Medium Uditivi e Medium Visuali. Radio, Televisione, Podcasting: per un’Analisi Dinamica    by Alberto Pian
Price: Free! 10350 words. Language: Italian. Published on November 25, 2011. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Linguistics.
Questo lavoro ha lo scopo di portare all?attenzione alcuni spunti di riflessione culturale, antropologica, psicologica e linguistica riguardo la "specificità" della radio e del podcasting rispetto alla televisione, e allo statuto di "ascoltatore"e di "spettatore".

Change Your Vocab, Change Your Life Book 1    by Bema Self
Price: $3.33 USD. 3860 words. Language: English. Published on October 29, 2011. Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Motivation and inspiration.
Are you dreaming of a better life where you're more relaxed, happy and successful? Small changes can make big differences!

Polythrýleta. Sistemas explicativos y mutación conceptual en el pensamiento griego.    by Editorial Rhesis
Price: Free! 92090 words. Language: Spanish. Published on October 13, 2011. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Linguistics.
Los orígenes de la tradición occidental pertenecen a la categoría de “polythrýleta”cosas muy discutidas. La experiencia griega está transida de una mutación conceptual de surgimiento paulatino y recreación vertiginosa.

Superheroes: An Analysis of Popular Culture's Modern Myths    by David Reynolds
Price: $2.99 USD. 37910 words. Language: English. Published by Problematic Press  on April 6, 2011. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Linguistics.
A scholarly interrogation of popular North American superhero narratives, such as those of Superman, Spider-Man, and Batman, provides insight into how media’s messages influence the culture’s ethical values. As an extension of ideas presented by Friedrich Nietzsche, Joseph Campbell, and Umberto Eco, this dissertation argues that superhero tales must be regarded as modern mythology.

Between Us Bilinguals: a fairly unbiased dissertation on monolingual and bilingual views on code-switching    by Ewa Niemiec
Price: $15.00 USD. 43160 words. Language: English. Published on December 31, 2009. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Linguistics.
The author describes code-switching as a natural and universal aspect of bilingual linguistic ability and states that the key to the full understanding of the phenomenon lies in the notion of 'language mode', a unique feature of bilingual competence. The expressed standpoint is illustrated and tested by means of a case study of proficient Polish-English bilinguals...

From Dust to Descartes: An Evolutionary and Mechanical Explanation of Consciousness and Self-Awareness    by M. E. Tson
Price: $1.99 USD. 65900 words. Language: English. Published on October 24, 2009. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Linguistics.
Beginning with physical reactions as simple and mechanical as rust, From Dust to Descartes goes step by evolutionary step to explore how the most remarkable and personal aspects of consciousness have arisen, how our awareness of the world of ourselves differs from that of other species, and whether machines could ever become self-aware.