The coverage of the Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie embraces those ancient Near Eastern cultures which used the cuneiform script (Mesopotamia, North Syria and Anatolia)
Examining concepts in philosophical anthropology and ethics, Laitinen considers philosopher Charles Taylor's idea of strong evaluation, which brings the two areas together. He investigates Taylor's id
This volume is acollection of the author’s most important articles on the representational objectives and narrative techniques of authors from Classical Antiquity (including Homer, Hellenistic poets,
Recent debates on migration have demonstrated the important role of concepts in academic and political discourse. The contributions to this collection revisit established analytical categories in the
Competence in communicating is vital to health, relationships, and all collective human endeavors. This volume brings together international scholars to examine the various facets of communication com
This is the first complete critical commentary of Husserl’s seminal work Ideas for a Pure Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy. Leading international scholars offer a close reading, examining
The diffraction theory describes scattering mechanism for waves of various physical nature, scattered on objects of different shapes and composed of different materials. Using the diffraction theory,
Information structure and the organization of oral texts have been rarely studied crosslinguistically. This book contains studies of the grammatical organization of information in languages from diffe
The book presents methods for the objective analysis of poetic language. Common objects of literary studies such as rhythm, semantic explications, interpretation and personal impressions are avoided.
This collection examines cultural interactions between Germany and Brazil from the Early Modern period to the present day. The contributors represent various academic disciplines, including German Stu
Anders Cullhed’s studyexplores the early Christian confrontation with pagan culture as a remote anticipation of many later clashes between religious orthodoxy and literary fictionality. After a carefu
Designed as a textbook for advanced students going into pharmaceutical biotechnology, and as a reference for researchers in translational animal-cell based pharmaceutical biotechnology, this book deal
This handbook searches for dynamic encounters between researchers with different approaches to processes of mediatization, fostering a variety of definitions of and discussion about this contested con
Astronomers and physicists discuss selected topics in relativistic celestial mechanics, a branch of modern gravitational physics that explores the fundamental structures of space-time by studying the
Contributed by European, American, and Australian virologists, the 13 chapters in this text outline the molecular diagnostics of infectious diseases. They cover general aspects related to preanalytica
This book describes the whole field of endoprosthetics, with all its potential, for practicing clinicians. The following aspects are dealt with in particular: indications and contraindications, surgic
The renowned authors of this ECFR special volume systematically develop legal standards and regulatory frameworks for closed corporations in Europe (including of course the Societas Privata Europaea),
Psychiatric disorders in adolescents are an important social problem relevant to almost all healthcare professionals. The prevalence of mood, anxiety, substance use and other psychiatric disorders amo
This established reference work offers a wealth of information on the worldwide publishing landscape covering 221 countries and territories.Geographical Section (volumes 1-5) with more than 1,000,000
From the perspective of cognitive linguistics, scholars provide an interdisciplinary but unified view of the human embodied soul and its cultured manifestations. The topics include contrasting dialogi
Some syntactic dependencies are non-local, that is they cross clause boundaries to have their effect, among them movement, reflexivization, case assignment, agreement, consecutio temporum, and deletio
Contributors from philosophy, literary studies, and law respond to issues around the notion of deconstruction as articulated by French philosopher Jacques Derrida (1930-2004). Among their perspectives
Twelve chapters presented by Achimbe (English linguistics, U. of Bayreuth, Germany) investigate the linguistic features, social processes, and ecological influences involved in the evolution of two va
The volume deals with previously undescribed morphosyntactic changes appearing in contact settings. Contact-induced changes are dynamic and multiple, involving internal change as well as historical an
This handbook compiled by leading experts provides information about the current state of research on Wolfram von Eschenbach and his works (songs, Parzival, Titurel, Willehalm). Considerable attention
Economist Frank Linde (U. of applied Sciences Cologne, Germany) and information scientist Wolfgang G. Stock (Heinrich-Heine-University Dusseldorf, Germany) join forces to present an extraordinarily th
Undertaking a broadscale experiment in theory and praxis, this book demonstrates grounds for insisting on a more integrational approach to dialectology while simultaneously demonstrating grounds for d
The 12 studies demonstrate how the history of the English language is increasingly engaged with corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics, and other methods of contemporary linguistics. Considering first g
Linguists suggest how a language pedagogy inspired by cognitive linguistics can benefit from an alliance with current second language acquisition research, and how insights from cognitive linguistics
Hollander (Heisenber Program, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) examines Hebrew liturgical poetry that is used to beautify and focus worship, particularly that of the region now known as the Rhineland.
This book presents a number of studies which focus on the [voice] grammar of Japanese, paying particular attention to historical background, dialectal diversity, phonetic experiment, and phonological
Combining classical, epigraphical, and biblical sources with social-scientific methodology, this monograph questions the way in which modern scholarship has tended to discuss ancient conversion. The a
This book examines the collection of prayers known as the Qumran Hodayot (= Thanksgiving Hymns) in light of ancient visionary traditions, new developments in neuropsychology, and post-structuralist un
This book discusses fragmentation mechanisms of molecules under mass spectrometry conditions and the resulting peaks observed in ESI-MS/MS experiments. The underlying principles are used to understand
This collection establishes Nietzsche's importance as a political philosopher. It includes a substantial introduction and eighteen chapters by some of the most renowned Nietzsche scholars. The book ex
Choreo-graphic Figures: Deviations from the Line stages a beyond-disciplinary, inter-subjective encounter between the lines of choreography, drawing and writing, for exploring those forms of thinking-
Being the most active field in modern physics, Optical Physics has developed many new branches and interdisciplinary fields overlapping with various classical disciplines. This series summarizes the a
This volume represents the first in-depth, analytical andsystematic study of the core components and theological rationale of Theodore Abu Qurrah's apologetic discourses in conversation with Islam, wi
The book presents the engineering aspects of risk management. The introduction to potential risks is followed by management principles, risk diagnostic, analysis and treatment followed by examples of
The pore scale is important in geochemistry because it accounts for the pore architecture within which diverse processes as multi-mineral reaction networks, microbial community interaction, and transp
