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Die Skalen des Gemeinsamen europaischen Referenzrahmens fur Sprachen (GeRS) kommen zunehmend etwa bei der Formulierung von Bildungsstandards oder der Erstellung von Sprachtests zum Einsatz. Dieser Entwicklung steht jedoch ein eklatanter Mangel an ...

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Relational sociology draws attention to non-utilitarian aspects of sociality that reach beyond instrumental rationality, and presents the problem of relational reason. Shaping a civil society under cultural plurality requires reflection upon relat...

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Die Arbeit versteht sich als ein Beitrag zur Phraseographie, wobei ihr die Perspektive des Faches Deutsch als Fremdsprache zu Grunde liegt. Der Beschreibung des Untersuchungsgegenstandes selbst folgt die Analyse zweier einsprachiger Lernerwoerterb...

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Mit Lexikologie, Phraseologie und Konstruktionsgrammatik sind in diesem Band vor allem drei linguistische Forschungsbereiche vertreten, die zwar alle den Wortschatz zum Gegenstand haben, jedoch jeweils andere Wortschatzelemente beleuchten: einteil...

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Die Fremdsprachenforschung ist ein dynamisches Feld, das sich kontinuierlich weiterentwickelt. Dieses Buch bietet einen UEberblick zu aktuellen inhaltlichen und methodologisch-methodischen Forschungstendenzen in der Fremdsprachendidaktik. Anhand a...

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The period from the 1870s to the 1920s was marked by an interplay between nationalisms and internationalisms, culminating in the First World War, on the one hand, and the creation of the League of Nations, on the other. The arts were central to th...

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This volume brings together revised versions of papers presented at the inaugural conference of the International Association for the Study of the Philosophy of Edith Stein (IASPES). The conference papers are supplemented by a number of specially ...

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This collection of essays offers a critical analysis of neoliberal transformation as it has unfolded in Sweden, long regarded as exemplary in terms of social welfare, equality and an inclusive multicultural democracy. The book presents a multidisc...

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The anthology departs from the fundamental idea that the university is deeply connected to the ideal of "Bildung" and to democratic values. If the university should serve as an open space to develop democracy and to meet today's social, ...

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Dieser Band dokumentiert eine Reihe von ausgewahlten Beitragen der XXII. Internationalen wissenschaftlichen Konferenz Bildungsreform und Lehrerausbildung zum Thema "Transkulturelle Perspektiven in der Bildung", die vom Ministerium fur Bi...

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Translating Audiovisuals in a Kaleidoscope of Languages addresses the challenges involved in translating multilingualism in film and TV fiction. It shows the complexity of fictional characters "speaking in tongues" in different genres an...

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The European Thematic Network Acume 2 "Interfacing Sciences, Literature and Humanities: an Interdisciplinary Approach" discussed translation theory and practice through an interdisciplinary approach at an international conference held at...

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This book contends that the massacre of civilians in Beijing on June Fourth 1989 was a pivotal rupture in both Chinese and world history. If not for that day, China's socioeconomic, political and cultural landscape would not have undergone the kin...

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What is it to care for another human being? How do we show compassion for each other? Is 'social care' an activity only for paid professionals? This book sets out on a radical re-examination of the nature of social care, the way it is practised, a...

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Learning alliances have become an increasingly important strategic option for firms to achieve competitive advantage. Yet most alliances fail and are terminated early without their obtaining the desired common goals. Or, partners learn privately f...

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Women have often chosen to tell their secrets, confide their dreams and express their deepest and most intimate thoughts in diaries, letters and other forms of life-writing. Although it is well established as a genre in the Anglophone and Francoph...

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Die Untersuchung mochte die auffallige Problemkonstanz in Werfels Leben aufzeigen, die als Motivkonstanz das stark vom personlichen Erleben beeinflusste Werk pragt. Diese Problemkonstanz, Resultat fruh eingeubter und entsprechend verfestigter Wahr...

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Die Urauffuhrungen der drei Antikendramen von Carl Orff - Antigonae (Salzburg 1949) und Oedipus der Tyrann (Stuttgart 1959) in der UEbertragung Hoelderlins sowie Prometheus im altgriechischen Original des Aischylos (Stuttgart 1968) - stellten zent...

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The meaning of the term utopia is rarely questioned, although it is used in widely differing ways. This classic text, first published in 1990, analyses the contested concept of utopia and examines how it has been used by commentators and social th...

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High failure rates often observed in practice suggest that interorganizational collaborative relationships, e.g. strategic alliances, collaborative networks and collaborative supply chains, are still not well understood. This work contributes to t...

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This volume consists of articles on imagery in the poetry of various literary canons. Focussing on figurative speech, the authors analyse poetry of the Near East, Greece, the Arabic world, early modern Spain, classical China and classical Japan. T...

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The United Nations General Assembly adopted a Decade for Human Rights Education which started in 1995 and lasted until 2004. With a resolution UN member states not only assured the adoption of the relevant human rights documents, but also to start...

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The human world is an area of countless places and spaces. This book focuses on the variety of places, on their genuine features, and on their specific form of creating social relations. It discusses spaces inside or outside ourselves and the soci...

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Investigating Specialized Discourse is a shortened and revised textbook edition of the monograph Specialized Discourse (2003). This book analyses the various features of specialized discourse in order to assess its degree of specificity and divers...

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Research is directed by normative standards which need to be transparent in order to secure the quality of the scholarly discussion. The aim of this book is to contribute to such transparency in relation to research on religion and theology repres...

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The diagnostic assessment of writing is an important aspect of language testing which has often been neclected in the literature. However, it is an area which poses special challenges to practioners both in the classroom and in large-scale testing...

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This book aims to reveal communal relations in Izmir/Smyrna through the lens of Greek-Turkish relations during the age of Ottoman reforms. The primary sources used in this book, Ottoman-Turkish archival material and Greek newspapers of the period,...

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Ziel der Arbeit ist die umfassende Darstellung und Interpretation der verschiedenen, in schriftlicher Form uberlieferten Versionen des Dhuttakkhana, einer alten jinistischen Satire auf die brahmanische Mythologie. Die Texte der "Erzahlung von...

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Das 17. Jahrhundert mit der Mechanisierung des Weltbildes ist von zentralem Interesse fur die Geschichte der Naturzerstorung und der Unterdruckung der Frau. Als Teil der wissenschaftskritischen und okologisch-feministischen Diskussion zeigt die Au...

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In Deutschland arbeiten zunehmend AErzte aus dem Ausland, die auf Deutsch mit ihren Patienten kommunizieren. In der Studie werden diese Gesprache aus diskurslinguistischer Sicht betrachtet. Im Fokus der Untersuchung stehen dabei arztliche Anamnese...

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