De gruyter aug 2006 (111 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Vor dem Hintergrund fanatischer religiöser Konflikte und in Kenntnis der im 17. Jahrhundert aufblühenden exakten Wissenschaften entwickelte Spinoza einen der anspruchsvollsten Entwürfe der Philosophiegeschichte: seine in geometrischer Ordnung dargestellte Ethik. Sie handelt von der Ontologie, Erkenntnislehre, den menschlichen Gefühlen und der Freiheit und Unfreiheit Einzelner wie auch der sozialer Gemeinschaften in einem einzigen durchgehenden Argumentationsgang. Das Werk verbindet auf diese Weise die höchsten Ansprüche begrifflicher und begründender Durchsichtigkeit mit von Lebenserfahrung gesättigter Weisheit. Es versteht sich selbst als eine Anleitung zum Glück für die, die bereit sind, sich nur auf ihre Vernunft und nicht auf Autoritäten zu verlassen. Bis heute ist das Buch Maßstab aufgeklärter theoretischer und praktischer Vernunft geblieben. Seine fünf Teile werden in diesem kollektiven Kommentar durch jeweils drei Aufsätze erläutert. Eine Einleitung schildert die Ambitionen und historischen Folgen der 'Ethik'. Mit Beiträgen von: Francis Aman, Wolfgang Bartuschat, Thomas Cook, Herman De Djin, Christof Ellsiepen, Stephen Gaukroger, Michael Hampe, Thomas Kisser, Alexandre Matheron, Pierre-François Moreau, Michael Pauen, Dominik Perler, Ursula Renz, Michael Della Rocca, Robert Schnepf, Manfred Walther und Jean-Claude Wolf. 344 pp. Deutsch. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Für Studierende der Physik, Naturwissenschaften, Ingenieurwissenschaften und der Medizin bietet dieses bewährte Buch eine ideale Einführung in das physikalische Praktikum.

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Das Arbeitsheft, das sich primär an Studierende und Lehrende in den Studiengängen für Übersetzen und Dolmetschen sowie an interessierte RomanistInnen richtet, unterscheidet sich von anderen Einführungen und Lehrbüchern vor allem in den folgenden Punkten: Es ist sprachbezogen, ohne sich auf ein einziges Sprachenpaar zu beschränken, denn es bezieht sich auf drei romanische Sprachen (Französisch, Italienisch, Spanisch) sowie auf das Deutsche (als Vergleichsgrundlage). Und es konzentriert sich auf ausgewählte Grundlagen aus drei Themenbereichen: Das erste Kapitel ist den historischen Grundlagen gewidmet und bietet einen Abriss der Geschichte der Übersetzungstheorie und -praxis in Frankreich, Spanien und Italien. Kapitel 2 gilt den theoretischen Grundlagen der modernen Übersetzungs- und Dolmetschwissenschaft. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf französisch-, italienisch- und spanischsprachigen Autoren, welche in deutschsprachigen Einführungen ansonsten oft nur am Rande oder gar nicht behandelt werden. Das dritte Kapitel befasst sich mit Grundlagen der sprachenpaarbezogenen Übersetzungswissenschaft und zeigt anhand zahlreicher Beispiele sprachlich bedingte Probleme der romanisch-deutschen und innerromanischen Übersetzung auf. Alle Kapitel enthalten gezielte bibliographische Hinweise sowie Arbeitsaufgaben, die zu einer vertiefenden Beschäftigung mit der Materie anregen sollen. 136 pp. Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Fifty years after Willard Van Orman Quine published From a logical point of view (1953), John Heil brought out his book 'From an ontological point of view' (2003). The title expresses the shift in contemporary philosophy from logical and epistemological concerns to metaphysics. The papers of this symposium discuss that shift, focussing on what John Heil calls 'ontological seriousness', truth-making, levels of being, properties, powers, and reductionism. Each paper is followed by a comment from John Heil. The volume covers a number of the most hotly debated issues in today's metaphysics and moves the discussion on in several important aspects. 'It would be difficult to imagine a collection of more astute, penetrating, and philosophically hard-hitting discussions of the kind of metaphysical realism articulated in 'From an Ontological Point of View'. Symposium participants deploy an impressive range of analytical skills in a way that illuminates connections among metaphysical positions that too often escape notice.' (John Heil) 276 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Jürgen Müller führt anschaulich in die Geschichte des Deutschen Bundes sowie die Grundprobleme und Tendenzen der Forschung ein. In den Mittelpunkt stellt er dabei die innere Bundespolitik, die über weite Strecken im Zeichen der Repression der nationalen und liberalen Bestrebungen in Deutschland stand. Deutlich werden ferner die Bemühungen, den föderativen Ausbau des Bundes durch politische, wirtschaftliche und rechtliche Reformen voranzutreiben. Die Untersuchung der Bundespolitik sowohl in ihrer repressiven Realität als auch in ihrer reformerischen Absicht eröffnet neue Perspektiven für die historische Bewertung des Deutschen Bundes. 144 pp. Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Fifty years after Willard Van Orman Quine published From a logical point of view (1953), John Heil brought out his book 'From an ontological point of view' (2003). The title expresses the shift in contemporary philosophy from logical and epistemological concerns to metaphysics. The papers of this symposium discuss that shift, focussing on what John Heil calls 'ontological seriousness', truth-making, levels of being, properties, powers, and reductionism. Each paper is followed by a comment from John Heil. The volume covers a number of the most hotly debated issues in today¿s metaphysics and moves the discussion on in several important aspects. 'It would be difficult to imagine a collection of more astute, penetrating, and philosophically hard-hitting discussions of the kind of metaphysical realism articulated in 'From an Ontological Point of View'. Symposium participants deploy an impressive range of analytical skills in a way that illuminates connections among metaphysical positions that too often escape notice.' (John Heil)De Gruyter Mouton, Genthiner Straße 13, 10785 Berlin 276 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In the famous Correspondence with Clarke, which took place during the last year of Leibniz's life, Leibniz advanced several arguments purporting to refute the absolute theory of space and time that was held by Newton and his followers. The main aim of this book is to reassess Leibniz's attack on the Newtonian theory in so far as he relied on the principle of the identity of indiscernibles. The theological side of the controversy is not ignored but isolated and discussed in the last three chapters, which deal with problems connected with the notions of omnipotence and omniscience. 180 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -60 years after the trials of the main German war criminals, the articles in this book attempt to assess the Nuremberg Trials from a historical and legal point of view, and to illustrate connections, contradictions and consequences. In view of constantly reoccurring reports of mass crimes from all over the world, we have only reached the halfway point in the quest for an effective system of international criminal justice. With the legacy of Nuremberg in mind, this volume is a contribution to the search for answers to questions of how the law can be applied effectively and those committing crimes against humanity be brought to justice for their actions.; 60 Jahre nach dem Verfahren gegen die deutschen Hauptkriegsverbrecher versuchen die Beiträger dieses Buches, die Nürnberger Prozesse aus historischer und juristischer Sicht zu bewerten und dabei Zusammenhänge, Widersprüche und Folgewirkungen aufzuzeigen. Angesichts stetig wiederkehrender Berichte über Massenverbrechen in aller Welt befinden wir uns erst auf halbem Weg hin zu einem effektiven System internationaler Strafgerechtigkeit. Mit dem Blick auf das Vermächtnis von Nürnberg soll dieser Band dazu beitragen, Antworten auf die Fragen zu finden, wie Recht durchgesetzt werden kann und Menschenrechtsverbrecher wirkungsvoll für ihre Taten zur Verantwortung gezogen werden können. 320 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book addresses students and researchers of both phonetics and phonology, and the semantics and pragmatics of discourse. It employs an autosegmental-metrical model of intonation to investigate the marking of aspects of information structure, concentrating on the Given-New dimension. It begins with an overview of the state of the art in the areas of intonation and information structure, and, since the term 'Givenness' has been used in the literature in diverging ways, provides a model of 'Givenness proper', focussing on the cognitive states of discourse referents, and how these states are expressed through the choice of words and their prosody. The empirical evidence provided here is based on German. It comprises the analysis of a read corpus and two perception experiments which show that the dichotomy of 'accented' versus 'uncaccented' corresponding to 'New' versus 'Given' information is inadequate. In fact, there is evidence that a range of pitch accent types (including deaccentuation) can be mapped onto the gradient scale of Givenness degrees, with the pitch height on the accented syllable being the determining factor. 200 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Since Rescher's earliest publication of the middle 1950's in this field, the philosophy of science has constituted one focus of his interest and preoccupation. Some dozen of Rescher's contributions to the field are published in the present volume, and they combine to convey his favored way of blending empirical data with philosophical theorizing. 240 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Martin Opitz, der »Mars« der Musen (Zesen), nutzte die Krisenzeit von Krieg und Konfessionalisierung als Chance zur Einführung einer nationalsprachlichen Dichtkunst im Geiste eines aus der Renaissance erneuerten Humanismus. Opitz wollte mit seiner Reform dazu beitragen, Religionsfreiheit zu erstreiten und dadurch Frieden und Eintracht zu stiften. Die Bände zeichnen den beachtlichen Erfolg dieser 'humanistischen Reformation' nach und bieten eine umfassende kulturgeschichtliche Darstellung aller wichtigen deutschsprachigen Lyriker des 17. Jahrhunderts. Jedem Autor ist ein Kapitel gewidmet mit Hinweisen zu Forschung, Rezeption, Biographie und einem Werküberblick zur geistlichen und weltlichen Lyrik mit exemplarischen Gedicht-Analysen. Band IV/1 führt in die Epoche sowie in die Gattungstheorie und -geschichte ein und behandelt das Werk von Weckherlin, Opitz, Logau, Gryphius und den Pegnitz-Schäfern. Band IV/2 bietet einen Einblick in die kulturgeschichtlichen Bedingungen frühneuzeitlicher Liebesdichtung (Frauenbild, Geschlechterbeziehungen, Sexualität und ihre Tabuisierung bzw. Dämonisierung) und analysiert sodann die Liebeslyrik von Opitz, Dach, Fleming, Zesen, Hoffmannswaldau, Lohenstein, den 'Galanten' und Günther. Zahlreiche weitere Autoren sind in gattungsgeschichtlichen Überblicken und einzelnen Kapiteln mitberücksichtigt. Die Bände sind separat benutzbar. Mit ihnen liegt das zehnbändige Werk »Deutsche Lyrik der frühen Neuzeit« nunmehr abgeschlossen vor. 440 pp. Deutsch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Jürgen Müller gibt in seinem Band anschaulichen Überblick über die Geschichte des Deutschen Bundes sowie die Grundprobleme und Tendenzen der Forschung. In den Mittelpunkt stellt er dabei die innere Bundespolitik, die über weite Strecken im Zeichen der Repression der nationalen und liberalen Bestrebungen in Deutschland stand. Deutlich werden ferner die Bemühungen, den föderativen Ausbau des Bundes durch politische, wirtschaftliche und rechtliche Reformen voranzutreiben. Die Untersuchung der Bundespolitik sowohl in ihrer repressiven Realität als auch in ihrer reformerischen Absicht eröffnet neue Perspektiven für die historische Bewertung des Deutschen Bundes. 144 pp. Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Martin Opitz, der »Mars« der Musen (Zesen), nutzte die Krisenzeit von Krieg und Konfessionalisierung als Chance zur Einführung einer nationalsprachlichen Dichtkunst im Geiste eines aus der Renaissance erneuerten Humanismus. Opitz wollte mit seiner Reform dazu beitragen, Religionsfreiheit zu erstreiten und dadurch Frieden und Eintracht zu stiften. Die Bände zeichnen den beachtlichen Erfolg dieser 'humanistischen Reformation' nach und bieten eine umfassende kulturgeschichtliche Darstellung aller wichtigen deutschsprachigen Lyriker des 17. Jahrhunderts. Jedem Autor ist ein Kapitel gewidmet mit Hinweisen zu Forschung, Rezeption, Biographie und einem Werküberblick zur geistlichen und weltlichen Lyrik mit exemplarischen Gedicht-Analysen. Band IV/1 führt in die Epoche sowie in die Gattungstheorie und -geschichte ein und behandelt das Werk von Weckherlin, Opitz, Logau, Gryphius und den Pegnitz-Schäfern. Band IV/2 bietet einen Einblick in die kulturgeschichtlichen Bedingungen frühneuzeitlicher Liebesdichtung (Frauenbild, Geschlechterbeziehungen, Sexualität und ihre Tabuisierung bzw. Dämonisierung) und analysiert sodann die Liebeslyrik von Opitz, Dach, Fleming, Zesen, Hoffmannswaldau, Lohenstein, den 'Galanten' und Günther. Zahlreiche weitere Autoren sind in gattungsgeschichtlichen Überblicken und einzelnen Kapiteln mitberücksichtigt. Die Bände sind separat benutzbar. Mit ihnen liegt das zehnbändige Werk »Deutsche Lyrik der frühen Neuzeit« nunmehr abgeschlossen vor. 396 pp. Deutsch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book uses the formal semantics of counterfactual conditionals to analyze the problem of non-locality in quantum mechanics. Counterfactual conditionals (subjunctive conditionals) enter the analysis of quantum entangled systems in that they enable us to precisely formulate the locality condition that purports to exclude the existence of causal interactions between spatially separated parts of a system. They also make it possible to speak consistently about alternative measuring settings, and to explicate what is meant by quantum property attributions. The book develops the possible-world semantics of quantum counterfactuals using David Lewis's famous approach as a starting point but modifying it significantly in order to achieve compatibility with the demands of the special theory of relativity as well as quantum mechanics. There have been several attempts to use counterfactual semantics to strengthen Bell's theorem and its cognates such as the GHZ and Hardy theorems. These are critically evaluated in the book. Finally, a counterfactual reconstruction of the EPR argument and Bell's theorem is proposed that sheds a new light on their philosophical consequences regarding the relations between realism and local causation.; Die Reihe präsentiert analytisch orientierte deutsch- und englischsprachige Untersuchungen zu aktuellen Fragen der Erkenntnis- und Wissenschaftstheorie. 296 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In der Reihe Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) erscheinen Arbeiten zu sämtlichen Gebieten der alttestamentlichen Wissenschaft. Im Zentrum steht die Hebräische Bibel, ihr Vor- und Nachleben im antiken Judentum sowie ihre vielfache Verzweigung in die benachbarten Kulturen der altorientalischen und hellenistisch-römischen Welt. Die BZAW akzeptiert Manuskriptvorschläge, die einen innovativen und signifikanten Beitrag zu Erforschung des Alten Testaments und seiner Umwelt leisten, sich intensiv mit der bestehenden Forschungsliteratur auseinandersetzen, stringent aufgebaut und flüssig geschrieben sind. 336 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -60 years after the trials of the main German war criminals, the articles in this book attempt to assess the Nuremberg Trials from a historical and legal point of view, and to illustrate connections, contradictions and consequences. In view of constantly reoccurring reports of mass crimes from all over the world, we have only reached the halfway point in the quest for an effective system of international criminal justice. With the legacy of Nuremberg in mind, this volume is a contribution to the search for answers to questions of how the law can be applied effectively and those committing crimes against humanity be brought to justice for their actions.Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Strasse 13, 10785 Berlin 320 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Since Rescher's earliest publication of the middle 1950's in this field, the philosophy of science has constituted one focus of his interest and preoccupation. Some dozen of Rescher's contributions to the field are published in the present volume, and they combine to convey his favored way of blending empirical data with philosophical theorizing.De Gruyter Mouton, Genthiner Straße 13, 10785 Berlin 240 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Volume 20 of the series describes the development of the award for Biographies and Autobiographies from 1917 through 2006. In addition, the complete jury reports from this period are reprinted by facsimile. So it can be documented how the annual deliberations went until a winner was selected. Among the prize-winners were John F. Kennedy before his presidency, the diplomat George F. Kennan or the aviator Charles Lindbergh.; Band 20 schildert die Entwicklungsgeschichte des Pulitzer-Preises für Biographien und Autobiographien von 1917 bis 2006 Die kompletten Jury-Protokolle aus diesem Zeitraum werden als Faksimiles hier zugänglich gemacht Auf diese Weise werden die Entscheidungsprozesse transparent, die zu den jeweiligen Gewinnern bei den jährlichen Preisvergaben führten Zu den Preisträgern zählten u a der spätere US-Präsident John F Kennedy, der Diplomat George F Kennan und der Flugpionier Charles Lindbergh 540 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book investigates the concept of phase, aiming at a structural definition of the three domains that are assumed as the syntactic loci for interface interpretation, namely vP, CP and DP. In particular, three basic issues are addressed, that represent major questions of syntactic research within the Minimalist Program in the last decade. A) How is the set of minimally necessary syntactic operations to be characterised (including questions about the exact nature of copy and merge, the status of remnant movement, the role of head movement in the grammar), B) How is the set of minimally necessary functional heads to be characterised that determine the built-up and the interpretation of syntactic objects and C) How do these syntactic operations and objects interact with principles and requirements that are thought to hold at the two interfaces. The concept of phase has also implications for the research on the functional make-up of syntactic objects, implying that functional projections not only apply in a (universally given) hierarchy but split up in various phases pertaining to the head they are related to. This volume provides major contributions to this ongoing discussion, investigating these issues in a variety of languages (Berber, Dutch, English, German, Modern Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Norwegian and West Flemish) and combining the analysis of empirical data with the theoretical insights of the last years. 400 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This is the latest report in a process towards International Cataloguing Principles that began in 2003 and will continue through 2007. Through the series of meetings represented by each volume the reader will be able to track the development and consultation taking place throughout the different parts of the world that will culminate with the creation of a truly international set of principles to guide the development of cataloguing codes worldwide. This volume contains information in English and Arabic on the recommendations of cataloguing experts from countries in the Arabic-speaking Middle East. The April 2006 draft Statement on International Cataloguing Principles included here reflects the votes of agreement from all participants of the IME ICC1 (Europe and Anglo-American), IME ICC2 (Latin America and the Caribbean), and IME ICC3 (Middle East).; Dies ist der neueste Bericht zum Prozess der Erstellung der 'International Cataloguing Principles', der 2003 begann und bis 2007 dauern wird. Durch die Darstellung der Tagungen in den einzelnen Bänden wird der Leser in die Lage versetzt, die Entwicklungen und Beratungen, die in verschiedenen Teilen der Welt stattfinden, zu verfolgen. Diese dienen der Schaffung wirklich internationaler Prinzipien, die die Entwicklung der Katalogisierungsregeln weltweit steuern sollen. Dieser Band enthält Informationen in englischer und arabischer Sprache zu den Empfehlungen der Katalogisierungsexperten der Länder des arabischsprachigen Nahen Ostens. Der hier enthaltene Entwurf des 'Statement on International Cataloguing Principles' vom April 2006 spiegelt die Zustimmung aller Teilnehmer der IME ICC1 (Europa und Nordamerika), IME ICC2 (Lateinamerika und Karibik) und IME ICC3 (Naher Osten) wider. 200 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware - Current Trends in the Development and Teaching of the four Language Skills builds connections from theory in the four language skills to instructional practices. It comprises twenty-one chapters that are grouped in five sections. The first section includes an introductory chapter which presents a communicative competence framework developed by the editors in order to highlight the key role the four skills play in language learning and teaching. The next four sections each represent a language skill: Section II is devoted to listening, Section III to speaking, Section IV to reading and Section V to writing. In order to provide an extensive treatment of each of the four skills, each section starts with a theoretical chapter which briefly illustrates advances in the understanding of how each skill is likely to be learned and taught, followed by four didactically oriented chapters authored by leading international specialists. These pedagogical chapters deal specifically with four key topics: 1) areas of research that influence the teaching of a particular skill; 2) an overview of strategies or techniques necessary for developing a particular skill; 3) an approach to the academic orientation of a particular skill, and 4) unique aspects of teaching each skill. Moreover, all chapters incorporate two common sections: pre-reading questions at the beginning of the chapter in order to stimulate readers' interest in its content, and a section entitled suggested activities at the end of the chapter in order to allow readers put the ideas and concepts presented into practice. The accessible style and practical focus of the volume make it an ideal tool for teachers, teacher trainers, and teacher trainees who are involved in teaching the four language skills in a second or foreign language context. 516 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Volume 9 mainly contains lectures from the 8th International Symposium on Byzantine Sigillography in October 2003, in Berlin. Besides the iconography of seals, much emphasis was placed on questions of Byzantine administration. Further, selected collections are presented, as well as a large number of new finds and new acquisitions.; Band 9 enthält vorwiegend Vorträge, die auf dem 8 Internationalen Symposium für Byzantinische Sigillographie im Oktober 2003 in Berlin gehalten wurden Neben der Ikonographie von Siegeln finden vor allem Fragen der byzantinischen Verwaltung Berücksichtigung Darüber hinaus werden ausgewählte Sammlungen vorgestellt sowie in größerer Zahl Neufunde bzw Neuerwerbungen publiziert 276 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware - This interdisciplinary study examines the impact of the emerging awareness of historicity on the concepts of modernity, identity, and culture as they developed in German thought around 1800. It shows how this awareness determined the German notion of the priority of cultural identity. Key texts from Sturm und Drang, Weimar Classicism, German Romanticism and German Idealism, including Goethe's Faust I and Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, are contextualised in relation to post-Enlightenment debates on historicity and modernity. The study traces the modification of the Enlightenment concepts of perfectibility and universal ideals to accommodate the new notion of temporal particularity and impermanence. This is achieved by embedding these once static concepts in a historical process that is powered by a self-prompting internal dialectic. Through synthetic absorption within the historical succession the dialectical process allows for the continuity of values, while leaving room for discontinuity and difference by relying on oppositional successions. The study reveals close connections between the intellectual concerns, the literary ambitions, and the endeavours to construct a modern German identity during this period, which suggests a far greater intellectual coherence of the Goethezeit regarding intellectual challenges and objectives than has been previously assumed. 308 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Volume 20 of the series describes the development of the award for Biographies and Autobiographies from 1917 through 2006. In addition, the complete jury reports from this period are reprinted by facsimile. So it can be documented how the annual deliberations went until a winner was selected. Among the prize-winners were John F. Kennedy before his presidency, the diplomat George F. Kennan or the aviator Charles Lindbergh.Gruyter, de Saur, Genthiner Straße 13, 10785 Berlin 540 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The increasing globalization and centralization in the world is threatening the existence of a large number of smaller languages. In South Asia some locally dominant languages (e.g., Hindi, Urdu, Nepali) are gaining ground beside English at the expense of the lesser-known languages. Despite a long history of stable multilingualism, language death is not uncommon in the South Asian context. We do not know how the language situation in South Asia will be affected by modern information and communication technologies: Will cultural and linguistic diversity be strengthened or weakened as they become increasingly prevalent in all walks of life This volume brings together areas of research that so far do not interact to any significant extent: traditional South Asian descriptive linguistics and sociolinguistics, documentary linguistics, issues of intellectual and cultural property and fieldwork ethics, and language technology. Researchers working in the areas of documentary linguistics and language technology have become aware of each other in the last few years, and of how work in the other area could be potentially useful in furthering their own aims. Similarly, the insights of documentary linguistics are making their way into descriptive linguistics and sociolinguistics. However, the potential for synergy among these areas of research is almost limitless. This volume provides the reader, not so much with a do-it-yourself recipe for applying modern technology to the problem of language shift in South Asia today, but rather with some basic knowledge about the problems involved and some directions from which solutions could be forthcoming, a toolbox rather than a blueprint, for helping to shape the linguistic future of South Asia. 396 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This is the latest report in a process towards International Cataloguing Principles that began in 2003 and will continue through 2007. Through the series of meetings represented by each volume the reader will be able to track the development and consultation taking place throughout the different parts of the world that will culminate with the creation of a truly international set of principles to guide the development of cataloguing codes worldwide. This volume contains information in English and Arabic on the recommendations of cataloguing experts from countries in the Arabic-speaking Middle East. The April 2006 draft Statement on International Cataloguing Principles included here reflects the votes of agreement from all participants of the IME ICC1 (Europe and Anglo-American), IME ICC2 (Latin America and the Caribbean), and IME ICC3 (Middle East).Gruyter, de Saur, Genthiner Straße 13, 10785 Berlin 200 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Current Trends in the Development and Teaching of the four Language Skills builds connections from theory in the four language skills to instructional practices. It comprises twenty-one chapters that are grouped in five sections. The first section includes an introductory chapter which presents a communicative competence framework developed by the editors in order to highlight the key role the four skills play in language learning and teaching. The next four sections each represent a language skill: Section II is devoted to listening, Section III to speaking, Section IV to reading and Section V to writing. In order to provide an extensive treatment of each of the four skills, each section starts with a theoretical chapter which briefly illustrates advances in the understanding of how each skill is likely to be learned and taught, followed by four didactically oriented chapters authored by leading international specialists. These pedagogical chapters deal specifically with four key topics: 1) areas of research that influence the teaching of a particular skill; 2) an overview of strategies or techniques necessary for developing a particular skill; 3) an approach to the academic orientation of a particular skill, and 4) unique aspects of teaching each skill. Moreover, all chapters incorporate two common sections: pre-reading questions at the beginning of the chapter in order to stimulate readers' interest in its content, and a section entitled suggested activities at the end of the chapter in order to allow readers put the ideas and concepts presented into practice. The accessible style and practical focus of the volume make it an ideal tool for teachers, teacher trainers, and teacher trainees who are involved in teaching the four language skills in a second or foreign language context.Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Strasse 13, 10785 Berlin 516 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Volume 9 mainly contains lectures from the 8th International Symposium on Byzantine Sigillography in October 2003, in Berlin. Besides the iconography of seals, much emphasis was placed on questions of Byzantine administration. Further, selected collections are presented, as well as a large number of new finds and new acquisitions.Walter de Gruyter, Genthiner Straße 13, 10785 Berlin 276 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The increasing globalization and centralization in the world is threatening the existence of a large number of smaller languages. In South Asia some locally dominant languages (e.g., Hindi, Urdu, Nepali) are gaining ground beside English at the expense of the lesser-known languages. Despite a long history of stable multilingualism, language death is not uncommon in the South Asian context. We do not know how the language situation in South Asia will be affected by modern information and communication technologies: Will cultural and linguistic diversity be strengthened or weakened as they become increasingly prevalent in all walks of life This volume brings together areas of research that so far do not interact to any significant extent: traditional South Asian descriptive linguistics and sociolinguistics, documentary linguistics, issues of intellectual and cultural property and fieldwork ethics, and language technology. Researchers working in the areas of documentary linguistics and language technology have become aware of each other in the last few years, and of how work in the other area could be potentially useful in furthering their own aims. Similarly, the insights of documentary linguistics are making their way into descriptive linguistics and sociolinguistics. However, the potential for synergy among these areas of research is almost limitless.This volume provides the reader, not so much with a do-it-yourself recipe for applying modern technology to the problem of language shift in South Asia today, but rather with some basic knowledge about the problems involved and some directions from which solutions could be forthcoming, a toolbox rather than a blueprint, for helping to shape the linguistic future of South Asia.Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Strasse 13, 10785 Berlin 396 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Grammar of the English Tense System forms the first volume of a four-volume set, The Grammar of the English Verb Phrase. The other volumes, to appear over the next few years, will deal with mood and modality, aspect and voice. The book aims to provide a grammar of tense which can be used both as an advanced reference grammar (for example by MA-level or postgraduate students of English or linguistics) and as a scientific study which can act as a basis for and stimulus to further research. It provides not only a wealth of data but also a unique framework for the study of the English tense system, which achieves great predictive and explanatory power on the basis of a limited number of relatively simple rules. The framework provided allows for an analysis of the semantics of individual tenses which reflects the role of tenses not only in locating situations in time relative to speech time but also in relating situations in time relative to one another to form temporally coherent discourse. Attention is paid to the relations between tenses. On the one hand, we can identify sets of tenses linked to particular temporal areas such as the past or the future. These sets of tenses provide for the expression of a system of temporal relations in a stretch of discourse in which all the situations are located within the same temporal area. On the other hand, there are many contexts in which speakers might in theory choose between two or more tenses to locate a situation (e.g., when we choose between the past tense and the present perfect to locate a situation before speech time), and the book examines the difference that a choice of one or the other tense may make within a discourse context. The book moves from a detailed exploration of the meaning and use of individual tenses to a thorough analysis of the way in which tenses can be seen to function together as sets, and finally to a detailed examination of tenses in, and tenses interacting with, temporal adverbials. Original data is used frequently throughout the book to illustrate the theory discussed. 856 pp. Englisch.…