1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779464803321

Autore

McAnany Emile G

Titolo

Saving the world [[electronic resource] ] : a brief history of communication for development and social change / / Emile G. McAnany

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012

ISBN

0-252-09387-9

1-283-99350-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

History of communication

Disciplina

338.9001/4

Soggetti

Communication in economic development - History

Communication in rural development - History

Communication in social action - History

Mass media - Social aspects - History

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 (p. [157-168]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Communication in the lives of the globe -- Saving the world : beginning of communication for development -- Globalization, discourse and development communication : Unesco as prime mover -- Communication for development : does it work? -- Rethinking the paradigm : the dependency phase -- Another paradigm : participatory communication -- Paradigm for a new millennium : social entrepreneurship -- Past, present and future : an agenda for 2015 and beyond -- The future : some final thoughts.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on the pioneering works of Daniel Lerner, Everett Rogers, and Wilbur Schramm as well as his own personal experiences in the field, McAnany builds a new, historically cognizant paradigm of communication for development and social change for the future that supplements technology with social entrepreneurship.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785631603321

Autore

Ewers Traute <1960->

Titolo

The origin of American Black English : be-forms in the HOODOO texts / / Traute Ewers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 1996

ISBN

3-11-082362-4

Edizione

[Reprint 2011]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 pages)

Collana

Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; ; 15

Classificazione

HF 991

Disciplina

427/.973/08996073

Soggetti

Black English

English language - United States - Foreign elements - African

English language - Variation - United States

African languages - Influence on English

African Americans - Languages

Hoodoo (Cult)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The HOODOO texts as corpus -- 3. Invariant be -- 4. Be1-forms: conjugated, contracted and zero forms -- 5. Conclusion -- Appendix I. List of informants -- Appendix II. Tagging system -- Appendix III. List of invariant be-forms -- Notes -- References -- Index