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A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language
A dictionary of the Choctaw language based on orginal artifcats, transcripts and primary source material.
The Languages of Native North America
This book provides an authoritative survey of the several hundred languages indigenous to North America. These languages show tremendous genetic and typological diversity, and offer numerous challenges to current linguistic theory. Part I of the book provides an overview of structural features of particular interest, concentrating on those that are cross-linguistically unusual or unusually well developed. These include syllable structure, vowel and consonant harmony, tone, and sound symbolism; polysynthesis, the nature of roots and affixes, incorporation, and morpheme order; case; grammatical distinctions of number, gender, shape, control, location, means, manner, time, empathy, and evidence; and distinctions between nouns and verbs, predicates and arguments, and simple and complex sentences; and special speech styles. Part II catalogues the languages by family, listing the location of each language, its genetic affiliation, number of speakers, major published literature, and structural highlights. Finally, there is a catalogue of languages that have evolved in contact situations.
The Archaeology of Wak'as
In this edited volume, Andean wak'as—idols, statues, sacred places, images, and oratories—play a central role in understanding Andean social philosophies, cosmologies, materialities, temporalities, and constructions of personhood. Top Andean scholars from a variety of disciplines cross regional, theoretical, and material boundaries in their chapters, offering innovative methods and theoretical frameworks for interpreting the cultural particulars of Andean ontologies and notions of the sacred. Wak'as were understood as agentive, nonhuman persons within many Andean communities and were fundamental to conceptions of place, alimentation, fertility, identity, and memory and the political cons...
Climate Politics and the Power of Religion
How does our faith affect how we think about and respond to climate change? Climate Politics and the Power of Religion is an edited collection that explores the diverse ways that religion shapes climate politics at the local, national, and international levels. Drawing on case studies from across the globe, it stands at the intersection of religious studies, environment policy, and global politics. From small island nations confronting sea-level rise and intensifying tropical storms to high-elevation communities in the Andes and Himalayas wrestling with accelerating glacial melt, there is tremendous variation in the ways that societies draw on religion to understand and contend with climate ...
The Wak-A-Too
This incredibly colorful story is set in the mountains of Nepal. Now in the Himalaya region, a typical child might see parakeets or pigeons or eagles. "BUT," says the narrator, "I think I know of a bird you may not have yet seen or heard. Let me introduce you to the unique, the hard-to-find, the rare, the priceless, the one-of-a-kind Wak-a-Too!!!" The Wak-a-Too is a wild and colorful bird that lives, breathes, and flies in the imagination of children. Wak-a-Toos come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Some are flat or shiny, some have bunny teeth, and some have great big bananas for feet! In the world of the Wak-a-Too, anything goes! The beautiful and intricate illustrations in this book will encourage your children to draw their own Wak-a-Toos.
