william cameron townsend (10 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Wraps. Zustand: good. 22 cm, 154 pages, wraps, former owner's stamp and notation inside front cover SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics) is a U.S.-based, worldwide, non-profit organization, whose main purpose is to study, develop and document languages, especially those that are lesser-known, in order to expand linguistic knowledge, promote literacy, translate works into local languages, and aid minority language development. The organization was founded by William Cameron Townsend, an American missionary to Guatemala where he worked among the Kaqchikel Maya people. In 1933 Townsend turned to Mexico with the purpose of translating works into indigenous languages there, as he had done for Kaqchikel. Townsend established a working relation with the Mexican ministry of education under the progressive government of Lazaro Cardenas and founded SIL to educate linguists to work in Mexico. Through the following decades the SIL linguists worked with providing literacy education to indigenous people of Mexico. SIL gradually extended its work to other regions of the world where indigenous languages were spoken, including Papua New Guinea, Southeast Asia and Africa. While initially SIL's staff only received basic training in linguistics and anthropology, gradually the organization came to be professionalized and today many have advanced degrees. SIL has more than 6,000 members from over 50 countries. Based on their language documentation work, SIL publishes a database, Ethnologue, of its research into the world's languages. SIL also develops and publishes software programs for language documentation, such as FieldWorks Language Explorer (FLEx) and Lexique Pro. SIL also holds formal consultative status with the United Nations, and has been recognized by UNESCO for their contributions in Asia.William Cameron Townsend (July 9, 1896 - April 23, 1982) was a prominent twentieth-century American missionary who founded the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL International), which emphasied translations of work into minority languages and the facilitation of literacy in minority languages.

Zustand: good. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 154, wraps, some wear and soiling to covers, gift inscription from two "area directors".

paperback. Zustand: GOOD. Inscribed by author; 64 clean, unmarked pages; textblock is loosening from binding at bottom 2"; very light shelf and corner wear on cover.

272 pp.; 30.8 x 24 cm.; glue bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; December 1974 issue of Studio International with a cover specially designed for this issue by Kurt Kranz. Edited by Peter Townsend. Contents include: "American painting and British painting: some issues," by Terry Smith; "Two Recent Works," by Douglas Huebler; "Road-digging and aestheticism: Oxford in 1874," by Tim Hilton; "William Scott in conversation with Tony Rothon;" "What sculpture is 1 & 2," by William Tucker; "Agnes Denes: analytical works;" "The mechanism of control and unofficial art in the USSR," by Igor Golomshtock; "NSCAD prints," by Eric Cameron; "Review" and "Guide to publisher's, presses and galleries dealing in graphics." Good. 1 cm. tears to top edge of spine and bottom edge of spine. 3 cm. dog-ear to bopttom right corner of recto. Bumping of top and bottom edges of recto, top left corner, and bottom right corner of publication. Rubbing of cover edges. Contents clean and unmarked. Due to large size and weight additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.