This book introduces the most important problems of reference and considers the solutions that have been proposed to explain them. Reference is at the centre of debate among linguists and philosophers and, as Barbara Abbott shows, this has been the case for centuries. She begins by examining the basic issue of how far reference is a two place (words-world) or a three place (speakers-words-world) relation. She then discusses the main aspects of the field and the issues associated with them, including those concerning proper names; direct reference and individual concepts; the difference between referential and quantificational descriptions; pronouns and indexicality; concepts like definiteness and strength; and noun phrases in discourse. Professor Abbott writes with exceptional verve and wit. She presupposes no technical knowledge or background and presents issues and analyses from first principles, illustrating them at every stage with well-chosen examples. Her book is addressed in the first place to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in linguistics and philosophy of language, but it will also appeal to students and practitioners in computational linguistics, cognitive psychology, and anthropology. All will welcome the clarity this guide brings to a subject that continues to challenge the leading thinkers of the age.
Coming to Terms: The Collected Works of Jane Blankenship, an edited collection from Jane Blankenship and Janette Kenner Muir, is the story of one academic journey through self-discovery, intellectual development, and mentorship. It is a conversation that illustrates how, in Mary Catherine Bateson’s terms, one composes a life that has meaning and makes a significant difference in other lives as well. Jane Blankenship was an active member of the speech communication discipline, starting with her first job teaching in the Rhetoric and Composition program at Mount Holyoke College and finishing with the great distinction of Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. As a noted rhetorical scholar in both criticism and theory, Jane Blankenship was a long-time leader within the National Communication Association (including one of a handful of women who served as president in the 20th Century), and an award winner of numerous teaching and scholarship awards. Throughout her academic career, Blankenship made important contributions to the understanding of language and form, specific literary critics such as Kenneth Burke and Samuel Coleridge, and the role of women in politics. Most importantly, she worked with and inspired a cadre of graduate students who continue to reflect her ideas and perspectives in their own work, particularly in the area of political communication. Through her writing and mentoring, she impacted and changed thousands of lives. Coming to Terms brings together some of the significant pieces that marked Jane Blankenship’s career and also shows the process wherein one makes choices in writing and publishing that underscore the interrelationship between scholarship and teaching—an important element throughout her academic life.
Barbara Abbott was eighteen when her father threatened to kill her if she went to school against his will. A sharecropper since he lost his farm in 1956, he needed her on the farm to help plant their annual tobacco crop. Barbara would often sneak away to school, but her mother would retrieve her before her second class started and return her to the fields. Then, after the workday was over, she studied unassigned chapters hoping that she would not get behind in her class assignments due to absences from school. Her father believed living off the land was the best option for southern black people. He never encouraged his children to seek an education; he saw how education had not helped many black people financially and had an extreme distrust of white people and the government. Eventually, Barbara got accepted into Bennett College, a predominately black all-girls school, though she left college after her junior year to marry her high school sweetheart. Then, while pregnant, she discovered that her husband was gay and had a lover living next door. Spanning many decades, this personal narrative shares an account of the everyday life struggles of a black woman and shows her determination to live a life different from those of her ancestors.
Whether it's homemade chicken pot pie, a steak from Baker's Café or a frozen custard at Meyer's Lake, the food of Stark County has made mouths water for generations. The region's unique soil nurtured a boom in agriculture, and growers like K.W. Zellers & Son Farms still make a living off the land today. Mom-and-pop grocery stores such as Flory's and Lemmon's served their neighborhoods. Long-gone restaurants like Mergus and Topp's Chalet created delicious dishes and cherished memories. Families like the Millers and Swaldos have created nationally recognized destinations out of simple starts. Join authors Kim Kenney and Barb Abbott as they trace Stark County's food history.
In July 2009, the American Journal of Sociology (AJS) began publishing book reviews by an individual writing as Barbara Celarent, professor of particularity at the University of Atlantis. Mysterious in origin, Celarent’s essays taken together provide a broad introduction to social thinking. Through the close reading of important texts, Celarent’s short, informative, and analytic essays engaged with long traditions of social thought across the globe—from India, Brazil, and China to South Africa, Turkey, and Peru. . . and occasionally the United States and Europe. Sociologist and AJS editor Andrew Abbott edited the Celarent essays, and in Varieties of Social Imagination, he brings the work together for the first time. Previously available only in the journal, the thirty-six meditations found here allow readers not only to engage more deeply with a diversity of thinkers from the past, but to imagine more fully a sociology—and a broader social science—for the future.
A. W. Tozer (1901-63) said in his book, The Pursuit of God, "The world is waiting to hear an authentic voice, a voice from God-not our echo of what others are doing and saying but an authentic voice." Barbara Holmes is an authentic voice. "For years we have known Barbara Holmes as a very prayerful woman who has been especially gifted by God in a number of wonderful ways. Her writings can encourage you to develop and grow spiritually." -Francis MacNutt, Ph.D. Author of Healing and The Practice of Healing Prayer "Barbara Holmes is the real thing. After years of excruciating pain that doctors were unable to alleviate, she experienced one of the most remarkable healings I know of, and went on to become a conduit of God's love to the hurting places in all of us. To meet Barbara is to be in the presence of a life poured out for others." -Elizabeth Sherrill Author of All the Way to Heaven About the Series These Love Letters from the Lord are available as individual books or in a three-volume set. To obtain the full richness of God's words, the publisher recommends reading all three volumes. Volume 1 deals primarily with biblical concepts and includes beautiful modern-day "Psalms." Volume 2 continues with more psalms but also presents powerful parables as in the Bible, but with modern subjects and in modern language. Volume 3 shows a new aspect of God. He describes everyday objects such as a trash can, a newspaper, a peach pit, or a weather vane. Then, He uses them to provide revelation about His Kingdom. Scattered throughout all three volumes are vivid dreams and visions. Accounts of Barbara's many personal healings and those of her son and husband are interspersed chronologically and appear in more than one volume for consistency. Although the author's entries may seem personal to her circumstances, these three volumes are for you, the reader, because the messages contain universal and timeless truths of God's love for His people. Meet the Author Born in Philadelphia, Barbara Holmes graduated from Smith College in 1965 with a BA in Economics, after which she taught third grade in Madison, Wisconsin. Years later, she co-owned "The Book Bag," a children's book business that dealt exclusively with children's hurts-disabilities, sicknesses, emotional pain, divorce, death of loved ones, and more. She has been married to Dave (Amherst College, BA, 1963 and University of Wisconsin, Ph.D. 1968) for more than forty-five years. They have three grown children and five grandchildren. Barbara helped begin a healing prayer ministry at her church and heard God call her a "free agent" prayer minister. When He shows her people in need, she goes to pray for them. Publications containing Barbara's healing story and/or God's words: Healing, by Francis MacNutt, Ph.D., revised edition, 1999; pages 27-29. The Practice of Healing Prayer, by Francis MacNutt, Ph.D.; 2010, pages 50-52. All the Way to Heaven, by Elizabeth Sherrill; 2002, page 106. Guideposts Magazine, "The Third Woman," March 1998, pages 28-31 and 45. "The Easter Surprise" sermon by Dr. Arthur Caliandro, preached at Marble Collegiate Church, New York City, March 30, 1997.
Written by experts in the field, these books offer practical, hands-on assistance that is both deep and insightful, as well as amusing and fun. From helping you to find joy in the everyday, to assisting you to stand up for yourself and stop being downtrodden, to making friends, finding love, understanding the importance of gratitude, and leading a more successful and happy life, these books are the entertaining and thoroughly practical way to change your life. The brain games phenomenon has taken the world by storm. More than 1 million copies sold. Since the series started in 2008, over 30 titles have been produced.
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