Peter Lang Ag Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften imprint: 959 books
A New Right for Democracy and Development in Europe
The European Citizens Initiative (ECI)
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
This volume analyses the problems and instruments of European citizens’ political participation and focuses in particular on the «European Citizens’ Initiative» (ECI) right. Introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, the ECI enables European citizens to propose legislative measures to the Commission by...
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Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Este libro presenta un panorama general de la estratificación social del habla madrileña. Se propone una aproximación a la dinámica lingüística de la ciudad a través del análisis de un conjunto de variables fónicas, léxicas, morfosintácticas y pragmáticas que se describen e interpretan...
English in Malaysia
Postcolonial and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
The main thrust of this edited book is the development of Malaysian English (ME) as a new variety of English from the 1950s to the first decade of the 21st century. The book comprises nine chapters on different aspects of the variety based on original research.
The journey ME has taken as a postcolonial...
Interdisciplinarity in Translation Studies
Theoretical Models, Creative Approaches and Applied Methods
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2017
The present volume collects a number of works that draw on some of the most relevant disciplines in Translation Studies. All the papers are written in either English or French, and have been grouped into four sections devoted to illustrate the type of interdisciplinary approach adopted in each of...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2015
This collection of articles offers a comprehensive overview of some of the most current research approaches found in the field of audiovisual translation (AVT) and media accessibility across Europe. The authors, well-known experts in the field of AVT, reflect on new challenges and look into potential...
Observing Norm, Observing Usage
Lexis in Dictionaries and the Media
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
This volume includes a collection of studies on the interplay between norm and usage in lexis, which is explored by looking at both dictionaries and the media. The title features the polysemous verb to observe, which is used both in the sense of «investigating» use/usage and in that of «respecting»...
by Consuelo Pascual Escagedo
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 4, 2018
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 4, 2018
Este libro aborda el tema de la contribución del oyente y su importancia en la construcción de la conversación espontánea. Se trata de un estudio que arroja luz sobre algunos fenómenos relacionados con el funcionamiento de la interacción oral en italiano nativo y en español lengua extranjera....
Crossing Borders
The Interrelation of Fact and Fiction in Historical Works, Travel Tales, Autobiography and Reportage
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2015
In the twentieth century, the boundaries between different literary genres started to be questioned, raising a discussion about the various narrative modes of factual and fictional discourses.
Moving on from the limited traditional studies of genre definitions, this book argues that the borders between...
John McGahern
Critical Essays
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
This volume is a collaborative reassessment of the writing of John McGahern. The contributors provide provocative readings of his major works and also examine some of his lesser-known short stories, essays and unpublished archival materials which have not yet received due critical attention. The book...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2015
The present volume brings together three different traditions of historical study: national politics, European integration, and political parties. Since the 1980s, there has been an enlargement of the scope of political history. This attempt to transcend national boundaries can intersect with the...
Nationalisms and Identities among Indigenous Peoples
Case Studies from North America
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
This book investigates nationalisms and the emergence of national identities among the Indigenous peoples across North America. It examines the many difficulties which the Native communities have had to face in order to assert themselves as nations, as well as looking at the ambiguity of the term...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
In recent decades, and in particular as a result of global climate change, the significance of the Arctic has radically shifted, from a remote periphery to a region of intensifying political and academic interest and of conflicting interests.
This collection of texts examines in particular how national...
Borders, Mobilities and Migrations
Perspectives from the Mediterranean, 1921st Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
This book explores changes in the social, economic and political processes underpinning the mechanisms for the management of human mobility and cohabitation in the Mediterranean region, while suggesting comparisons with the situation in the Americas.
It considers the public policies that introduce...
Parlons vin ! / Sprechen wir ueber Wein!
Dicophrases françaisallemand / Deutschfranzoesisches Satzwoerterbuch
Language: French
Release Date: May 8, 2017
Vu l’intensité des échanges dans le domaine du vin, une communication précise entre pays francophones et germanophones est indispensable. Plutôt que des mots isolés, cet ouvrage propose des phrases entières, à la formulation précise, grammaticalement exactes, construites autour de notions,...