There are no men so dull and stupid, not even idiots, as to be incapable of joining together different words, and thereby constructing a declaration by which to make their thoughts understood.... On the other hand, there is no other animal, however perfect or happily circumstanced which can do the like.—Descartes Language is more like a snowflake than a giraffe's neck. Its specific properties are determined by laws of nature, they have not developed through the accumulation of historical accidents.—Noam Chomsky In I Speak, Therefore I Am, the Italian linguist and neuroscientist Andrea Moro composes an album of his favorite quotations from the history of linguistics, beginning with the Book of Genesis and the power of naming and concluding with Noam Chomsky's metaphor that language is a snowflake. Moro's seventeen linguistic thoughts and his commentary on them display the humanness of language: our need to name and interpret this world and create imaginary ones, to express and understand ourselves. This book is sure to delight anyone who enjoys the ineffable paradox that is human language.

The book, I Believe, Therefore I Speak, is based upon the fact that many things that happen in this world are subject to what we believe in our hearts and speak out of our mouths. It also shows you how you can live the life God intended for every one of us to live; a life of health, wealth, peace, success and righteousness by what we believe and speak in relation to what God has promised us.

Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.

Read the words they risked everything for! This landmark volume collects more than a hundred years of the most important public rhetoric on gay and lesbian subjects. In the days when homosexuality was mentioned only in whispers, a few brave souls stood up to speak for the rights of sexual minorities. In Speaking for Our Lives: Historic Speeches and Rhetoric for Gay and Lesbian Rights (1892-2000), their stirring words have finally been gathered together, along with the political manifestoes, broadsheets, and performance pieces of the gay and lesbian liberation movement. Speaking for Our Lives comprises speeches and manifestoes prompted by events ranging from demonstrations to funerals. Scholars and researchers will appreciate the brief commentary introducing each piece, which discusses the author, the occasion, and the political and social contexts in which it first appeared. You’ll find the words of a broad variety of individuals and groups, including: the Victorian humanist and crusader Robert Ingersoll key groups such as the Mattachine Society, Homosexual Law Reform Society, Gay Activists Alliance, and International Gay Association activists and educators Robin Morgan, Joseph Bean, and Dr. Franklin Kameny, artists and journalists of the movement, such as John Eric Larsen, Joan Nestle, Barbara Grier, and Jim Kepner elected officials, including Bella Abzug, Ed Koch, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Gerry Studds, Tammy Baldwin, and Bill Clinton Many of these documents have long been out of print. Speaking for Our Lives makes these noteworthy texts readily available to the broader public they deserve. This book preserves an essential part of twentieth-century history.

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Pada tahun 2004 penulis mengikuti kegiatan World Youth Exchange Program (Pertukaran Pemuda Antar Negara) Indonesia dan the United Kingdom. Program pertukaran tersebut memberikan inspirasi bagi penulis terkait percakapan Bahasa Inggris sehari-hari karena dengan program itu penulis banyak berinteraksi langsung dengan native speaker (penutur asli) Bahasa Inggris baik dalam lingkungan host family (keluarga angkat) dan workplacement (tempat kerja) di Kota Birmingham. Ada kejadian yang mengagetkan penulis ketika diundang oleh pimpinannya untuk makan malam bersama keluarganya. la kaget saat berbincang dengan anak-anak bossnya tesebut yang berumur 7 tahunan namun sudah berbahasa Inggris dengan fasih dibandingkan dengan dia yang sudah berumur 20 tahunan pada saat itu, Padahal mereka tidak pernah kursus Bahasa Inggris ataupun membaca buku grammar. Dari kejadian tesebut penulis berfikir ada yang salah dalam pengajaran Bahasa inggris di negerinya. Dari pengalaman tersebut akhirnya ia menemukan metode belajar ngomong Bahasa inggris super easy yaitu SLIRA (See, Listen, Imitate, Repeat and Act). Anda akan diajari bagaimana ngomong Bahasa Inggris dengan cara mudah dan cepat hanya dengan 7 hari saja. Semoga buku yang sederhana ini dapat memberikan motivasi bagi anak-anak Indonesia bahwa ngomong pake Bahasa inggris itu super mudah.

Language is a fundamental tool for shaping identity and community, including the expression (or repression) of sexual desire. Speaking in Queer Tongues investigates the tensions and adaptations that occur when processes of globalization bring one system of gay or lesbian language into contact with another. Western constructions of gay culture are now circulating widely beyond the boundaries of Western nations due to influences as diverse as Internet communication, global dissemination of entertainment and other media, increased travel and tourism, migration, displacement, and transnational citizenship. The authority claimed by these constructions, and by the linguistic codes embedded in them, is causing them to have a profound impact on public and private expressions of homosexuality in locations as diverse as sub-Saharan Africa, New Zealand, Indonesia and Israel. Examining a wide range of global cultures, Speaking in Queer Tongues presents essays on topics that include old versus new sexual vocabularies, the rhetoric of gay-oriented magazines and news media, verbal and nonverbalized sexual imagery in poetry and popular culture, and the linguistic consequences of the globalized gay rights movement.

Our stories are what connect us.When we share our stories we connect with each other and we become better humans. S P E A K is a love letter to my story and everyone in it, as well as an invitation to speak your own story. I believe in letting our love speak by loving our story like it's our job and sharing our story with others. When we love our story we remove fear from speaking in public, we engage our audience more easily, we speak from our heart, we are a little unexpected, and we help others heal. Let's speak, speak up, speak our story, speak our truth and live a life where love always speaks.