On Deixis in English and Polish
Extraits
Non classé
Ambivalence and Irony in the Works of Joseph Roth
Did Joseph Roth, the socialist, revolutionary and sceptic, become a monarchist, reactionary and believer ? This work attributes the contradictory manifestations in the life and personality of Roth to the attitude of ambivalence and irony that characterised him and his generation. The historical and intellectual situation that led to the dominance of this attitude and Roth's susceptibility to it due to the circumstances of his life are discussed. A meticulous study of Roth's letters, journalistic work and novels follows substantiating the thesis advanced.
12/1984
Non classé
Participation and Litigation Rights of Environmental Associations in Europe
This book assembles the revised papers of an international conference and thus offers a comprehensive comparative overview of the participation and litigation rights of environmental associations in Europe. This is supplemented by a compilation of the relevant statutory law in force. Besides the legal background, the focus of interest is above all on practical experience with participation and litigation rights from the point of view of the environmental associations.The contributions show that the effectivity of group actions is extremely high. In none of the analysed countries were there the slightest indications of any undue strain being placed on the judicial system by this instrument. There can be no doubt that the participation and litigation rights of environmental organizations are important instruments in reducing the enforcement deficit in environmental protection. With a view to the fact that Europe is growing more and more into one entity, the need of participation of environmental NGO's on the European level becomes a pressing necessity.
10/1991
Sociologie
Ethnicity, Structured Inequality, and the State in Canada and the Federal Republic of Germany
This volume focuses on the reshaping of ethnicity in Berlin and Toronto that resulted from the economic stagnation, industrial restructuring, and return to conservative government in Canada and the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1980s. It addresses a broad range of issues crystalizing around ethnicity, inequality, and the state. It approaches these problems using such diverse methods as systems theory, questionnaires, interviews, various quantitative measures, and historical analysis. Ethnicity is discussed as it functions at the workplace, in the family, in neighborhoods, in immigrant and other organizations, and in the immigrants' relation to the state through its mediating bureaucracies.
06/1991
Non classé
In Another Tongue
This collection of essays brings together some of the most perceptive of Devy's essays on Indian English Literature, literary criticism, translation theory and Commonwealth criticism. They offer a historical perspective on the literary culture of Indian literature written in English. The areas of Indian English literature discussed in this volume range from fiction, poetry, criticism to travelogue, autobiography and translation. It pays special attention to literary historiography and literary criticism.
06/1993
Anglais apprentissage
Young Learners
Resource Books for Teachers give guidance on the key aspects of language teaching, and provide examples and discussion of actual classroom materials and techniques. This new primary sub-series, in a larger format, specifically addresses the needs of primary teachers, teacher trainers, and trainee teachers. Each book contains guidance for the teacher, 6o to 100 activities for primary children, and up to 20 photocopiable worksheets. The activities are explained clearly and simply, with aims, age range, and level clearly laid out. Young Learners is based on the principle that primary teachers of English have a much wider responsibility than the simple teaching of the language system. The English class is not only a place where children learn English ; it also forms part of their whole education. This book provides teachers with a rich source of ideas for English lessons. It contains ideas and materials for activities such as making posters, books, and cards ; making and playing with board games and puppets, as well as drama, songs, and stories. It includes helpful hints for teachers new to young Learners, for instance on the use of English in the classroom, and feedback from learners.
01/1993
Pédagogie
Media and Education in the Digital Age
This book is an invitation to informed and critical participation in the current debate on the role of digital technology in education and a comprehensive introduction to the most relevant issues in this debate. After an early wave of enthusiasm about the emancipative opportunities of the digital "revolution" in education, recent contributions invite caution, if not scepticism. This collection rejects extreme interpretations and establishes a conceptual framework for the critical questioning of this role in terms of concepts, assessments and subversions. This book offers conceptual tools, ideas and insights for further research. It also provides motivation and information to foster active participation in debates and politics and encourages teachers, parents and learners to take part in the making of the future of our societies.
07/2014
Histoire internationale
Outlawry, Governance, and Law in Medieval England
Outlawry, Governance, and Law in Medieval England evaluates the role of exclusionary practices, namely outlawry, in law and governance in England from the tenth through the thirteenth centuries. Traditional historical narratives dismiss exile, outlawry, and banishment as ineffective and weak methods of maintaining social order. More specifically, the pres¬ent volume reassesses these forms of exclusion in matters of politics, law, and society, as well as their influence on increased use of imprisonment in later medieval England. Outlawry, Governance, and Law in Medieval England is essential reading for scholars working in this field but is also highly recommended as a text for courses that assess medieval law and the practice of outlawry as well as the development of English Common Law.
10/2013
Histoire et Philosophiesophie
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
More than ever before Japan is committed to becoming a science and technology-oriented nation. With the challenge of the Asian economic crisis in the late 1 990s, there is pressure on the Japanese economy to change. Japan continues to turn to science and technology to safeguard its future, but there is more than one path to follow. A team of three leading scholars in the field explore the dynamic relationship between science, technology and Japanese society, examining how it has contributed to economic growth and the well-being of the Japanese people. They ask if there is anything distinctively Japanese about Japanese science, in terms of both its development and application.
This book presents a synthesis of recent debates by juxtaposing competing views about the role and direction of science, technology and medical care in Japan. Much of the book looks at government policy, the role of the private sector, and the response of concerned citizens. Other topics discussed include computers and communication, quality control and the automobile industry, the aerospace industry, the environment, consumer electronics, changes in medical care, and the role of gender.
Part I explores the features of the Japanese model of research and development. It differentiates between basic and applied research and considers the question of cooperation versus competition in national R&D projects. Part 2 focuses on the relevance of science and technology to economic growth, and Part 3 examines the impact of globalisation on the flow of science and technology in and out of Japan. Part 4 critiques the concept of 'national interest', arguing that supposed national goals are often determined by powerful institutional or corporate groups with particular vested interests.
This book is an ideal introductory text for students in the sociology of science and technology, the history and philosophy of science, and Japanese studies. Up-to-date research and contemporary case studies make this an invaluable resource for readers interested in the nature of science and technology in the twenty-first century.
01/1999
Non classé
Widows in Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Britain
This volume provides a comprehensive study of widowhood in Medieval Britain based on literary and historical sources from the seventh to the fifteenth centuries. The book is divided into two parts : the first deals with the Anglo-Saxon period, the second with the Medieval period. Because widows shared certain preoccupations specific to their status, the two parts deal with similar topics : the fundamental role played by the Church in the doctrine of marriage, and the dominant male discourse about widows. Widows had a specific legal status : special laws affected their lives and their relationships with their children and other relatives. Much attention is consequently devoted to family structures and to the legal and social aspects of inheritance. The volume also explores the various options widowhood offered and the highly debated degree of independence widows had in their life choices.
10/2008
Mathématiques
Statistical and Data Handling Skills in Biology
All biologists need to be able to handle numbers, yet students of biology often approach this topic fearfully. This guide helps to, develop key skills for the study of biology in the minimum time through guided practise.
Statistical and Data Handling Skills in Biology is an easy-to-use handbook which concentrates on essentials. It explains why certain mathematical concepts can help in biology and describes them in simple language and pictures with few equations. Numerous worked examples and problems from real biological situations are provided. The book first shows how to handle numbers and S.I. units. It then explains why variation is such a problem in biology and shows how to use statistical tests to separate real effects from the background variation. Finally it explains how to choose appropriate statistical tests to, analyse data and how to improve the design of experiments. Students will develop confidence in dealing with numbers by working through the problems provided.
Key features include:
- takes a biological viewpoint;
- clear, concise coverage of essential concepts;
- helpful explanations and pictures with a minimum of equations;
- step-by-step guides to statistical tests;
- guidance on using computer-based statistical packages;
- decision charts for choosing statistical tests;
- worked examples and problems, with solutions provided.
This book makes an ideal companion for biologists at all levels, as a text for elementary courses for sixth form and first year undergraduate students, a self-study guide, or as a laboratory handbook for the working biologist.
01/2000
Non classé
Empirical Issues in Formal Syntax and Semantics
The present volume is a collection of studies devoted to major issues in contemporary syntax and semantics : in particular, argument structure, ellipsis, negation and scope. The papers included, which represent a number of formally rigorous contemporary frameworks, bring out new facts from a large variety of languages as well as novel solutions to a broad range of analytic puzzles. Part One illustrates the major ways in which argument structure is used and conceptualized. Part Two provides new perspectives on ellipsis, applying concepts and tools developed for focus, questions and quantification. Part Three introduces a number of novel proposals for the representation of scope, considerably enlarging the empirical domain of scope relations. These studies are unusual in that they combine an enthusiasm for detailed syntactic and semantic data and a serious concern for formal rigor. They discuss data from a wide variety of languages, including Japanese, Bulgarian, French, Greek, English, Italian, German, Hungarian, Inuit and Western Austronesian languages. The main themes of the book include negation, argument structure, ellipsis, indefinites, telicity, presuppositions, modality and quantification.
10/1997
Non classé
Henry VIII in History, Historiography and Literature
If this anthology on the literary appreciation of the life and times of Henry VIII can show how history, historiography and the history of literature are woven together as threads in a tapestry, if this book can show how varied the sources are from which historical images are fed, especially those of significant historical figures, then it will have surely fulfilled its purpose.
01/1993
Non classé
Lenz and Büchner: Studies in Dramatic Form
This study challenges Volker Klotz's widely accepted notion that the plays of Lenz and Büchner are seminal or exemplary open form dramas. This involves an account of the theory of the open and closed form, its origins in art-historical writings and German "Geistesgeschichte", its implications and place in recent criticism of drama. This leads to close studies of (a) the major plays of J.M.R Lenz (Der Hofmeister, Die Soldaten) the emphasis being on the dramatic structure, suggesting a rarely appreciated development in dramatic technique ; and (b) Georg Btechnique ; and (b) Georg Büchner's Dantons Tod (complexity of dramatic structure, presence of dramatic conflict, absence of open ending) and Woyzeck, where particular attention is devoted to the order of scenes and unsolved editorial problems, reference being made to the newly published facsimile edition of the manuscripts.
12/1984
Non classé
Practice and Problems in Language Testing 1
The First International Symposium of the Interuniversitäre Sprachtestgruppe at the Bundessprachenamt, Hürth, brought together a group of experts in language testing from a wide variety of backgrounds. This volume contains selected papers from the meeting and represents a broad range of topics in language testing, from Bernard Spolsky's paper on ethical questions, to Madeline Lutjeharms' contribution dealing with testing in a multilingual context, Nicolas Ferguson's computerized approach to oral assessment, and Günter Trost's and Horst Bickel's research into aptitude testing. The lively and often critical discussions following these and the other papers by Joseph Rohrer, Douglas K. Stevenson, Jan van Weeren, Wieland and Ulrich Raatz, Helmut J. Vollmer and Veronica Smith/Christine Klein-Braley are included, as is the panel discussion among several of the experts present.
12/1981
Non classé
Agricultural Transformation and Social Change in Africa
The book includes presentations made to the Inter University Center's (IUC) conference on "Agricultural Transformation in Africa during the 1990's - Present Performance and Future Trends", June 1991 in Dubrovnik. With agriculture becoming a major issue of development studies, the contributors tried to develop a comprehensive and inter-disciplinary approach to analyse trends, causes, and the development potential of structural changes and agricultural transformation policies in Africa.
01/1993
Romans, témoignages & Co
Gwen and Art are not in love
La princesse Gwen aime la chevaleresse Bridget qui l'aime bien en retour. Art, le promis de Gwen aime quant à lui le doux Gabriel, le futur monarque et le frère de Gwen, qui ne sait pas si par hasard il ne serait pas aussi très attiré par le fantasque Art. Oups ! Ce n'est pas ainsi que c'est censé se passer. Il y a à l'évidence un énorme problème au royaume de Camelot, car Gwen et Art doivent se marier et avoir beaucoup d'enfants pour le bien du royaume... Or, Gwen et Art ne s'aiment pas, mais vraiment pas du tout. Comment ce petit monde va-t-il se débrouiller pour être heureux et ne pas détruire Camelot ?
10/2023
Géographie
HUAHINE : Une île en polynésie / An island in french Polynesia
Située à 175 km de Tahiti, 45 km de Raiatea l'île voisine, et 82 km de Bora Bora l'île chère à Paul-Emile Victor, Huahine est qualifiée de rebelle, sauvage, authentique, autant par les touristes qui y séjournent que par le peuple polynésien lui-même. Autour de légendes du temps passé et de photographies d'aujourd'hui, découvrez au fil de ces pages une perle de la Polynésie. Located 175 km North from Tahiti, 45 km East from the neighbouring island Raiatea, and 82 km from Bora Bora the island cherished by Paul-Emile Victor, Huahine is qualified as rebel, wild and authentic, bot from the polynesian people and the tourists who come to visit it. In this book through legends from the past and photographs from nowadays, you will discover this gem from french Polynesia.
04/2013
Littérature française
Hold on, John ! Un voyage en Plastic Ono Band
Hold on, John ! Un voyage en Plastic Ono Band est une expédition radicale au coeur d'un océan dévissé, un voyage aux points de franchissements intimes entre le sujet et l'objet ; une descente, déterminée, dans le tumulte de l'oeuvre profonde. Hold on, John (...) est un retour extrême à la proie du doute ; à l'humanité, ce pont au-dessus d'un abîme où la Vie veut le chemin vertigineux pour le plein dessaisissement de l'illusion, pour un dépassement ; un pont jeté par et par-delà le discours, tant la vie ne se dit pas, ou, s'il se doit d'en dire quelque chose, en résonnant, sans raisonner. La prose poétique de Guylian Dai se fait cette voie étroite d'une Promesse, "au plus près du don" .
04/2021
Thèmes photo
Glauque-Land. 25 ans d'Urbex en France
En 25 ans, Timothy Hannem, auteur du site de référence www. glauqueland. com, lancé en 2001, a urbexé plus de 350 lieux abandonnés. Dans ce livre il présente les 56 sites mythiques ou inédits qui l'ont le plus marqué en France : de l'usine Renault sur l'île Seguin au "Manoir de Hurlevent" , en faisant le choix original, parallèlement au récit de son exploration, de faire parler les gens qui ont vécu dans ces lieux, sur la base d'une documentation glanée au fil des ans. Une approche inédite et originale qui célèbre la poésie et l'imaginaire propres à l'exploration urbaine et aux ruines. Inclus : pour chaque lieu, une exploration "immersive" guidée, en images, où l'auteur partage sensations & anecdotes, avec le talent qui a fait son succès.
10/2023
Non classé
The Connection between Base Structure and Linearization Restrictions in German and Dutch
Recently, generative linguists have been concentrating on underlying principles of grammar rather than dealing with the connection between surface data and base structure. This book is an attempt to establish that connection by writing a grammar of the German and Dutch sentence. Moreover, it stresses the value of the Topological Fields Theory as a "prefiguration" of later transformational analyses.
12/1986
Méthodes adultes Anglais
Comment éviter les 100 pires erreurs en anglais ? English with Maud
Quelles sont les astuces pour progresser rapidement et efficacement en anglais ? Quelles sont les erreurs à éviter absolument ? Avec ses explications simples et ses astuces amusantes, Maud vous donne tous ses conseils pour ne plus faire d'erreurs ! Déjouez les 100 erreurs les plus courantes en anglais et entraînez-vous avec des quiz ludiques et des exemples concrets.
09/2023
Littérature érotique et sentim
Exile and Identity in Autobiographies of Twentieth-Century Spanish Women
In Exile and Identity in Autobiographies of Twentieth-Century Spanish Women, Karla P. Zepeda studies the experience of exile and its effects on identity in three autobiographies : In Place of Splendor by Constancia de la Mora, Memoria de la melancolía by María Teresa León, and Seis anos de mi vida by Federica Montseny. These three prominent Spanish women of the Second Republic became exiles at the conclusion of the Spanish Civil War due to the onset of the Francisco Franco regime. The political expatriation caused their relocation into various countries : the United States, France, Argentina, and Italy. The repositioning initiated a process of self-reinvention, as the women come in contact with social circumstances prompting new versions of self. Through their works, these women negotiate their identity in relation to the lost homeland and the new locale. Exile and Identity in Autobiographies of Twentieth-Century Spanish Women examines the diverse character of diaspora, the social transactions deployed in a variety of circumstances, and the self-negotiations elicited in social interactions. Identity proves to be an intentional re-creation of self, enacted in particular circumstances, and negotiated as a response to social conditions.
05/2012
Non classé
Educational Alternatives and the Determination of Earnings in Brazilian Industry
The major objective of the study reported in this book was to determine the effects of alternative forms of education on the earnings distribution of factory workers employed in an industrializing area. The data were collected from life-history interviews conducted in northeastern Brazil and were analyzed using a variety of statistical approaches, including path-analytic techniques. The findings provide a basis for better understanding education/labor market relationships and for using education (both in-school and extra-school) as an effective instrument for individual and societal development.
12/1993
Non classé
The Arrest of Ships in German and South African Law
The study compares ship arrest in German and South African law. It shows that in certain fields South African and German provisions do not deviate or are at least substantially similar. This fact makes the application of both laws easier for litigants and lawyers, either for South Africans in Germany or Germans in South Africa. The book contains a selection of articles, forms, paragraphs and sections applicable in the case of ship arrest.
03/1991
Non classé
Modern Mathematical Methods in Diffraction Theory and its Applications in Engineering
In 1896 A. Sommerfeld published his famous paper "Zur Theorie der Diffraktion" in vol. 47 of the "Mathematische Annalen". His investigations initiated the study of boundary value problems in scattering theory. A long series of research works on general mixed boundary value problems sprang up then. Boundary integral equations together with the Wiener-Hopf method have been generalized and are now a basis for analytical and numerical studies by many mathematicians and engineers working on wave diffraction problems. Commemorating the centenary of Sommerfeld's paper, the aim of this conference is to join the experts and young researchers to present surveys and new results.
07/1997
Littérature française
Land's end
Photographe professionnelle reconnue, Julie tente depuis des années de se réaliser dans tous les domaines de sa vie, malgré un traumatisme d’enfance qui la hante. Elle décide de tout quitter du jour au lendemain pour partir s’installer dans un endroit des plus reculés d’Angleterre : Land’s End. Cette aventure lui réservera bien des surprises… Une histoire de burn-out, de changement de vie radical, sur fond de spiritualité, de questionnement personnel, de voyage, de nature.
10/2019
Musique
Second hand band
Groupe d'occasion Etat : Neuf Second Hand Band c'est une conversation entre deux époques : 2015, leur 1er groupe, et 2022, leur version actualisée. Entre ces deux périodes, chacun est allé parfaire son élocution à grand renfort de voyages et d'apprentissage, et revient enrichir la conversation avec de nouvelles couleurs en gardant le même plaisir de jouer ensemble. Ils cultivent sur ce disque leur goût pour le jazz, le rock, le blues, la funk et des inspirations du Portugal, d'Espagne, d'Irlande et d'Inde en invitant Leïla Taïga sur un titre.
09/2023
Non classé
The Anglo-Welsh Dialects of North Wales
This book is the first major study of the English spoken in North Wales. It presents a full description of the English speech of the native 60-plus age group in the counties of Gwynedd and Clwyd. It includes a comprehensive analysis of the vowel sounds and non-standard consonant sounds of northern Anglo-Welsh, together with exhaustive descriptions of non-standard lexis and morphology and syntax. It forms part of the survey of Anglo-Welsh Dialects and can be seen as a companion to Volumes 1 and 2 of that survey. The book also contains a short atlas section, etymologies of non-standard lexis, and cross-references to the main national surveys of regional spoken English and Welsh in England and Wales.
06/1991
Imagiers, premiers dictionnair
Les véhicules
Le bateau, la moto, le camion de pompiers... Votre tout-petit regardera avec beaucoup de curiosité les dessins de cet adorable petit imagier. li apprendra ainsi à connaître les véhicules avec maman ou papa.
03/2023
Imagiers, premiers dictionnair
Mes premiers mots
La lune, le papillon, le tambour... Votre tout-petit regardera avec beaucoup de curiosité les dessins de cet adorable petit imagier. Il apprendra ainsi plein de nouveaux mots avec maman ou papa.
03/2023
