1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154871203321

Titolo

The grammar of Japanese mimetics : perspectives from structure, acquisition, and translation / / edited by Noriko Iwasaki, Peter Sells, and Kimi Akita

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-64669-2

1-317-29578-1

1-317-29577-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations, tables, graphs

Collana

Routledge Studies in East Asian Linguistics ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

AkitaKimi

IwasakiNoriko

SellsPeter <1957->

Disciplina

495.62

Soggetti

Japanese language - Onomatopoeic words

Japanese language - Mimetic words

Japanese language - Morphosyntax

Japanese language - Grammar

Sound symbolism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Grammatical and semantic properties of mimetics in Japanese -- pt. II. Acquisition of mimetics (as a first or second language) -- pt. III. Mimetics and translation.

Sommario/riassunto

Mimetic words, also known as 'sound-symbolic words', 'ideophones' or more popularly as 'onomatopoeia', constitute an important subset of the Japanese lexicon; we find them as well in the lexicons of other Asian languages and sub-Saharan African languages. Mimetics play a central role in Japanese grammar and feature in children's early utterances. However, this class of words is not considered as important in English and other European languages. This book aims to bridge the gap between the extensive research on Japanese mimetics and its availability to an international audience, and also to provide a better understanding of grammatical and structural aspects of sound-



symbolic words from a Japanese perspective. Through the accounts of mimetics from the perspectives of morpho-syntax, semantics, language development and translation of mimetic words, linguists and students alike would find this book particularly valuable.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910326649903321

Autore

Goetz Ariane <p>Ariane Goetz, Universität Kassel, Deutschland </p>

Titolo

Land Grabbing and Home Country Development : Chinese and British Land Acquisitions in Comparative Perspective / Ariane Goetz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2019

ISBN

9783839442678

3839442672

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Collana

Edition Politik

Disciplina

332.67/3096

Soggetti

Land Grabbing

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

Public Policy

International Political Economy

China

UK

Sub-Saharan Africa

Investor

Home-Country Context

Globalization

Politics

Neoliberalism

International Relations

Sociology of Development

Political Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-368).



Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter    1 Table of Contents    5 Abstract    9 Acknowledgements    11 List of Abbreviations    13 List of Tables    19 List of Figures    21 Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview - Land Grabbing from a Home Country Perspective    23 Chapter 2: International Land Acquisitions Today    53 Chapter 3: Historical Perspectives on Overseas Land Acquisitions in the South    77 Chapter 4: Chinese Investments in Africa - "Create Infinity, Benefit Mankind"    117 Chapter 5: The Chinese Context - Investments from a Home Country Perspective    153 Chapter 6: British Investments in Africa - "The Last Frontier to Find Alpha?"    189 Chapter 7: The British Context - Investments from a Home Country Perspective    225 Chapter 8: Land Grabbing and Home Country Development - Conclusion and Outlook    263 Appendices    287 References    305

Sommario/riassunto

Since 2008, foreign land acquisitions have attracted international attention under the term »land grabbing.« Illustrated by rich and nuanced empirical accounts of forty Chinese and British investment projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, Ariane Goetz explains the phenomenon of »land grabbing« from the perspective of two investor countries. She reflects on Chinese and British public policy, state-society relations, national developmental contexts, ideologies, and international relations and thereby gives insights into the political economies that enable these investments as well as the development ambitions and institutionalized paradigms of which they form a part.

»By offering a nuanced comparative analysis of two key actors often mistakenly represented as antithetical in the land grab debate, the book makes a timely and relevant contribution to one of the most controversial issue shaping contemporary processes of global restructuring. The book will be of interest to scholars in the fields of comparative political economy, agri-food as well as development studies.«