The studies gathered together in this book were originally presented at two conferences sponsored by The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), which were held at the VU University Amsterdam, in late August 2004. The first part Language Endangerment and Endangered Languages deals with issues related to language endangerment and the problems linguists and other researchers encounter when documenting these languages, both in general terms and with an eye on the Andean/Amazonian situation. The second part, Specific Studies: Languages and Cultures of the Andean-Amazonian Border Area, contains three sections. The first deals with topics that relate to the Maku peoples and languages of Brazil (Eastern Maku) and Colombia ( Western Maku ). The second section features papers that address anthropological and grammatical issues concerning the Nambikwara peoples and languages (Brazil). The third section discusses various other languages in the Andean/Amazonian border area.
La Biblia Envenenada The drama of a U.S. missionary family in Africa during a war of decolonization. At its center is Nathan Price, a self-righteous Baptist minister who establishes a mission in a village in 1959 Belgian Congo. The resulting clash of cultures is seen through the eyes of his wife and his…
Realismo Magico, Vallenato Y Violencia Politica En El Caribe Colombiano By reading Caribbean novels and ethnographies I trace the conformation of a critical tradition which influences aesthetics and social thought, and makes public the relation between cultural myths and social inequalities. In contrast to Alejo Carpentiers image of the Caribbean as a sanctuary where intellectuals escape from western rationalism, Garcia…
Colección De Documentos Inéditos Para La Historia De Chile Desde El… Excerpt from Colección de Documentos Inéditos para la Historia de Chile Desde el Viaje de Magallanes Hasta la Batalla de Maipo, 1518-1818, Vol. 18: Valdivia y Sus Compañeros, XI E después de lo susodicho, en este dicho día, mes e' año dicho, yo, el dicho escribano, hice la dicha citación…
Desarrollo De Habilidades En El Uso De Las Tecnologías De La Información… La presente obra está dirigida a estudiantes, docentes y público en general, que deseen conocer y adentrarse en el uso de las nuevas tecnologías de información y comunicación que actualmente se están empleando en un mundo cada vez más globalizado y digitalizado.
Croniñón Little Croniñón helps his clan hunt and kill a mammoth and at the same time learns to paint the walls of the cave he lives in.
No Juegues De Noche! It may seem to be an amusing game but behind the Ouija exists a frightening and not-so-amusing mystery.
