1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456637103321

Autore

Terzuolo Eric R

Titolo

Nato and weapons of mass destruction [[electronic resource] ] : regional alliance, global threats / / Eric Terzuolo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2006

ISBN

1-134-18099-3

1-282-59587-3

9786612595875

0-203-96395-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

Contemporary security studies

Disciplina

327.1745

Soggetti

Weapons of mass destruction

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 bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1 A NEW COGNIZANCE OF THE WMD THREAT; 2 THE WASHINGTON SUMMIT INITIATIVE ON WMD; 3 FROM 11 SEPTEMBER TO THE PRAGUE SUMMIT; 4 NATO AND THE IRAQ INTERVENTION; 5 NATO'S FUTURE IN AN AGE OF NEW THREATS; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

NATO was hugely successful in facing off the Soviet Union during the Cold War. But has it been equally successful in addressing the ""new threats"" of the post-Cold War era? This new study assesses the organization's political and military initiatives, and how its outreach to Russia, Ukraine, and other countries in the Euro-Atlantic and Mediterranean regions, devoted considerable attention to WMD proliferation risks. It also probes the political factors, both inside and outside NATO, as well as resource constraints, which have limited the alliance's ""added value"" in the inte



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910817741903321

Autore

Biewer Carolin

Titolo

South Pacific Englishes : a sociolinguistic and morphosyntactic profile of Fiji English, Samoan English and Cook Islands English / / Carolin Biewer, University of Zurich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-272-6895-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Collana

Varieties of English Around the World (VEAW), , 0172-7362 ; ; Volume G52

Disciplina

427/.996

Soggetti

English language - Variation - Pacific Area

English language - Variation - Oceania

English language - Spoken English - Pacific Area

English language - Spoken English - Oceania

Sociolinguistics - Pacific Area

Sociolinguistics - Oceania

English language - Fiji

English language - Samoa

English language - Cook Islands

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

South Pacific Englishes; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Abbreviations; List of tables; List of figures; List of maps ; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 1.1 The structure of the book ; 1.2 Previous research on English in the South Pacific ; 1.2.1 English in Fiji ; 1.2.2 English in Samoa and the Cook Islands ; 1.2.3 Publications on South Pacific English(es) ; 1.2.4 Summary ; 1.3 Terminology ; 1.4 Points of comparison in the study of world Englishes ; 2. The language situation in Fiji, Samoa and the Cook Islands; 2.1 Geography and demography ; 2.2 The native languages

2.3 The spread of English 2.3.1 Early contacts with English ; 2.3.2 Attitudes and exposure to English in colonial times ; 2.3.3 The impact



of English after political (semi-)independence ; 2.4 The role of English today ; 2.4.1 English in politics ; 2.4.2 English in education ; 2.4.3 English in literature ; 2.4.4 English in popular music ; 2.4.5 English in the mass media ; 2.4.6 English as the language of religion? ; 2.4.7 English as a lingua franca or LWC ; 2.4.8 English in the private domain ; 2.4.9 Summary ; 2.5 Local varieties of English: their existence, recognition and assessment

3.5.4 Socio-cultural motivations for language restructuring

Sommario/riassunto

Second-language varieties of English in the South Pacific have received scant attention, until now. This monograph offers the first book-length analysis of the sociolinguistics and morphosyntax of three representatives of South Pacific L2 English in comparison - two of which have never been described linguistically. The book describes the spread of English, its current status and use in the three island states and compares the most frequent and salient morphosyntactic features to corresponding structures in Asian and African Englishes and the Oceanic substrate languages. As part of a larger th