Historical linguistics — the study of language change — has long been a cornerstone of linguistics. With its long history, multiple subfields, and complex terminology, it presents many challenges to students and scholars. This book is an essential supplement to courses in historical linguistics and the history of individual languages. It provides an accessible, up-to-date, and widely representative overview of historical linguistics through explication of its main terms and concepts.
Plutarch's Advice to the Bride and Groom and A Consolation to His Wife
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Plutarch's Advice to the Bride and Groom and A Consolation to His Wife: English Translations, Commentary, Interpretive Essays, and Bibliography
While perhaps best known for his Lives, Plutarch also wrote philosophical dialogues that constitute a major intellectual legacy from the first century A.D. This collection presents two important short works from his writings in moral philosophy. They reveal Plutarch at his best--informative, sympathetic, rich in narrative--and are accompanied by an extensive commentary that situates Plutarch and his views on marriage in their historical context.
Handbook of Classical Rhetoric in the Hellenistic Period, 330 B.C.-A.D. 400
This introduction to classical rhetoric as it was practised in the Hellenistic period (330 BC - AD 400) describes and analyzes the standard categories of thought, terminology, and the theoretical and historical developments of classical rhetoric.
The cultural-historical approach started in the 1930s by Lev Vygotsky, who held that learning and instruction are the means to development, is the foundation for the Radical-Local Theory of Teaching and Learning formulated by Mariane Hedegaard and Seth Chaiklin in the first part of the book. The central concern in this approach to education is how to integrate particular historical and cultural conditions that the children encounter into educational practices.
Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia, Second Edition
The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia defines concepts, customs, and notions peculiar to the civilization of ancient Mesopotamia, from adult adoption to ziggurats. This is accomplished through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, appendixes, and hundreds of cross-reference dictionary entries on religion, economy, society, geography, and important kings and rulers.
