[PDF] Scottish Mandarin eBook

Author : Shiona Airlie
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 49,72 MB
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9888139568

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Colonial administrator, writer, explorer, Buddhist, and friend to China's last emperor, Sir Reginald Johnston (1874–1938) was a distinguished sinologist with a tangled love and family life that he kept secret even from his closest friends. Born and educated in Edinburgh, he began his career in the colony of Hong Kong and eventually became Commissioner of the remote British leased territory of Weihai in northern China. He travelled widely and, during a break from colonial service, served as tutor and advisor to Puyi, the deposed emperor. As the only foreigner allowed to work in the Forbidden City, he wrote the classic account of the last days of the Qing Dynasty—Twilight in the Forbidden City. Granted unique access to Johnston's extensive personal papers, once thought to be lost, Shiona Airlie tells the life of a complex and sensitive character whose career made a deep impression on 20th-century China.

Author : Tom M. Devine
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 22,68 MB
Release : 2018-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1474437907

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Reads Victorian literature and science as artful practices that surpass the theories and discourses supposed to contain them

Author : Clive Young
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 31,60 MB
Release : 2023-06-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1804251062

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The Scots language is the hidden treasure of Scottish culture. For many of us it is still how we speak to each other, how we express our feelings, our humour, even our Scottishness. It not only connects us to our communities at an emotional level but also links us to our past. Scots was created by millions of voices coming together to share words, phrases and jokes; to understand, act on (and often laugh at) the world around them. Aye, but what exactly is 'Scots' anyway? Usually spoken in a mix with Scottish English, at least nowadays, is it really a language at all? Was it ever? And what about its future? Dr Clive Young embarks on a quest to learn about the secret life of the language he spoke as a bairn. Along the way, he encounters centuries of intense argument on the very nature of Scots, from the first dictionaries, through MacDiarmid, The Broons, Trainspotting and on to present-day Twitter rammies. (And of course, endless stushies about how to spell it.) Some still dismiss Scots as 'just' a dialect, slang or bad English. Behind this everyday disdain Dr Young uncovers a troubling history of official neglect and marginalisation of our unique minority language, offset only by a defiant and inspiring linguistic loyalty. A refreshing counterbalance to the usual gloomy prognosis of Scots' supposedly 'inevitable' demise, Dr Young sketches out a practical roadmap to revitalise Scotland's beleaguered tongue and simple ways we can all keep it 'hale an hearty' for future generations. Acause if you dinna dae it, wha wull?

Author : T. G. K. Bryce
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 1120 pages
File Size : 49,85 MB
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 1474437850

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Interrogates the rise of national philosophies and their impact on cosmopolitanism and nationalism.

Author : Vally Lytra
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 15,37 MB
Release : 2022-02-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1788927966

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This book responds to a growing body of work in sociolinguistics and applied linguistics that places an emphasis on situated descriptions of language education practices and illuminates how these descriptions are enmeshed with local, institutional and wider social forces. It engages with new ways of understanding language that expand its meaning by including other semiotic resources and meaning-making practices and bring to the fore its messiness and unpredictability. The chapters illustrate how a translingual and transcultural orientation to language and language pedagogy can provide a point of entry to reimagining what language education might look like under conditions of heightened linguistic and cultural diversity and increased linguistic and social inequalities. The book unites an international group of contributors, presenting state-of-the-art empirical studies drawing on a wide range of local contexts and spaces, from linguistically and culturally heterogeneous mainstream and HE classrooms to complementary (community) school and informal language learning contexts.

Author : Ying Zhan
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 16,56 MB
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3111003094

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Past studies of family language socialization often focus on children’s verbal communication skills and are conducted from the parents’ perspective. This book describes a child’s mostly self-directed and near-simultaneous multilingual and multiliterate development from birth to age 8. The present findings thus emphasize the critical role of child agency, and they may redefine and expand on the traditional theoretical framework of family language policy.

Author : Norman Ferguson
Publisher : Summersdale
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 19,92 MB
Release : 2017-08-10
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1786853906

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This miscellany will have you quoting Burns and fizzing with fascinating trivia. As well as delving into Scottish history – including profiles of William Wallace, Mary Queen of Scots and Bonnie Prince Charlie – you’ll gain plenty of insight into the food, drink, landscape, culture and everything else that makes Scotland exceptional.