alfabet / alphabet is the record of Sadiqa de Meijer?s transition from speaking Dutch to English. Exploring questions of identity, landscape, family, and translation, the essays navigate the shifting cultural currents of language by using an eclectic approach to storytelling. As such, fellow linguistic migrants to anglophone Canada will recognize elements of their experience in alfabet / alphabet, while lifelong English speakers will perceive their mother tongue in a new light.
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-153)
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- ©2020
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C818/.603
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781989287637 1989287603
- LCCN
- PR9199.4.D4275
- LCCN Item number
- Z46 2020eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- NLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (153 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00241726 (OCoLC)1158614830 (CaOOCEL)460746
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Alphabet
- Transcribing agency
- NLC
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title Page 4
- Copyright 5
- Dedication 6
- Epigraph 8
- accent / accent 10
- bitter / bitter 14
- chronisch / chronic 16
- draak / dragon 20
- elders / elsewhere 26
- flits / flash 30
- gastarbeider / guest labourer 34
- heimwee / homesick 40
- ik / I 46
- juli / July 52
- kennis / knowledge 58
- liefde / love 64
- Mio / Mio 70
- natuur / nature 76
- oud / old 84
- piano / piano 88
- quarantaine / quarantine 96
- raadsel / riddle 100
- stilte / silence 106
- tijd / time 114
- uier / udder 122
- verzen / verses 128
- waarschuwing / warning 134
- xenofobie / xenophobia 138
- yoghurt / yogurt 142
- zwijg 146
- Works Cited 150
- Acknowledgements 156
- About the Author 158
