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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808290603321

Titolo

Dictatorship as experience : towards a socio-cultural history of the GDR / / edited by Konrad H. Jarausch ; translated by Eve Duffy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2009

©1999

ISBN

1-78238-479-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (400 p.)

Disciplina

943.1087

943/.1087

Soggetti

Dictatorship - Germany (East)

Communism - Germany (East) - History

Political culture - Germany (East)

Germany (East) Social conditions Congresses

Germany (East) Social policy Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1999 by Berghahn Books.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Part I: Introduction; Part II: The Theoretical Problem of Dictatorship; Chapter 1: The GDR; Chapter 2: Modernization and Modernization Blockages in GDR Society; Chapter 3: Care and Coercion; Part III: Mechanisms of Political Repression; Chapter 4: From DIsmantling to Currency Reform; Chapter 5: Foreign Influences on the Dictatorial Development of the GDR, 1949-1955; Chapter 6: Repression and Tolerance as Methods of Rule in Communist Societies; Part IV: Means of Social Control; Chapter 7: Creating State Socialist Governance

Chapter 8: Food Supply in a Planned EconomyChapter 9: The Myth of Female Emancipation; Chapter 10: The Socialist Glass Ceiling; Part V: Cultural Dimensions of Domination; Chapter 11: Dictatorship as Discourse; Chapter 12: The Fettered Media; Chapter 13: Criticism and Censorship; Chapter 14: THe Pivotal Cadres; Part VI: Temporal Transformations; Chapter 15: Stagnation or Change?; Chapter 16: The Hitler Youth Generation in the GDR; Chapter 17: Reforming Socialism?; Chapter 18: Mobility and Blockage During the 1970s; Postscript;



Chapter 19: Rethinking the Second German Dictatorship

Selected BibliographyNotes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A decade after the collapse of communism, this volume presents a historical reflection on the perplexing nature of the East German dictatorship. In contrast to most political rhetoric, it seeks to establish a middle ground between totalitarianism theory, stressing the repressive features of the SED-regime, and apologetics of the socialist experiment, emphasizing the normality of daily lives. The book transcends the polarization of public debate by stressing the tensions and contradictions within the East German system that combined both aspects by using dictatorial means to achieve its emanci

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438235703321

Titolo

Psycholinguistic and Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Second Language Learning and Teaching : Studies in Honor of Waldemar Marton / / edited by Krystyna Drozdzial-Szelest, Mirosław Pawlak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

9783642235474

3642235476

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Collana

Second Language Learning and Teaching, , 2193-7656

Altri autori (Persone)

Drozdział-SzelestKrystyna

PawlakMiroslaw

Disciplina

401.9

Soggetti

Psycholinguistics

Sociolinguistics

Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Lingusitics

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.

Nota di contenuto

Foreign language didactics encounters cognitive science -- Only connect: The interface debate in second language acquisition -- Teaching English as an International Language: Problems and research Questions -- Metaphor in language education -- Dual focus on



language and content as an issue in L2/FL reading development -- Inhibitory control, working memory and L2 interaction -- Second language learners’ processing of idiomatic expressions: Does compositionality matter? -- The relationship between impulsive/reflective cognitive style and success in grammar acquisition in English as a foreign language -- The appeal of the teaching method in the postmethod era: The motivation of adult EFL course participants -- The folk linguistics of language teaching and learning.

Sommario/riassunto

The volume provides a state-of-the-art overview of key issues in second language learning and teaching, adopting as a point of reference both psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic perspectives. The papers included in the collection, which have been contributed by leading specialists in the field from Poland and abroad, touch upon important theoretical issues, report latest research findings and offer guidelines for classroom practice. The range of topics covered and the inclusion of concrete pedagogic proposals ensures that the book will be of interest to a wide audience, not only SLA specialists, but also methodologists, material designers, undergraduate and graduate students, and practitioners.