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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797813603321

Autore

Madlener Karin <1978->

Titolo

Frequency effects in instructed second language acquisition / / Karin Madlener

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Germany ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

3-11-040553-9

3-11-042359-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Collana

Applications of Cognitive Linguistics, , 1861-4078 ; ; Voluume 29

Disciplina

418.0071

Soggetti

Language and languages - Study and teaching - Psychological aspects

Second language acquisition

English language - Study and teaching - Japanese speakers

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

Front matter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of abbreviations / List of tables -- List of figures -- 1. Cognitive Linguistics meets the second language classroom -- 2. Input, input processing, and interlanguage development -- 3. A constructionist view of second language acquisition -- 4. A usage-based view of input optimization: Beyond input floods -- 5. Evaluating frequency effects in the classroom: Study design -- 6. Optimizing variation or: Can less be more? -- 7. Optimizing repetition or: Do outstanding central exemplars help? -- 8. Input floods revisited -- References -- Subject index -- Appendix A

Sommario/riassunto

Based on a state-of-the-art review of prior research in all related domains, this book makes precise predictions about the expected effects of specific type and token frequency distributions in input floods and tests these in the second language classroom context.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960930703321

Autore

Skaine Rosemarie

Titolo

Suicide warfare : culture, the military, and the individual as a weapon / / Rosemarie Skaine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , c2013

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023

ISBN

9798216021285

9798216151548

9780313398650

0313398658

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Praeger Security International

Disciplina

355.4/22

Soggetti

Kamikaze airplanes

Suicide bombings

Suicide - Political aspects

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

Theoretical analysis of suicide warfare -- Defining suicide warfare -- Suicide warfare in modern conflicts -- Suicide and policies of war -- Strategies of suicide warfare -- Effects of suicide warfare -- Case studies -- Japan's kamikaze pilots -- Hezbollah and Palestinian conflicts with Israel -- Sri Lanka and the Tamil Tigers -- Chechen separatists -- Al Qaeda -- Conclusion: Suicide as a weapon in war -- Appendix: Documents -- A. President George W. Bush, national security strategy, pre-emptive self defense, "The Bush Doctrine" -- B. President Barack Obama acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, Norway, December 10, 2009, "Just War" - excerpt -- Al Qaeda's seven stages plan -- Chechen separatist note of demands to President Putin, August 30, 2004 -- E. The killing of Osama bin Laden -- F. Osama bin Laden's Last Letter, Late May 2010, to Shaykh Mahmud ("Atiyya") - Excerpt.

Sommario/riassunto

Suicide warfare has expanded over the years and become a global phenomenon. In some parts of the world, it has become rooted in the fabric of society. Westerners often find it difficult to grasp why someone would be willing to sacrifice their life in order to take the lives



of others. Suicide Warfare: Culture, the Military, and the Individual as a Weapon provides a thorough examination of the topic that enables readers to understand the justification for suicide warfare and better appreciate how the ideology of the individuals and organizations that resort to suicide warfare greatly complicates security issues in the 21st century.The book covers the policies, strategies, and effects of suicide in war, examining suicide warfare in its entirety from a theoretical standpoint, and then applying those theories to the actual manifestations of and politico-military responses to suicide warfare. The author discusses specific organizations such as Al Qaeda and the Chechen rebels, analyzing each within its societal context, military justification, individual motivation, and outcomes, and addresses principles of sociological and conflict theory to place suicide warfare in a clearer conceptual framework. The book presents case studies that allow readers to better understand abstract theories and make distinctions between individual cases of suicide warfare.