1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990005511310403321

Autore

Stella, Luigia Achillea <1904- >

Titolo

Il poema d'Ulisse / Luigia Achillea Stella

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Firenze : La Nuova Italia, 1955

Descrizione fisica

XVI, 443 p. ; 20 cm

Collana

Biblioteca di cultura ; 47

Disciplina

883.01

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

P2B-610-HOM.-8S.L.A.-1955

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA990004690220403321

Autore

Finley, Moses I. <1912-1986>

Titolo

I Giochi Olimpici : I primi mille anni, M.I. Fimley / H.W.Pleket

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma : Editori Riuniti, 1980

Descrizione fisica

126 p., 127 tav., 145 fotogr. ; 20 cm

Collana

Universale , Scienze sociali ; 8

Locazione

FLFBC

DDR

Collocazione

FCL 688 (8)

DDR-XXVII B 046

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Tit.orig.: The Olympic Games : The First Thousand Years



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460455803321

Autore

Ginsburgh Victor

Titolo

How many languages do we really need? : the economics of linguistic diversity / / Victor Ginsburgh, Shlomo Weber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-05179-6

9786613051790

1-4008-3890-8

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Classificazione

ES 470

Altri autori (Persone)

WeberShlomo

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Language and languages

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. My Language IsMy Homeland -- 2. Linguistic Policies, Disenfranchisement, and Standardization -- 3. Linguistic, Genetic, and Cultural Distances: How Far Is Nostratic? -- 4. Distances Matter -- 5. Individual Communicative Benefits -- 6. Diversity and Disenfranchisement Indices -- 7. Diversity and Disenfranchisement: Applications -- 8. Multilingualism in the European Union: A Case Study in Linguistic Policy -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the global economy, linguistic diversity influences economic and political development as well as public policies in positive and negative ways. It leads to financial costs, communication barriers, divisions in national unity, and, in some extreme cases, conflicts and war--but it also produces benefits related to group and individual identity. What are the specific advantages and disadvantages of linguistic diversity and how does it influence social and economic progress? This book examines linguistic diversity as a global social phenomenon and considers what degree of linguistic variety might result in the greatest economic good. Victor Ginsburgh and Shlomo Weber look at linguistic proximity between groups and between languages. They describe and use simple economic, linguistic, and statistical tools to measure



diversity's impact on growth, development, trade, the quality of institutions, translation issues, voting patterns in multinational competitions, and the likelihood and intensity of civil conflicts. They address the choosing of core languages in a multilingual community, such as the European Union, and argue that although too many official languages might harm cohesiveness, efficiency, and communication, reducing their number brings about alienation and disenfranchisement of groups. Demonstrating that the value and drawbacks of linguistic diversity are universal, How Many Languages Do We Need? suggests ways for designing appropriate linguistic policies for today's multilingual world.

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910696887503321

Autore

Kim Ann G

Titolo

Gases desorbed from five coals of low gas content [[electronic resource] /] / by A.G. Kim and L.J. Douglas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Pittsburgh, Pa.?] : , : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, , [1973]

Descrizione fisica

9 pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Report of investigations ; ; 7768

Altri autori (Persone)

DouglasL. J

Soggetti

Coal gasification

Mine gases

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on July 18, 2008).