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This is a book about comparison in linguistics in general, rather than 'contrastive analysis' as a distinct branch of linguistics. It addresses the question 'Does the analytical apparatus used by linguists allow comparisons to be made across languages?' Four major domains are considered in turn: derivational morphology, syntax, semantics & pragmatics, and discourse. Contributions cover a broad spectrum of linguistic disciplines, ranging from c...

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The Politics and Government of Switzerland is one of very few English language studies of contemporary Swiss politics. Drawing on recent research in Switzerland, and the author's own observations, it offers wide coverage of Swiss political forces, processes and policies. Church argues that Switzerland is actually a vibrant and pluralist polity, in which politics are increasingly competitive. However, it still retains some distinctive character...

Essential skills made easy! Written by Herb Schildt, the world's leading programming author, this step-by-step book is ideal for first-time programmers or those new to C++. The modular approach of this series, including sample projects and progress checks, makes it easy to learn to use C++ at your own pace.

Well written and entertaining, A Canoe Voyage up the Minnay Sotor, describes the extensive travels of George William Featherstonhaugh in Wisconsin, Minnesota and various southern states in 1835 and 1837. Featherstonhaugh, an Englishman by birth, was a geologist by profession and well qualified to comment on the American scene. By the time of his travels in the 1830s, he had lived in the United States for nearly thirty years. He was also a ling...

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Die vorliegende Arbeit soll einerseits einen kurzen Überblick über Konzepte der quantitativ orientierten Finanzanalyse geben, andererseits im Speziellen die Möglichkeiten der nichtlinearen Regression zur Kursprognose im Vergleich zur linearen Regression behandeln. Quantitative Verfahren zur Vorhersage von Aktienkursen, Wechselkursen oder anderer Kapitalmarktgrößen haben in den letzten Jahren vor allem vor dem H...

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Die Balanced Scorecard (BSC) kann als geeignetes Mittel für die Strategieumsetzung und die Messung des Grades der Erreichung der strategischen Ziele dienen. Sie bildet somit Umsetzung und Steuerung ab. Durch das Aufzeigen der Zusammenhänge zwischen den Leistungstreibern und den Leistungsindikatoren bietet die BSC auch ein ideales Werkzeug, um die Strategie zu kommunizieren. Unter Leistungstreibern verstehen wir ...

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Die Anforderungen an die externe Rechnungslegung bei deutschen Unternehmen ¿ insbesondere Kapitalgesellschaften ¿ haben sich in den vergangenen Jahren entscheidend verändert. Auslöser dieser Entwicklung sind unter anderem: - die Konzentration der internationalen Kapitalmärkte. - die Globalisierung der Waren- und Dienstleistungsmärkte. - die zunehmende Globalisierung der unternehmerischen Tätigkeit. - die ver...

This collection contributes to key theoretical debates about women workers in Asia and breaks new ground by focussing on issues that have been little documented in other studies in the area. It provides new information and insights into labour systems associated with labour intensive export manufactures and state-labour relations in a comparative context. The contributors present a range of unique and varied perspectives from which they consid...

The English were punished in many different ways in the five centuries after 1500. This collection stretches from whipping to the gallows, and from the first houses of correction to penitentiaries. Punishment provides a striking way to examine the development of culture and society through time. These studies of penal practice explore violence, cruelty and shame, while offering challenging new perspectives on the timing of the decline of publi...

The first EnglishSpanish translation dictionary of accounting terms to cover the differences in accounting terminology for Spanish-speaking countries This bilingual "Accounting Dictionary offers not only EnglishSpanish and SpanishEnglish translations of accounting terms but also a SpanishSpanish section correlating the different terms used in major Spanish-speaking countries. The only accounting dictionary to offer such coverage, this useful r...

Get the first book to pull the vast literature on the Weibull into a proper perspective under one cover. "Weibull Models" Covers model analysis, parameter estimation, model validation, and application Classifies the different models and their properties Intertwines theory and application Focuses on model identification prior to model parameter estimation

The Bernstein problem and the Plateau problem are central topics in the theory of minimal submanifolds. This important book presents the Douglas-Rado solution to the Plateau problem, but the main emphasis is on the Bernstein problem and its new developments in various directions: the value distribution of the Gauss image of a minimal surface in Euclidean 3-space, Simons' work for minimal graphic hypersurfaces, and author's own contributions to...

A seven year journal of my adventure in Costa Rica. Lawlessness, paradise, self-discovery, triumph and disaster. A word for word account written in the jungles. This book will show you a Costa Rica you have never seen before! Buy through Lulu NOW or at your favorite bookstore available April 2004: ISBN # 1-4116-0356-7

Undiagnosed and untreated, celiac disease can cause significant and unhealthy weight loss. Once diagnosed, however, people often pack on excessive pounds as they learn to eat without wheat and gluten. In this unique cookbook, author and celiac expert Connie Sarros shows readers how they can eliminate wheat and gluten from their diets and still stay fit, healthy, and trim.

Nonprofit corporations, cooperatives, and credit unions constitute an alternative avenue of hope and action for communities that have come up short in the normal operation of the market economy. As part of the third sector, which accounts for approximately 10 percent of U.S. economic activity, these dynamic organizations strengthen local economies and help to compensate for a state that is, in Gunn's view, relatively disengaged from meeting ba...

From a feminist and queer perspective, Jigna Desai explores the hybrid cinema of the "Brown Atlantic" through a close look at films in English from and about South Asian diasporas in the United States, Canada and Britain.

Optical communications technology is growing increasingly in importance, with a rapid pace of development. Innovative optical devices have emerged from the integration of semiconductor laser diodes, amplifiers and filters with optical waveguide technology. This well-researched volume traces the evolution of semiconductor laser amplifiers (SLAs) from these technologies. Focusing on the principle applications of SLAs, the author illustrates the ...

The Bible has played a critical role in the story of Judaism, modernity, and identity. Penny Schine Gold examines the arena of children's education and the role of the Bible in the reshaping of Jewish identity, especially in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s, when a second generation of Eastern European Jews engaged the task of Americanizing Jewish culture, religion, and institutions. Professional Jewish educators based in the Reform mo...

The Judith Butler Reader" is a collection of writings that span her impressive career and trace her intellectual history. Judith Butler, author of influential books such as "Gender Trouble, " has built her international reputation as a theorist of power, gender, sexuality and identityOrganized in active collaboration between Judith Butler and Sara SalihCollects together writings that span Butler's impressive career as a critical philosopher, i...