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This story is set in Japan in the 1920’s and follows the life of a nineyear- old Japanese boy named Takeru Kitagawa, who was forced to endure a childhood of psychological abuse, and who later, following the attempted rape of his mother by a yakusa gang member, he was cruelly mutilated for trying to defend her. As a consequence, he sustained a cruel and malicious life-changing injury, which in turn led to his mother’s subsequent decision to abandon him. Takeru now finds himself completely alone, in discomfort and pain, and now abandoned, he is left to survive on his own, and fearful in his desolate home. Whilst he struggled to cope with his debilitating injury as a eunuch, he tries his ha...
This volume provides a comprehensive view of the current issues in contemporary syntactic theory. Written by an international assembly of leading specialists in the field, these 2 original articles serve as a useful reference for various areas of grammar. Contains 23 articles written by an international assembly of specialists in the field. The lucidly written articles grant accessibility to crucial areas of syntactic theory. Contrasting theories are represented. Contains an informative introduction and extensive bibliography which serves as a reference tool for both students and professional linguists.
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This study focuses on the everyday lives of two groups of lower-class women in Jakarta, Indonesia. First, street traders and stallholders; and secondly, self-employed girls working as prostitutes in a bar in one of the entertainment districts. Murray's case-study provides a keen understanding of lower-class women's lives through informal observation and situational dialogues. This book will be of particular interest to anthropologists, sociologists, and those concerned with women's studies, and South-East Asian studies.