The analysis of sound phenomena and their cultural functions has become a major field of research. Adopting an anthropological perspective, this book aims, among other things, to usefully integrate fi
The present volume continues De Gruyter Mouton's project of completing Roman Jakobson's Selected Writings. It covers the period between 1916 and 1943, offering texts that have not been reprinted since
Infinite series are the unifying thread that runs through the history of mathematical analysis. Ever since the 17th century, they have also been inseparably linked to infinitesimal calculus, and form
This book has roots in an eponymous conference held at Technical University Berlin, in 2011. Twelve contributions from philosophers affiliated with universities in Europe and the US discuss such topic
This book is the first to examine the English spoken in New York City comprehensively, including pronunciation, grammar, and discourse. Using sources from classic studies to original data, Newman desc
Caracciolo draws on research into real minds to find insights into the psychological processes of fictional characters and the textual strategies for presenting them, as well as into the psychological
For all being interested in astronautics, this translation of Hermann Oberth’s classic work is a truly historic event. Readers will be impressed with this extraordinary pioneer and his incredible achi
Introduces the principles, perspectives and techniques behind frugal innovation, which is a way that companies can create high-quality products with limited resources, covering such topics as how to i
For students and researchers interested in tapping into the great potential of nanocarbon hybrids, which are "a new class of composite materials in which the carbon nanostructures are compounded with
This study probes the origins, history, and implications of the deeply embedded metaphor that equates criminals with "beasts." The author examines the creation of "criminal beasts" in early modern lit
This massive treatment of the Owa language, which is based primarily in the Solomon Islands, includes a grammar sketch, a phonology, noun phrases, verbs, verb phrases, clause structure, sentences, and
This volume continues the Dialects of English series, considering the establishment of English in what is now the Republic of Ireland. Discussions of phonology, syntax, the lexicon, and discourse focu
"Net zero energy buildings, equilibrium buildings or carbon neutral cities – depending on location and the reasons for making the calculation, the numbers are run differently. The variety of
This book examines the audiences and languages of Dominican sermons in late medieval Italy. It is a thorough analysis of how Latinate theological culture interacted with popular religious devotion. In
The book examines to what extent the mediating relation between constituents and their semantics can arise from combinatory knowledge of words. It traces the roots of Combinatory Categorial Grammar, a
Abels (linguistics, U. of Connecticut) investigates the concept of the phase in minimalist syntax. Focusing on cyclic movement and certain questions connected to it, he investigates the extent to whic
Abnormal placental adhesive disorders are associated to profuse or catastrophic bleeding during delivery. Their incidence has grown in the last few decades according to the rise in Cesarean rates, and
Thecento-tragedy Medea usually attributed to Hosidius Geta was transmitted in the Codex Salmasianus (now Codex Parisinus 10318). This is a comprehensive study and reevaluation of the text against the
The author uses metrical funerary inscriptions to reconstruct the beliefs about immortality held by ancient Greeks. In her analysis, she illuminates not only their ideas about the afterlife and though
Wilhelm Dilthey and Hans-Georg Gadamer were probably the last great scholars who had taken Philipp Melanchthon seriously as a philosopher. In the 20th century interest was almost exclusively restricte
To fill a gap in the existing literature, Bhattacharyya (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi) offers a rigorous treatment of distributions and their applications, primarily to Sobolev spaces, in a si
This volume addresses questionsconcerning Neoanalysis and Oral theory, the two most fruitful schools of thought in Homeric criticism. It explores the development of Greek myth with respect to the Troj
By integrating ideas of Peirce, Buhler, Bakhtin, Piaget and Jakobson, in this book the author defines three linguistic supertypes each operating with either the situation in reality, the speaker's exp
Riess (classics, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) defines violence narrowly for the purposes of this study, excluding the political realm, myth and tragedy, violence against animals (e.g. religiou
Contributors identified only by name explore the accommodation people made when given the choice between fighting--perhaps dying--for their faith and just keeping quiet until the regime changed again.
Biochemists, biophysicists, and related scientists describe the laboratory methods they use to explore the biochemistry of proteins. The goal is not to cover every technique being used, but to sample
For the first time, this Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the object, the history, the theoretical academic prerequisites and the present state of research into chancery language. The mai
"This study documents for the first time the scientific and cultural-historical significance of the Gesellschaft feur deutsche Literatur (1888-1938) in Berlin, with which the educated middle classes c
Sign languages and spoken languages have many fascinating differences, caused primarily by the reaction of the human mind to different modalities, but also by some important social differences. This b
In a satellite gathering before the Association's November 2010 meeting in Chania on the island of Crete, librarians grappled with issues around open access to information in science, technology, and
This dictionary describes a previously undescribed Totonac-Tepehua language of Mexico--the native language of some 3,400 people living in or near the villages of Patla, Chiconthla, Cacahuatlan, and Sa
Three overview articles on international librarianship are followed by an A-to-Z arrangement of 19 chapters devoted to selected countries, beginning with Australia and ending with Uzbekistan. The sele
This volume illuminates the work and influences of three leading antique theologians from a different perspective than the usual history of Christian dogma. With his anthropology of freedom, Origen fo
Translators Tim Mehigan and Barry Empson bring to the English-speaking audience the first translation into English of Reinhold's major work from 1789. They provide an introduction to the "...towering
This volume comprises contributions of three conferences, on legal deposit in a digital environment, on web harvesting and archiving as well as newspapers in the geographical context of the Mediterran
John Henry Newman (1801–1890), lecturer in Oxford, Anglican priest and Roman Catholic cardinal, is the most influential convert of modern British history. Even today, through his masterful defense of
Having undergone revisions and development since their presentation at a conference in Freiburg, Germany in July 2007, 13 papers are arranged in three thematic sections: narrative of the mind; transme
Feelings not only determine our everyday life, they have also become a central theme of humanistic and scientific research. This volume offers exemplary insights into the methods of emotion research.
Exile as Forced Migrations examines contemporary peoples in flight and plight to help reconstruct the exilic experience of Judeo-Babylonians in the 6th century B.C.E. Framing this monograph are econom
Scholars have been seeking to understand Sophocles' Electra for over two millennia. The beginnings of this long tradition of the play's interpretation lie in Hellenistic Alexandria and are now beingre
