1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797675103321

Autore

Wells Bill (Clinical linguistics)

Titolo

Children's intonation : a framework for practice and research / / Bill Wells, Professor, Department of Human Communication Sciences University of Sheffield, Joy Stackhouse, Professor, Department of Human Communication Sciences, University of Sheffield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016

2016

ISBN

1-118-94759-2

1-118-94760-6

1-118-94761-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (421 p.)

Collana

Children's Speech and Literacy Difficulties

THEi Wiley ebooks

Classificazione

MED007000

Disciplina

618.92/855

Soggetti

Language disorders in children

Linguistics

Children - Language

Prosodic analysis (Linguistics)

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

Machine generated contents note:  Preface Foreword by John Local 1 Intonation 2 Turns 3 Topics and focus 4 Actions 5 Intonation in interaction profile 6 Infancy 7 Pre-school years 8 School years 9 Models 10 Speech, language and literary difficulties 11 Autism spectrum and learning difficulties 12 Hearing impairments References Appendices 1: Transcription conventions 2: Robin: background information 3: Intonation in interaction profile 4: Developmental phase model 5: Intonation processing model 6: Mick 7: Jacob 8: Ricky Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Children's Intonation: A Framework for Practice and Research is a practical guide that focuses on the nature, causes and assessment of intonation problems for children and adolescents.  Focusses on issues of the nature, causes and assessment of intonation problems in children Contains numerous transcribed extracts from real



conversations involving children Includes a variety of clinical tools and models, including a tool for profiling children's intonation skills; a psycholinguistic model of intonation processing; an interactional perspective on intonation use; and a developmental phase model to explain typical and atypical intonation development Case studies throughout to illustrate key points and clinical application Each chapter includes activities for the reader to complete with keys to check answers."--

"Children's Intonation: A Framework for Practice and Research is a practical guide that focuses on the nature, causes and assessment of intonation problems for children and adolescents. Highlighting the importance of intonation for everyday conversational interaction and the implications of this for teaching and therapy contexts, this book addresses the following questions: - How and when do children learn to use intonation for the purposes of interaction? - As children get older, does intonation become more important or less important for communication? - How might intonation be used to support or compensate for other aspects of language? - What are the implications for practitioners, parents and caregivers when interacting with young children? Clinically oriented, this book explores these questions through case studies that cover a range of developmental communication difficulties including autism spectrum disorders, hearing impairment and specific speech and language difficulties. It provides readers with a tool for profiling children's intonation skills, a developmental phase model to explain typical and atypical intonation development, a psycholinguistic model of intonation processing, interactional perspectives on intonation use, and consideration of intonation in relation to both written and spoken language"-- Provided by publisher.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910796661403321

Autore

Llorca-Jaña Manuel <1975-, >

Titolo

The globalization of merchant banking before 1850 : the case of Huth and Company / / Manuel Llorca-Jaña

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-54393-8

1-351-54394-6

1-315-08638-7

Edizione

[First Edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

332.1/540941

Soggetti

Merchant banks - Great Britain - History

Banks and banking - Great Britain - History

Great Britain Commerce History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Early life and activities of Frederick Huth, founder of the company, c.1777-1822 -- chapter 2 Expansion of the firm during the 1820s–1830s and the South American branches -- chapter 3 Huth & Co.'s Spanish and German connections during the 1820s–1840s -- chapter 4 The Liverpool branch, agents in Britain and the US connection -- chapter 5 A global enterprise of trade and lending -- chapter 6 Risk-management credit strategies -- chapter 7 Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

"London merchant bankers emerged during the 1820s in the wake of financial turmoil caused by the wars of American Independence, the Napoleonic campaigns and the Anglo-American war of 1812. Though the majority of merchant bankers remained cautious in their affairs, Huth & Co established an impressive global network of trade and lending, dealing with over 6,000 correspondents in more than seventy countries. Based on archival research, this comparative study provides a new chronology of early nineteenth-century commercial and financial expansion.Huth & Co. were truly market-makers and key intermediaries of commodities and capital flows in the international economy. This is an important example of a firm shaping globalisation



well before the transport and communication revolution of the last quarter of the nineteenth century. But rather than a case study, this is a comparative study concerned with the commercial and financial activities of the leading merchant-bankers of the periodThis book will be of great interest to business and economic historians interested in the nature of the early decades of the first globalization."--Provided by publisher.