The Last of the High Kings (The New Policeman Trilogy)

Traveling to the land of eternal youth was the only way J.J. Liddy could stop time from leaking from his world to T'ir na n'Og. But fifteen years after returning from the land of the faeries, J.J. wonders if that long-ago visit is responsible for the strange things now happening to those around him. Why does his daughter Jenny roam barefoot through the wilds, when she should be in school? When did the mysterious white goat begin to patrol the hillside? What is the secret project that J.J.'s son Donal is attempting? And who is the ghost guarding the stone beacon at the top of the mountain—and why has Jenny befriended him? Finding answers to these questions will take J.J. and his family on the most important and dangerous journey of their lives. If they fail, it will undo all the good that J.J. accomplished fifteen years ago. But if they succeed, they will defeat the forces that are gathering to destroy all of mankind, and finally secure the future of the last of the high kings. Throughout history, linguists and literary scholars have been impelled by curiosity about particular linguistic or literary phenomena to seek to observe them in action in original texts. The fruits of each earlier enquiry in turn nourish the desire to continue to acquire knowledge, through further observation of newer linguistic facts. As time goes by, the corpus linguist operates increasingly in the awareness of what has gone before. Corpus Linguistics, thirty years on, is less an innocent sortie into corpus territory on the basis of a hunch than an informed, critical reassessment of existing analytical orthodoxy, in the light of new data coming on stream. This volume comprises twenty-two articles penned by members of the ICAME (International Computer Archive of Modern and Mediaeval English) association, which together provide a critical and informed reappraisal of the facts, data, methods and tools of Corpus Linguistics which are available today. Authors reconsider the boundaries of the discipline, exploring its areas of commonality with Sociolinguistics, Language Variation, Discourse Linguistics, and Lexical Statistics and showing how that commonality is potentially of immense benefit to practitioners in the fields concerned. The volume culminates in the report of a timely and novel expert panel discussion on the role of Corpus Linguistics in the study of English as a global language. This encompasses issues such as English as an international lingua franca, 'norms' for global English, and the question of 'ownership', or who qualifies as a native speaker. Throughout History, Linguists And Literary Scholars Have Been Impelled By Curiosity About Particular Linguistic Or Literary Phenomena To Seek To Observe Them In Action In Original Texts. The Fruits Of Each Earlier Enquiry In Turn Nourish The Desire To Continue To Acquire Knowledge, Through Further Observation Of Newer Linguistic Facts. As Time Goes By, The Corpus Linguist Operates Increasingly In The Awareness Of What Has Gone Before. Corpus Linguistics, Thirty Years On, Is Less An Innocent Sortie Into Corpus Territory On The Basis Of A Hunch Than An Informed, Critical Reassessment Of Existing. Introduction Corpus Linguistics: Refinements And Reassessments; Corpus Linguistics Meets Sociolinguistics: The Role Of Corpus Evidence In The Study Of Sociolinguistic Variation And Change; Creating Corpora From Spoken Legacy Materials: Variation And Change Meet Corpus Linguistics; Discourse Linguistics Meets Corpus Linguistics: Theoretical And Methodological Issues In The Troubled Relationship; 'tis Well Known To Barbers And Laundresses: Overt References To Knowledge In English Medical Writing From The Middle Ages To The Present Day. Edited By Antoinette Renouf And Andrew Kehoe. Includes Bibliographical References. Traveling to the land of eternal youth was the only way J.J. Liddy could stop time from leaking from his world to T'ir na n'Og. But fifteen years after returning from the land of the faeries, J.J. wonders if that long-ago visit is responsible for the strange things now happening to those around him. Why does his daughter Jenny roam barefoot through the wilds when she should be in school? When did the mysterious white goat begin to patrol the hillside? What is the secret project J.J.'s son Donal is attempting? And who is the ghost guarding the stone beacon at the top of the mountain — and why has Jenny befriended him? Finding answers to these questions will take J.J. and his family on the most important and dangerous journey of their lives. If they fail, it will undo all the good that J.J. accomplished fifteen years ago. But if they succeed, they will defeat the forces that are gathering to destroy all of mankind, and finally secure the future of the last of the high kings. Jenny makes friends with the ghost of a young boy who guards a pile of rocks in the Irish countryside, and converses with the puca, a spirit disguised as a white ghost. The daughter of J.J. Liddy, who traveled to the timeless world of T'ir na n'Og when he was a young man, Jenny feels dreadfully out of place in the human world. When the enemy finally reveals itself, the future of the human race is under threat. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary Annotation. Throughout history, linguists and literary scholars have been impelled by curiosity about particular linguistic or literary phenomena to seek to observe them in action in original texts. The fruits of each earlier enquiry in turn nourish the desire to continue to acquire knowledge, through further observation of newer linguistic facts Eleven-year-old Jenny forgets to go to school, can't bear to wear shoes, and spends days roaming the mountainside. It's up there that she meets the ghost. He is guarding a pile of rocks known as the beacon. But it is not people the ghost fears, and when the real enemy finally reveals itself, the future of the entire human race is threatened. JJ is married to Aisling and has four children - Hazel, Jenny, Donal and Aidan. All his children are special in their own way but Jenny has always lived by her own rules. She spends a lot of time on the stone beacon on the mountainside, talking to the ghost who guards it and the puca - the big, white goat who is also something else entirely JJ has grown up and has a family of his own. He's married to Aisling and has four children, Hazel, Jenny, Donal and little Aidan. Jenny has always lived by her own rules. She forgets to go to school, doesn't like wearing shoes and spends alot of time on the stone beacon on the mountainside, talking to the ghost who guards it When eleven-year-old Jenny Liddy, in turmoil over learning that she is a changeling, makes a deal with a devil creature, she endangers the human race but her own cleverness, her human and fairy fathers, and the last of Ireland's high kings help to make things right.