1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457042903321

Titolo

Focus on Scotland [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Manfred Görlach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1985

ISBN

1-283-09302-2

9786613093028

90-272-8636-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Collana

Varieties of English around the world. General series, , 0017-7362 ; ; v. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

GörlachManfred

Disciplina

427/.9411

Soggetti

Scots language

Scots language - Social aspects - Scotland

Scots language - Variation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Introduction; Nationalism and the Scots Renaissance now; SCOTS AND LOW GERMAN: THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF TWO MINORITY LANGUAGES; The rise and fall of the Morningside/Kelvinside accent; LINGUISTIC FIELDWORK IN A SCOTTISH NEW TOWN; Overt and covert prestige: Evaluative boundaries in the speech community; 'Knappin', 'Proper English', 'Modified Scottish' Some language attitudes in the Shetland Isles; The narrative skills of a Scottish coal miner; On the variability of Hebridean English syntax: the verbal group; Variation in Hebridean English

The search for a Scots narrative voiceOur ain leid? The predicament of a Scots writer; The debate on Scots orthography; THE CHRISTMAS STORY IN SCOTS; Poetry in Glasgow dialect; INDEX; Authors' addresses; The series Varieties of English Around the World

Sommario/riassunto

This collection comprises 15 essays ranging from the social history of and attitudes towards Scots to the representation of Scottishness in literary language and to modern sociolinguistic work. The uniqueness of the historical and present-day linguistic situation in Scotland makes the volume of particular concern not only to Scotophiles, but also to



linguists interested in bidialectalism, language planning, literary dialect, urban surveys, and language and education. The authors include linguistist Scotland, England, the United States, Scandinavia and Germany.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457313803321

Autore

McCue Colleen

Titolo

Data mining and predictive analysis [[electronic resource] ] : intelligence gathering and crime analysis / / Colleen McCue

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2007

ISBN

1-280-63650-5

9786610636501

0-08-046462-9

Descrizione fisica

XXVII, 393 p.; ; 24 cm

Disciplina

363.25/6

Soggetti

Crime analysis

Data mining

Law enforcement - Data processing

Criminal behavior, Prediction of

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

It is now possible to predict the future when it comes to crime. In  Data Mining and Predictive Analysis, Dr. Colleen McCue describes not only the possibilities for data mining to assist law enforcement professionals, but also provides real-world examples showing how data mining has identified crime trends, anticipated community hot-spots, and refined resource deployment decisions.  In this book Dr. McCue describes her use of ""off the shelf"" software to graphically depict crime trends and to predict where future crimes are likely to occur. Armed with this data, law enforcement executi



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910810062203321

Titolo

Emergency alert and warning systems : current knowledge and future research directions / / The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : The National Academies Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

0-309-46740-3

0-309-46738-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 128 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

363.34068

Soggetti

Emergency communication systems - United States

Public safety radio service - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia