1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786392703321

Titolo

Anchoritism in the Middle Ages [[electronic resource] ] : texts and traditions / / edited by Catherine Innes-Parker and Naoë Kukita Yoshikawa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cardiff, : University of Wales Press, 2013

ISBN

0-7083-2603-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Collana

Religion and culture in the Middle Ages

Altri autori (Persone)

Innes-ParkerCatherine

YoshikawaNaoë Kukita

Disciplina

255.02

Soggetti

Hermits - History - To 1500

Women hermits - History - To 1500

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

Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Can There Be Such a Thing as an 'Anchoritic Rule'?; The Role of the Anchoritic Guidance Writer: Goscelin of St Bertin; Logical Discourse Markers in Julian of Norwich; Heresy and Heterodoxy: The Feminized Trinities of Marguerite Poreteand Julian of Norwich; Hagiography and Idealism: St Dympna of Geel, an Uncanny Saint; Bridal Mysticism and the Politics of the Anchorhold: Dorothy of Montau; Secularization in Ancrene Wisse, Part 1: The 'Pater noster', 'Credo' and 'Ave'

Reading and Devotional Practice: The Wooing Group Prayers ofBritish Library, MS Cotton Nero A.xivCarmelite Spirituality and the Laity in Late Medieval England; Printing and Reading Walter Hilton in Early Tudor England; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Anchoritism in the Middle Ages explores the relationships between anchoritism (the life of a solitary religious recluse) and other forms of solitude and sanctity, addressing the different ways in which anchoritism can be interpreted, the relationships between anchoritism and other forms of medieval devotion, and the evolving audience for vernacular guidance literature.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779868903321

Autore

Duff Patricia

Titolo

Learning Chinese [[electronic resource] ] : linguistic, sociocultural, and narrative perspectives / / Patricia Duff ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2013

ISBN

1-934078-77-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 p.)

Collana

Trends in applied linguistics, , 1868-6362 ; ; v. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

DuffPatricia <1959->

Disciplina

495.1071

Soggetti

Chinese language - Study and teaching

Chinese language - Social aspects

Chinese language - Research

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 -- Preface -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- 1 'China Rising': Chinese and Chinese Language Learning as Global Phenomena -- 2 Developing Chinese Proficiency: Linguistic Perspectives -- 3 Developing Everyday Chinese Literacies: Sinographic Choices, Practices, and Identities -- 4 Sociocultural Approaches to Chinese Language Learning and Research: Negotiating Identities and Communities -- 5 Narrative and Metanarrative Perspectives on Learning, Researching, and Theorizing Chinese as an Additional Language -- 6 Conclusion: Reflections on Research in Chinese as an Additional Language -- Appendices

Sommario/riassunto

The acquisition of Mandarin Chinese, one of the most important and widely spoken languages in the world today, is the focus of this innovative study. It describes the rise of Chinese as a global language and the many challenges and opportunities associated with learning it. The collaborative, multiple-case study and cross-case analysis is presented from three distinct but complementary theoretical and analytic perspectives: linguistic, sociocultural, and narrative. The book reveals fascinating dimensions of Chinese language learning based on vivid first-person accounts (with autobiographical n