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New Books from Oxford Sri Lanka
Ethnic fratricide and the
Britain's Shadow Economy Dismantling of Democracy
Stephen Smith S.J. TAMBIAH
A native Sri Lankan of Tamil origins, the
The shadow economy embraces not only the black distinguished social anthropologist S.J.Tambiah
economy of moonlighting, tax dodging, and analyzes the causes of the conflict between
scrounging, but also the wide range of ordinary, majority Sinhalese Buddhists and minority Tamils
tough productive, household activities such as that has wrecked the island of Sri Lanka for
washing-up, baby-sitting, and DIY improvements. almost forty years. In his view, recent social
This book takes a critical look at the whole of the stresses rather than ancient religious and racial
shadow economy and makes new estimates of the differences re the source of the trouble.
scale and pattern of concealed incomes.
"An excellent and thought-provoking book." –
O 19 828569 8, Clarendon Press, Oxford £ Paul Sieghart, Los Angeles Times Book Review.
19.50
The Decline of the British "concise, informative, lucidly written… a powerful
case for the importance of pluralism."
Economy – Merle Rubin, Christian Science Monitor
An Institutional Perspective $17.95 cloth
2 Edited by Bernard Elbaum and William Lazonick
'A distinguished contribution… The essays that it
contains are coherent and thought-provo-king… this is
a fascinating new approach to the analysis and
understanding of the decline of the British economy. It
should be read.'
Pete L/Payne, The Times Higher Education
Supplement
Arab
Politics
The Search for Legitimacy
Michael C. Hudson
The first systematic comparative analysis of political behavior throughout the entire Arab
world, from Morocco to Kuwait. In an attempt to explain why the Arab world remains in
ferment, Hudson discusses such crucial factors as Arab and Islamic identity, ethnic and
religious minorities, the crisis of authority, the effects of Western imperialism, and
modernization.
"Hudson has succeeded brilliantly in surveying and analyzing the entire range of
contemporary Arab politics. …[He] focuses his vast knowledge on theory and historical
data with valid and illuminating generalizations, perhaps the most basic one being that most
if not all Arab countries lack an effective structure for full political participation."
–Library Journal $22.50
Yale
Yale University Press
New Haven and London
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FAMILY COMMUNICATION
NEW BOOKS FROM Lea
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► Look at the texts and answer the following questions:
APPROACHING 1. What typographical features of the text characterize the genre
book advertisement?
THE TEXT ________________________________________________________
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2. What are the five publishers represented?
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3. Which books are published in Britain and which in America?
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4. Which books are published in paperback?
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5. Which books are published in hardback (cloth) editions?
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Roger Geary
Exploring Communication
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One useful way of approaching a written text is through an examination of its
INTENSIVE structure or organization, especially when the reader will subsequently need to take
notes on what he has read. Discerning the structure or organization of a text involves
READING understanding not only the writer's words, but the function of those words in context:
to understand, that is, not only what the writer is saying, but what he is doing, e.g.
marking an example or comparison, formulating a definition or hypothesis, etc. (see
the OBSERVATIONS at the end of this unit.)
Arab Politics
The Search for Legitimacy
Michael C.Hudson
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Distinguishing the functions of description and evaluation
WORKSHEET 3 ► Read the remaining book advertisements carefully and indicate on the
table below whether they are predominantly descriptive of the contents of
the book or predominantly evaluative of the book itself. One
advertisement may be considered balanced.
Notice that different terms may be used to replace the word book (e.g. contribution
in The Decline of the British Economy). This not only avoids repetition, but also
permits aspects of meaning to be refined and elaborated.
► Find in the text as many terms as you can which are used to substitute or
elaborate on the word book.
adjectives suffixes
Britain's Shadow Economy
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Notice, in addition to the more common adjective+noun combination, the
following ways of qualifying nouns:
– noun+noun ('shadow economy', 'police tactics') where the noun
functions as adjective
– noun+past participle ('pages devoted to literature', 'tactics employed'),
where we may consider as deleted a relative pronoun + verb to be
('tactics which are employed')
– noun+ present participle ("ground-breaking volume", trend-setting
volume
Lexical inference
WORKSHEET 5 a In the following exercise you are given practice in identifying
a variety of word classes, and in inferring meaning from the
context. Be sure to read the section on lexical inference in the
notes on reading, Section 4.1. before completing the exercise.
► Read the first book advertisement, Cognition,
Communication, and Romantic Relationships, and underline
the words you do not know. Most of these will be listed in the
chart below. First identify word class (noun, verb, adjective,
adverb) and then infer a possible meaning by examining the
immediate and general context carefully. Next, study the
jumbled definitions and choose the one which fits best. An
example has been given.
COGNITION,
COMMUNICATION, AND
ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS
James M. Honeycutt Word class Definitions
Louisiana State University
James G. Cantrill 1 review _
Northern Michigan University
A Volume in LEA's Series on Personal Relationships 2 relationship _
Cognition, Communication, and Romantic 3 designed _
relationships focuses on the role of memory,
communication, and social cognition in the 4 supporting _
development of romantic relationships. The
authors review developmental models of 5 analysis
communication and examine criticisms of these
models. They also explore the stages through 6 focuses
which relationships escalate and deteriorate, and
consider the processes for such activities as 7 developmental
meeting new people, dating, sexual intercourse,
and terminating relationships. Differences
between men and women are discussed through
the text, in light of current research supporting
systematic gender differences in how people think
about romance and relationships.
a. to present a review of in speech or writing; to examine
As an extended analysis and research review of b. method of studying the nature of something or of
how thinking about romance influences and is determining its essential features and their relations
influences by communicative processes, this text c. intended, destined
offers a deeper understanding of the cognitive and d. centers, directs, aims
e. an emotional or other connection between people
communicative factors in relationship processes. It
f. maintaining; advocating
is designed for use in courses on interpersonal g. that pertains to development
relationships and intimate relations in social
psychology, communication, counseling
psychology, clinical psychology, and sociology.
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► Now re-read the book advertisement Television and the American
WORKSHEET 5 b Family. Follow the same strategy used above in order to infer the meaning
of the words in the chart below, but this time write your guess in the
appropriate column, then check with your dictionary, being careful to copy
the correct definition for the function and meaning of the word as used in
this text.
► Complete the chart by following the same procedure for three other
words you did not know in these book advertisements.
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Practising the use of lexis common to expository/ evaluative prose.
WORKSHEET
► Decide the word class of the missing words in the text below, then complete the
hypothetical book advertisement by inserting an appropriate noun, verb or
adjective from those listed. Consider carefully the meaning of each of the options
with reference to the context: not all the alternatives are interchangeable. Take
care to use the correct form of the verb.
ThInt
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► Find these words in the texts*, decide the
VOCABULARY WORK AND WORD word class, and write it and the translation of the
word in the space provided.
BUILDING
► Then complete the table by forming other
words using appropriate suffixes if necessary.
Consult your dictionary.
* The book advertisements have been numbered as follows: 5 – Television and the American Family; 6 –
Communication, Tace and Family; 7 – Communiation, and Romantic Relationships
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OBSERVATIONS ON TEXT
TYPE BOOK ADVERTISEMENTS
Function:
This will vary according to the length and nature of the advertisement,
Structure: but will usually include one or more of the following:
a. general description – of the subject of the book
b. author's purpose – a brief consideration of what the author
attempts to explain or demonstrate in the book
c. detailed description – of the contents of the book. This is often a
list of the various topics discussed
d. evaluation – positive evaluation as regards the worth and
importance of the book
e. quotations from reviewers – containing positive evaluations from
other sources (usually from well-known writers in the field or
academic journals)
Analyze
1. Do you think this resource will be helpful to you? Why or why not?
2. What do you like about this resource? (Amount of information? Organization? Graphics?)
3. How will this information help you in your research?
Quick Reference
Title of resource:
URL:
Summarize
What are the main points in this resource?
What facts can you use for your research?
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This ist o be presented in a separate folder as a condition for the admission in the exam.
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Quotes:
Statistics:
1. Learning to speak a language is often much ____________ (easy) than learning to write it.
2. This hotel must be ________ (expensive) than the small one next door.
3. An orange is ___________ (large) than a plum.
4. He is certainly the ______ (unusual) person I have ever met.
5. Bringing up children is one of the _________ (hard) jobs in the world.
6. His latest film was ______ interesting) than his previous ones.
7. What is the __________ (difficult) thing you have ever done?
8. When I saw her, she looked much ________ (thin) than I remembered her.
9. Losing your credit card is ______ (bad) than losing your money.
10. This is the _______ (fast) car we produce.
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c. Are you and your husband the same age? Are you
___________ your husband?
d. You can read more quickly than I can. I can't
______________________
e. Harry won more money than Bill. Bill didn't
win _____________
f. Eva's work is better than mine. My work isn't
________________
1. You can see the original _____ of Hamlet in Shakespeare's own writing.
2. Before a book is sent to be printed, the author must check the _________ .
3. Where is _____ three of this set of encyclopaedias?
4. The new government report on agricultural statistics is a very interesting _______.
5. Have you got a ______ of Graham Greene's Brighton Rock?
6. This book costs $12, but that's the ______ price. The ______ costs only $5.50.
7. His first three novels didn't sell very well, but hos fourth was a _____ and made a
fortune.
8. The book has already been selling well for five years. Now the publishers are going to
bring out a new _____ with illustrations.
9. She likes to relax by reading a _____ about spies or crime.
10. I'm reading a ______ . It's fun trying to guess who the murderer is.
Ways of reading
► Put each of the following words or phrases into its correct place in the sentences below.
1. I spend a lot of time in bookshops. I don't often buy books. I just __________ .
2. If I come to a boring bit in a book, I just ______ a few pages till the real story starts again.
3. I'll _______ his number in the phonebook.
4. I didn't know the word. I had to _______ a dictionary.
5. Of course an encyclopaedia is not a book you ________ . You just ______ it for things
that interest you.
6. I never liked history at school. I found it very hard to _______ all that boring stuff about
wars and revolutions.
7. We have requested our lawyers to _____ the document with the greatest care to decide
whether it's legal or not.
8. Some people have the ability to ________ a page, which means to read it very quickly,
just taking in the main points.
9. I sometimes ______ a magazine in a newsagent's but I don't usually buy one.
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