The writing on the wall [[electronic resource] ] : how Asian orthography curbs creativity / / William C. Hannas |
Autore | Hannas Wm. C. <1946-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (357 p.) |
Disciplina | 495 |
Collana | Encounters with Asia |
Soggetto topico |
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Creative ability |
Soggetto non controllato |
African Studies
Anthropology Asian Studies Folklore Languages Linguistics Middle Eastern Studies Philology and Linguistics |
ISBN | 0-8122-0216-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Japan's Creative Imitations -- 2. Sources of Chinese Innovation -- 3. Korean Technology Transfer -- 4. Asia's Creativity Problem -- 5. The Anatomy of Creativity -- 6. Creativity and the Alphabet -- 7. Asia's Orthographic Tradition -- 8. The Concrete Nature of Asian Writing -- 9. The Impact of Language on Creativity -- 10. Chinese Characters and Creativity -- 11. Creativity and East Asian Society -- 12. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
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Hannas Wm. C. <1946->
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The writing on the wall [[electronic resource] ] : how Asian orthography curbs creativity / / William C. Hannas |
Autore | Hannas Wm. C. <1946-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (357 p.) |
Disciplina | 495 |
Collana | Encounters with Asia |
Soggetto topico |
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Creative ability |
Soggetto non controllato |
African Studies
Anthropology Asian Studies Folklore Languages Linguistics Middle Eastern Studies Philology and Linguistics |
ISBN | 0-8122-0216-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Japan's Creative Imitations -- 2. Sources of Chinese Innovation -- 3. Korean Technology Transfer -- 4. Asia's Creativity Problem -- 5. The Anatomy of Creativity -- 6. Creativity and the Alphabet -- 7. Asia's Orthographic Tradition -- 8. The Concrete Nature of Asian Writing -- 9. The Impact of Language on Creativity -- 10. Chinese Characters and Creativity -- 11. Creativity and East Asian Society -- 12. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826779703321 |
Hannas Wm. C. <1946->
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Writing(s) at the crossroads : the process-product interface / / edited by Georgeta Cislaru |
Autore | Cislaru Georgeta |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
Disciplina | 808.02 |
Soggetto topico |
Digression (Rhetoric)
Writing Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) Linguistic models Applied linguistics Explanation (Linguistics) Psycholinguistics Generative grammar |
Soggetto non controllato |
Linguistics
Applied Linguistics Literacy Writing Text Analysis |
ISBN | 90-272-6857-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Writing(s) at the Crossroads; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Writing(s) at the crossroads; 1. At the crossroads between process and product; 2. Writing as a process: Fine-grained viewpoints on the act of writing; 3. From text to process, and back: What the text is; 4. Writing in context: A socio-anthropological approach; 5. The volume; Acknowledgements; References; Part I. Some core questions about writing; Methodology; 1. Lebensfahrt, Idée suisse, and AL-informed writing research; 2. The double black box: A brief history of investigating writing in the field
3. State-of-the-art toolkit: Four complementary types of methods3.1 The material focus: Tracking intertextual chains with version analysis; 3.2 The mental focus: Identifying writing strategies with progression analysis; 3.3 The social focus: Revealing audience design with variation analysis; 3.4 The socio-cognitive focus: Investigating language policing with metadiscourse analysis; 4. Conclusion; References; Part II. Linguistic forms and choices at the interfaces; The instrumental use of verbless sentences in writing and rewriting; 1. Introduction 2. Verbless sentences and discourse genre constraints3. Corpora; 3.1 Social reports as an example of constrained professional writing; 3.2 The private diary and the letters: Two sides of the same life experience and informational content; 3.3 Methodology and quantitative data; 4. Corpus data and analysis: Typology and textual development of verbless sentences; 4.1 Referential content; 4.2 Grammatical structure of the VS; 4.3 Grammatical structure and semantics of the reformulated unit; 4.4 Status in the text; 4.4.1 Verbless sentences as key concepts 4.4.2 Verbless sentences serving as "to fill in" and "to do" clues5. Interpretation; 5.1 Role of the nonverbal clauses in text configuration; 5.2 Writing for oneself versus writing for others; 6. Conclusions; References; Re-writing operations and their effects of meaning; 1. Introduction; 2. Modifying to be more precise; 2.1 Precision concerning the identity of persons; 2.2 Precision regarding objects; 2.3 Precision concerning time; 3. Objectivity and subjectivity, coexisting effects; 4. Modifying to adjust the intensity; 4.1 Using quantifiers to increase or decrease intensity 4.2 Using qualifiers to increase or decrease intensity5. Conclusion; References; Linguistic forms at the process-product interface; 1. Introduction: Linguistic forms at the process-product interface; 2. Bursts of writing and repeated segments of text; 2.1 Bursts of writing; 2.2 Repeated segments; 2.3 Bursts versus repeated segments; 3. Corpus and methodology; 3.1 Global description of the corpus and of the method of analysis; 3.2 Text progression; 3.3 Pause analysis; 4. Linguistic analysis; 5. Discussion; 5.1 Saturated and unsaturated patterns; 5.2 Cognitive-semantic analysis and discussion 6. Conclusion |
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Cislaru Georgeta
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York papers in linguistics |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Heslington, Eng., : University of York, Dept. of Language |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 410.5 |
Soggetto topico |
Linguistics
17.01 linguistics: general Taalwetenschap Taalkunde |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
Soggetto non controllato | Linguistics |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910134588403321 |
Heslington, Eng., : University of York, Dept. of Language | ||
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York papers in linguistics |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Heslington, Eng., : University of York, Dept. of Language |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 410.5 |
Soggetto topico |
Linguistics
17.01 linguistics: general Taalwetenschap Taalkunde |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
Soggetto non controllato | Linguistics |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996204549203316 |
Heslington, Eng., : University of York, Dept. of Language | ||
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Young and defiant in Tehran [[electronic resource] /] / Shahram Khosravi |
Autore | Khosravi Shahram |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.2350955/25 |
Collana | Contemporary Ethnography |
Soggetto topico |
Youth - Iran - Tehran
Ethnology - Iran - Tehran Popular culture - Iran - Tehran Islam and politics - Iran - Tehran Islam and culture - Iran - Tehran Group identity - Political aspects - Iran - Tehran |
Soggetto non controllato |
African Studies
Anthropology Asian Studies Folklore Human Rights Law Linguistics Middle Eastern Studies |
ISBN |
1-283-89630-3
0-8122-0681-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration and Dates -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Cultural Crimes -- 2. The Aesthetics of Authority -- 3. A Dissident Neighborhood -- 4. A Passage to Modernity: Golestan -- 5. The Third Generation -- 6. Culture of Defiance -- Conclusion -- Coda -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788513703321 |
Khosravi Shahram
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Young and defiant in Tehran [[electronic resource] /] / Shahram Khosravi |
Autore | Khosravi Shahram |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.2350955/25 |
Collana | Contemporary Ethnography |
Soggetto topico |
Youth - Iran - Tehran
Ethnology - Iran - Tehran Popular culture - Iran - Tehran Islam and politics - Iran - Tehran Islam and culture - Iran - Tehran Group identity - Political aspects - Iran - Tehran |
Soggetto non controllato |
African Studies
Anthropology Asian Studies Folklore Human Rights Law Linguistics Middle Eastern Studies |
ISBN |
1-283-89630-3
0-8122-0681-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration and Dates -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Cultural Crimes -- 2. The Aesthetics of Authority -- 3. A Dissident Neighborhood -- 4. A Passage to Modernity: Golestan -- 5. The Third Generation -- 6. Culture of Defiance -- Conclusion -- Coda -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808275903321 |
Khosravi Shahram
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Youthscapes [[electronic resource] ] : the popular, the national, the global / / edited by Sunaina Maira and Elisabeth Soep |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.235 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MairaSunaina <1969->
SoepElisabeth |
Soggetto topico |
Popular culture
Youth Youth - Social conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
Anthropology
Cultural Studies Folklore Linguistics |
ISBN | 0-8122-0567-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword: Midnight's Children: Youth Culture in the Age of Globalization / Lipsitz, George -- Introduction / Maira, Sunaina / Soep, Elisabeth -- Part I. Documents and Tags -- Chapter 1. Straight Outta Mogadishu: Prescribed Identities and Performative Practices Among Somali Youth in North American High Schools / Forman, Murray -- Chapter 2. Gangs and Their Walls / Cintron, Ralph -- Chapter 3. Race Bending: "Mixed" Youth Practicing Strategic Racialization in California / Pollock, Mica -- Chapter 4. The Intimate and the Imperial: South Asian Muslim Immigrant Youth After 9/11 / Maira, Sunaina -- Part II. Movements and Outbreaks -- Chapter 5. The Amway Connection: How Transnational Ideas of Beauty and Money Affect Northern Thai Girls' Perceptions of Their Future Options / Fadzillah, Ida -- Chapter 6. Homies Unidos: International Barrio Warriors Waging Peace on Two Fronts / Guerra Vásquez, GusTavo Adolfo -- Chapter 7. Globalizing Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone / Shepler, Susan -- Part III. Icons and Retakes -- Chapter 8. "Jackie Chan Is Nobody, and So Am I": Juvenile Fan Culture and the Construction of Transnational Male Identity in the Tamil Diaspora -- Chapter 9. Authenticating Practices: Producing Realness, Performing Youth -- Chapter 10. Making Hard-Core Masculinity: Teenage Boys Playing House -- Chapter 11. Bad Boys: Abstractions of Difference and the Politics of Youth "Deviance" -- Contributors -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787539803321 |
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Youthscapes [[electronic resource] ] : the popular, the national, the global / / edited by Sunaina Maira and Elisabeth Soep |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.235 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MairaSunaina <1969->
SoepElisabeth |
Soggetto topico |
Popular culture
Youth Youth - Social conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
Anthropology
Cultural Studies Folklore Linguistics |
ISBN | 0-8122-0567-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword: Midnight's Children: Youth Culture in the Age of Globalization / Lipsitz, George -- Introduction / Maira, Sunaina / Soep, Elisabeth -- Part I. Documents and Tags -- Chapter 1. Straight Outta Mogadishu: Prescribed Identities and Performative Practices Among Somali Youth in North American High Schools / Forman, Murray -- Chapter 2. Gangs and Their Walls / Cintron, Ralph -- Chapter 3. Race Bending: "Mixed" Youth Practicing Strategic Racialization in California / Pollock, Mica -- Chapter 4. The Intimate and the Imperial: South Asian Muslim Immigrant Youth After 9/11 / Maira, Sunaina -- Part II. Movements and Outbreaks -- Chapter 5. The Amway Connection: How Transnational Ideas of Beauty and Money Affect Northern Thai Girls' Perceptions of Their Future Options / Fadzillah, Ida -- Chapter 6. Homies Unidos: International Barrio Warriors Waging Peace on Two Fronts / Guerra Vásquez, GusTavo Adolfo -- Chapter 7. Globalizing Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone / Shepler, Susan -- Part III. Icons and Retakes -- Chapter 8. "Jackie Chan Is Nobody, and So Am I": Juvenile Fan Culture and the Construction of Transnational Male Identity in the Tamil Diaspora -- Chapter 9. Authenticating Practices: Producing Realness, Performing Youth -- Chapter 10. Making Hard-Core Masculinity: Teenage Boys Playing House -- Chapter 11. Bad Boys: Abstractions of Difference and the Politics of Youth "Deviance" -- Contributors -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825973003321 |
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 | ||
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