1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455075203321

Autore

Crystal David <1941->

Titolo

Language and the Internet / / David Crystal [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001

ISBN

0-511-04778-9

0-511-15425-9

1-139-16477-5

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 272 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

402/.2854678

Soggetti

Language and languages

Internet

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 (p. 243-251) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 A linguistic perspective; 2 The medium of Netspeak; 3 Finding an identity; 4 The language of e-mail; 5 The language of chatgroups; 6 The language of virtual worlds; 7 The language of the Web; 8 The linguistic future of the Internet; References; Index of authors

Sommario/riassunto

David Crystal investigates the nature of the impact which the Internet is making on language. There is already a widespread popular mythology that the Internet is going to be bad for the future of language - that technospeak will rule, standards be lost, and creativity diminished as globalization imposes sameness. The argument of this book is the reverse: that the Internet is in fact enabling a dramatic expansion to take place in the range and variety of language, and is providing unprecedented opportunities for personal creativity. The Internet has now been around long enough for us to 'take a view' about the way in which it is being shaped by and is shaping language and languages, and there is no-one better placed than David Crystal to take that view. His book is written to be accessible to anyone who has used the Internet and who has an interest in language issues.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910821098403321

Autore

Leb Christina

Titolo

Cooperation in the law of transboundary water resources / / Christina Leb [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-107-27270-X

1-139-89257-6

1-316-50059-4

1-107-27204-1

1-139-56575-3

1-107-27413-3

1-107-27537-7

1-107-27862-7

1-107-27739-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvii, 330 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; ; 102

Classificazione

LAW034000

Disciplina

341.4/4

Soggetti

Water rights (International law)

Water resources development - Law and legislation

Watershed management - Law and legislation

Riparian rights

Watershed management - International cooperation

Water resources development - International cooperation

Water-supply - Management

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

Introduction -- Cooperation between sovereign states -- Development of international water law -- The duty to cooperate and concurrence of principles -- Informing cooperation -- Adoption of joint measures -- International protection of vital human water needs -- Emerging international cooperation on global water challenges -- Conclusion -- Annex. Consideration of cooperation in international treaties.

Sommario/riassunto

Climate change, population growth and the increasing demand for



water are all capable of leading to disputes over transboundary water systems. Dealing with these challenges will require the enhancing of adaptive capacity, the improving of the quality of water-resources management and a reduction in the risk of conflict between riparian states. Such changes can only be brought about through significant international cooperation. Christina Leb's analysis of the duty to cooperate and the related rights and obligations highlights the interlinkages between this duty and the principles of equitable and reasonable utilisation and the prevention of transboundary harm. In doing so, she considers the law applicable to both international watercourses and transboundary aquifers, and explores the complementarities and interaction between the rules of international water law and the related obligations of climate change and human rights law.