Tag: Romance

The Poppa and The Punkin A WWII Romance Told in Letters


Free Download Tim Dunn, "The Poppa and The Punkin: A WWII Romance Told in Letters "
English | ISBN: 1098315006 | 2020 | 206 pages | EPUB | 9 MB
The Poppa and The Punkin: A World War II Romance Told in Letters 1939-1946, is the story of a young couple who send 600-700 letters to each other during the war when they are separated. One of their moms also writes her son and the wife also writes to her baby brother. They share the collective feelings of the family throughout the war whether they are on the Pacific front, the European front or on the Homefront. The couple’s son who has discovered this trove of letters has developed an accounting of WWII by weaving these letters, their differing reactions to the major events of WWII and how they cope with their loneliness, sadness, and fears and aspirations for the future after the war. The couple argues, feel hurt, differ over life’s future decisions and disagree over such major events as the atomic bomb, the United Nations and even the very nature of war. The husband worries about his health, the opinion of his men and the utter waste of the army’s resources and function when the war end. His wife is lonely but is more agitated by the loss of life on both sides, the unemployment that will follow the war and the families of men who will not come back. But what is most true about the letters is in the couple’s separation, utter joy and delight upon receiving a letter from the other, that carries them through the weeks of loneliness.

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Atypical Language Development in Romance Languages


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English | ISBN: 9027203210 | 2019 | 263 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
This book presents a range of ongoing studies on atypical language development in Romance languages. Despite the steady increase in the number of studies on typical language development, there is still little research about atypical language development, especially in Romance languages. This book covers four main conditions causing atypical language development. Part I explores the linguistic and communicative characteristics of preterm children learning Romance languages. The focus of Part II centers on children with Specific Language Impairment. Hearing Loss in Part III is another relevant factor leading to atypical language development. The final part IV zeroes in on genetic syndromes coupled to cognitive impairment with special attention to language development. This book presents a much needed overview of the most recent findings in all relevant fields dealing with atypical language development in children speaking Romance languages.

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Framing the Bride Globalizing Beauty and Romance in Taiwan’s Bridal Industry


Free Download Bonnie Adrian, "Framing the Bride: Globalizing Beauty and Romance in Taiwan’s Bridal Industry"
English | 2003 | pages: 313 | ISBN: 0520238346, 0520238338 | PDF | 2,5 mb
With a wedding impending, the Taiwanese bride-to-be turns to bridal photographers, makeup artists, and hair stylists to transform her image beyond recognition. They give her fairer skin, eyes like a Western baby doll, and gowns inspired by sources from Victorian England to MTV.

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Tense and Aspect in Romance Languages


Free Download Dalila Ayoun, "Tense and Aspect in Romance Languages"
English | 2005 | pages: 329 | ISBN: 9027241406 | PDF | 1,8 mb
This volume presents a state-of-the-art descriptive and explanatory analysis of the second language development of Romance tense-aspect systems. It contains new experimental data from adult French, Catalan, Portuguese learners, and Italian children learners. Standing research questions are addressed and pedagogical implications for foreign language classrooms are proposed arguing that there are possible commonalities in the instructional sequences of tense-aspect development in Romance languages. The first chapter presents an overview of current theoretical approaches and a summary of empirical findings. The following four chapters introduce new empirical data from a variety of theoretical perspectives (e.g., the Aspect Hypothesis, the UG/Minimalist framework). Chapter 5 proposes practical pedagogical approaches for the foreign language classroom based on empirical findings. The last chapter summarizes and discusses these findings in order to start elaborating a more comprehensive model of the development of tense-aspect marking in the Romance languages.

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