02664nam 2200577 a 450 991045170580332120200520144314.01-58901-334-41-4356-4874-9(CKB)1000000000488741(EBL)516813(OCoLC)742332810(SSID)ssj0000164700(PQKBManifestationID)11161839(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000164700(PQKBWorkID)10121404(PQKB)10353979(MiAaPQ)EBC516813(OCoLC)310969274(MdBmJHUP)muse3248(Au-PeEL)EBL516813(CaPaEBR)ebr10236736(EXLCZ)99100000000048874120070621d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGovernance in dark times[electronic resource] practical philosophy for public service /Camilla StiversWashington, D.C. Georgetown University Press20081 online resource (177 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-58901-197-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Rethinking reason after September 11 -- Public administration and the question of torture -- Thinking, judging, and public life -- Two models of governance -- Security in dark times -- The social reality of public space -- Governance from the ground up -- Philosophy for practice -- Pragmatism in public service -- Public service ethics in dark times.With the rush of calamitous events in recent years-the September 11 terror attacks, the Iraq imbroglio, and hurricanes Katrina and Rita-Americans feel themselves to be living in dark times. Trust in one another and in the government is at low ebb. People in public service face profound challenges to the meaning and efficacy of their work. Where can a public servant turn for a public philosophy to sustain practice?Inspired by Hannah Arendt and several other philosophers, Governance in Dark Times is the first book to explore the philosophical and value underpinnings needed to guide public servanPublic administrationPublic administrationPhilosophyElectronic books.Public administration.Public administrationPhilosophy.351.01Stivers Camilla988121MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451705803321Governance in dark times2259549UNINA04432nam 2200685 a 450 991077972840332120230802010457.03-11-030146-63-11-030147-410.1515/9783110301465(CKB)2550000001096641(EBL)976714(OCoLC)826444480(SSID)ssj0000827063(PQKBManifestationID)12410184(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000827063(PQKBWorkID)10820737(PQKB)10813658(MiAaPQ)EBC976714(DE-B1597)179394(OCoLC)1013946521(OCoLC)840046575(DE-B1597)9783110301465(Au-PeEL)EBL976714(CaPaEBR)ebr10649262(CaONFJC)MIL503175(EXLCZ)99255000000109664120121205d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnderstanding prosody[electronic resource] the role of context, function and communication /edited by Oliver NiebuhrBerlin ;Boston De Gruyter20121 online resource (344 p.)Language, Context and Cognition ;13Language, context, and cognition,1866-8313 ;v. 13Description based upon print version of record.3-11-030125-3 1-299-71924-4 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Intrinsic coherence of prosodic and segmental aspects of speech / Xu, Yi / Liu, Fang -- Danish stød - Towards simpler structural principles? / Grønnum, Nina / Basbøll, Hans -- Prosodic allomorphs in the Estonian declension system / Lehiste, Ilse -- The application of the Fujisaki model in quantitative prosody research / Mixdorff, Hansjörg -- Rhythm classes and speech perception / Arvaniti, Amalia -- On the nature of perceptual differences between accentual peaks and plateaux / Barnes, Jonathan / Brugos, Alejna / Shattuck-Hufnagel, Stefanie / Veilleux, Nanette -- Regional varieties of Swedish: Models and synthesis / Schötz, Susanne / Bruce, Gösta / Beskow, Jonas / Gustafson, Joakim / Granström, Björn / Segerup, My -- Revisiting Southern and Central Swedish intonation from a comparative and functional perspective / Ambrazaitis, Gilbert / Frid, Johan / Bruce, Gösta -- Late pitch accents in hat and dip intonation patterns / Niebuhr, Oliver / Zellers, Margaret K. -- Perceptual evidence for contrast enhancement in tone-intonation interaction / Werth, Alexander -- Prosodies in conversation / Ogden, Richard -- Meter specific timing and prominence in German poetry and prose / Wagner, Petra -- Perceptual isochrony and fluency in speech by normal talkers under varying task demands / Dilley, Laura C. / Wallace, Jessica / Heffner, Christopher C. -- Fine phonetic detail in prosody. Cross-language differences need not inhibit communication / Andreeva, Bistra / Barry, William J. -- Now for something completely different: Anticipatory effects of intonation / Braun, Bettina / Chen, Aoju -- Short portraits of the authors -- Author index -- Subject index The volume represents a state-of-the-art snapshot of the research on prosody for phoneticians, linguists and speech technologists. It covers well-known models and languages. How are prosodies linked to speech sounds? What are the relations between prosody and grammar? What does speech perception tell us about prosody, particularly about the constituting elements of intonation and rhythm? The papers of the volume address questions like these with a special focus on how the notion of context-based coding, the knowledge of prosodic functions and the communicative embedding of prosodic elemenLanguage, Context and CognitionProsodic analysis (Linguistics)Phonetics.Prosody.Spoken Language.Prosodic analysis (Linguistics)414EC 3080rvkNiebuhr Oliver1469045MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779728403321Understanding prosody3680442UNINA