Download or read book Aaaaw to Zzzzzd The Words of Birds written by John Bevis and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2010-08-20 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The distinctive and amazing songs and calls of birds: a meditation and a lexicon. “A miraculous little book: a compressed encyclopedia of our fascination with avifauna.” —The Nation “A charming, funny, and eccentric book.” —Times Literary Supplement “An elegant tribute to the beauty of its subject.” —Los Angeles Times Birds sing and call, sometimes in complex and beautiful arrangements of notes, sometimes in one-line repetitions that resemble a ringtone more than a symphony. Listening, we are stirred, transported, and even envious of birds' ability to produce what Shelley called “profuse strains of unpremeditated art.” And for hundreds of years, we have tried to write down what we hear when birds sing. Poets have put birdsong in verse (Thomas Nashe: “Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo”) and ornithologists have transcribed bird sounds more methodically. Drawing on this history of bird writing, in Aaaaw to Zzzzzd John Bevis offers a lexicon of the words of birds. For tourists in Birdland, there could be no more charming phrasebook. Consulting it, we find seven distinct variations of “hoo” attributed to seven different species of owls, from a simple hoo to the more ambitious hoo hoo hoo-hoo, ho hoo hoo-hoo; the understated cheet of the tree swallow; the resonant kreeaaaaaaaaaaar of the Swainson's hawk; the modest peep peep peep of the meadow pipit. We learn that some people hear the Baltimore oriole saying “here, here, come right here, dear” and the yellowhammer saying “a little bit of bread and no cheese.” Bevis, a poet, frames his lexicons—one for North America and one for Britain and northern Europe—with an evocative appreciation of birds, birdsong, and human attempts to capture the words of birds in music and poetry. He also offers an engaging account of other methods of documenting birdsong—field recording, graphic notation, and mechanical devices including duck calls and the serinette, an instrument used to teach song tunes to songbirds. The singing of birds is nature at its most sublime, and words are our medium for expressing this sublimity. Aaaaw to Zzzzzd belongs in the bird lover's backpack and on the word lover's bedside table, an unexpected and sui generis pleasure.

Download or read book WORDS FROM THE BIRDS written by Sidney F. Bryant and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-04-07 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ?Even though birds cannot speak in the strictest sense, we should stop, listen and take note of our winged friends. They (the birds) speak volumes to us?showing us our peculiarities, giving us warnings and inspiration. Isn?t that the stuff that sermons are made of??

Download or read book Words Like Birds written by Jenanne Ferguson and published by University of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to speak Sakha in the city? Words Like Birds, a linguistic ethnography of Sakha discourses and practices in urban far eastern Russia, examines the factors that have aided speakers in maintaining—and adapting—their minority language over the course of four hundred years of contact with Russian speakers and the federal power apparatus. Words Like Birds analyzes modern Sakha linguistic sensibilities and practices in the urban space of Yakutsk. Sakha is a north Siberian Turkic language spoken primarily in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) in the northeastern Russian Federation. For Sakha speakers, Russian colonization in the region inaugurated a tumultuous history in which their language was at times officially supported and promoted and at other times repressed and discouraged. Jenanne Ferguson explores the communicative norms that arose in response to the top-down promotion of the Russian language in the public sphere and reveals how Sakha ways of speaking became emplaced in villages and the city’s private spheres. Focusing on the language ideologies and practices of urban bilingual Sakha-Russian speakers, Ferguson illuminates the changes that have taken place in the first two post-Soviet decades, in contexts where Russian speech and communicative norms dominated during the Soviet era. Weaving together three major themes—language ideologies and ontologies, language trajectories, and linguistic syncretism—this study reveals how Sakha speakers transform and adapt their beliefs, evaluations, and practices to revalorize a language, maintain and create a sense of belonging, and make their words heard in Sakha again in many domains of city life. Like the moveable spirited words, the focus of Words Like Birds is mobility, change, and flow, the tracing of the situation of bilinguals in Yakutsk.

Download or read book Birds in the Ancient World written by Jeremy Mynott and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-10 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birds pervaded the ancient world, impressing their physical presence on the daily experience and imaginations of ordinary people and figuring prominently in literature and art. They provided a fertile source of symbols and stories in myths and folklore and were central to the ancient rituals of augury and divination. Jeremy Mynott's Birds in the Ancient World illustrates the many different roles birds played in culture: as indicators of time, weather and the seasons; as a resource for hunting, eating, medicine and farming; as domestic pets and entertainments; and as omens and intermediaries between the gods and humankind. We learn how birds were perceived - through quotations from well over a hundred classical Greek and Roman authors, all of them translated freshly into English, through nearly 100 illustrations from ancient wall-paintings, pottery and mosaics, and through selections from early scientific writings, and many anecdotes and descriptions from works of history, geography and travel. Jeremy Mynott acts as a stimulating guide to this rich and fascinating material, using birds as a prism through which to explore both the similarities and the often surprising differences between ancient conceptions of the natural world and our own. His book is an original contribution to the flourishing interest in the cultural history of birds and to our understanding of the ancient cultures in which birds played such a prominent part.

Download or read book Charles Harper s Birds Words written by Charley Harper and published by Ammo Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a reissue of the collectible Charley Harper classic, which pairshis beautiful paintings with poetic commentary.

Download or read book Birds Multilingual Board Book written by Motomitsu Maehara and published by Words of the World. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bird. Oiseau. Pájaro. In this delightful board book, explore words of the world and learn the names of a variety of colorful birds in the six most widely spoken languages. Curious minds will love the playful, brightly colored collages and multilingual exploration of birds and their names from around the world. This beautiful board book pairs gorgeous collages of eighteen types of birds with their names across the six most popular languages worldwide: English, Spanish, French, Hindi, Chinese (Mandarin), and Arabic, as well as the language of universal friendship, Esperanto. This book is the perfect size for little hands, and children (and parents) will enjoy testing out each word and identifying similarities in sounds across languages as well as the names that stand out. The Words of the World board book series encourages multilingual exploration and curiosity about our world among young readers. Each book promotes language learning through playful and sophisticated collages and even includes phonetic pronunciation for Hindi, Chinese, and Arabic. Language is a powerful tool that binds us together across cultures, and developing our skills beyond a single language helps us to expand our ability to: -Problem-solve and use critical-thinking skills -Consider other people's perspectives -Become aware of our surroundings A perfect gift to help spark curiosity, a love of learning, and language skills in young readers. Printed on FSC-certified paper with vegetable inks.

Download or read book My Words Flew Away Like Birds written by Debora Pearson and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful and poetic immigration story. A girl learns words in a new language to prepare for her move to a new country. But when her family arrives, everyone speaks so fast and “all her words fly away like birds.” The girl waits, and watches, and listens, trying to figure things out. Only, it’s hard. Then one day the girl meets someone who needs her help. And as she makes a new friend, the new words start to come easier — becoming her words, at last. A perfect read-aloud, this poignant story offers a powerful lesson in empathy for children everywhere.

Download or read book Bird Is the Word written by Gary H. Meiter and published by McDonald and Woodward Publishing Company. This book was released on 2020-03-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 900 species of birds are known from North America, an avifauna made up of native year-round residents and seasonal migrants, modestly enhanced by introduced exotics and neighboring vagrants. Bird Is the Word is an unequalled compilation of the names of almost 800 of those birds and the record of how, when, where, and by whom those names were created and became parts of the history and science of North America's avifauna. This book is made up of three parts. Part I provides an introduction to the discovery and recording of North American birds by Europeans and to the scope and structure of avian taxonomy. Part II, which consists of 26 chapters and makes up most of the book, is devoted to the names of the individual species and the historical and cultural context of those names. Part III includes three appendixes, the largest of which introduces more than a hundred naturalists and other persons who participated searching for, finding, recording, naming, describing, or illustrating the birds of North America. Bird Is the Word is a rich, and readily accessible, collection of information about finding and naming the birds of North America. It is much more than a reference book; it is a journey of discovery that will enrich the reader's birding experience.

Download or read book Little Bird s Bad Word written by Jacob Grant and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Bird loves learning new words and sharing them with his friends, so when he realizes that his latest one is a bad word, he knows just what to say to set things right.

Download or read book Have You Heard the Nesting Bird written by Rita Gray and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this nonfiction picture book for young readers, we learn just why the mother nesting bird stays quiet and still while sitting on her eggs. Shh. . . .

Download or read book Word Bird s School Words written by Jane Belk Moncure and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Word Bird puts words about school in his word house, introducing such words as "teacher," "school bus, " and "books, " and others.

Download or read book Let s play with words The Birds written by Ivan Esenko and published by Okaši. This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 4 years old Discover all the vocabulary related to the birds and memorise it thanks to thorough descriptions and detailed pictures! The “Let's play with words” collection gathers illustrated ebooks for children, which aim to make them learn essential words on varied topics. EXTRACT Birds are covered with feathers called plumage. This protects them from the cold and allows to fly. The plumage of some birds can be very colourful. They fly with wings which are equipped with flight feathers. Birds do not give birth to living offspring but lay eggs instead, which then hatch in the nest. They use the beak to feed themselves, arrange their plumage and gather material to build their nest. ABOUT THE COLLECTION "Let's play with words" is a fun collection of e-books that promotes literacy and vocabulary acquisition on popular subjects taken from the world around us. Each book includes several short chapters on the subject at hand aimed at learning specific words through pictures, and includes the fully written texts as a guide at the back. For more advanced practice, young readers can also make up their own stories by following the pictures only, in such a way consolidating their vocabulary using their own words. The books are a useful source of learning specific vocabulary for native English speakers as well as learners of English – of all ages ! In the "Let's play with words" series : • In the garden • The Bees • On the farm • On the road • In the forest ABOUT THE AUTHORS Ivan Esenko presents the world of nature and invites the reader to learn more about the world that we are part of. His camera is his most faithful companion and its lens particularly likes to ‘capture’ those animals that live in close quarters to man. We take them so much for granted that we no longer seem to care for them. Ivan is their voice, he has become their ‘personal’ photographer. Alenka Vuk Trotovšek is an illustrator who knows how to give her imagination wings. She is inspired by fairy tales, children and nature. She likes to create dynamic illustrations with a touch of humour and mischief. She makes her characters come alive by breathing special life into them. ABOUT THE PUBLISHER Okaši is a Slovenian publisher with a vibrant programme. At every turn, nature reveals its new face and discloses a myriad of secrets. This is why we have devoted a special place to it in our publishing house. We are the creators of books that delight curious children and their parents in their discoveries of nature : in the home garden and the nearby park, but also further afield, in the fields and forests. At Okaši we keep pace with the times which is why have embarked upon several electronic editions of our books. We have added sound to these publications and hence a new dimension to the contents already there.

Download or read book No No Word Bird written by Jane Belk Moncure and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Word Bird experiences hot soup, cold snow, and wet clothes on a snowy winter day.

Download or read book A Dictionary of Birds written by Bruce Campbell and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dictionary of Birds enlists contributions from over 280 ornithologists and other specialists from around the world. Major, authoritative articles cover the field of modern ornithology and related subjects, many of them running to several thousand words. In addition there are articles on all the bird families, almost all of which are illustrated by a representative species. There are also numerous short entries defining special terms, application of names, etc. The total gives a text of over 800,000 words, supported by more than 500 photographs, drawings and diagrams. The photographs have been selected under the guidance of Eric Hosking to illustrate different activities of birds, and Robert Gillmor has assembled a collection of over 200 drawings of birds, almost all of which were specially drawn for the Dictionary. Compiled for the British Ornithologists' Union, this new work is in line of succession from Newton's A Dictionary of Birds of 1896 and Landsborough Thomson's A New Dictionary of Birds published in 1964 (2nd impression 1965) and now long out of print. This dictionary, encyclopedic in treatment, is destined to be a major reference in any ornithologist's library; and its editors and contributors, most of whom gave their time and knowledge freely, have earned the thanks and acclaim of users for many years to come.

Download or read book Words Are Birds written by David Lee Martin and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They laughed when I told them I'd be a poet. I hope you laugh too when you peel back the pages. This collection of Christian poetry prepared for pilgrim souls is a hat tip to my fellow questioners, a companion for other sojourners finding their way home. It's a mix of light and dark, shoutings from the shade, followed by hushed and holy moments brandished on the page. Raw, honest, questioning, and devoted - each strike of the key reveals another part of me. Jesus first - everything else follows... Words Are Birds is an honest, quirky, collection of Christian poems written by David Lee Martin, a guy who really is a poet and he knows it. *** David is a Christian creative, pastor, author, and entrepreneur. Together with his wife, Larna, he runs the Christian Creative Academy, helping other believers to shed their fears and share their own special brand of awesome with the world.

Download or read book The Scholar s Book of Birds Fishes Insects Etc in Short Words With Illustrations written by Sarah CROMPTON and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Migratory Birds written by Mariana Oliver and published by Undelivered Lectures. This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sensitive, stunning debut on movement, migration, and loss, in the vein of Valeria Luiselli's Sidewalks.