1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450832303321

Autore

Ivanov S. A (Sergeĭ Arkadʹevich), <1956->

Titolo

Holy fools in Byzantium and beyond [[electronic resource] /] / Sergey A. Ivanov ; translated by Simon Franklin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-280-90569-7

0-19-151514-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (492 p.)

Collana

Oxford studies in Byzantium

Disciplina

235

Soggetti

Santos - Biografías - Oriente Medio

Holy fools - Byzantine Empire

Asceticism - Orthodox Eastern Church

Electronic books.

Imperio bizantino Religiosidad popular

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-456) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Precursors and Emergence; 2 Insane Saints; 3 Lechers and Beggars; 4 Holy Scandal; 5 The 'Second Edition' of Holy Foolery; 6 The 'New Theologians'; 7 Balancing at the Edge; 8 Decline; 9 Old Russian Iurodstvo; 10 The Iurodivyi and the Tsar; 11 Iurodstvo in an Age of Transition; 12 Iurodstvo Meets Modernity; 13 The Eastern Periphery; 14 The Western Periphery; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The image of St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square is a familiar Russian landmark. Yet few people know what made Basil so famous. He was a saint who wandered about naked, bullied passers-by, brawled in the market-place, and once even smashed a revered icon. Saints such as Basil overturn the conventional concept of sainthood - what, we may ask, is saintly about them? This book aims to solve the mystery by exploring the figure of the holy fool in Byzantium and in later Russian. history. - ;There are saints in Orthodox Christian culture who overturn the conventional concept of sainthood. The



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910817897103321

Titolo

Manual of language acquisition / / edited by Christiane Fäcke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

3-11-039414-6

3-11-030225-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (650 p.)

Collana

Manuals of Romance Linguistics ; ; Volume 2

Classificazione

DP 4200

Disciplina

440.1/9

Soggetti

Language acquisition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction / Fäcke, Christiane -- Language Acquisition -- 1. Disciplines Relating to Language Acquisition / Königs, Frank G. -- 2. Research Methods / Plonsky, Luke / Gurzynski-Weiss, Laura -- 3. Language Policy, Management and Planning / Vila, F. Xavier -- 4. Language Socialization / Riley, Kathleen C. -- 5. Languages and Identities / Hu, Adelheid -- 6. Language Acquisition Theories / VanPatten, Bill -- First Language Acquisition -- 7. Children's Multimodal Language Development / Morgenstern, Aliyah -- 8. Bases of Linguistic Development / Bernicot, Josie -- 9. Written Language: Learning to Read and to Spell / Fayol, Michel -- Second Language Acquisition -- 10. Second Language Acquisition / Benati, Alessandro -- 11. Bilingual Education / Geiger-Jaillet, Anemone -- 12. Plurilingual Education / Meissner, Franz-Joseph -- 13. Foreign Language Teaching and Learning / Segermann, Krista -- 14. European History of Romance Language Teaching / Reinfried, Marcus -- 15. Language Teacher / Schädlich, Birgit -- 16. Language Learner / Río, Jose I. Aguilar / Brudermann, Cédric -- 17. Cognition and Emotion / Martinez, Hélène -- 18. Competences, Language Skills and Linguistic Means / Tesch, Bernd -- Acquisition of Romance Languages: Contexts and Characteristics -- 19. Catalan / Julià-Muné, Joan -- 20. French / Spaëth, Valérie / Narcy-Combes, Jean-Paul -- 21. Italian / Aski, Janice M. -- 22. Portuguese / Simões, Antônio Roberto Monteiro -- 23.



Rhaeto-Romanic / Verra, Roland / Fäcke, Christiane -- 24. Romanian / Krause, Sabine / Flagner, Heide -- 25. Spanish / Moreno-Fernández, Francisco -- Language Acquisition in the Romance-Speaking World -- 26. Canada / Nadasdi, Terry -- 27. France / Méron-Minuth, Sylvie / Minuth, Christian -- 28. Italy and the Italian-Speaking Regions / Franceschini, Rita -- 29. Peru / Ponce, Isabel García -- 30. Portugal and Brazil / Capucho, Filomena / Silva, Regina -- 31. Romania / Spiță, Doina -- 32. Spain / Halbach, Ana -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This manual contains overviews on language acquisition and distinguishes between first- and second-language acquisition. It also deals with Romance languages as foreign languages in the world and with language acquisition in some countries of the Romance-speaking world. This reference work will be helpful for researchers, students, and teachers interested in language acquisition in general and in Romance languages in particular.