1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910818367603321

Titolo

The aesthetics of grammar : sound and meaning in the languages of mainland Southeast Asia / / edited by Jeffrey P. Williams [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2014

ISBN

1-108-79038-0

1-139-89041-7

1-107-50188-1

1-107-50610-7

1-107-51645-5

1-139-03048-5

1-107-49630-6

1-107-50346-9

1-107-51373-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 290 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

495

Soggetti

Southeast Asia Languages Grammar, Comparative

Southeast Asia Languages Phonology, Comparative

Southeast Asia Languages Tone

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Austroasiatic -- part II. Tai-Kadai -- part III. Hmong-Mien -- part IV. Austronesian -- part V. Tibeto-Burman.

Sommario/riassunto

The languages of mainland Southeast Asia evidence an impressive array of elaborate grammatical resources, such as echo words, phonaesthetic words, chameleon affixes, chiming derivatives, onomatopoeic forms, ideophones and expressives. Speakers of these languages fashion grammatical works of art in order to express and convey emotions, senses, conditions and perceptions that enrich discourse. This book provides a detailed comparative overview of the mechanisms by which aesthetic qualities of speech operate as part of speakers' grammatical knowledge. Each chapter focuses on a different language and explores



the grammatical information of a number of well- and lesser-known languages from mainland Southeast Asia. It will be of great interest to syntacticians, morphologists, linguistic anthropologists, language typologists, cognitive scientists interested in language, and instructors of Southeast Asian languages.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911003661703321

Autore

Holdo Markus

Titolo

Renegotiating democracy: urban capitalism and participatory spaces

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Routledge, 2023

ISBN

1-000-95977-5

Edizione

[1st]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in planning and urban design

Classificazione

ARC008000ARC010000POL007000

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Community development

Direct democracy

Economic development

Local budgets

Local government

Social change

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Can people use new participatory spaces to reclaim their rights as citizens and challenge structures of political power? This book carefully examines the constraints and possibilities for participatory governance under capitalism.  To understand what is at stake in the politics of participation, we need to look beyond the values commonly associated with it. Citizens face a dilemma: should they participate, even if this helps to sustain an unjust system, or not participate, thereby turning down rare opportunities to make a difference? By examining the rationale behind democratic innovation and the reasons people have for getting involved, this book provides a theory of how citizens can use new democratic spaces to challenge political boundaries. Connecting



numerous international case studies and presenting original research from Rosario, Argentina, this book offers a crucial corrective to previous research. What matters most is not the design of new models of participation nor is it the supposed radical imagination of political leaders. It is whether people use new spaces for participation to renegotiate what democracy means in practice.  Bridging critical urban studies and democratic theory, this book will be of interest to researchers and students in the fields of democratic innovations, political economy and urban planning. It will also provide activists and practitioners of participatory democracy with important tools to expand spaces of grassroots democracy.  The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a CC BY Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 International license.