The Lower Damodar River, India [[electronic resource] ] : Understanding the Human Role in Changing Fluvial Environment / / by Kumkum Bhattacharyya

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785584603321
• Autore: Bhattacharyya Kumkum
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2011
• ISBN: 94-007-0467-4
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2011.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Collana: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research, , 1879-7180
• Disciplina: 551.483095414
• Soggetti: Hydrogeology; Water pollution; Physical geography; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution; Physical Geography
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1.Introduction -- 2. Damodar Valley Region -- 3. Floods and Water Resource Management in a Tropical River, the Damodar -- 4. The Reservoired Lower Damodar: Hydro-Geomorphic Perspective -- 5. Colonization Processes in the Damodar Riverbed -- 6. Controlled Lower Damodar: Social Perspective -- 7. The Controlled Lower Damodar: A Product of Hydrogeomorphic and Anthropogenic Processes -- 8. Towards Better Interaction -- References -- APPENDIX I. Model questionnaire of perception survey -- APPENDIX II. List of reference maps -- APPENDIX III. Hydrological observation -- APPENDIX IV. Information about Maithon and Panchet Project.-APPENDIX V. Streamflow of the Damodar River at Rhondia -- APPENDIX VI. Streamflow of the Damodar River at Damodar Bridge Site -- APPENDIX VII. Inflow into Durgapur Barrage and canal consumption -- APPENDIX VIII. Volume of water released down the Durgapur Barrage and canals -- APPENDIX IX. Combined moderation by Maithon and Panchet dams of the Damodar River -- APPENDIX X. Peak flow of the Damodar River, Rhondia -- APPENDIX XI. Average monsoon discharge and suspended sediment of Damodar at Damodar Bridge Site -- APPENDIX XII. GIS as a ; toolbox for flood, water & land resource planners.
• Sommario/riassunto: Interweaving the human aspects of river control with analysis of hydro-physical data, including historical data over the last few centuries, this monograph is a comprehensive evaluation of the Damodar’s lower reaches. While the Damodar River isn’t an exceptional tropical river, nor does it feature classic examples of river control structures, it is unusual and worthy of study due to the fact that nowhere else in the tropical world have riverine sandbars been used as a resource base as well as for permanent settlements. Based on their knowledge of river stages, the inhabitants have fine-tuned their land use to flood events, applying a concept of flood zoning to the riverbed. Every available space has been utilized rationally and judiciously. This rare human-environmental study analyzes the remarkable way in which immigrants unfamiliar with the riverine environment have adapted to the altered hydrologic regime of the river. In doing so they have demonstrated a sophisticated understanding of the flood regime and the vagaries of an unpromising environment in their land use, cropping and settlement patterns. Spurred on by restricted social and economic mobility and sometimes political constraints, these self-settled refugees have learned to adapt to their environment and live with the floods. Bhattacharyya’s text is particularly timely, as anthropogenic processes of this kind have not been adequately studied by geographers. "Bhattacharyya's superb study describes and analyzes the interrelationship of geomorphic setting, resource base, perceived environment and social space as well as the role of legal structures, economic geography and infrastructure in accounting for the way society has adapted to, altered and utilized a once natural dynamic environment. Through historical reconstruction of the riverine scene along with marshalling of data on river behavior and social change, including the presentation of detailed studies of settlements within the alluvial bottomland brought to life with excellent maps, the author makes clear how people, ranging from refugees to local settlers have transformed the landscape driven by diverse cultural, economic, religious, and political forces. The author's description of the sophisticated way in which environment, social status, and culture are interwoven in the distribution of crops and associated microtopography is masterful". (Prof. M. Gordon Wolman, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA).

Manipulation and ideologies in the twentieth century : discourse, language, mind / / edited by Louis de Saussure, Peter Schulz

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910959484703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2005
• ISBN: 9786612156311; 9781282156319; 1282156314; 9789027294029; 902729402X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xvi, 312 p
• Collana: Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture, , 1569-9463 ; ; v. 17
• Altri autori (Persone): SaussureLouis de; SchulzPeter <1958->
• Disciplina: 401/.41
• Soggetti: Discourse analysis - Political aspects; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Thought and thinking; Ideology; Manipulative behavior
• 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 index.
• Nota di contenuto: Manipulation and Ideologies in the Twentieth Century -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- References -- Introduction -- Analytical summary -- Manipulation, memes and metaphors -- 1. Manipulation -- 2. Propagation -- 3. Texts -- 4. Methods of analysis -- 4.1. More on propositions -- 4.2. More on metaphor -- 4.3. And some notes on blending -- 5. Dismantling Mein Kampf -- 5.1. Sectional tier -- 5.2. Mein Kampf: Propositional tier -- 5.3. Mein Kampf: Metaphorical tier -- 6. Conclusion: Can texts be cognitively contagious? -- Notes -- References -- Morpho-syntactic and textual realizations as deliberate pragmatic argumentative linguistic tools? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Definite and indefinite omissions: The strategy of vagueness -- 3. ; Semantic-lexical bipolarity: The strategy of polarization -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Speeches -- Towards a typology of manipulative processes -- 1. The interdisciplinary study of manipulation in totalitarian ideologies -- 2. Action, interaction and manipulation -- 3. A classification of manipulative processes -- 3.1. Falsity and insincerity -- 3.2. Fallacies (undue inferences) -- 3.3. Violating presuppositions -- 3.4. Manipulation exploiting the human instinct of referring to totality -- 3.5. The polarity temptation -- 3.6. Distorting relevance and interest -- 4. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Web pages -- Are manipulative texts `coherent'?* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What is coherence? -- 3. Congruity Theory: Coherence as an aspect of semantic-pragmatic congruity -- 4. Congruity in argumentative texts -- 5. Manipulation, presuppositions and (in-)congruity -- 6. Analysis of an excerpt of Mussolini (Trieste, September 18, 1938) -- 7. Perceived coherence -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Sources -- Manipulation and cognitive pragmatics.; 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Relevant contributions to the issue within the cognitive framework -- 1.2. Manipulation as a type of language use -- 2. Manipulation and truth-conditions -- 2.1. A definition -- 2.2. Propositions about states of affairs -- 2.3. Non-factual propositions in manipulative discourses -- 2.4. Three kinds of proposition-evaluation -- 3. On manipulative strategies -- 3.1. Local strategies -- 3.2. Global strategies -- 4. The central mechanisms of manipulation: Trouble and resolution -- 5. Conclusive remarks: The manipulative intention and the theory of mind -- Notes -- References -- The role of misused concepts in manufacturing consent -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pragmatics -- 2.1. Relevance theory -- 2.2. The code-word model -- 3. Reflective beliefs and attributive concepts -- 4. The Moses illusion and burying survivors -- 4.1. Pragmatic illusions -- 4.2. Ad hoc concepts -- 5. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Manipulation in the speeches and writings of Hitler and the NSDAP from a relevance theoretic point of view -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The manifestations of manipulation -- 2.1. Definitions -- 2.2. Testimony and argumentation -- 2.3. Manipulation by omission and commission -- 2.4. Manipulation through propaganda strategies -- 2.5. Manipulation through weak implicatures and deontic mood -- 2.6. Conclusion -- 3. Manipulation and relevance theory -- 4. The manipulative mechanisms of the Nazis -- 4.1. The aims of the Nazis -- 4.2. Manipulation in testimony and argumentation -- 4.3. Omission and commission -- 4.4. Propaganda -- 4.5. Deontic mood -- 4.6. Weak implicatures -- 5. Why the addressees were manipulated -- 6. Conclusion -- Note -- References -- An integrated approach to the analysis of participant roles in totalitarian discourse -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Towards an integrated approach to participant roles.; 3. Participant roles in a syntactico-semantic analytical framework -- 4. Participant roles in a pragma-semantic and speech act analytical framework -- 5. Totalitarian distortion of the relation between participant roles -- 5.1. A discuta (= to discuss) and a dezbate (= to debate) -- 5.2. A propune (= to propose) -- 5.3. A promite (= to promise), a-'263i lua angajamentul (= to pledge), a asigura (= to assure) -- 6. Co-Agency and causation in relation to control and coercion -- 7. Conclusions -- Note -- References -- Sources -- Racist manipulation within Austrian, German, Dutch, French and Italian right-wing populism -- 1. Introduction: Basic concepts -- 2. Analysis of right-wing populist argumentation -- 2.1. Pragmatic arguments and illustrative examples -- 2.2. Hyperbolic and metaphorical statements on immigrants -- 3. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Sources -- ; Statistical websites -- Intertextuality, mental spaces and the fall of a hero -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Tools. Mental spaces and text worlds -- 2.1. Mental spaces -- 2.2. Text world theory -- 3. Pinochet's story -- 3.1. The creation of an intertextual subworld -- 3.2. Spaces. 'Myth' and 'fact' -- 4. Final remarks and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Stalinist vs. fascist propaganda -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dividing the world into two parts: The consistent solution (Soviet style) -- 3. Beneath the surface: The major divergences -- 4. Different images of the enemy -- 5. Führer vs. personality cult: The inconsistent Nazi style solution -- Notes -- References -- Press instructions as a tool to manipulate the public under the German Nazi government -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The organization of the Nazi press instructions after 1933 and the documenting sources -- 3. Quantity and intensity of the press instructions -- 4. Topics and contents of the press instructions.; 5. Types and forms of press instructions -- 6. Interim conclusions -- 7. The organization of the press instructions in the German Democratic Republic -- 8. Contents and forms of the press instructions in the GDR -- 9. Final conclusions -- References -- Index -- The series Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is a collection of 12 papers dealing with manipulation and ideology in the 20th century, mostly with reference to political speeches by the leaders of major totalitarian regimes, but also addressing propaganda within contemporary right-wing populism and western ideological rhetoric. This book aims at bringing together researchers in the field of ideology reproduction in order to better understand the underlying mechanisms of speaker-favourable belief inculcation through language use. The book covers a wide range of theoretical perspectives, from psychosocial approaches and discourse analysis to semantics and cognitive linguistics and pragmatics. The book's central concern is to provide not only a reference work with up-to-date information on the analysis of manipulation in discourse but also a number of tools for the scholar, some of them being developed within theories originally not designed to address belief-change through language interpretation. Foreword by Frans van Eemeren.