1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910467601903321

Autore

Rutherford Bruce K.

Titolo

Egypt after Mubarak : Liberalism, Islam, and Democracy in the Arab World / / Bruce K. Rutherford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-299-05138-3

1-4008-4614-5

Edizione

[With a New introduction by the author]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics ; ; 48

Disciplina

320.962

Soggetti

Islam and politics - Egypt

Democracy - Egypt

Liberalism - Egypt

Egypt Politics and government 21st century

Egypt Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This edition previously issued in print: 2013.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction to the Paperback Edition -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. Hybrid Regimes and Arab Democracy -- CHAPTER TWO. Liberal Constitutionalism -- CHAPTER THREE. Islamic Constitutionalism -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Decline of Statism and the Convergence of Political Alternatives -- CHAPTER FIVE. Economic Restructuring and the Rise of Market Liberalism -- CHAPTER SIX Liberalism, Islam, and Egypt's Political Future -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

Which way will Egypt go now that Husni Mubarak's authoritarian regime has been swept from power? Will it become an Islamic theocracy similar to Iran? Will it embrace Western-style liberalism and democracy? Egypt after Mubarak reveals that Egypt's secularists and Islamists may yet navigate a middle path that results in a uniquely Islamic form of liberalism and, perhaps, democracy. Bruce Rutherford draws on in-depth interviews with Egyptian judges, lawyers, Islamic activists, politicians, and businesspeople. He utilizes major court rulings, political documents of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the writings of



Egypt's leading contemporary Islamic thinkers. Rutherford demonstrates that, in post-Mubarak Egypt, progress toward liberalism and democracy is likely to be slow. Essential reading on a subject of global importance, this edition includes a new introduction by Rutherford that takes stock of the Arab Spring and the Muslim Brotherhood's victories in the 2011-2012 elections.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781406903321

Autore

Hübler Axel

Titolo

Understatements and hedges in English / / Axel Hübler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins, , 1983

ISBN

1-283-35947-2

9786613359476

90-272-8033-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond, , 0166-6258 ; ; 4:6

Disciplina

420.1/9

420.19

Soggetti

Figures of speech

Understatement

English language - Spoken English

National characteristics, English

English language - Syntax

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision and translation of thesis (Habilitation)--University of Duisburg, 1981.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. [183]-192.

Nota di contenuto

UNDERSTATEMENTSAND HEDGES IN ENGLISH; Editorial page; Title page; Table of contents; PREFACE; 0. INTRODUCTION; 1. GUIDELINES TO UNDERSTATEMENTS AND HEDGES; 1.1. The sentence and its negatability; 1.1.1. Projective character of sentences; 1.1.2. Negatability of sentences; 1.2. Liability constraints of the sentence; 1.2.1. Liability constraints and argumentation basis of the sentence; 1.2.2. Liability and indetermination; 1.2.3. Specification of the concept of indetermination; 1.3. Working definition and working perspective; 2.



PHRASTIC INDETERMINATION AS A DEVICE FOR FORMING UNDERSTATEMENTS

2.1. Negation of predicates 2.1.1. Negation; 2.1.1.1. Kinds of negation; 2.1.1.2. Semantics of negation; 2.1.2. Predicates; 2.1.2.1. Delimitations; 2.1.2.2. Scalability of adjectives; 2.1.2.3. Scalability of verbs and nouns; 2.1.3. Negative predications; 2.1.3.1. Affixal negation of predicates; 2.1.3.2. Free-morpheme negation of predicates; 2.1.4. Summary; 2.2. Detensification of predicates by grading adverbs; 2.2.1. Grading; 2.2.1.1. Grading and attributive modification; 2.2.1.2. Grading and modal modification; 2.2.1.3. Adverbs of degree

2.2.1.4. Classification of (detensifying) adverbs of degree 2.2.1.5. Detensification of predicates; 2.2.1.6. Detensification and indetermination; 2.2.2. Relationship of detensified and categorical predicates; 2.2.2.1. Negativity and positivity; 2.2.2.2. Speaker's perspective; 2.2.2.3. Grammaticization and idiomaticity; 2.2.2.4. Antonymicity; 2.2.3. Summary; 3. NEUSTIC INDETERMINATION AS A DEVICE FOR FORMING HEDGES; 3.1. Factivity and modality; 3.2. Questions; 3.2.1. Question forms - assertion forms; 3.2.2. Declarative questions; 3.2.3. Biased questions and rhetorical questions

3.2.4. Tag questions 3.2.5. Hedging function of questions; 3.3. Modalized assertory assertions; 3.3.1. General characterization; 3.3.2. Repertoire of modal expressions; 3.3.2.1. Parenthetical verbs; 3.3.2.2. Modal adverbs; 3.3.2.3. Modal verbs; 3.3.2.4. Synopsis of modal expressions; 3.3.3. Assertiveness of modal expressions; 3.4. Summary; 4. COMMUNICATIVE CONDITIONS FOR UNDERSTATEMENTS AND HEDGES; 4.1. Another look at negatability of sentences; 4.2. Communication as a possible threat to face; 4.3. Understatements and hedges as face saving strategies

4.4. Face threatening acts and face saving strategies exemplified by praise and criticism 4.4.1. The socially expected norm as a criterion for praise and criticism; 4.4.2. Calculating the seriousness of the threat to face; 4.4.3. Calculating the effectiveness of face saving strategies; 4.4.4. Choosing face saving strategies; 4.4.5. Stylistic differences; 4.5. Summary; FOOTNOTES; REFERENCES

Sommario/riassunto

The goal of this monograph is a comprehensive analysis of understatements and other forms of non-direct speech (hedges) in modern English. It is based on a multi-level approach, including philosophical, cultural, and socio-psychological arguments. The main part consists of an investigation of the linguistic restrictions for understatements and hedges to be formed by means of the following grammatical categories: negation of predicates, gradation of predicates, modalization of affirmative sentences by means of parenthetical verbs, modal adverbs, modal verbs, and questions.