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UNINA9910815585203321 |
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Armstrong-Reid Susan <1950-> |
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Armies of peace : Canada and the UNRRA years / / Susan Armstrong-Reid and David Murray |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009 |
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1-4426-9191-3 |
1-4426-8737-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (505 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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International relief - Canada - History - 20th century |
Nursing - Canada - History - 20th century |
Nurses - Canada |
History |
Biographies. |
Electronic books. |
Canada Foreign relations |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Diplomacy of Relief, Rehabilitation, and Repatriation -- 1. Creating UNRRA -- 2. Canada at the Council Sessions -- 3. Politics of Procurement -- pt. 2. World Uprooted: Canadians, UNRRA, and the Challenge of the Displaced -- 4. Personalities and Bureaucracies -- 5. UNRRA Takes Command: The First Field Operations -- 6. Soldiers of Peace or Agents of Repatriation: The Displaced-Persons Operations in Germany -- 7. Torch of Sadness: The Mothers and Children of War -- pt. 3. Carrying Florence's Lamp: Canadian Nurses and UNRRA -- 8. Launching UNRRA's Nursing Brigade: From the Middle East to Greece -- 9. Nursing with the Enemy: Germany -- 10. Bridge of Sorrows: The Canadian China Contingent -- pt. 4. Life after UNRRA -- 11. Ties That Bind -- 12. Legacies. |
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Armies of Peace is the first comprehensive investigation of Canadians' influence on the establishment and operation of The United Nations |
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Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). |
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UNINA9910973937103321 |
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Autore |
Axel Katrin |
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Studies on Old High German syntax : left sentence periphery, verb placement and verb-second / / Katrin Axel |
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, c2007 |
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9786612152634 |
9781282152632 |
1282152637 |
9789027291981 |
9027291985 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 363 pages) : illustrations |
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Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today (LA) ; ; v. 112 |
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German language - Old High German, 750-1050 - Syntax |
German language - Old High German, 750-1050 - Sentences |
German language - Old High German, 750-1050 - Verb |
German language - Old High German, 750-1050 - Word order |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Revised thesis (doctoral), University of Tubingen, 2005. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-358) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Studies on Old High German Syntax -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. VERB MOVEMENT -- 3. VERB-FIRST DECLARATIVES -- 4. LEFT SENTENCE PERIPHERY AND XP-MOVEMENT -- 5. PRONOUN PLACEMENT AND SENTENCE STRUCTURE -- 6. NULL SUBJECTS AND VERB PLACEMENT -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today. |
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This monograph is the first book-length study on Old High German syntax from a generative perspective in twenty years. It provides an in-depth exploration of the Old High German pre-verb-second grammar by answering the following questions: To what extent did generalized |
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verb movement exist in Old High German? Was there already obligatory XP-movement to the left periphery in declarative root clauses? What deviations from the linear verb-second restriction are attested and what do such phenomena reveal about the structure of the left sentence periphery? |
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