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Fauna Groenlandica - Systematice Sistens Animalia Groenlandiae Occidentalis Hactenus Indagata, Quoad Nomen Specificum, Triviale, Vernaculumque: Synonyma Auctorum Plurium, Descriptionem, Locum, Victum, Generationem, Mores, Usum, Capturamque Singuli, Prout (Hardcover)
Otto Fabricius
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Discovery Miles 10 530
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Reports on joint work by researchers from different theoretical and
linguistic backgrounds offer new insights on the interaction of
linguistic code and context in language production and
comprehension. This volume takes a genuinely cross-linguistic
approach integrating theoretically well-founded contrastive
descriptions with thorough empirical investigations. Authors answer
questions on the topic of how we 'encode' complex thoughts into
linguistic signals and how we interpret such signals in appropriate
ways. Chapters combine on- and off-line empirical methods varying
from large-scale corpus analyses over acceptability judgements,
sentence completion studies and reading time experiments. The
authors shed new light on the central questions related to our
everyday use of language, especially the problem of how we construe
meaning in and through language in general as well as through the
means provided by particular languages.
This book investigates specific syntactic means of event
elaboration across seven Indo-European languages (English, German,
Norwegian, French, Russian, Latin and Ancient Greek): bare and
comitative small clauses ("absolutes"), participle constructions
and related clause-like but non-finite adjuncts that increase
descriptive granularity with respect to constitutive parts of the
matrix event (elaboration in the narrowest sense), or describe
eventualities that are co-located and connected with but not part
of the matrix event. The book falls in two parts. Part I addresses
central theoretical issues: How is the co-eventive interpretation
of such adjuncts achieved? What is the internal syntax of
participial and converb constructions? How do these constructions
function at the discourse level, as compared to various finite
structures that are available for co-eventive elaboration? Part II
takes an empirical cross-linguistic perspective. It consists of
five self-contained chapters that are based on parallel corpora and
study either the use of a specific construction across at least two
of the seven object languages, or how a specific construction is
rendered in other languages.
The free movement of labour will be one of the key elements of the
Single Market soon to be implemented, One would therefore expect
that efforts would have been made to harmonize social policies,
especially on the legal status of workers. But the existing EC
Treaty contains no provision and the Community Charter of the
Fundamental Social Rights of Workers of 1989 fails to fill the gap.
The Charter delegates the socio-political responsibility in almost
all points to the member states. Yet the constitutions of most
refer to general human rights only. The author here stresses the
importance of economic and social human rights which, like human
rights in general, have their roots in the Enlightenment,
especially in the works of Montesquieu, Adam Smith and Kant.
This book presents research that seeks to understand students'
experiences of transnational mobility and transcultural interaction
in the context of educational settings confronted with linguistic
diversity.
Unlike the notion of AargumentA that is central to modern
linguistic theorizing, the phenomena that are commonly subsumed
under the complementary notion AadjunctA so far have not attracted
the attention they deserve. In this volume, leading experts in the
field present current approaches to the grammar and pragmatics of
adjuncts. Among other things, the contributions scrutinize the
argument-adjunct distinction, specify conditions of adjunct
placement, discuss compositionality issues, and propose new
analyses of event-related modification. They are meant to shed new
light on an area of linguistic structure that is deemed to be
notoriously overlooked.
The first monograph devoted to girl superheroes specifically, as
well as to their newer incarnations in comics. Grounding in
feminist critical theory makes the book relevant to a range of
popular culture scholars, who may not share an interest in the
comics specifically. The interdisciplinary nature of comics studies
allows for work that travels easily across disciplinary borders.
This work addresses the challenge faced in the management of major
cities throughout the world as they adjust to economic reform and,
in particular, to becoming more open to the processes operating in
worldwide markets. Such processes have already had some dramatic
effects on large cities in developed and developing countries - the
rapid decline in manufacturing in older industrial cities and the
emergence of the servicing city are but two of the more striking
outcomes. Based on substantial case studies of cities in the
developed and the developing world - Sheffield, Barcelona, Lille,
Mexico City, Monterrey, Santiago de Chile, Bogota, Kingston
(Jamaica) and Johannesburg - themes are drawn out, extending from
structural economic change to policy reactions, new city
initiatives, management, planning and finance.
The Scandinavian interior is a hugely popular design trend that
looks set to stay, and paper stars are beautiful decorations that
feature heavily. In this wonderful book by well-known Danish paper
artist Karen-Marie Fabricius you can learn how to create these
charming ornaments. There are 25 designs to choose from, each with
detailed step-by-step instructions and photographs to follow. You
will also find all the advice you need on the techniques required,
such as quilling, and materials to purchase. Karen-Marie even shows
you how to make your own tools. A fun and absorbing craft for all
the family, these pretty paper stars are not only perfect for
Christmas but also look wonderful all year round. Hang them at the
window, from the mantelpiece, on cupboard doors or use them as
unique adornments for birthday presents.
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