1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461608603321

Autore

Kunter Gero

Titolo

Compound stress in English [[electronic resource] ] : the phonetics and phonology of prosodic prominence / / Gero Kunter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : De Gruyter, 2011

ISBN

1-283-16676-3

9786613166760

3-11-025470-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Linguistische Arbeiten, , 0344-6727

Classificazione

HF 260

Disciplina

421.58

Soggetti

English language - Compound words

English language - Intonation

English language - Accents and accentuation

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.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Compounds, stress and prominence: concepts and issues -- 3 The corpus -- 4 Perception of compound prominence patterns -- 5 Acoustic correlates of compound prominence -- 6 Classification and prediction of compound prominence patterns -- 7 What determines compound prominence patterns? -- 8 Within- and across-speaker variation -- 9 Conclusion -- A Introduction to linear regression and mixed-effects models -- B NOUN + NOUN compounds used in the variability study -- References

Sommario/riassunto

This volume addresses several claims about the two prominence patterns found in English nominal compounds in a rigorously empirical way. Listener proficiency to identify these patterns is investigated, and the acoustic properties that distinguish the patterns are identified. These properties are used to predict statistically the prominence pattern of any given compound. The book further analyzes the semantic and structural factors influencing the distribution of the prominence patterns, and addresses the extent of within- and across-speaker variability in English compound stress assignment.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910143831303321

Autore

Niven Paul R

Titolo

Balanced scorecard step-by-step for government and nonprofit agencies [[electronic resource] /] / Paul R. Niven

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2008

ISBN

1-119-19728-7

1-281-38172-1

9786611381721

0-470-32798-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Disciplina

352.3/57

Soggetti

Total quality management in government

Administrative agencies - Management - Evaluation

Nonprofit organizations - Management - Evaluation

Benchmarking (Management)

Performance standards

Organizational effectiveness - Measurement

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

Introduction to the balanced scorecard -- Adapting the balanced scorecard to fit the public and nonprofit sectors -- Before you begin -- Training and communication planning for balanced scorecard success -- Mission, values, and vision -- Strategy : the core of every balanced scorecard -- Strategy maps -- Performance measures, targets, and initiatives -- Creating alignment by cascading the balanced scorecard -- Linking resource allocation to the balanced scorecard -- Reporting results -- The City of Charlotte : a balanced scorecard success story -- Sustaining balanced scorecard success.

Sommario/riassunto

""The Balanced Scorecard has risen to the performance measurement challenge of the private sector and is equally well-equipped to facilitate a rapid and dramatic transition of twenty-first-century nonprofit and public organizations."" -from Chapter Two   The emphasis today on



demonstrated organizational performance is not limited to private-sector corporations. Public and nonprofit agencies are also finding that, as financial resources decrease and demand for results increases, they too must institute performance goals along with programs and processes that consistently progress toward those