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UNINA9910781306103321 |
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Autore |
Bennett Patrick R |
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Titolo |
Comparative semitic linguistics : a manual / / Patrick R. Bennett |
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Winona Lake, Ind. : , : Eisenbrauns, , 1998 |
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©1998 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 269 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Comparative linguistics |
Semitic languages - Glossaries, vocabularies, etc |
Semitic languages - Grammar, Comparative |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Basics of descriptive linguistics -- pt. 2. A general introduction to the semitic language family -- pt. 3. An outline of comparative linguistics -- pt. 4. Lexicostatistics : some alternatives -- pt. 5. Linguistic reconstruction : comparative and internal -- pt. 6. Various less-common techniques -- pt. 7. Onward and beyond. |
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As the title indicates, this unique resource is a manual on comparative linguistics, with the examples taken exclusively from Semitic languages. It is an innovative volume that recalls the earlier tradition of textbooks of comparative philology, which, however, exclusively treated Indo-European languages. It is suited for students with at least a year of a Semitic language. By far the largest component of the book are the nine wordlists that provide the data to be manipulated by the student. Says reviewer Peter Daniels, the wordlists “constitute a unique resource for all of comparative linguistics—a considerable quantity of uniform data from a host of related languages. They would be useful for any class in comparative linguistics, not just for those interested specifically in Semitic.” Scattered throughout the text are 25 exercises based on the wordlists that provide a good introduction to the methods of comparativists. Also included are paradigms of the phonological systems of ten Semitic languages as well as Coptic and a form of Berber. A bibliography that guides the student into further reading in |
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Semitic linguistics completes the volume. |
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UNINA9910778303103321 |
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Autore |
Tulloch John |
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Titolo |
Risk and everyday life [[electronic resource] /] / John Tulloch and Deborah Lupton |
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0-7619-4758-2 |
1-282-26265-3 |
9786612262654 |
1-84920-656-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource ([vi], 140 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Risk perception |
Risk - Sociological aspects |
Risk-taking (Psychology) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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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. [135]-136) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 - Introduction: Researching Risk and Everyday Life; 2 - Defining Risk; 3 - Risk and Border Crossings; 4 - Individualization, Risk Modernity and Biography: The Case of Work; 5 - Plural Rationalities: From Blitz to Contemporary Crime; 6 - Perceptions of Time and Place in a 'Risk Modern' City; Final Thoughts; References; Index |
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The authors examine how people define risk and what risks they see as affecting them, for example in relation to immigration, employment and family life. They emphasise the need to take account of the cultural dimensions of risk and risk-taking to understand how risk is experienced as part of everyday life and consider the influence that gender, social class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, occupation, geographical location and nationality have on our perceptions and experience of risk. |
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