1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451935203321

Autore

Alvah Donna

Titolo

Unofficial ambassadors [[electronic resource] ] : American military families overseas and the Cold War, 1946-1965 / / Donna Alvah

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8147-0531-6

1-4356-0029-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

355.1/29

Soggetti

Families of military personnel - United States

Military spouses - United States

Americans - Foreign countries - History - 20th century

Cold War

Electronic books.

United States Armed Forces Foreign countries History 20th century

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. 261-271) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Going overseas -- Unofficial ambassadors -- A U.S. lady's world -- "Shoulder to shoulder" with West Germans -- "Dear little Okinawa" -- Young ambassadors.

Sommario/riassunto

As thousands of wives and children joined American servicemen stationed at overseas bases in the years following World War II, the military family represented a friendlier, more humane side of the United States' campaign for dominance in the Cold War. Wives in particular were encouraged to use their feminine influence to forge ties with residents of occupied and host nations. In this untold story of Cold War diplomacy, Donna Alvah describes how these “unofficial ambassadors” spread the United States’ perception of itself and its image of world order in the communities where husbands and fathers were stationed, cultivating relationships with both local people and other military families in private homes, churches, schools, women's clubs, shops, and other places.Unofficial Ambassadors reminds us that, in addition to soldiers and world leaders, ordinary people make vital contributions to a nation's military engagements. Alvah broadens the scope of the



history of the Cold War by analyzing how ideas about gender, family, race, and culture shaped the U.S. military presence abroad.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910967190003321

Titolo

General papers / / edited by Michael Darnell ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, [c1999]

ISBN

1-282-16302-7

9786612163029

90-272-9879-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (520 p.)

Collana

Studies in language companion series, , 0165-7763 ; ; v. 41

Functionalism and formalism in linguistics ; ; v.1

Altri autori (Persone)

DarnellMike

Disciplina

410

Soggetti

Formalization (Linguistics)

Functionalism (Linguistics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Selected papers of the 23rd UWM Linguistics Symposium, Apr. 18-20, 1996, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

FUNCTIONALISM AND FORMALISM IN LINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part I. Syntax; Non-structuralist Syntax; On the Locality of Movement: Formalist syntax position paper; Discussant Paper Referring to the "Syntax Position Papers" by Howard Lasnik and Mickey Noonan; What (Some) Functionalists Can Learn from (Some) Formalists; A Formalist's Reading of Some Functionalist Work in Syntax; What Counts as Explanation? A functionalist approach to word order; Conflicting Truths; Ergativity: Functional and formal issues; Part II. Phonology

Usage-based PhonologyPhonetically Driven Phonology: The role of Optimality Theory and Inductive Grounding; Formalizing Functionalism; What Functionalists can Learn from Formalists in Phonology; Lexical Frequency and Rhythm; Part III. First Language Acquisition; Emergent Language; Underspecification and Modularity in Early Syntax: A formalist perspective on language acquisition; Part IV. Global Issues;



The Temporal Mediation of Structure and Function; Functionalism and Its Difficulties in Biology and Linguistics; Some Remarks on the Functionalist-Formalist Controversy in Linguistics

Index of AuthorsIndex of Languages; Index of Subjects

Sommario/riassunto

The 23rd UWM Linguistics Symposium (1996) brought together linguists of opposing theoretical approaches - functionalists and formalists - in order to determine to what extent these approaches really differ from each other and to what extent the approaches complement each other.  The two volumes of Functionalism and Formalism in Linguistics contain a careful selection of the papers originally presented at the symposium. Volume I includes papers discussing the two basic approaches to linguistics; with contributions by: Werner Abraham, Stephen R. Anderson, Joan L. Bybee, William Croft, Alic