1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910957140103321

Autore

Barron Anne

Titolo

Acquisition in interlanguage pragmatics : learning how to do things with words in a study abroad context / / Anne Barron

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2003

ISBN

9786612161346

9781282161344

1282161342

9789027296665

9027296669

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (421 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new ser. 108

Classificazione

ER 940

Disciplina

418/.0071

Soggetti

Second language acquisition

Pragmatics

Interlanguage (Language learning)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Acquisition in Interlanguage Pragmatics -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. A pragmatic approach -- Chapter 3. Acquisitional issues in learner pragmatics -- Chapter 4. Experimental design -- Chapter 5. A pragmatic analysis -- Chapter 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- Name index -- Subject index -- The PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES.

Sommario/riassunto

Acquisition in Interlanguage Pragmatics provides readers with a much-needed insight into the development of pragmatic competence, an area of research long neglected in interlanguage pragmatics. The longitudinal investigation which provides the basic material for this book consists of a corpus of requests, offers and refusals of offers elicited from Irish learners of German over a ten-month study abroad period using production questionnaires and a variety of metapragmatic instruments. The analysis focuses on developments in these learners' knowledge of discourse structure, pragmatic routines and internal



modification. Findings present valuable information pertaining to the process of acquisition of pragmatic competence. They also point to the favourable but imperfect nature of the study abroad context for the development of pragmatic competence. A comprehensive discussion of theoretical and methodological issues, an in-depth analysis and an extensive bibliography make this book of interest to both researchers and students in interlanguage pragmatics, cross-cultural pragmatics, German as a foreign language and study abroad research.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910961914503321

Autore

Orbach Susie

Titolo

Hunger Strike : the Anorectic's Struggle as a Metaphor for our Age / / Susie Orbach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Karnac Books, 2005, c1986

London : , : Taylor and Francis, , 2018

ISBN

0-429-91466-0

0-429-90043-0

0-429-47566-7

1-283-12612-5

9786613126122

1-84940-489-5

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Disciplina

616.85/2

616.85262

Soggetti

Anorexia nervosa

Women

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1986 by Faber and Faber."--t.p. verso.

"Second Edition, with a new introduction and revisions, published in 1993 by Penquine Books."--t.p. verso.

"Starving amidst plenty"--cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; Contents; Foreword; Introduction to the 1986 Edition; Introduction to the 1993 Edition; PART I; PART II; Afterword;



Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"In this classic text, originally published in 1986, Susie Orbach brilliantly examines the anorectic's struggle. Anorexia is a battle; a battle to be thin; a battle of wills, denial versus desire. It is also about control; by conquering feelings of hunger, the anorectic woman aspires to conquer her emotional feelings as well. For Orbach, the struggle goes further. In this brilliant examination of women and eating disorders, she asserts that the complex relationship between women and food signifies women's battle for autonomy. Women's bodies are both private and public property. Society demands and expects women to look a certain way, to not take up too much space, to be self-effacing and mindful of others. Yet anorexia, whilst an extreme method of conforming to such demands, is conversely a rebellion against such ideas. It is the ultimate control over self, a cry of protest, a hunger strike against the contradictory and overwhelming demands placed on women in contemporary society. Also discussed are attitudes towards eating problems, and how they have changed over recent years, and an innovative approach to residential treatment. This book provides a highly original insight into the underlying causes of eating disorders."--Provided by publisher.