writer Christa Reinig (1926-2008) are examined.

De Princesas Y Hadas Madrinas: La Cárcel De Género En Tigre Juan Y El Curandero De Su Honra De Ramón Pérez De Ayala, María Francisca Paredes Méndez

Modern & Classical Languages

Ramón Pérez de Ayala publica, en 1926, "Tigre Juan y El curandero de su honra", obra única en dos volúmenes. En conjunto la obra se presenta como una alegoría social que promociona un cierto modelo de hombre y mujer como base de una comunidad renovada. El deseo de transformación presente en la obra se hace eco de las voces de los intelectuales que en los años veinte se reunían en torno a la Revista de Occidente y la tertulia iniciada por su fundador, José Ortega y Gasset, de la que el propio Pérez de Ayala formaba parte. En el turbulento …

殖民地色彩用語的廢存 : 從「食皇家飯」說起, Hung Kai Lee

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies (1999-2006)

李榮主編，白宛如編纂的《廣州方言詞典》(南京：江蘇教育出版社，1998年）收「食皇家飯」一條，釋義為「指坐牢」（頁484)，祇作了非常簡單的釋義，並沒有說明意義的由來。我懷疑「食皇家飯」這個短語是受了香港粤語的影響。香港在一九九七年回歸祖國之前，長期受英國政府的殖民統治，當時香港人就習慣稱「港英政府」為「皇家」。鄭定歐編纂的《香港粤語詞典》(南京：江蘇教育出版社，1997年），收「皇家垃圾」一條，釋義如下：「指香港政府的剩餘物資。如退役的消防局的救火車、警隊的警車等。港府往往將這些剩餘物資與海關充公物品、郵局無人認領的包裹、市政署從無營業執照的小商販那裏沒收來的貨品，一併公開拍賣。買者被稱為『收垃圾集團』」（頁291)。吳開斌，《香港話詞典》(廣州：花城出版社，1997年）收「皇家工」和「皇家飯店」二條。其中「皇家工」條釋曰：「香港政府僱員」(頁278)，而「皇家飯店」條釋曰：「(謔）監獄，住在裏面可吃皇糧」（頁278)。此外，當時香港警隊的全名是「皇家香港警察」（Royal Hong Kong Police Force)。這些都足以說明「皇家」的用法在回歸前十分普遍。

Introduction To Viktoria Tokareva’S Life And Works, Lyubov Popov, Radha Balasubramanian

Russian Language and Literature Papers

Viktoria Tokareva, a well-known screenwriter, is also a famous contemporary short story writer in Russia. She began writing short stories and screenplays in the late 1960s and she has distinguished herself as a writer not only in Russia, but also worldwide. Her films have won awards, and her stories have been widely read and translated. She wrote before the break-up of the Soviet Union, when there was tight censorship and after “glasnost”, when the writers began to enjoy greater freedom. The country’s social and political turmoil is set as a vivid background to Tokareva’s portrayal of human beings and their …

Review Of: Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar, Edward J. Vajda

Modern & Classical Languages

This concise yet detailed treatment of Standard Mandarin Chinese focuses almost entirely upon diverse aspects of phrase and sentence construction. It is not a basic learner's grammar with a graduated presentation of material. Lacking any introduction to the phonology or writing, this book is intended for those already familiar with some form of Chinese orthography.

Poética De Lo Soez: Luis Rafael Sánchez: Identidad Y Cultura En América Latina Y En El Caribe, Julio César Sánchez Rondón

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

La obra del escritor puertorriqueño Luis Rafael Sánchez ha sido estudiada desde diferentes ángulos críticos y perspectivas metodológicas. Ensayistas y académicos se han abocado al estudio de su obra, con el objeto de indagar sobre la visión que él tiene no sólo del arte narrativo, sino también acerca de su concepción política y social, su visión de la vida y del mundo que le rodea.

Una parte de esta crítica ha tratado de indagar sobre la situación histórica de Puerto Rico; país que ha soportado 400 años de colonialismo español, y que desde 1898, con la presencia norteamericana en la …

Review Of: Galdos Beyond Realism: Reading And The Creation Of Magical Worlds, Joan M. Hoffman

Modern & Classical Languages

Timothy McGovern's latest offering, Galdós Beyond Realism: Reading and the Creation of Magical Worlds, may prove surprising, if not a bit unsettling, for the die-hard, skeptical fan of Spanish High Realism who can not imagine the words "Galdós" and "magical worlds" in the same sentence. Nonetheless, McGovern presents a fascinating examination of what he terms Don Benito's "magical fictions" (7). He jostles us out of our comfort zone, examining "post-realist, non-realist, or magical" Galdosian works that push the limits of traditional realism through the employment of metafictional and magical frames, supernatural interventions, and a very conscious lack of verisimilitude (29). …

Size Matters: The Ideological Functions Of The Length Of Soviet Feature Films And Television Mini-Series In The 1950s And 1960s, Alexander V. Prokhorov

Arts & Sciences Articles

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Literary Symbolism, Marshall C. Olds

French Language and Literature Papers

As a school of literature, Symbolism refers to three phases of a vital part of the development of literary modernism: first to an artistic movement in France and Belgium during the last decade and a half of the nineteenth century; then, retrospectively and most importantly, to its immediate sources in French poetry beginning in the 1850s; and finally to the influence that both of these had on European and American literatures throughout the first half of the twentieth century. The designation then, had its original and official application to the second and, it must be owned, from a literary point …

English Or Spanish?! Language Accommodation In New York City Service Encounters, Laura Callahan

Modern Languages & Literature

Speech accommodation theory refers to an individual's adaptation of his or her speech to more closely approximate that of an interlocutor. A change to the interlocutor's language is one of the most obvious and observable forms of accommodation. Language choices are shaped by the linguistic proficiency of both speaker and interlocutor, the ingroup or outgroup status of each, and the situational norms for the setting in which an exchange takes place. Language choices in the workplace are further influenced by company policies and by the asymmetrical power dynamic in worker-customer interactions.

This paper reports on data from service encounters with …

Carolyn Forché (1950-), Amy Kepple Strawser

Modern Languages & Cultures Faculty Scholarship

This article provides a profile of the life and work of Carolyn Forché, an American editor, poet, translator, and teacher. Much of her lyrical poetry has been politically focused and frequently deals with themes related to human rights abuses and issues.

German Film Of The New Millennium: Innovation Vs. Nostalgia, Amy Kepple Strawser

Modern Languages & Cultures Faculty Scholarship

This presentation explores both conventional and innovative trends in contemporary German cinema.

‘Der Mensch Prüfe Sich Selbst ...’: Eine Predigt Nathanaël Köstlins Als Kontext Für Hölderlins Ersten Erhaltenen Brief, Priscilla A. Hayden-Roy

German Language and Literature Papers

Wohl im Herbst 1785, kurz nachdem er von seiner Herbstvakanz in Niirtingen zur niederen Klosterschule in Denkendorf zurückgekehrt war, schrieb der funfzehnjährige Hölderlin einen Brief an seinen ehemaligen Pfarrer und Lehrer, den Nürtinger Diakon Nathanaël Köstlin (1744–1826). Es handelt sich um Hölderlins ersten erhaltenen Brief und den einzig erhaltenen Brief des Dichters an Köstlin. Die im Brief geäußerte Zuneigung und Verehrung, sowie der Wunsch, sich dem Pfarrer anzuvertrauen und ihn als Vater zu betrachten, deuten auf die Wichtigkeit dieses Verhältnisses für den jungen Hölderlin, das sich wohl erst während des täglichen Privatunterrichts bei dem Pfarrer zwischen seinem zwölften und vierzehnten …

The Phantom Stelai Of Lysias, Against Nicomachus 17, Max Nelson

Languages, Literatures and Cultures Publications

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Traducción Y Herencia, Jose M. Davila-Montes

Writing and Language Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

Salvo que la ensefianza de lenguas extranjeras en el sistema escolar estadounidense cambie de forma radical ( cosa que no parece previsible en los pr6ximos afios ), es razonable pensar que el estudiante prototipico de traducci6n entre las lenguas inglesa y espafiola en este pais sea, por abrumadora superioridad estadistica, el denominado heritage student. Nos referimos con esto a las segundas generaciones de inmigrantes hispanohablantes que, segun adquieren acceso a la educaci6n universitaria, proporcionan una de las pocas oportunidades para que la ensefianza de la traducci6n tenga lugar en un estadio anterior al ciclo de postgrado ( que es donde …

Grammatica Avanzata Della Lingua Italiana: Chapter Seven, Roberto Tartaglione, Susanna Nocchi

Books/Book Chapters

Tutto quello che uno studente straniero dovrebbe sapere sulla lingua italiana e non ha mai osato chiedere! Grammatica avanzata della lingua italiana si rivolge infatti a studenti già in possesso di una buona conoscenza dell'italiano che vogliano perfezionare la loro competenza della lingua (dal livello B1 al livello C1 del Quadro Comune Europeo).

Presenta forme, costrutti sintattici, stilemi di livello medio e avanzato, anche della lingua parlata, molto diffusi ma generalmente poco trattati nei testi d'italiano per stranieri: quando e come usare l'articolo, la posizione dell'aggettivo, l'uso di parole particolari (anzi, magari, mica, addirittura, macché), l'alterazione dei …

La Fe De Don Quijote En La Perspectiva De Miguel De Unamuno, Kevin Fagan

World Languages and Cultures

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Rulfo En Donoso: Comala Y El Olivo Como Espacios Infernales, Iker González-Allende

Spanish Language and Literature

En 1965 José Donoso viaja a México para un simposio, a instancias de su amigo Carlos Fuentes. El salir de su país, Chile, y encontrarse con un nuevo espacio y con una gran diversidad de escritores supuso un cambio importante en su quehacer como narrador. Llevaba un tiempo obsesionado con lo que después sería su novela El obsceno pájaro de la noche, pero por entonces no era capaz de plasmar en papel las ideas que flotaban en su mente. Además, se sentía atrapado en Chile, donde no disponía de muchos momentos para dedicarse a su obra, ya que era …