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UNINA9910457043003321 |
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Chesterman Andrew |
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Contrastive functional analysis [[electronic resource] /] / Andrew Chesterman |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamin, c1998 |
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90-272-8261-7 |
1-283-22198-5 |
9786613221988 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (238 p.) |
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Collana |
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Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new ser. 47 |
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Contrastive linguistics |
Discourse analysis |
Functionalism (Linguistics) |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTRASTIVE FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Contrastive; Chapter 2. Functional; Chapter 3. Analysis; Chapter 4. Rhetoric; Chapter 5. Closing Comments; References; Author index; Subject index |
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Why is a raven like a writing-desk? The concept of similarity lies at the heart of this new book on contrastive analysis. Similarity judgements depend partly on properties of the objects being compared, and partly on what the person judging considers to be relevant to the assessment; similarity thus has both objective and subjective aspects. The author shows how contrastive analysis and translation theory make use of the concept in different ways, and explains how it relates to the problematic notions of equivalence and tertium comparationis. The book then develops a meaning-based contrastive |
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UNINA9910654661603321 |
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Autore |
Abdo Geneive <1960-> |
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Mecca and Main Street [[electronic resource] ] : Muslim life in America after 9/11 / / Geneive Abdo |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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0-19-988601-6 |
1-280-84687-9 |
0-19-804258-2 |
1-4294-4014-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Muslims - United States - Social conditions |
Muslims - United States - Attitudes |
Islam - United States |
Social integration - United States |
United States Ethnic relations |
United States Race relations |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-207) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Imams for a new generation -- The child-bride of the Dix Mosque -- The roots of Islam in America -- Taking it to the streets -- Muslim voices -- Women in the changing mosque -- Heeding the call -- The future of the faith. |
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Islam is America's fastest growing religion, with more than six million Muslims in the United States, all living in the shadow of 9/11. Who are our Muslim neighbors? What are their beliefs and desires? How are they coping with life under the War on Terror? In Mecca and Main Street, noted author and journalist Geneive Abdo offers illuminating answers to these questions. Gaining unprecedented access to Muslim communities in America, she traveled across the country, visiting schools, mosques, Islamic centers, radio stations, and homes. She reveals acommunity tired of being judged by Americans |
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