Bill Palmer crea narrazioni avvincenti che spesso approfondiscono le profonde motivazioni psicologiche dei suoi personaggi. Le sue opere sono caratterizzate da un'allegoria ponderata, progettata per coinvolgere i lettori e provocare la riflessione. Palmer attinge al suo vasto background giornalistico per creare uno stile di scrittura accattivante e accessibile. I suoi sforzi letterari comprendono opere di finzione ed esplorazioni perspicaci di temi spirituali.
Longtime pilot and A330 expert, Bill Palmer, explains some of the contributing factors of the deadly Air France 337 crash off the coast of Brazil in 2009, as well as lessons learned, and how air travel can be safer going forward.
The island of New Guinea and its offshore islands is arguably the most significant linguistic hotspot in the world, with around 1275 languages in 40 separate families.Thisvolume gives an account of the families and main languages of each area in the region, including brief grammatical descriptions of the better described languages, along with a typological overview of Papuan languages, and a chapter on Austronesian-Papuan contact.
The handbook series The World of Linguistics provides an up-to-date overview of linguistic work on the world's languages. The volumes cover the entire world divided into major geographical areas: Africa, Europe, North and Central America, South America, Central and Northern Asia, South Asia, East and Southeast Asia, Western Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Each volume is written and edited by leading scholars on the languages and linguistics of the relevant area. In addition to linguistic classification, contact-induced areal phenomena are also discussed, as well as work in different disciplines, such as syntax, morphology, phonology, sociolinguistics, and computational linguistics. The aim is to present not only the major achievements in linguistic research in each geographical area, but also topics that are controversial or under-researched. The handbooks also provide extensive bibliographical information on major publications and databases that will enable the reader to delve further into the subject area. The World of Linguistics will remain an indispensable companion to the general linguist as well as the specialist for years to come.