The book "The Complexity Of The Irregular Verbal And Nominal Forms & The Phonological Changes is published
The Complexity Of The Irregular Verbal And Nominal Forms & The Phonological Changes In Arabic by Joyce Åkesson is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble for a suggested retail price of $52.
The Complexity of the Irregular Verbal and Nominal Forms & the Phonological Changes in Arabic places special emphasis on the irregular verbs and nouns and on the phonological changes which occur in the Arabic language.
The chapters of the irregular verbs are those of the doubled verb, the hamzated verb, the verb with 1st, 2nd or 3rd weak radical and the verb with two weak radicals. Concentrating on them, Akesson presents and analyses all the various imaginable sequences which constitute a part of their formations.
The chapters of the phonological changes are those of the assimilation, the changes due to the hamza, the unsoundness due to the weak segment and the substitution. Here, Akesson discusses when these phonological changes occur and when they do not. She presents as well and analyzes many different sequences in detail.
The index in the beginning of the book is very detailed and will help the reader to find the subject that he/she wishes to delve into.
This is a very scientific and well researched book. It is filled with linguistic terminology and contains references to many other important works, ancient as well as new.
All in all, it is a very useful book and an eye opener into the intricacies that occur in the complex Arabic language.
Deftly constructed at 268 pages, The Complexity Of The Irregular Verbal And Nominal Forms & The Phonological Changes In Arabic is being promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the Language and Linguistics category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, The Complexity Of The Irregular Verbal And Nominal Forms & The Phonological Changes In Arabic meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $52.
ISBN: 978-9197764124
Format: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
SRP: $40.74 from Amazon at a discount of 20%
About the Author:
Joyce Akesson has studied the Semitic languages at Lund's University, Sweden, and has previously been a lecturer there during many years.
Beside the present book, she is the author of "Arabic Morphology and Phonology: Based on the Marah Al-Arwah by Ahmad B. Ali B. Masud (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics), Brill Academic Publishers (July 2001) and "Ahmad B. 'Ali B. Mas'Ud on Arabic Morphology Marah Al-Arwah: Part 1:The Strong Verb (Studia Orientalia Ludensia, Vol 4), Brill Academic Publishers (October 1990).
She has also published several articles about Arabic linguistics in two Journals, the Journal of Arabic Linguistics (the ZAL or Zeitschrift für Arabische Linguistik) Wiesbaden, and the previous Acta Orientalia, Denmark. She has also written a lemma about sarf "morphology/phonology in the Encyclopaedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, vol. 4. Leiden: Brill, 2009.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Press Release for The Complexity of the Irregular Nominal and Verbal Forms & the Phonological Changes in Arabic
Pallas Athena Distribution Has Published a Book About Arabic Linguistics Written by Joyce Åkesson
The Complexity Of The Irregular Verbal And Nominal Forms & The Phonological Changes In Arabic by Joyce Åkesson has been published by Pallas Athena Distribution. The 8.9 x 5.9 paperback in the Language and Lingusitics category is available at Amazon for the discounted price of $40.74, which is a 20 per cent reduction from the original retail price of $52.00.
Lund, Sweden, September 02, 2009 (PressReleasePoint) -- This book will serve as a basis for a developed study of the morphological classes of the irregular verbal and nominal forms and the main phonological changes that occur in the Arabic language. For this purpose, the author presents and studies the forms of the doubled, hamzated, verb with first, 2nd or 3rd weak radical, and the verb that is doubly weak. The existence of a doubled segment, a hamza or a weak segment in the word can result in different phonological changes which lead it from one base form to a derived form. The author adopts an original model which takes into consideration the succession of different segments occurring in one word, and in some cases, in two words following each other. With its numerous references, this comprehensive work is likely to stimulate further research and is an invaluable resource for intermediate and advanced students of Arabic and for anyone interested in the Arabic language and linguistics.
Deftly constructed at 268 pages, The Complexity Of The Irregular Verbal And Nominal Forms & The Phonological Changes In Arabic is being promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the Language and Linguistics category.
ISBN: 978-9197764124
Format: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
SRP: $40.74 from Amazon
About the Author:
Joyce Akesson has studied the Semitic languages at Lund's University, Sweden, and has previously been a lecturer there during many years.
Beside the present book, she is the author of "Arabic Morphology and Phonology: Based on the Marah Al-Arwah by Ahmad B. Ali B. Masud (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics), Brill Academic Publishers (July 2001) and "Ahmad B. 'Ali B. Mas'Ud on Arabic Morphology Marah Al-Arwah: Part 1:The Strong Verb (Studia Orientalia Ludensia, Vol 4), Brill Academic Publishers (October 1990).
She has also published several articles about Arabic linguistics in two Journals, the Journal of Arabic Linguistics (the ZAL or Zeitschrift für Arabische Linguistik) Wiesbaden, and the previous Acta Orientalia, Denmark. She has also written a lemma about sarf "morphology/phonology in the Encyclopaedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, vol. 4. Leiden: Brill, 2009.
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The Complexity Of The Irregular Verbal And Nominal Forms & The Phonological Changes In Arabic by Joyce Åkesson has been published by Pallas Athena Distribution. The 8.9 x 5.9 paperback in the Language and Lingusitics category is available at Amazon for the discounted price of $40.74, which is a 20 per cent reduction from the original retail price of $52.00.
Lund, Sweden, September 02, 2009 (PressReleasePoint) -- This book will serve as a basis for a developed study of the morphological classes of the irregular verbal and nominal forms and the main phonological changes that occur in the Arabic language. For this purpose, the author presents and studies the forms of the doubled, hamzated, verb with first, 2nd or 3rd weak radical, and the verb that is doubly weak. The existence of a doubled segment, a hamza or a weak segment in the word can result in different phonological changes which lead it from one base form to a derived form. The author adopts an original model which takes into consideration the succession of different segments occurring in one word, and in some cases, in two words following each other. With its numerous references, this comprehensive work is likely to stimulate further research and is an invaluable resource for intermediate and advanced students of Arabic and for anyone interested in the Arabic language and linguistics.
Deftly constructed at 268 pages, The Complexity Of The Irregular Verbal And Nominal Forms & The Phonological Changes In Arabic is being promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the Language and Linguistics category.
ISBN: 978-9197764124
Format: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
SRP: $40.74 from Amazon
About the Author:
Joyce Akesson has studied the Semitic languages at Lund's University, Sweden, and has previously been a lecturer there during many years.
Beside the present book, she is the author of "Arabic Morphology and Phonology: Based on the Marah Al-Arwah by Ahmad B. Ali B. Masud (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics), Brill Academic Publishers (July 2001) and "Ahmad B. 'Ali B. Mas'Ud on Arabic Morphology Marah Al-Arwah: Part 1:The Strong Verb (Studia Orientalia Ludensia, Vol 4), Brill Academic Publishers (October 1990).
She has also published several articles about Arabic linguistics in two Journals, the Journal of Arabic Linguistics (the ZAL or Zeitschrift für Arabische Linguistik) Wiesbaden, and the previous Acta Orientalia, Denmark. She has also written a lemma about sarf "morphology/phonology in the Encyclopaedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, vol. 4. Leiden: Brill, 2009.
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Press Contact:
Joyce Åkesson
Pallas Athena Distribution
Lund, Sweden
pallas.athena@netatonce.net
+46 +46 134561
http://www.thecomplexityoftheirregular-in-arabic.com/
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
The Invitation
I am happy to announce the publication of the book of poetry The Invitation.
The poems deal with emotional, metaphysical, surrealistic, existential and philosophical questions. They reflect over the state of being, encounters, relations, truths, individual and universal themes and aim at expanding the human self-expression and awareness. The human experiences and universal truths are discovered through the imagination and the opening up of the subconscious mind.
The book is being sold at Amazon.
The poems deal with emotional, metaphysical, surrealistic, existential and philosophical questions. They reflect over the state of being, encounters, relations, truths, individual and universal themes and aim at expanding the human self-expression and awareness. The human experiences and universal truths are discovered through the imagination and the opening up of the subconscious mind.
The book is being sold at Amazon.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Extracts from Interview by PageOne
"Every book begins with Page ONE"
http://www.pageonelit.com/interviews/JoyceAkesson.html
Joyce Akesson
Joyce Akesson is the author of two books of foreign linguistics,"Arabic Morphology and Phonology based on the Marah" and "Ahmad b. Ali b. Masud on Arabic Morphology, Part One: The Strong Verb" and several articles about Arabic morphology and phonology. She is also the author of a book of poems "Love's Thrilling Dimensions" and has some of her poems selected in an Anthology in the UK.
"What a wonderful book of poetry to touch the heart, deepen the spirit, and stir up the emotions! Joyce Akesson, gifted poet and extraordinaire, puts into words not many have the talent to achieve. Her writing is clear, profound, and creative, while at the same time poignant. ... If you are a lover of poetry, I highly suggest you check out "Love's Thrilling Dimensions" by Joyce Akesson. I can guarantee you will be totally immersed into a world of its' own." Irene Watson for Reader Views
Synopsis: The poems in Love's Thrilling Dimensions are written to stir the heart and soul. They seek to search for a connection between memory, thoughts, feelings, sensory experience and reality. They explore such universal themes as the longing for love, the awakening of wonder, the magic of encounters, the uniqueness of journeys, the ambiguity of a few existential questions and the different changes that can occur in the inner and outer landscapes. The readers witness mostly the alchemy, power and triumph of love in a transforming and spiritual journey of discovery and are invited to contemplate its significance in their own lives.
PageOneLit.com: In your new book, Love's Thrilling Dimensions -The poems are written to "to search for a connection between memory, thoughts, feelings, sensory experience and reality." Explain.
Joyce Akesson: My book is about relations, more particularly about love relations, but not only about that. I believe that in whatever relation one is having, the past plays an important role. A person is programmed genetically and through his/her up-bringing to experience certain patterns. So the past is connected with the present.
Furthermore, in many of my poems I like to move from an inner reality, which can be a place that does not exist or suddenly exists in my mind, the past, the future, a sublimated reality, another dimension, a labyrinth, a parallel world, a meditative or dreamy state, or from an outer reality, which is a real setting that makes me ponder over the state of the world or over my own situation, to other zones, then off to a connection, whether emotional or physical or both, with a loved one.
Not in this particular order, but I have tried to connect all these different dimensions or worlds together in my poems.
PageOneLit.com: What is it about poetry you enjoy? Do you feel poems offer more freedom of expression than lets say a fictional novel? Explain.
Joyce Akesson: Poetry captures an emotional experience in a special language. I enjoy it when it is a spiritual adventure and a mystical experience. I see it as a window opening on a specific time and place or as a mirror reflecting one's face or many faces or both. I like it too when it can be a provocation.
Whether reading or writing poems, I like the kind of poems that makes me think and associate continuously by offering open worlds, images, metaphors and thoughts. In this manner, they initiate a communication, a sort of inner dialogue, and also an inner process that makes me develop my own thoughts.
A fictional novel usually follows the conventions of plot and character.
Poetry is known to cross boundaries and is therefore unconventional and free.
It can present a fresh perspective and a new way of looking at an issue. It can also offer different interpretations to a matter through its abstract images.
I see it as an invitation to go inside and outside and to reconstruct oneself and one's reality.
PageOneLit.com: Who is your favorite poet?
Joyce Akesson: I do not have one favorite poet. I like many poets very much like Billy Collins, Kenneth Koch, Louise Gluck, Octavio Paz, Pablo Neruda, David Wevill, Ted Hughes, Auden and the French surrealists like Paul Eluard and Henry Michaux.
PageOneLit.com: In Love's Thrilling Dimensions your subject matter is very universal, thoughts, feelings, sensory experience and reality - Did I leave anything out?
Joyce Akesson: You got it somehow covered. I wanted to base my poems on universal themes that are particular to love in all its different dimensions.
Every person's experiences in a particular relationship are subjective and unique, and it is this uniqueness that can be recognized by others as being universal. The more authentic a writer's thoughts are and the more universal they become for others to understand and to identify with.
I have also taken up themes relating to metaphysics, existentialism, reincarnation, the birth and expansion of the universe, planets ruling our lives, the four elements, the concept of parallel words, the interconnection between events, the principle of causes and effects and the struggle with opposing forces, such as war and other calamities, just to name a few. I like to believe in auspicious signs, in a meaning with our lives, and in love in all its forms as being a driving and healing force in this journey.
...
PageOneLit.com: What did you learn from writing Love's Thrilling Dimensions?
Joyce Akesson: I learnt how to tell a few untold stories, to develop a few themes revolving around the subject of love's thrilling dimensions and to do some experimentation with images and thoughts in order to find a connection with myself, with the others and with the universe.
PageOneLit.com: What's next?
Joyce Akesson: A new book of poetry and one about linguistics.
PageOneLit.com: What was the last book you read?
Joyce Akesson: Eat, pray, love by Elizabeth Gilbert.
PageOneLit.com: Do you have any hobbies? What are they? How do they enhance your writing?
Joyce Akesson: Spending time with the family, talking with a few artistic friends, visiting a good restaurant, seeing a good film, reading a good book, writing and doing some research work.
Ideas can just spring out from anywhere.
http://www.pageonelit.com/interviews/JoyceAkesson.html
Joyce Akesson
Joyce Akesson is the author of two books of foreign linguistics,"Arabic Morphology and Phonology based on the Marah" and "Ahmad b. Ali b. Masud on Arabic Morphology, Part One: The Strong Verb" and several articles about Arabic morphology and phonology. She is also the author of a book of poems "Love's Thrilling Dimensions" and has some of her poems selected in an Anthology in the UK.
"What a wonderful book of poetry to touch the heart, deepen the spirit, and stir up the emotions! Joyce Akesson, gifted poet and extraordinaire, puts into words not many have the talent to achieve. Her writing is clear, profound, and creative, while at the same time poignant. ... If you are a lover of poetry, I highly suggest you check out "Love's Thrilling Dimensions" by Joyce Akesson. I can guarantee you will be totally immersed into a world of its' own." Irene Watson for Reader Views
Synopsis: The poems in Love's Thrilling Dimensions are written to stir the heart and soul. They seek to search for a connection between memory, thoughts, feelings, sensory experience and reality. They explore such universal themes as the longing for love, the awakening of wonder, the magic of encounters, the uniqueness of journeys, the ambiguity of a few existential questions and the different changes that can occur in the inner and outer landscapes. The readers witness mostly the alchemy, power and triumph of love in a transforming and spiritual journey of discovery and are invited to contemplate its significance in their own lives.
PageOneLit.com: In your new book, Love's Thrilling Dimensions -The poems are written to "to search for a connection between memory, thoughts, feelings, sensory experience and reality." Explain.
Joyce Akesson: My book is about relations, more particularly about love relations, but not only about that. I believe that in whatever relation one is having, the past plays an important role. A person is programmed genetically and through his/her up-bringing to experience certain patterns. So the past is connected with the present.
Furthermore, in many of my poems I like to move from an inner reality, which can be a place that does not exist or suddenly exists in my mind, the past, the future, a sublimated reality, another dimension, a labyrinth, a parallel world, a meditative or dreamy state, or from an outer reality, which is a real setting that makes me ponder over the state of the world or over my own situation, to other zones, then off to a connection, whether emotional or physical or both, with a loved one.
Not in this particular order, but I have tried to connect all these different dimensions or worlds together in my poems.
PageOneLit.com: What is it about poetry you enjoy? Do you feel poems offer more freedom of expression than lets say a fictional novel? Explain.
Joyce Akesson: Poetry captures an emotional experience in a special language. I enjoy it when it is a spiritual adventure and a mystical experience. I see it as a window opening on a specific time and place or as a mirror reflecting one's face or many faces or both. I like it too when it can be a provocation.
Whether reading or writing poems, I like the kind of poems that makes me think and associate continuously by offering open worlds, images, metaphors and thoughts. In this manner, they initiate a communication, a sort of inner dialogue, and also an inner process that makes me develop my own thoughts.
A fictional novel usually follows the conventions of plot and character.
Poetry is known to cross boundaries and is therefore unconventional and free.
It can present a fresh perspective and a new way of looking at an issue. It can also offer different interpretations to a matter through its abstract images.
I see it as an invitation to go inside and outside and to reconstruct oneself and one's reality.
PageOneLit.com: Who is your favorite poet?
Joyce Akesson: I do not have one favorite poet. I like many poets very much like Billy Collins, Kenneth Koch, Louise Gluck, Octavio Paz, Pablo Neruda, David Wevill, Ted Hughes, Auden and the French surrealists like Paul Eluard and Henry Michaux.
PageOneLit.com: In Love's Thrilling Dimensions your subject matter is very universal, thoughts, feelings, sensory experience and reality - Did I leave anything out?
Joyce Akesson: You got it somehow covered. I wanted to base my poems on universal themes that are particular to love in all its different dimensions.
Every person's experiences in a particular relationship are subjective and unique, and it is this uniqueness that can be recognized by others as being universal. The more authentic a writer's thoughts are and the more universal they become for others to understand and to identify with.
I have also taken up themes relating to metaphysics, existentialism, reincarnation, the birth and expansion of the universe, planets ruling our lives, the four elements, the concept of parallel words, the interconnection between events, the principle of causes and effects and the struggle with opposing forces, such as war and other calamities, just to name a few. I like to believe in auspicious signs, in a meaning with our lives, and in love in all its forms as being a driving and healing force in this journey.
...
PageOneLit.com: What did you learn from writing Love's Thrilling Dimensions?
Joyce Akesson: I learnt how to tell a few untold stories, to develop a few themes revolving around the subject of love's thrilling dimensions and to do some experimentation with images and thoughts in order to find a connection with myself, with the others and with the universe.
PageOneLit.com: What's next?
Joyce Akesson: A new book of poetry and one about linguistics.
PageOneLit.com: What was the last book you read?
Joyce Akesson: Eat, pray, love by Elizabeth Gilbert.
PageOneLit.com: Do you have any hobbies? What are they? How do they enhance your writing?
Joyce Akesson: Spending time with the family, talking with a few artistic friends, visiting a good restaurant, seeing a good film, reading a good book, writing and doing some research work.
Ideas can just spring out from anywhere.
Monday, April 27, 2009
The Complexity of the Irregular Verbal and Nominal Forms & the Phonological Changes in Arabic
I am happy to announce the publication of my book "The Complexity of the Irregular Verbal and Nominal Forms & the Phonological Changes in Arabic":
The book will serve as a basis for a developed study of the morphological classes of the irregular verbal and nominal forms and the main phonological changes that occur in the Arabic language. For this purpose, the author presents and studies the forms of the doubled, hamzated, verb with first, 2nd or 3rd weak radical, and the verb that is doubly weak. The existence of a doubled segment, a hamza or a weak segment in the word can result in different phonological changes which lead it from one base form to a derived form. The author adopts an original model which takes into consideration the succession of different segments occurring in one word, and in some cases, in two words following each other. With its numerous references, this comprehensive work is likely to stimulate further research and is an invaluable resource for intermediate and advanced students of Arabic and for anyone interested in the Arabic language and linguistics.
The book will serve as a basis for a developed study of the morphological classes of the irregular verbal and nominal forms and the main phonological changes that occur in the Arabic language. For this purpose, the author presents and studies the forms of the doubled, hamzated, verb with first, 2nd or 3rd weak radical, and the verb that is doubly weak. The existence of a doubled segment, a hamza or a weak segment in the word can result in different phonological changes which lead it from one base form to a derived form. The author adopts an original model which takes into consideration the succession of different segments occurring in one word, and in some cases, in two words following each other. With its numerous references, this comprehensive work is likely to stimulate further research and is an invaluable resource for intermediate and advanced students of Arabic and for anyone interested in the Arabic language and linguistics.
Friday, March 27, 2009
New version of Love's Thrilling Dimensions
This is a softcover version of my book "Love's Thrilling Dimensions":
Monday, February 23, 2009
Hardcover version of Love's Thrilling Dimensions
The book "Love's Thrilling Dimensions" is published also in a hardcover version. You can click on the image below to get access to it on Amazon.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Review of Love's Thrilling Dimensions by Reader Views
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Love’s Thrilling Dimensions
Joyce Akesson
Pallas Athena Distribution (2008)
ISBN 9789197764100
Reviewed by Irene Watson for Reader Views (1/09)
What a wonderful book of poetry to touch the heart, deepen the spirit, and stir up the emotions! Joyce
Akesson, gifted poet and extraordinaire, puts into words not many have the talent to achieve. Her writing is
clear, profound, and creative, while at the same time poignant.
Out of the many pieces Akesson portrays in her book, it’s hard to find a favorite because I could say many are
my favorite. However, there is one that stands out in my mind, and I’ve re-read it several times; each time
getting a deeper meaning. It is:
“A Place
We should find a place
in which your freedom
and my freedom
can enjoy being together
without risking
that your light
becomes my light’s prisoner
or that my visions
become your visions’ predators.
…Each one of us
will become a soul
filled with energy;
flexible,
playful
and adventurous
with unlimited possibilities
and fantasies.
And we will love
each other’s eyes,
laughter, words,
silences, forces,
and weaknesses,
unconditionally.”
If you are a lover of poetry, I highly suggest you check out “Love’s Thrilling Dimensions” by Joyce Akesson.
I can guarantee you will be totally immersed into a world of its’ own.
Austin, Texas 78735
512.288.8555
www.readerviews.com
(http://irenewatson.typepad.com/readerviews/fiction_poetry/)
admin@readerviews.com
Love’s Thrilling Dimensions
Joyce Akesson
Pallas Athena Distribution (2008)
ISBN 9789197764100
Reviewed by Irene Watson for Reader Views (1/09)
What a wonderful book of poetry to touch the heart, deepen the spirit, and stir up the emotions! Joyce
Akesson, gifted poet and extraordinaire, puts into words not many have the talent to achieve. Her writing is
clear, profound, and creative, while at the same time poignant.
Out of the many pieces Akesson portrays in her book, it’s hard to find a favorite because I could say many are
my favorite. However, there is one that stands out in my mind, and I’ve re-read it several times; each time
getting a deeper meaning. It is:
“A Place
We should find a place
in which your freedom
and my freedom
can enjoy being together
without risking
that your light
becomes my light’s prisoner
or that my visions
become your visions’ predators.
…Each one of us
will become a soul
filled with energy;
flexible,
playful
and adventurous
with unlimited possibilities
and fantasies.
And we will love
each other’s eyes,
laughter, words,
silences, forces,
and weaknesses,
unconditionally.”
If you are a lover of poetry, I highly suggest you check out “Love’s Thrilling Dimensions” by Joyce Akesson.
I can guarantee you will be totally immersed into a world of its’ own.
Review of Love's Thrilling Dimensions by Feathered Quill Book Reviews
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Spotlight Reviews
Love's Thrilling Dimensions
By: Joyce Akesson
Publisher: Pallas Athena distribution
Publication Date: September 2008
ISBN: 978-91-977641-0-0
Reviewed by: Lauren Victor
Review Date: January 22, 2009
Perhaps poetry is the highest written form of love. In Love's Thrilling Dimensions, Joyce Akesson proves this point. With care and tenderness, this Swedish writer doles out a collection of poetry that is thoughtful and thought provoking, with a voice that is full of spirit and pleasant rhythm.
At a fundamental level, the collection explores the many dimensions of love and what it is to be human. Akesson travels through hopes and fears in the face of love, yet she also delves into existential questions that many readers will appreciate. She easily flows between asking, "Are we playing at something/or are we doing it for real?" and more figurative concepts like that of Chaos who "sometimes glares at the world/while smoking his cigar." There are many moments like these that grant depth to her work beyond the surface features of love.
Speaking from personal experience, although I imagine many will agree, poetry about love definitely has its ideal moments to be consumed. After a break up I will probably reach for a dose of Rumi, or during a loving relationship I will feel motivated to pen a love poem for a partner. In the meantime, even though I am not one to necessarily gravitate to a collection about love, this book still has a relevant place on my current shelf. Despite being in a life phase in search of love, my romantic and tormented soul still appreciates stanzas like "Who would have known/that a kiss could quench my thirst/like this?" or
You are at the mercy of this consuming love,
this heartless thief named passion,
who with a joyless eye,
unlocks your heart,
penetrates your mind
and devours your soul
from the inside out.
Ultimately Love's Thrilling Dimensions is an enjoyable float through well-crafted phrases, appealing cadence, and expressive emotion. Akesson shares truths about life and love in a way that reflects modern life and is embraceable by modern audiences.
Quill says: A tasty recipe of sweetness, pain, and pleasure.
Feathered Quill Book Reviews prides itself on giving the reader an honest, unbiased critique of each and every book on its website. So slip off your shoes, pour yourself a cup of coffee, explore our pages, and discover many wonderful gems in the world of books.
Spotlight Reviews
Love's Thrilling Dimensions
By: Joyce Akesson
Publisher: Pallas Athena distribution
Publication Date: September 2008
ISBN: 978-91-977641-0-0
Reviewed by: Lauren Victor
Review Date: January 22, 2009
Perhaps poetry is the highest written form of love. In Love's Thrilling Dimensions, Joyce Akesson proves this point. With care and tenderness, this Swedish writer doles out a collection of poetry that is thoughtful and thought provoking, with a voice that is full of spirit and pleasant rhythm.
At a fundamental level, the collection explores the many dimensions of love and what it is to be human. Akesson travels through hopes and fears in the face of love, yet she also delves into existential questions that many readers will appreciate. She easily flows between asking, "Are we playing at something/or are we doing it for real?" and more figurative concepts like that of Chaos who "sometimes glares at the world/while smoking his cigar." There are many moments like these that grant depth to her work beyond the surface features of love.
Speaking from personal experience, although I imagine many will agree, poetry about love definitely has its ideal moments to be consumed. After a break up I will probably reach for a dose of Rumi, or during a loving relationship I will feel motivated to pen a love poem for a partner. In the meantime, even though I am not one to necessarily gravitate to a collection about love, this book still has a relevant place on my current shelf. Despite being in a life phase in search of love, my romantic and tormented soul still appreciates stanzas like "Who would have known/that a kiss could quench my thirst/like this?" or
You are at the mercy of this consuming love,
this heartless thief named passion,
who with a joyless eye,
unlocks your heart,
penetrates your mind
and devours your soul
from the inside out.
Ultimately Love's Thrilling Dimensions is an enjoyable float through well-crafted phrases, appealing cadence, and expressive emotion. Akesson shares truths about life and love in a way that reflects modern life and is embraceable by modern audiences.
Quill says: A tasty recipe of sweetness, pain, and pleasure.
Love's Thrilling Dimensions
About the book Love's Thrilling Dimensions
Synopsis
The poems in Love's Thrilling Dimensions are written to stir the heart and soul. They seek to search for a connection between memory, thoughts, feelings, sensory experience and reality. They explore such universal themes as the longing for love, the awakening of wonder, the magic of encounters, the uniqueness of journeys, the ambiguity of a few existential questions and the different changes that can occur in the inner and outer landscapes. The readers witness mostly the alchemy, power and triumph of love in a transforming and spiritual journey of discovery and are invited to contemplate its significance in their own lives.
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Synopsis
The poems in Love's Thrilling Dimensions are written to stir the heart and soul. They seek to search for a connection between memory, thoughts, feelings, sensory experience and reality. They explore such universal themes as the longing for love, the awakening of wonder, the magic of encounters, the uniqueness of journeys, the ambiguity of a few existential questions and the different changes that can occur in the inner and outer landscapes. The readers witness mostly the alchemy, power and triumph of love in a transforming and spiritual journey of discovery and are invited to contemplate its significance in their own lives.
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Joyce Akesson's publications
Joyce Akesson has an academic background, and she lives currently in Sweden with her family. She has been a lecturer at Lund's University, and beside her book of poetry, is the author of two books and many articles about foreign linguistics.
Joyce Akesson's Academic works
A general presentation of Joyce Akesson's Academic works can be seen on the Linguistic Bibliography on Line.
The following books that she has written can be mentioned:
1- Arabic morphology and phonology based on the Maraḥ al-arwah by Ahmad b. ‛Alī b. Mas‛ud / Presented with an introduction, Arabic edition, English translation and commentary --- Leiden : Brill, 2001, xii, 444 p.. - (Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics, 35).
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It has been reviewed in the following Academic Journals and by the following reviewers:
| Cf. BL1992, 2012 | Arabica, 50/4, 2003, 545-547 Pierre Larcher | BC, 19, 2003, 1-3 Jean-Patrick Guillaume | StIs, 95, 2002, 161-162 André Roman | BiOr, 61/5-6, 2004, 634-638 Michael G. Carter | ZDMG 155, 631-632 2005, Herbert Eisenstein.
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2- Ahmad b. ‛Alī b. Mas‛ud on Arabic morphology: Marah al-arwah / Ed. with transl., comm. & introd. --- Leiden : Brill, 1990, xxx, 100, 27 p.. - (Studia Orientalia Lundensia, 4)
The book has been reviewed in the following Academic Journals and by the following reviewers:
|Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 112, No. 4 1992, 712-713 William Smyth | BiOr, 51/5-6, 1994, 717-719 Kees Versteegh
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You can order it from Amazon.
The following articles that she has written can be mentioned:
1- The vowel transfer in Classical Arabic --- ZAL, 43, 2004, 17-25
2- Anomalous elision and addition of a vowel in Classical Arabic --- ZAL, 36, 1999, 21-31
3- Conversion of the ya into an alif in Classical Arabic --- ZAL, 31, 1996, 27-33
4- The strong verb and infinitive noun in Arabic --- Acta Orientalia 52, 1991, 35-48.
Forthcoming:
Article ‘sarf’ (morphology, phonology), in K. Versteegh et al. (eds), Encyclopaedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, vol. 4. Leiden: Brill.
Poetry
Joyce Akesson's poetry:
1- Love's Thrilling Dimensions published by Pallas Athena Distribution.
2- Two poems "Anticipation" and "The Architecture of Happiness" have been selected as finalists in the Anthology "In Love" published by Copeland Books in the UK.
You can find it at http://www.copelandbooks.co.uk.
You can order it from Copeland Books.
Joyce Akesson's Academic works
A general presentation of Joyce Akesson's Academic works can be seen on the Linguistic Bibliography on Line.
The following books that she has written can be mentioned:
1- Arabic morphology and phonology based on the Maraḥ al-arwah by Ahmad b. ‛Alī b. Mas‛ud / Presented with an introduction, Arabic edition, English translation and commentary --- Leiden : Brill, 2001, xii, 444 p.. - (Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics, 35).
This work is taken up by books.google.se.
It has been reviewed in the following Academic Journals and by the following reviewers:
| Cf. BL1992, 2012 | Arabica, 50/4, 2003, 545-547 Pierre Larcher | BC, 19, 2003, 1-3 Jean-Patrick Guillaume | StIs, 95, 2002, 161-162 André Roman | BiOr, 61/5-6, 2004, 634-638 Michael G. Carter | ZDMG 155, 631-632 2005, Herbert Eisenstein.
You can order it from Brill or Amazon.
2- Ahmad b. ‛Alī b. Mas‛ud on Arabic morphology: Marah al-arwah / Ed. with transl., comm. & introd. --- Leiden : Brill, 1990, xxx, 100, 27 p.. - (Studia Orientalia Lundensia, 4)
The book has been reviewed in the following Academic Journals and by the following reviewers:
|Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 112, No. 4 1992, 712-713 William Smyth | BiOr, 51/5-6, 1994, 717-719 Kees Versteegh
This work is taken up by books.google.com
You can order it from Amazon.
The following articles that she has written can be mentioned:
1- The vowel transfer in Classical Arabic --- ZAL, 43, 2004, 17-25
2- Anomalous elision and addition of a vowel in Classical Arabic --- ZAL, 36, 1999, 21-31
3- Conversion of the ya into an alif in Classical Arabic --- ZAL, 31, 1996, 27-33
4- The strong verb and infinitive noun in Arabic --- Acta Orientalia 52, 1991, 35-48.
Forthcoming:
Article ‘sarf’ (morphology, phonology), in K. Versteegh et al. (eds), Encyclopaedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, vol. 4. Leiden: Brill.
Poetry
Joyce Akesson's poetry:
1- Love's Thrilling Dimensions published by Pallas Athena Distribution.
2- Two poems "Anticipation" and "The Architecture of Happiness" have been selected as finalists in the Anthology "In Love" published by Copeland Books in the UK.
You can find it at http://www.copelandbooks.co.uk.
You can order it from Copeland Books.
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