Patterns of Sounds describes the frequency and distributional patterns of the phonemic sounds in a large and representative sample of the world's languages. The results are based on UPSID (the UCLA Phonological Segment Inventory Database), a computer file containing the phonemes of 317 languages selected on the basis of genetic diversity. The book contains nine chapters analysi...(展开全部)

Patterns of Sounds describes the frequency and distributional patterns of the phonemic sounds in a large and representative sample of the world's languages. The results are based on UPSID (the UCLA Phonological Segment Inventory Database), a computer file containing the phonemes of 317 languages selected on the basis of genetic diversity. The book contains nine chapters analysi...(展开全部)

Moments of humour, surreal fantasy, and the sometimes devastating ways we interact with the people we love the most, are presented in Shaun Tan’s typical thought-provoking style. RULES OF SUMMER, is a deceptively simple story about two boys, one older and one younger, and the kind of ‘rules’ that might govern any relationship between close friends or siblings. Rules that are of...(展开全部)

Moments of humour, surreal fantasy, and the sometimes devastating ways we interact with the people we love the most, are presented in Shaun Tan’s typical thought-provoking style. RULES OF SUMMER, is a deceptively simple story about two boys, one older and one younger, and the kind of ‘rules’ that might govern any relationship between close friends or siblings. Rules that are of...(展开全部)

陈志勇（Shaun Tan）,1974年生于西澳大利亚的首府珀斯，在郊区长大。父亲是马来西亚华侨，母亲是澳大利亚人。从小，班里个子最小的他就是全校知名的画画高手，十几岁时即开始为科幻小说和恐怖故事绘制插图。1995年从西澳大利亚大学毕业，获得美术与英语语言文学双学位。后成为自由插画师，并在电影《霍顿与无名氏》和《机器人瓦力》中出任过造型设计。曾两次获得世界科幻协会颁发的“雨果奖最佳美术奖”，四度获得“世界奇幻奖最佳艺术家”称号。2011年，荣获由瑞典政府颁发的林格伦儿童文学奖。同年3月，改编自他的同名绘本并由他导演的动画《失物招领》也获得第83届奥斯卡最佳动画短片奖。绘本作品有《抵岸》（获2007年博洛尼亚书展特别评审奖）《绯红树》《别的国家都没有》《夏天守则》《蝉》等十几部。现居墨尔本。

This book describes all the known ways in which the sounds of the world's languages differ. Encapsulating the work of two leading figures in the field, it will be a standard work of reference for researchers in phonetics, linguistics and speech science for many years to come. The scope of the book is truly global, with data drawn from nearly 400 languages, many of them investig...(展开全部)

This book describes all the known ways in which the sounds of the world's languages differ. Encapsulating the work of two leading figures in the field, it will be a standard work of reference for researchers in phonetics, linguistics and speech science for many years to come. The scope of the book is truly global, with data drawn from nearly 400 languages, many of them investig...(展开全部)

Why Japan? In Fifty Sounds, winner of the 2019 Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize, Polly Barton attempts to exhaust her obsession with the country she moved to at the age of 21, before eventually becoming a literary translator. From min-min, the sound of air screaming, to jin-jin, the sound of being touched for the very first time, from hi'sori, the sound of harbouring masochist...(展开全部)

Summer has come to Krynn, a summer unlike any before. The sun bears down on land and sea, searing the world with relentless light and heat. Clouds and rain are nowhere to be found, and even the darkness of night brings little relief from the strange and oppressive day. Meanwhile, those who commune regularly with their gods are uneasy. Every day, their deities become more dista...(展开全部)

Summer has come to Krynn, a summer unlike any before. The sun bears down on land and sea, searing the world with relentless light and heat. Clouds and rain are nowhere to be found, and even the darkness of night brings little relief from the strange and oppressive day. Meanwhile, those who commune regularly with their gods are uneasy. Every day, their deities become more dista...(展开全部)