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The romantic idea of the writer as an isolated genius has been discredited, but there are few empirical studies documenting the role of "gatekeeping" in the literary process. How do friends, agents, editors, translators, small publishers, and reviewers-not to mention...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-03-15
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Institution Archiv gestern, heute und morgen. Was macht Archive so wichtig? Als politisches und kulturelles Gedächtnis initiieren und beherbergen sie zum einen Forschung, zum anderen führen sie den öffentlichen Dialog. Die Idee des Archivs und die Institution, Theorie...
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2016-03-14
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The articles in this collection focus on philosophical approaches to proper names.The issues discussed include abstract names, empty names, naming and name-using practices, definite descriptions, individuals, reference, designation, sense and semantics.The contributions...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-03-11
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This book was featured as one of thirty-four Epic Feminist Books in Teen Vogue magazine. This book offers interpretive and contextual tools to read the AMC television series Mad Men, providing a much-needed historical explanation and exposition regarding the status of...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2016-03-11
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Few crimes provoke the collective fear, public outrage, and media fascination that child abductions do. Stories about missing children capture national headlines and dominate public discourses about crime and deviance, child safety, parenting, the American family, and...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2016-03-11
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For the past decade or more, few Hollywood stars have experienced a more meteoric rise than Tyler Perry. As much as he is lauded by fans, Perry is panned by cultural critics who reject his work as overtly preachy and rife with racially stereotypical characterizations...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2016-03-10
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The Internet, World Wide Web, and digital devices have fundamentally changed the way people communicate, affecting everything from business, to school, to family, to religion, to democracy. This textbook takes a well-rounded view of the evolution from media literacy to...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2016-03-10
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Tracking the relationship between the theory of press control and the realities of practicing daily press censorship prior to publication, this volume on the suppression of dissent in early modern Europe tackles a topic with many elusive and under-researched...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-03-09
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This volume covers the day-to-day activities of a non-native English speaking student carrying out research, attending lectures, socializing, and living in a foreign country. Whether on a US campus as a foreign student, or in a non-English speaking country where...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-03-05
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Die Autorin untersucht den seit Jakob Grimm in der Forschung diskutierten Gegenstand der Paarformel anhand der spätmittelalterlich-frühneuzeitlichen Textsorte der Stadtrechtsbücher. Sie behandelt 20 Texte, die sich auf den gesamten deutschen Sprachraum verteilen und den...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-03-04
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Der Autor stellt den Einfluss des Nationalsozialismus auf die Presse der deutschen Volksgruppen in Rumänien, Ungarn und dem ehemaligen Jugoslawien in der Zwischenkriegs- und Kriegszeit dar. Er nennt repräsentative Journalisten der erwähnten deutschen Volksgruppen, die...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-03-04
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This volume presents a cross-disciplinary analysis of academic poster presentations, taking into consideration the text and visuals that posters display depending on the discipline within which they are created. As the academic poster is a multimodal genre, different...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2016-03-04
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This book examines the tone and accent of Oklahoma Cherokee, in which six possible pitch patterns can occur on a syllable: low, high, low-high, high-low, lowfall, and superhigh. It provides a comprehensive description and analysis of these patterns, examining their...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-03-04
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This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the syntax of old Romanian written in English and targeted at a non-Romanian readership. It draws on an extensive new corpus analysis of the period between the beginning of the sixteenth century, the date of the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-03-03
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Sociolinguistic Styles presents a new and in-depth, historically rooted overview of the phenomenon of style-shifting in sociolinguistic variation. Written by an internationally acclaimed expert in the field, the text explores why, where and when it occurs. Full...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2016-03-02
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Language in Society
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English medium-of-instruction (EMI) is transforming modern-day universities across the globe, creating increasingly complex linguistic and intercultural realities which lecturers, students and decision-makers must negotiate. Teaching subject matter at higher-education...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-02-26
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Im Zentrum des Buches steht die Sprechstimme im Kontext von Musik und Sprache. Erstmalig wird das Phänomen des Sprechgesangs am Beispiel computergestützter Analysen dargestellt. Eine systematische Betrachtung der Notation der Sprechstimme in zeitgenössischen...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2016-02-25
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Slang, however one judges it, shows us at our most human. It is used widely and often, typically associated with the writers of noir fiction, teenagers, and rappers, but also found in the works of Shakespeare and Dickens. It has been recorded since at least 1500 AD, and...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-02-25
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Slang, however one judges it, shows us at our most human. It is used widely and often, typically associated with the writers of noir fiction, teenagers, and rappers, but also found in the works of Shakespeare and Dickens. It has been recorded since at least 1500 AD, and...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-02-25
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Communication is at the heart of any complete understanding of the end of life. While it is true that individuals physically die as a single entity, the process of ending an individual life is located within a complex system of relationships and roles connected and...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2016-02-18
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