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Berge''s Principles of Combinatorics is now an acknowledged classic work of the field. Complementary to his previous books, Berge''s introduction deals largely with enumeration. The choice of topics is balanced, the presentation elegant, and the text can be followed by anyone with an interest in the subject with only a little algebra required as a background. Some topics were here described for the first time, including Robinston-Shensted theorum, the Eden-Schutzenberger theorum, and facts connecting Young diagrams, trees, and the symmetric group.

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the Inuit-Yupik-Unangax language family - previously also known as Eskimo-Aleut, Eskaleut, or Inuit-Yupik-Unangan - whose Arctic homelands stretch from Eastern Siberia to Eastern Greenland. The family has featured prominently in the linguistic literature on issues such as polysynthesis, ergativity, prosody, and the interface between morphology, syntax, and semantics. The chapters in this book make accessible a body of literature fragmented by linguistic boundaries, synthesizing existing work into accessible overviews as well as presenting novel data and research. Part I introduces the main characteristics, origins, and linguistic documentation of the language family, as well as providing maps and speaker estimates for all varieties. It also explores language status, maintenance, and revitalization. Part II consists of grammatical overviews of the major languages and dialect groups: Unangam Tunuu, Sirenik, Central Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Alaskan Iñupiaq, Western Canadian Inuktun, Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, and Kalaallisut; the only recognized language missing is Naukan, being too sparsely documented to produce a comparative overview. Part III explores topics in phonetics and phonology, language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and ethnolinguistics, as well as the historical sources of derivational affixes. It also includes several case studies on different aspects of morphosyntax, especially the use of the antipassive construction across different varieties, and describes the effect of language ideologies on the use of Yupik in two communities. Finally, it contains an in-depth discussion of the position of Sirenik in the family tree.

Winner of the University Continuing Education Association's CharlesA. Wedemeyer Award, which recognizes highly meritorious book-lengthpublications that advance research in independent study anddistance education. "This manual is the one we have been waiting for! It takes dead aimat all the important issues facing distance learning providers andhits the bull's eye on every one of them. It is down to earth, realworld, and up to date. Its examples and insights for practitionershelp create the sense of urgency and excitement all of us indistance learning feel today."--Michael P. Lambert, executivedirector, Distance Education and Training Council Today's advances in communications technology have created excitingnew possibilities for training professionals. But not alltechnologies are created equal. Distance Training examines thesenew tools to show how compressed video, satellite broadcasting, theInternet, and other innovations can each be used to their bestadvantage. In-depth case studies of sixteen progressiveorganizations--NYNEX, Bell Atlantic, and Unisys among them--providereal-world models readers can use to design learning programs thattranscend the traditional boundaries of time and space by turningthe home, office, and meeting room into immediate, effectivelearning environments.

In this companion volume to Distance Training, Sustaining Distance Training presents practical steps for integrating distance training into the day-to-day operations of any organization. Berge shows organizations how to move beyond the initial phases of setting up a distance training program and make it a part of the strategic planning process, including infrastructure, budget, staffing, and policy planning. He explains how twenty of the world's leading organizations have mastered the basics of distance training and have taken their efforts to the next level where distance training becomes the most effective method for delivering the training your workforce needs to embrace emerging technologies in today's highly competitive, global economy.