1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783353503321

Titolo

Environmental performance of tanker designs in collision and grounding : method for comparison / / Committee for Evaluating Double-Hull Tanker Design Alternatives

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 2001

©2001

ISBN

0-309-55033-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 136 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Special report / Marine Board, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council ; ; 259

Disciplina

623.8

Soggetti

Tankers - Design and construction - Evaluation - Methodology

Tankers - Accidents - Environmental aspects

Petroleum - Transportation - Safety measures

Oil spills - Data processing

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.

Nota di contenuto

""PREFACE""; ""ACRONYMS AND GLOSSARY""; ""CONTENTS""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""2 ASSESSMENT OF PREVIOUS EVALUATION METHODS, PROPOSALS FOR ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS, AND HISTORICAL DATABASES""; ""3 DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED METHODOLOGY""; ""4 APPLICATION OF THE METHODOLOGY""; ""5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""APPENDIX A: PRESENTATIONS AT COMMITTEE MEETINGS""; ""APPENDIX B: THE COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1998""; ""APPENDIX C: SUMMARY OF IMO 13F GUIDELINES""; ""APPENDIX D: STRUCTURAL DESIGNS FOR NEW DOUBLE- HULL TANKERS""; ""STUDY COMMITTEE BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910956066403321

Autore

Adejunmobi Moradewun <1959->

Titolo

Vernacular palaver : imaginations of the local and non-native languages in West Africa / / Moradewun Adejunmobi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clevedon [England] ; ; Buffalo, : Multilingual Matters, c2004

ISBN

9786610739387

9781280739385

128073938X

9781853597749

1853597740

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

Languages for intercultural communication and education ; ; 9

Disciplina

306.44/0966

Soggetti

Sociolinguistics - Africa, West

Africa, West Languages

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 (p. 206-221) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Colonial encounters and discourses of the vernacular -- African literature, European languages, and imaginations of the local -- Foreign languages, local audiences : the case of Nigerian video film in English -- Romance without borders : narrating love, femininity, and the local in contemporary Ivory Coast -- Languages of wider communication and alternative sites of belonging.

Sommario/riassunto

Vernacular Palaver examines the continuing appeal of the idea of ‘the local’ for cultural brokers in West Africa, even in instances where they have a growing interaction with diverse global and continental languages of wider communication. It highlights the contribution of foreign and indigenous languages of wider communication to the formation of the new alliances and sodalities that are testing the relevance of locality, and reshaping the concept of local culture, in West Africa. The author traces the role of discourse about language in West African identity politics from the cultural nationalists of the early 20th century to the religious transnationals of the contemporary period. Using examples from video film, popular literature, the activity of religious associations, and educational practice, this book seeks to



advance our understanding of the varied functions of non-native languages in multilingual societies.