Stir Change Create: Poems & Essays in a Contemporary Mood for Concerned Students

by Kenneth Lee Pike

Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Kenneth Lee Pike (June 9, 1912 – December 31, 2000) was an American linguist and anthropologist. He was the originator of the theory of tagmemics, the coiner of the terms "emic" and "etic" and the developer of the constructed language Kalaba-X for use in teaching the theory and practice of translation.

In addition, he was the First President of the Bible-translating organization Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL), with which he was associated from 1942 until his death.

Reviews

[Bryce · Rating 5 out of 5]

Possibly the most important collection of poems and essays in our time. Yes, Kenneth Pike probably wrote these many short pithy reflections as a thoughtful and godly response in an age of student protest in the late 1960s. But is that not both the mark and the need of our times as well? Individuals and communities dealing with dilemmas that shape our actions, giving voice to justice on social issues, finding language that unites people, expressing commitment through bringing life to others, and translating events in the real world of mess and strife?

[Mari Olsen]

Poems by a linguist...better if you watch a movie of Pike reading (as I did, in linguistics classes with Wm. Smalley). Good memories.