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This book is the first comprehensive account of the phonology and morphology of        Arabic. It is a pioneering work of scholarship based on the author's research in the        region.Arabic is a Semitic language spoken by some 250 million people in an area        stretching from Morocco in the West to parts of Iran in the East. Apart from...

The Development of Chan's Records of Sayings LiteratureThe Linji lu, or Record of Linji, ranks among the most famous and influential texts of the Chan and Zen traditions. Ostensibly containing the teachings of the Tang dynasty figure Linji Yixuan, the text has generally been accepted at face value, as reliable records of the teachings of this...

Alan Thomas articulates and defends the view that human beings do possess moral and political knowledge but it is historically and culturally contextual knowledge in ways that, say, mathematical or chemical knowledge is not. He makes wide-ranging use of contemporary work in epistemology, moral philosophy, and political theory....

A wonderful and engaging adventure involving a girl, her elephant, an orphan boy and the man who wants to take the elephant from them. Crossing 2000 miles of 19th century America, this is a grand chase well described....

A Very Short IntroductionChildren&'s literature takes many forms - works adapted for children in antiquity, picture books and pop-ups - and now includes the latest online games and eBooks. This vast and amorphous subject is both intimately related to other areas of literary and cultural investigation but also has its own set of concerns, issues and...

In the last few years there has been an explosion of philosophical interest in perception; after decades of neglect, it is now one of the most fertile areas for new work.    Perceptual Experience presents new work by fifteen of the world's leading philosophers. All papers are written specially for this volume, and they cover a broad range of topics...