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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450856203321

Titolo

Exploring experiences of advocacy by people with learning disabilities [[electronic resource] ] : testimonies of resistance / / edited by Duncan Mitchell ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006

ISBN

1-280-73801-4

9786610738014

1-84642-511-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MitchellG. Duncan (Geoffrey Duncan)

Disciplina

362.3

Soggetti

Learning disabilities - Treatment

Learning disabled - Services for

Intellectual disability facilities patients

People with mental disabilities - Care

Social advocacy

Electronic books.

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Exploring Experiences of Advocacy by People with Learning Disabilities:Testimonies of Resistance; Contents; 1.Introduction; Part I:Personal Accounts of Advocacy and Resistance; 2. Advocacy as Resistance:Speaking Up as a Way of Fighting Back; 3. Restriction and Resistance:The Experience of Life on a Locked Ward for People with Learning Disabilities; 4. 'I Would Never Walk, Talk, Sit or Stand!':The Girl on the Tricycle; 5. Two Pioneers of Self-advocacy:Ray Loomis and Tom Houlihan; 6. 'I've Had Enough of the Everyday Thing':Karen Spencer's Life Story

7.Resilience and Resistance in the Life Histories of Three Women with Learning Difficulties in Iceland 8.Songs of Resistance; Part II: Speaking for Ourselves:Accounts of Self-advocacy in Action; 9.My Life, My Choices; 10.'What They Want - Yes, But What We Want - Bugger Us!'; 11. The Life of a Group and a Personal Story:Experiences from Huddersfield People First; Part III:Alliances with Others; 12. Fires



Burning:Advocacy, Camping and Children with Learning Disabilities in Ontario, 1950-1990; 13.Resistance in Mencap's History; 14.One Man's Dream that Continues to Inspire Others

15. Maureen Oswin and the 'Forgotten Children' of the Long-stay Wards: Research as Resistance 16. Resistance and Control: Mutinies at Brentry; 17.Taking a Stand Against the Odds; Part IV: Alternative Interpretations:Reflections on Resistance; 18. Assistance and Resistance:Making Sense of Inter-war Caring Strategies; 19. Stereotyped Behaviour:Resistance by People with Profound Learning Difficulties; 20.Conclusion; THE CONTRIBUTORS; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book charts the course through which people with learning disabilities have become increasingly able to direct their own lives as fully active members of their communities. Many of the personal accounts, photographs and songs included in this book will be accessible and encouraging to people with learning disabilities.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452152903321

Autore

Duanmu San

Titolo

The Phonology of Standard Chinese [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, UK, 2007

ISBN

1-281-14945-4

0-19-152699-1

1-4356-1397-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 p.)

Collana

The Phonology of the World's Languages

Disciplina

495.115

495.15

Soggetti

Chinese language

Language / Linguistics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Notes on Transcription; Features, Abbreviations, and



Symbols; Prefaces; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE SOUND INVENTORY; 3. COMBINATIONS AND VARIATION; 4. THE SYLLABLE; 5. WORDS AND COMPOUNDS; 6. STRESS; 7. THE WORD-LENGTH PROBLEM; 8. THE WORD-ORDER PROBLEM; 9. THE [omitted] SUFFIX; 10. TONE: BASIC PROPERTIES; 11. TONE 3 SANDHI (T3S); 12. RHYTHM IN POETRY; 13. CONNECTED SPEECH AND OTHER DIALECTS; 14. THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS; Appendix: Full Syllables in Standard Chinese; References; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

The fully revised edition of San Duanmu's popular introduction to Chinese phonology reflects recent research and theoretical advances in particular work in feature, syllable, and stress. The author has also added a chapter on rhythm in poetry. Reviews of the first edition. 'Every phonologist and student of Chinese linguistics will find something valuable from the book because of its wealth of data and insightful analyses.' Yen-Hwei Lin, Phonology. 'Approachable by anyone with the slightest interest in Chinese languages or phonology.' Jie Zhang Linguist. 'A flowing, integrated approach that add

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910294856703321

Autore

Giunta, Santo

Titolo

Carlo Scarpa : una [curiosa] lama di luce, un gonfalone d'oro, le mani e un viso di donna : riflessioni sul processo progettuale per l'allestimento di Palazzo Abatellis, 1953-1954 / Santo Giunta ; prefazione di Giampiero Bosoni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Venezia, : Marsilio, 2016

ISBN

978-88-317-2601-6

Descrizione fisica

173 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

727.7092

Locazione

FARBC

DARST

Collocazione

MON B 1506

DE FUSCO 1044

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia