1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910219984403321

Autore

Chalk Peter

Titolo

Countering piracy in the modern era : notes from a RAND workshop to discuss the best approaches for dealing with piracy in the 21st century / / Peter Chalk, Laurence Smallman, Nicholas Burger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2009

ISBN

1-282-39863-6

9786612398636

0-8330-4904-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (23 p.)

Collana

Conference proceedings

Altri autori (Persone)

SmallmanLaurence

BurgerNicholas

Disciplina

364.16/4

Soggetti

Piracy - Prevention

Shipping - Security measures

Merchant marine - Security measures

Piracy - Economic aspects

Piracy - Aden, Gulf of

Aden, Gulf of Navigation Safety measures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

"RAND National Defense Research Institute."

"CF-269-OSD"--P. [4] of cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Countering piracy in the modern era : notes from a RAND workshop to discuss the best approaches for dealing with piracy in the 21st century -- The current legal framework for countering piracy -- The economic burden imposed by piracy -- Anti-piracy off the Horn of Africa and the opportunities for interstate collaboration -- The wisdom of using armed contractors to protect shipping in the Gulf of Aden -- The extent to which industry talks as single voice in terms of maritime security -- How to confront piracy off the Horn of Africa.

Sommario/riassunto

In March 2009, the RAND Corporation convened a small group of experts from the U.S. government, allied partner nations, the maritime industry, and academic organizations to discuss piracy in the modern



era. Participants concluded that mitigating the complex nature of maritime crime requires the input of all stakeholders--state, national, private, and nongovernmental--and must embrace measures beyond the reactive deployment of naval assets.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910842295403321

Autore

Pae Hye K.

Titolo

Analyzing the Korean Alphabet : The Science of Hangul / / by Hye K. Pae

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024

ISBN

9783031496332

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 pages)

Disciplina

495.711

Soggetti

Applied linguistics

Asia - Languages

Language and languages - Orthography and spelling

Language and languages

Grammar, Comparative and general - Phonology

Literacy

Applied Linguistics

Asian Languages

Orthography

Language History

Phonology and Phonetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The Characteristics of Korean Spoken Language and Written Language -- Pathway to the Korean Alphabet -- Beyond the Invention: Trajectory, Modern Use, and Global Affordances -- Not Optimal Yet Near-Optimal Writing System and Hangul -- Orthographic and Phonological Representations in Hangul -- From the Phonemic Principle to the Morphophonological Principle -- The Topology of



Hangul: Learnability, Efficiency, and Utility -- Processing of the Orthographic, Phonological, and Morphological Properties in Hangul -- The Reading Brain, Translinguistic Interactions, and Reading Effectiveness in Hangul -- Hangul’s Unique Status among Scripts -- Theory Building: A Synergistic Model for Hangul -- Conclusion: Impacts on the Science of Writing, the Science of Writing, and Beyond.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides comprehensive coverage of the Korean alphabet, Hangul, and includes a synthesis of research findings relating to reading in the non-Roman alphabet. This, in turn, contributes to the science of reading through an understanding of reading mechanisms that are essential for all writing systems, and that are particular for a given writing system. Hangul has been recognized as “the world’s best alphabet,” “one of the great intellectual achievements of Mankind,” and “alphabet’s epitome, a star among alphabets” by some linguists and historians. It is known that writing systems have evolved based on the ecological principle that visual signs are culturally selected to match objects found in natural scenes through selection pressures for optimal visual processing. However, Hangul is an exception. It was purposely invented by King Sejong in the 15th century to combat the illiteracy prevalent at the time. The chapters excavate the historical background of Hangul, and the unique characteristics of Hangul that contribute to learnability for emergent readers and efficiency for skilled readers. The author presents empirical evidence of psycholinguistic research into reading Hangul, building theories and presenting implications for the science of reading (psycholinguistics) and the science of writing (grapholinguistics). This book is relevant to students, researchers, and practitioners in applied linguistics, psycholinguistics, language studies, reading studies, and grammatology, with a particular focus on the Korean alphabet.