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Formulaic language and new data : theoretical and methodological implications
The existence of formulaic patterns has been attested to all languages of the world. However, systematic research in this field has been focused on only a few European standard languages with a rich literary tradition and a high degree of written norm. It was on the basis of these data that the theoretical framework and methodological approaches were developed.The volume shifts this focus by ce…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783110669824
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- -
- Series Title
- Formelhafte Sprache / Formulaic Language, 3
- Call Number
- 430 FOR f
Gender, reading, and truth in the twelfth century
Female Spirituality; Courtly Romance; Use of images; Fiction; Exegesis; Vernacular Literature; Chrétien de Troyes; Wolfram von Eschenbach
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781641893787
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- XII, 419 p.
- Series Title
- ARC - Medieval Media Cultures
- Call Number
- 809.393581 POW g
Language awareness and multilingualism
In this third, fully revised edition, the 10 volume Encyclopedia of Language and Education offers the newest developments, including an entirely new volume of research and scholarly content, essential to the field of language teaching and learning in the age of globalization. In the selection of topics and contributors, the Encyclopedia reflects the depth of disciplinary knowledge, breadth of i…
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- 3rd edition
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- 9783319022413
- Collation
- xxxi, 412 p.; 22 cm.
- Series Title
- Encyclopedia of Language and Education
- Call Number
- 370.1175 LAN l
Bilingual education : encyclopedia of language and education volume 5
This volume addresses bilingual education, the use of two (or more) languages of instruction in education. Although bilingual education is available in some form in most countries, it is frequently the subject of political debate, especially where a bilingual program is set up to serve migrant populations. The volume offers •A thorough analysis of a range of conceptual issues in bilingual edu…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789048193127
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- xxviii, 372 p.; 22 cm.
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- -
- Call Number
- 370.1175 BIL b
Historical background of Wang Yang-ming’s philosophy of mind: from the pers…
This open access book offers comprehensive information on Wang Yang-ming’s life, helping readers identify and grasp the foundations on which his philosophy was established. Though a great man, Wang had an extremely difficult life, full of many hardships. Based on various official histories, Wang’s own writings, and his disciples’ records, the book explores the legendary life of this ancie…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789811530364
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- 199 p.; 22 cm.
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- -
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- 909 DON h
Sign languages in village communities. Anthropological and linguistic insights
The book is a unique collection of research on sign languages that have emerged in rural communities with a high incidence of, often hereditary, deafness. These sign languages represent the latest addition to the comparative investigation of languages in the gestural modality, and the book is the first compilation of a substantial number of different village sign languages.Written by leading ex…
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- -
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- 9781614511496
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- 420 p.; 22 cm.
- Series Title
- Sign Language Typology [SLT]; Vol. 4
- Call Number
- 419.94 SIG s
The Use of signing space in a shared sign language of Australia
In this book, an Australian Aboriginal sign language used by Indigenous people in the North East Arnhem Land (Northern Territory) is described on the level of spatial grammar. Topics discussed range from properties of individual signs to structure of interrogative and negative sentences. The main interest is the manifestation of signing space - the articulatory space surrounding the signers - f…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781614515470
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- 303 p.; 22 cm.
- Series Title
- Sign Language Typology [SLT] ; Vol. 5
- Call Number
- 419.94 BAU u
The Arts and crafts of literacy. Islamic manuscript cultures in sub-Saharan A…
During the last two decades, the (re-)discovery of thousands of manuscripts in different regions of sub-Saharan Africa has questioned the long-standing approach of Africa as a continent only characterized by orality and legitimately assigned to the continent the status of a civilization of written literacy.However, most of the existing studies mainly aim at serving literary and historical purpo…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783110541441
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- x, 367 p.; 22 cm.
- Series Title
- Studies in Manuscript Cultures; 12
- Call Number
- 091.0967 ART a
Learning a non-native language in a naturalistic environment: Insights from b…
It is largely accepted in the relevant literature that successful learning of one or more non-native languages is affected by a number of factors that are independent of the target language(s) per se; these factors include the age of acquisition (AoA) of the target language(s), the type and amount of formal instruction the learners have received, as well as the amount of language use that the l…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9782889196395
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- 150 p.; 22 cm.
- Series Title
- Frontiers Research Topics
- Call Number
- 306.446 PLI l
Colonial Australian fiction : characterTypes, social formationsand the coloni…
Over the course of the 19th century a remarkable array of types appeared in Australian literature: the swagman, the larrikin, the colonial detective, the bushranger, the currency lass”, the squatter, and more. Some had a powerful influence on the colonies’ developing sense of identity; others were more ephemeral. But all had a role to play in shaping and reflecting the social and economic c…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781743324615
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- -
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- -
- Call Number
- 820.9994 GEL c
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