Cognitive-functional approaches to the study of Japanese as a second language / / edited by Kaori Kabata, Kiyoko Toratani

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910466152303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston, [Massachusetts] ; ; Berlin, Germany : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-61451-502-6; 1-5015-0068-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (382 p.)
• Collana: Studies on Language Acquisition, , 1861-4248 ; ; Volume 46
• Disciplina: 495.680071
• Soggetti: Japanese language - English; Japanese language - Study and teaching - English speakers; Intercultural communication; Teachers, Foreign - United States; Teaching; 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 at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Table of contents -- Preface -- List of contributors -- 1. Application of cognitive-functional linguistics to the study of Japanese as a second and foreign language: An introduction -- 2. The acquisition of linguistic categories in second language acquisition: A functionalist approach -- 3. Friendly and respectful politeness: A functional analysis of L2 utterances -- 4. What learners know about lexical aspect in L2: Motion verbs kuru ‘come’ and iku ‘go’ and the acquisition of imperfective -teiru in Japanese -- 5. A usage-based account of learner acquisition of Japanese particles ni and de -- 6. A usage-based approach to relativization: An investigation of advanced-learners’ written production of relative clauses in Japanese -- 7. A multimedia encyclopedia of Japanese mimetics: A frame-semantic approach to L2 sound-symbolic words -- 8. A cognitive approach to the comprehension of intransitive constructions in L1 and L2 Japanese ; -- 9. An L2 corpus study of the Japanese grammatical marker -te-simau: An application of force dynamics -- 10. The L2 acquisition of Japanese Motion event descriptions by L1 English speakers: An exploratory study -- 11. Influence of L1 English on the descriptions of motion events in L2 Japanese with focus on deictic expressions -- 12. Subject-object contrast (shukakutairitsu) and subject-object merger (shukaku-gouitsu) in “thinking for speaking”¹: A typology of the speaker’s preferred stances of construal across languages and its implications for language teaching -- 13. A survey of work published in Japan at the dawn of the new millennium -- 14. Towards better integration of linguistics research, SLA, and pedagogy -- Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: This innovative and original volume brings together studies that apply cognitive and functional linguistics to the study of the L2 acquisition of Japanese. With each article grounded on the usage-based model and/or conceptual notions such as foregrounding and subjectivity, the volume sheds light on how cognitive and functional linguistics can help us understand aspects of Japanese acquisition that have been neglected by traditionalists.

The Commodification of Farm Animals / / by Sophie Riley

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910544873403321
• Autore: Riley Sophie
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022
• ISBN: 9783030858704; 9783030858698
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2022.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 pages)
• Collana: Animal Welfare; , 3091-3497 ; 21
• Disciplina: 179.3; 636
• Soggetti: Veterinary medicine; Animal welfare - Moral and ethical aspects; Agriculture; International law; Trade regulation; Veterinary Science; Animal Ethics; International Economic Law, Trade Law; Ramaderia; Animals domèstics; Mercantilisme; Benestar dels animals; Llibres electrònics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: For What Is the Animal But the Profits Thereof? -- “Meating” the Demand: Markets and Commodification -- The Enlightenment Casts A Shadow: Anti-Cruelty in the Nineteenth Century -- Animal Disease as a Trade Issue: Cattle Plagues and the Veterinary Profession -- Internationalisation of Disease and the Trade in Animals -- Whither Ethics? -- A Sufficient Level of Repugnance -- Conclusion: Decommodifying Farm Animals.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines how the developments in veterinary science, philosophy, economics and law converged during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to entrench farm animals along a commodification pathway. It covers two neglected areas of study; the importance of international veterinary conferences to domestic regimes and the influence of early global treaties that dealt with animal health on domestic quarantine measures. The author concludes by arguing that society needs to reconsider its understanding and the place of the welfare paradigm in animal production systems. As it presently stands, this paradigm can be used to justify almost any self-serving reason to abrogate ethical principles. The topic of this book will appeal to a wide readership; not only scholars, students and educators but also people involved in animal production, interested parties and experts in the animal welfare and animal rights sector, as well as policy-makers and regulators, who will find this work informative and thought-provoking. “Dr Sophie Riley’s book adds notably to the texts already available on animal welfare law. Starting with an historical analysis and describing the economic and commercial forces that are at work, Dr Riley demonstrates the dangers of unbridled commodification of farm animals. She invokes international law to analyze and evaluate the development of ‘quarantine treaties’. There must be re-engagement with ethical principles to bring the human mind into focus upon our empathy with animal species. Animals are not just things. Fortunately, increasing numbers of citizens are coming to realize this and to demand change. Dr Riley’s book explains why the change is happening and should accelerate." The Honourable Michael Kirby AC CMG, Sydney, Australia.