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The Phonology Of Amoy Chinese, Howard S. Maclay May 1953

The Phonology Of Amoy Chinese, Howard S. Maclay

Anthropology ETDs

The language described here is one of the major dialects of Chinese and is spoken in the Fukien province and on the island of Formosa. According to the informant the variety spoken around the of Amoy is regarded as the "purest."


Dieffenbach On Beans, May 25, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach May 1953

Dieffenbach On Beans, May 25, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Beans - De Boona!", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated May 25, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach details various bean cultivation methods, superstitions, recipes, songs and anecdotes about bean consumption - some in Pennsylvania Dutch dialect.


Dieffenbach On Onions, May 18, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach May 1953

Dieffenbach On Onions, May 18, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Onions - "De Tswivla", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated May 18, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach details his knowledge of onions, including farming techniques, superstitions, and breed varieties.


Phonology Of The Naze Dialect Of Ryukyuan, Jean H. Rogers May 1953

Phonology Of The Naze Dialect Of Ryukyuan, Jean H. Rogers

Anthropology ETDs

The following study is a partial analysis of the phonology of the dialect spoken at Naze, the largest city on the island of Amami O'Shima in the northern Ryukyo Islands. Although it is generally known that Ryukyuan is related to Japanese, no descriptive study, employing modern linguistic methods, has been published for any of the Ryukyuan dialects. The time available for the fieldwork underlying this analysis limited the problem to phonology, and even here, the results are subject to the disadvantages of data which may be incomplete. However, since so little is known of Ryukyuan, even a partial analysis may …


Contributors And Reviewers, Volume 1. 1953 Mar 1953

Contributors And Reviewers, Volume 1. 1953

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


Imperative: An Agricultural Policy In The Philippines, Salvador Araneta Mar 1953

Imperative: An Agricultural Policy In The Philippines, Salvador Araneta

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


Sain Francis Xavier And The Fire Of Francis Xavier, Arthur A. Weiss Mar 1953

Sain Francis Xavier And The Fire Of Francis Xavier, Arthur A. Weiss

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


Rizal's Unfading Glory, Jose M. Hernandez Mar 1953

Rizal's Unfading Glory, Jose M. Hernandez

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


The Kalingas: Their Institutions And Custom Law, Frank Lynch Mar 1953

The Kalingas: Their Institutions And Custom Law, Frank Lynch

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


The Manila Observatory Rises Again, Charles E. Deppermann Mar 1953

The Manila Observatory Rises Again, Charles E. Deppermann

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


The Chinese In Southeast Asia, Thomas D. Carroll Mar 1953

The Chinese In Southeast Asia, Thomas D. Carroll

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


Philippine Short Stories 1952, Miguel A. Bernad Mar 1953

Philippine Short Stories 1952, Miguel A. Bernad

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


Apostolate Among Men Today, George J. Willmann Mar 1953

Apostolate Among Men Today, George J. Willmann

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


The Right Thing For The Wrong Reason, L. A. C. Mar 1953

The Right Thing For The Wrong Reason, L. A. C.

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


The Historical Cancer, L. A. C. Mar 1953

The Historical Cancer, L. A. C.

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


Through Eastern Eyes: By Henry Van Straelen, S.V.D., Miguel A. Bernad Mar 1953

Through Eastern Eyes: By Henry Van Straelen, S.V.D., Miguel A. Bernad

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


Like The Molave And Collected Poems, Effigies: Thirty-Seven Poems And Furrows And Arrows, Miguel A. Bernad Mar 1953

Like The Molave And Collected Poems, Effigies: Thirty-Seven Poems And Furrows And Arrows, Miguel A. Bernad

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


Ang Bagong Tipan Ng Ating Mananakop At Panginoong Jesu-Cristo, Antonio Leetai Mar 1953

Ang Bagong Tipan Ng Ating Mananakop At Panginoong Jesu-Cristo, Antonio Leetai

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


A Brief History Of Divorce Legislation In The Philippines, Deogracias T. Reyes Mar 1953

A Brief History Of Divorce Legislation In The Philippines, Deogracias T. Reyes

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints

No abstract provided.


Letter From Esther Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, March 23, 1953, Esther Moser Mar 1953

Letter From Esther Moser To Alfred L. Shoemaker, March 23, 1953, Esther Moser

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Esther Moser addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated March 23, 1953. Within, Moser writes on a number of subjects including bird and animal sayings, St. Gregory's Day, and recipes for dishes involving ham and dough.


Dieffenbach On Dogs: Superstitions And Beliefs, March 9, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach Mar 1953

Dieffenbach On Dogs: Superstitions And Beliefs, March 9, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

Handwritten manuscript entitled, "Dogs: Superstitions and Beliefs", by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated March 9, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach details a number of folk beliefs and superstitions surrounding dogs, ranging from secret breeding techniques to a tale about a dog trying to save his master from suicide.


Letter From Agnes Geiger To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 17, 1953, Agnes Geiger Feb 1953

Letter From Agnes Geiger To Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 17, 1953, Agnes Geiger

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten letter from Agnes Geiger addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 17, 1953. Within, Geiger writes about various farming chores, including sprinkling ashes and caring for livestock.


Our Sturdy Forefathers, Their Health And Longevity: Strong Men, February 2, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach Feb 1953

Our Sturdy Forefathers, Their Health And Longevity: Strong Men, February 2, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated February 2nd, 1953. Within he details stories of exceptional feats of strength by men of various families in his community. He recounts their strength and often their humbleness when fixing broken wagons and bridges or performing barn raisings, for example.


Our Sturdy Forefathers, Their Health And Longevity: Big Families, January 26, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach Jan 1953

Our Sturdy Forefathers, Their Health And Longevity: Big Families, January 26, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated Jan. 26 1953. Within, Dieffenbach records two exceptional cases of large farming families: the Ziegler family with twenty-two children and the Batdorff family with eighteen. Dieffenbach then explains how each locality had a "bully" or someone with super-human strength.


Dieffenbach On Superstition Among The Pennsylvania Dutch, January 12, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach Jan 1953

Dieffenbach On Superstition Among The Pennsylvania Dutch, January 12, 1953, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Superstition Among the Pennsylvania Dutch", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated January 12, 1953. Within, Dieffenbach discusses a number of superstitions he grew up hearing, ranging from the neigh of a black horse signifying an upcoming funeral to the existence of fairy dance circles.


Postcard From Morris Reppert To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 3, 1953, Morris Reppert Jan 1953

Postcard From Morris Reppert To Alfred L. Shoemaker, January 3, 1953, Morris Reppert

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

In a handwritten postcard dated January 3, 1953, Morris Reppert responds to Alfred L. Shoemaker's WEEU radio program request for the Pennsylvania Dutch name for baking soda.


Sibyl 1953, Otterbein University Jan 1953

Sibyl 1953, Otterbein University

Otterbein University Yearbooks

No abstract provided.


Reflection Of Hopi Culture In Hopi Folk Tales, Constance B. Sears Jan 1953

Reflection Of Hopi Culture In Hopi Folk Tales, Constance B. Sears

Anthropology ETDs

It has been well established that the cultural features of a society are reflected in its folk tales. Boas first presented his views on the cultural significance of folk tales in a series of papers on North American Indian mythology (Boas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), and he published detailed demonstrations of the possibility of reconstructing the culture of a tribe from its mythology, using Tsimshian (Boas 4) and Kwakiutl (Boas 7) material. His general conclusion is that... in the tales of a people those incidents of everyday life that are of importance to them will appear …


Eocene Flora Of Northern Crowley's Ridge, Arkansas, Ellis Doyle Herron Jan 1953

Eocene Flora Of Northern Crowley's Ridge, Arkansas, Ellis Doyle Herron

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Dieffenbach On Bees: Honey And Wax, November 17, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach Nov 1952

Dieffenbach On Bees: Honey And Wax, November 17, 1952, Victor C. Dieffenbach

Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents

A handwritten manuscript entitled, "Bees: Honey and Wax", compiled by Victor C. Dieffenbach, dated November 17, 1952. Within, Dieffenbach details the extensive ways in which honey and wax from bees were used in everyday life, ranging from folk medicine to candles, water-proofing and house construction.