Offering an in-depth analysis of Tuvaluan, this work explores the unique linguistic features of one of Polynesia's least documented languages. It provides a comprehensive overview of its structure, including phonetics, grammar, and syntax, making it an invaluable resource for linguists and those interested in Polynesian languages. The book aims to shed light on the complexities and nuances of Tuvaluan, contributing to the broader understanding of language diversity in the region.
Uses an analysis of gossip as political action to develop a holistic understanding of a number of disparate themes, including conflict, power, and agency, morality, emotion, and gender. This title brings together 2 methodological traditions - the microscopic analysis of unelicited interaction and the macroscopic interpretation of social practice.
"Few activities bring together physicality, emotions, politics, money, and morality as dramatically as sport. In Brazil's stadiums or parks in China, on Cuba's baseball diamonds or rugby fields in Fiji, human beings test their physical limits, invest emotional energy, bet money, perform witchcraft, and ingest substances, making sport a microcosm of what life is about. The Anthropology of Sport explores not only what anthropological thinking tells us about sports, but also what sports tell us about the ways in which the sporting body is shaped by and shapes the social, cultural, political, and historical contexts in which we live. Core themes discussed in this book include the body, modernity, nationalism, the state, citizenship, transnationalism, globalization, and gender and sexuality"--Provided by publisher.
Five-year-old Raleigh Scott Carter is an irresistibly mischievous little boy. He acts out his creative humor in unconventional pranks.