peter lang okt 2022 (165 resultados)

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Apenas existen monografías centradas en el componente sociocultural de libros de texto de español como L2. Este estudio se centra en investigar dicho componente en nueve libros de texto de español como L2 publicados por editoriales españolas entre 2008-2018, dirigidos a adultos y adultos jóvenes, con fines generales, y pertenecientes a los niveles inicial, intermedio y avanzado. Los resultados indican que este componente difícilmente está bien fundamentado e informado y apenas contiene una estructura y organización adecuadas. No refleja la diversidad del mundo hispanohablante desde el punto de vista geopolítico, humano y social. La presencia de los usos sociolingüísticos del español es muy escasa. El nivel y el año de publicación no ejercen influencia en este componente. 144 pp. Spanisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -En la actualidad uno de los grandes retos de la educación es garantizar la inclusión y el acceso igualitario de todas las personas a ella. Este libro tiene como eje central la atención a la diversidad y la inclusión educativa, en cualquiera de los niveles de la educación. En el texto se recogen las contribuciones de diversos autores y autoras que abordan esta temática desde diferentes perspectivas y enfoques, ofreciendo aportaciones tanto teóricas como empíricas fruto del análisis, la reflexión y la investigación. 110 pp. Spanisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Tecnologías del yo. Mujer, sujeto y subjetividad es un volumen compuesto por doce ensayos que analizan las subjetividades a partir de textos de diversos registros discursivos, autorías y épocas. Aun cuando la mayoría de las investigaciones se centran en las obras literarias, sean estas poesía, novela, cuento, crónica y teatro, igualmente se da cabida a otros trabajos cuyo foco de atención se fija en las 'escrituras del yo', los diarios y la escritura creativa, o el arte. El objetivo común es hacer visibles a las mujeres como sujetos y desvelar la pluralidad de sus experiencias, lo que nos permite conocer cómo se construyen y deconstruyen las subjetividades. 262 pp. Spanisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Este libro es una exploración del pensamiento occidental que surgióde la fragua de las grandes escuelas filosóficas. En particular, analizadiversos fenómenos culturales o estudia la obra de determinados autoresimprescindibles para comprender la cultura europea en su conjuntodesde la Grecia clásica. Se trata del contexto para investigar la presenciade ritos, mitos, brujas e ideas religiosas en una Europa forjadagracias a sistemas filosóficos, pero también gracias a pensamientosnacidos de las corrientes filosóficas mayoritarias. Todo esto se explicaen tres partes: la primera, centrada en el mundo antiguo; la segundaen el cristianismo, y la tercera, en la recepción de las anteriores enEuropa hasta el siglo XVII. 230 pp. Spanisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -East Asia has been a growing focal point of geopolitical conflict since the 1940s, and today increasingly sits at the heart of the global economy and high tech as rising regional powers challenge the centuries-old primacy of the Western world. With half a millennium of Western dominated order in the region facing unprecedented challenges and possibly nearing its end, it is now more than ever essential to understand the history behind it and its objectives. This book undertakes the task of elucidating the complex and little-known history of the West¿s involvement in the Asia-Pacifi c, providing context critical to understanding contemporary developments.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 500 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -«The Disney Corporation has recently found itself embroiled in the so-called ¿Don¿t Say Gay¿ legislation debates in Florida. Disney, as both filmmaker and global conglomerate, remains a powerful force in representations of diversity in American culture. The essays in Neo-Disneyism include examinations of films such as Return to Neverland, Luca, and Encanto, and Disney¿s own reinterpretations of its classics in its live-action remakes, as well as examining the theme parks. This groundbreaking book offers new perspectives in Disney scholarship as well as bringing a critical eye to the most pressing issues of identity in our current time.»(Professor Johnson Cheu, Michigan State University)«This collection is a needed reassessment of Disney media adaptations in the last twenty years. The essays consider examples of inclusivity and the gaps needing transformation, underscoring the potential for an iconic American symbol of commercial success to advance social justice, gender equity, and racial/ethnic inclusivity, encouraging difficult conversations.»(Professor Pushpa Parekh, Spelman College)In 2003 Brenda Ayres published The Emperor¿s Old Groove: Decolonizing Disney¿s Magic Kingdom with Peter Lang. The contributors to its collection of essays argued that although the Disney Company had been making attempts to represent multicultural diversity, it persisted in inculcating insidious racial, cultural, and gender stereotypes. Nearly twenty years have passed since that analysis, and current scholars¿many of them young and non-Western¿are assessing more recent Disney films and finding them to be more inclusive, tolerant, and affirmative than previous works from the magic kingdom. The appraisal of Disney entertainment in the twenty-first century is the focus of the thirteen chapters by scholarly contributors from around the globe, finding it to be more inclusive, tolerant, and affirmative of multiple cultures, ethnicities, nationalities, and gender as well as the differently abled and mentally challenged. The analysis also suggests what Disney might yet do to promote peace, harmony, and wellbeing in a world that desperately needs to learn how to get along with others.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 368 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -God Talk: The Problem of Divine-Human Communication is a landmark publication, the first book to address the problem from the perspective of communication studies. In ten thought-provoking essays, communication scholars confront the 'God Problem' by describing diverse approaches they have used in field research to study groups that claim to hear God while also balancing respect for informants¿ claims with their own personal beliefs.\*\*\*The intelligence of this exceptional book is a perfect ten. The theoretical depth of every chapter reflects research brilliance. The authors¿ clarity with ideas, ancient and contemporary, is knowledge production at its substantive best.¿Clifford G. Christians, Research Professor of Communications Emeritus, University of IllinoisWhether your interests include communication theory, rhetorical criticism, ethnography, or theology, regardless of your faith tradition¿or absence of a faith tradition¿it is a stimulating read. I highly recommend it.¿Steven A. Beebe, Regents¿ and University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Texas State University; Past President, National Communication AssociationAs a religious communication scholar who also identifies as a theist-scholar, I found every chapter empowering, as they encourage the field to reconsider its positionality towards an area of scholarship that attempts to 'measure the immeasurable.' This book is a must!¿Tina M. Harris, Professor, Endowed Chair of Race, Media, and Cultural Literacy, Louisiana State UniversityGod Talk: The Problem of Divine-Human Communication is a timely contribution to religious communication and communication studies. The authors examine the absence of God in communication theory and in engagement with others. I highly recommend this relevant work.¿Ronald C. Arnett, Professor Emeritus, Duquesne UniversityA much-needed contribution to the growing body of research at the intersection of communication and religion, this scholarly volume gathers work from established and emerging scholars to address a long-standing issue in the field of religious communication: the conundrum of divine-human communication. ¿Janie M. H. Fritz, Duquesne University; Executive Director, Religious Communication AssociationBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 214 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Whether it¿s the Roosevelt administration¿s impact on the formation of the NCAA, the protest of the Vietnam War by Muhammad Ali, or the rise of rap and hip-hop in the 90s and its penetration of the NBA¿s image, American culture and politics have intersected regularly with sports. The impact of American politics and culture on the sports industry, and vice versa, is evident throughout the halls of history and, in particular, the 20th and 21st centuries mark an interesting period of time to explore this relationship. One avenue to be considered during this time is the amplification and growth of mass media and its role in framing these intersections of American pop culture, politics and the sports industry. Many of the values that Americans hold dear to their identity, such as activism and protest, capitalism, freedom of expression, and competition, are permeated through the history of collegiate and professional sports in the United States, and the media has played a role in shaping those opinions and values among Americans through its various outlets. The United States of Sport looks at how media outlets portrayed several of these intersections in politics, culture and sports, with each chapter highlighting a moment or phenomenon in American history and its direct or indirect impact on some aspect of the sports industry through the eyes of newspapers, magazines, television, radio and online news outlets.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 254 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book details the project 'Digital Citizenship Education for Democratic Participation' involving approximately 400 pre-school and primary school children, their families, teachers, and community members in a Lisbon locality. The research presented aims to answer the following question: To what extent can a local (and replicable) digital media literacy program empower preschool and primary-school-aged children to become active and effective citizens in the digital era Through this book, the authors share the steps taken during the project, including the main difficulties faced and the solutions found to overcome them as well as the project¿s sustainability.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 244 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Entre el Sur y el Norte highlights an important social problem within our education systems, which continue to rely on colonial models for teaching and learning. While scholars have offered critiques of schools as sites of social reproduction and schools as sites of educational inequality for students of color, few have examined the ways in which schools in the United States continue to promote colonial models of teaching and learning. This is particularly important given contemporary discourses of academic success that promote inclusion, diversity, and multiculturalism¿practices that are often framed within colonial perspectives of the 'other.' This book examines music as a site of anti-colonial resistance and decolonial praxis in schools.Grounded on the premise that education is a political act, the authors draw from creative forms and styles that problematize what decolonial scholars call the 'colonial matrix of power' in shaping the Latino subaltern experience. Using music as a political and aesthetic expression against empire, the authors argue that the study of Latinx musical forms offers students possibilities to critique and delink from coloniality in their everyday lives.Committed to decoloniality as a political, epistemological, and spiritual project, the authors are intent on creating spaces that value transcultural understanding and solidarity between and across subaltern peoples of the Global North and the Global South, with particular attention to Chicanas and Chicanos and Latinas and Latinos in the United States and other peoples in the hemisphere. Musical forms provide ways to critically explore and engage in decolonial horizons that break silences, disrupt dominant narratives, and create a transformative consciousness among our students, particularly around issues of economic globalization, immigrant rights, cultural resistance, ethnic relations, poverty, and educational inequality in the Americas.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 250 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book presents the economic populism in British and American political discourse providing a current insight into the way Boris Johnson and Donald Trump communicate with the general public by raising fears over national security, immigration and technological advances. It shows how politicians asked for populism despite its poor economic record by using the same narrative of Conservatism. Unlike other books in the field which broadly discuss different aspects of populism, this book is the first in-depth analysis of economic populism containing political discourse studies. The recent populist discussion has started dominating the political arena in many countries. Hence, it seems that there is a need for a book that will explain the economic populism by showing its true nature. 176 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Face aux incertitudes grandissantes, l'action publique, et particulièrement les politiques environnementales, reposent sur la mobilisation massive de scientifiques. Ils sont enrôlés pour élaborer des expertises nationales mais également pour répondre à des problèmes à l'échellelocale. Avec la construction des politiques environnementales depuis les années 1960, des conseils scientifiques se sont alors multipliés sur le territoire. Leur foisonnement - une spécialité française - en fait un lieu d'observation privilégié pour étudier l'évolution des rapports entre natures, sciences et sociétés. Ils étaient pourtant jusqu'à présent inconnus. Cet ouvrage propose une sociologie des conseils scientifiques, en décrivant leur fonctionnement, leur organisation et leurs missions afin de les situer dans le domaine de l'expertise et de mieux appréhender leur rôle effectif dans la gouvernance de la nature. Pour appréhender son aspect foncièrement territorial, l'enquête nous emmène dans les Alpes au sein de trois conseils de parc et de réserves naturelles (Ecrins, Vercors et Haute-Savoie) pour plonger au sein du monde bureaucratique et professionnel de la gestion de la nature. Des problèmes extrêmement concrets lié à l'aménagement ou la concertation entre activités, la gestion d'espèces, chassées ou protégées, ou la préservation de patrimoines figurent aux ordres du jour. Les membres d'un conseil, une vingtaine, confrontent alors leurs traditions disciplinaires, leurs éthiques et représentations pour éclairer l'action et négocier des façons de protéger la biodiversité. L'enquête dépeint les rôles et places ambiguës de ces avis, qui fournissent aux gestionnaires des arguments scientifiquement fondés pour accepter, refuser ou modifier des aménagements. L'implication de ces scientifiques dans l'action publique diverge ainsi à la fois de l'expertise classique et du militantisme et illustre d'autres rapports au politique, certes plus discrets, mais fondés sur des relations à des personnes et des lieux. 222 pp. Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Framed into the broader conceptual debate that addresses the controversialrole of human rights in the foreign policies of states, this bookaims to critically investigate whether, how and to what extent humanrights matter in the definition of Italy¿s external action. The focus of thisstudy, which considers a period ranging from the end of the Cold Warto the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, is placed on the whole ¿humanrights component¿ of foreign policy, which is intended as the combinationof three dimensions that are part of the same policy effort butcan analytically be distinguished among them: ¿institutional dialogue¿;¿multilateral initiative¿ and ¿bilateral emphasis¿. This book investigatesthe consistency of this whole foreign policy component between thecontent and scope of the human rights discourse of Italian foreign policymakers domestically and internationally and the actual efforts putin place by the country to advance the global human rights agenda, itsinstitutions and procedures in both multilateral and bilateral settings.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 186 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -'One must assume we are all familiar with what is commonly called ¿education.¿' This is how Schleiermacher begins his famous 1826 lecture on the Art of Education. But in proceeding further¿and unlike Rousseau or Locke before him¿Schleiermacher carefully avoids assuming that education is primarily about a return to nature or about 'soundness' of mind and body. Education is instead an ethical and political undertaking and a pragmatic art whose ultimate object and morality has differed greatly over time. It is exercised as a form of practical influence of the older generation on the younger: 'A significant part of the activity of the older generation extends toward the younger,' Schleiermacher reasons, and it 'is more complete and perfect the more it is governed by an idea of what should happen¿the more it has an exemplar to guide its action¿the more it is an art.' This book offers these and other insights on education¿long canonical in Central and Northern Europe¿for the first time to an English audience. It also provides five chapters by scholars in education and its history that discuss various aspects of Schleiermacher¿s lecture.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 236 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The American educational system, because it is based in behaviorist rather than progressivist philosophy, has not well-served the development of a citizenry capable of effective participation in the democratic decision-making process, the remedy being the progressivist methods described in the later chapters of Progressive Education for Democratic Society. The mistreatment of mind in schools, historically, is intentional, the consequence being the use of curriculum and methods that are intended to inculcate students in a manufactured truth rather than promote the development of critical thinking skills necessary for assessing the truth value of contents. While this emphasis does not educate students to be critically thoughtful participants in the societal decision-making process, it does pave the way for passive acceptance of an unfair and inequitable economic system, its beneficiaries the few and the wealthy while the masses are kept content and relatively subdued. Progressive educational methods are described and promoted as means for the creation of a sane and humane democratic society. These methods are student-centered, the student the creator of meaningful knowledge developed by treating information analytically in order to discover inherent truth value¿this, the basis for effective decision-making as an individual and as a member of a democratic society. Freedom and responsibility are the linchpins of a free and, at the same time, humane society, responsibility leading to voluntary curtailment of freedom, enough so that all may enjoy the benefits of a free society. The book discusses issues of proper and improper authority in order to argue for schools in which students know how to benefit from the proper and challenge the improper.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 298 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -La obra examina modelos de Public Private Partnerships (PPP) en procedimientos de planeación administrativa en las actividades de transmisión, generación y distribución de energía (suministro de energía) en perspectiva comparada entre Alemania y Colombia. En el campo de la transmisión de energía eléctrica, se analiza la PPP que se configura entre el Übertragungsnetzbetreiber (ÜBN, Operador de red de transmisión) y la Bundesnetzagentur (Agencia Federal de Redes, BNetzA) en el trámite establecido en la ley de economía de energía (EnWG) para la planeación de las redes de transmisión en Alemania. El estudio en Alemania de estos modelos de PPP se hace mucho más relevante en el marco de la aceleración de la transición energética causada por la coyuntura causada por la guerra en Ucrania. 304 pp. Spanisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The subject of the publication is the European Union's (EU) policy towards the countries of the Global South. The book focuses on the EU's external response to COVID-19 intentionally ignoring the topic of pandemic management in relation to Member States and the EU's single market. The publication aims to validate the hypothesis that the European Union has tapped into the pandemic to increase its role in international relations and influence the countries of the Global South. The goal of the publication was to highlight EU actions supporting Global South countries in combating the pandemic regionally dimension. Research methods characteristic of social studies were applied in the publication, including observation, source and statistical methods. 164 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Face aux incertitudes grandissantes, l¿action publique, et particulièrement les politiques environnementales, reposent sur la mobilisation massive de scientifiques. Ils sont enrôlés pour élaborer des expertises nationales mais également pour répondre à des problèmes à l¿échellelocale. Avec la construction des politiques environnementales depuis les années 1960, des conseils scientifiques se sont alors multipliés sur le territoire. Leur foisonnement - une spécialité française - en fait un lieu d¿observation privilégié pour étudier l¿évolution des rapports entre natures, sciences et sociétés. Ils étaient pourtant jusqüà présent inconnus. Cet ouvrage propose une sociologie des conseils scientifiques, en décrivant leur fonctionnement, leur organisation et leurs missions afin de les situer dans le domaine de l¿expertise et de mieux appréhender leur rôle effectif dans la gouvernance de la nature. Pour appréhender son aspect foncièrement territorial, l¿enquête nous emmène dans les Alpes au sein de trois conseils de parc et de réserves naturelles (Ecrins, Vercors et Haute-Savoie) pour plonger au sein du monde bureaucratique et professionnel de la gestion de la nature. Des problèmes extrêmement concrets lié à l¿aménagement ou la concertation entre activités, la gestion d¿espèces, chassées ou protégées, ou la préservation de patrimoines figurent aux ordres du jour. Les membres d¿un conseil, une vingtaine, confrontent alors leurs traditions disciplinaires, leurs éthiques et représentations pour éclairer l¿action et négocier des façons de protéger la biodiversité. L¿enquête dépeint les rôles et places ambiguës de ces avis, qui fournissent aux gestionnaires des arguments scientifiquement fondés pour accepter, refuser ou modifier des aménagements. L¿implication de ces scientifiques dans l¿action publique diverge ainsi à la fois de l¿expertise classique et du militantisme et illustre d¿autres rapports au politique, certes plus discrets, mais fondés sur des relations à des personnes et des lieux.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 222 pp. Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -In the eighteenth century, Ireland¿s elite could choose from a wide range of wines, but their favourite was claret ¿ the red wine of Bordeaux. Whereas Britain¿s wine drinkers turned to port in this period, and Americäs elite filled their glasses with Madeira, in Ireland, claret flowed in the social world of the privileged classes. This book looks back to earliest times to trace the story of how and why a French wine became what Jonathan Swift fondly called «Irish wine». Exploring the social life of claret in Georgian Ireland through a range of period sources reveals the social meanings attached to this wine and expands our knowledge of Ireland¿s fascinating food history.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 348 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Que signifie la réconciliation dans les relations internationales Les seize contributions ici réunies interrogent l¿histoire de la notion et les mots utilisés pour la dire, dans une double perspective d¿histoire culturelle du politique et d¿histoire sociale des concepts. Les auteurs traitent de situations diverses dans l¿Europe centre-orientale et balkanique comme dans l¿Ouest du continent et multiplient les prismes d¿observation : juridique, littéraire, sociétal, politique ou diplomatique. On saisit la pluralité des acteurs qui portent l¿idée de réconciliation et ses articulations avec la paix, l¿amitié et d¿autres notions voisines. Si les études portant sur la fin du XXe siècle ont souligné la centralité de la mémoire dans les processus de réconciliation, l¿objectif est ici d¿analyser la période précédente : dans quelle mesure l¿idée westphalienne selon laquelle la paix nécessite l¿oubli ou le silence impacte-t-elle encore les conceptions aux XIXe et premier XXe siècle À quel moment se produit le basculement entre des¿traités « de paix et d¿amitié » et des traités de paix sans réconciliation Il s¿agit alors d¿analyser comment les sociétés se sont appropriées la réconciliation avant, pendant et après la Première Guerre mondiale. L¿entre-deux-guerres est marqué par des initiatives nombreuses et variées, mais aussi par la mainmise des milieux fascistes sur le terme, ce qui devait conduire au refoulement momentané d¿un concept discrédité après 1945. Quels milieux ont alors ¿uvré à la réémergence progressive de la notion dans un sens nouveau Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 358 pp. Französisch, Deutsch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book examines US-Swiss relations in the context of Swiss banking secrecy and Holocaust related claims from World War II until the end of the 1990s. During World War II, Switzerland had been purchasing Reichsbank¿s gold and safeguarded the assets of the victims of Nazi Germany. This deeply impacted US-Swiss relations in the 1990s, and fueled a major conflict over dormant accounts and heirless assets of Holocaust victims. The US pressured Switzerland for Holocaust restitution using economic sanctions and a negative PR campaign. This culminated in a billion-dollar settlement, a reevaluation of wartime history by the Swiss, and a blow to Switzerland¿s international image. This book analyzes US policy towards Switzerland as a case of projection of US economic, as opposed to military power. 262 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book analyzes how the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, one of the most well-known actors within the humanitarian sector, has responded to the expanding humanitarian needs. The Movement of today not only cares for the wounded and the sick on the battlefields, but also responds to disasters triggered by natural and man-made hazard, engaging in a wide health and social program, as well as in rehabilitation and recovery efforts. Recent debate has forced the Movement to reflect on the scope of its current response. The analysis of the issues currently shaping the provision of humanitarian assistance is followed by a discussion of how they affect the Movement, its operational work in armed conflict, emergencies linked to natural hazards, as well as in times of peace. 286 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Recent decades of studies have been human-centred while zooming in on cognition, verbal choices and performance. (¿) [and] have provided interesting results, but which often veer towards quantity rather than quality findings. The new reality, however, requires new directions that move towards a humanism that is rooted in holism, stressing that a living organism needs to refocus in order to see the self as a part of a vast ecosystem.Dr Izabela Dixon, Koszalin University of Technology, PolandThis volume is a collection of eight chapters by different authors focusing on ecolinguistics. It is preceded by a preface (.) underlin[ing] the presence of ecolinguistics as a newly-born linguistic theory and practice, something that explains the mosaic of content and method in the various chapters, with a more coherent approach being the aim for future research.Prof. Harald Ulland, Bergen University, Norway 178 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The prophecy of Hananiah in Jeremiah 28, presents a typical example of the phenomenon of misleading prophecies that existed in Judah during the politically unstable period leading to the exile of 586 B.C. A similar situation as the one that existed in the days of Hananiah, exists among Christians in the contemporary society of Abuja, Nigeria. Hence, the study investigates how the text of Jeremiah 28 can help amend the attitude of Christians in Abuja towards prophecy. The author employs the historical critical method of exegesis in the study of the text of Jeremiah 28. Then he uses the social survey method in fieldwork to collate data from Christians in Abuja. The study demonstrates that the phenomenon of misleading prophecy among Christians in Abuja is a deliberate action on the part of some Christian Ministers in Abuja who prey on the susceptibility of some Christians in Abuja due to their materialist-oriented Christianity. Consequently, the study recommends that Christians should shun the attitude of constituting certain Christian Ministers into demigods thereby shackling themselves to every whim of such Christian Ministers and making themselves susceptible to misleading prophecies from such Christian Ministers whenever they occur.Lang, Peter GmbH, Gontardstraße 11, 10178 Berlin 222 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The book provides a significant insight into the complex process of English loanword adaptation in Russian. It is based on an in-depth analysis and comparison of a rich body of experimental data on the adaptation of both established and online loans of those English sounds absent from Russian phonemic inventory. The analysis is couched within the Optimality-Theoretic framework. The uncovered patterns offer valuable contribution to the ongoing debate on loanword phonology. 286 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This unique volume focuses on religion and spirituality, along with rituals, practices and symbols, discussed and analysed from a semiotic perspective. It covers both cognitive and social dimensions of religious practices and beliefs, various aspects of spirituality, multiple forms of representation, as well as spheres of religious beliefs and practices. The volume is an outcome of the Signum-Idea-Verbum-Opus project initiated by Umberto Ecös keynote address during his visit at the University of ¿ód¿ in 2015. More theoretical insights and further explorations into contemporary semiosphere can be found in Current Perspectives in Semiotics: Signs, Signification and Communication and Current Perspectives in Semiotics: Texts, Genres and Representations, published by Peter Lang. 468 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This volume is addressed to a wide range of scholars interested in the use of digital tools and methods in the humanities. Readers can find examples of new instruments and workflows which attest successful applications of the digital humanities techniques to some (traditional) problems in the scholarship of several disciplines. In addition, the focus on Romance language applications, while capturing specific language processing and analysis challenges, turns this volume into a valuable reference work. 252 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book aims at exploring in a long historical perspective and in a wide historical context the reactions of political institutions and players towards new media and new forms of communication, as well as their strategies in order to combat and/or exploit their effects and potential. This is an original and innovative attempt to combine traditional approaches to the history of the media and politics with studies that aim to directly provide some historical perspective on contemporary preoccupations with ¿fake news¿ and manipulation of public opinion. Addressing these topics by focusing on specific events and specific contexts as case studies allows us to connect the hic et nunc dimension with the general trend of the history and verify the particular effects of general long-term trends.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 232 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Whilst there is a significant and growing body of literature on teacher resilience, there is considerably less literature on why long service career teachers choose to stay in their profession. This book aims to explore, through the personal narratives of four resilient long service teachers, why this might be and it has implications for school leaders, pupil attainment, policy makers, ITE educators and of course, both pre-service and inservice teachers. The book identifies key themes and lessons which emerge from their stories and makes a number of recommendations which may benefit a range of stakeholders, not the least of which are teachers themselves. Throughout this book, which is based on the author¿s doctoral research, the concept of teacher professional identity emerges as a framework which offers considerable promise to those investigating the resilience of teachers. This book contends that the manifestation of a professional identity, which enables teachers to construct, reconstruct and manage multiple identities over time, will be crucial to teachers¿ ongoing resilience if they are to continue to function purposefully and effectively, in the future.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 260 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Este volumen estudia la variación de los pretéritos perfectos simple y compuestoen español europeo partiendo de muestras de habla rural recogidas en GaliciaAsturias, Cantabria y la mitad oeste de Castilla y León. A nivel geográfico, sedetectan diversos sistemas de uso que informan de una transición gradual desdela innovadora norma central, donde el compuesto se halla plenamente asentadoa la arcaica del noroccidente, donde el simple es prácticamente el único pasadoconocido. El estudio muestra cómo esta distribución resulta de la cristalizaciónen distintos estadios del proceso diacrónico de estabilización del compuestocuya variación se explica analizando la incidencia de variables como el Aktionsartla complementación, la polaridad, la persona gramatical y el priming sintáctico.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 586 pp. Spanisch.