Based on an innovative corpus-based approach, this book offers a comprehensive survey of the phonological and phonetic properties of L2 speech in English and German. The first part of the book critically examines current theoretical models and research methodologies in the field of second language acquisition of phonology and describes the advances that have been made in corpus linguistics over the past few years - in particular, the development of phonological learner corpora. It furthermore presents the first learner corpus of L2 English and L2 German that is fully aligned and has extensive phonological annotations: the LeaP corpus. The second part of the book describes the results of the quantitative and qualitative corpus analyses in the following areas of non-native speech: fluency, final consonant cluster realisation, vowel reduction and speech rhythm, intonation and general foreign accent. In addition, the influence of many non-linguistic factors, including instruction and a stay abroad, on the phonological properties of non-native speech is explored.
This Element focuses on phonetic and phonological development in multilinguals and presents a novel methodological approach to it within Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST). We show how phonetic and phonological development is feature-dependent and inter-connected and how learning experience affects the process.
This book investigates the acquisition of intonation by German/English bilingual children. Intonation is analysed both auditorily and instrumentally, and the transcription system of the British Tradition and the ToBI system in the autosegmental-metrical approach of intonation analysis are employed. Based on longitudinal data of three children comprising the ages 2 years 1 month (2;1) to 5 years 6 months (5;6), the acquisition sequence for the phonological rules and phonetic production of nucleus placement, pitch and intonational phrasing is sketched. Some phonological functions of nucleus placement and pitch such as the marking of contrast or the type of speech act are mastered as early as 2;1 whilst intonational phrasing is first used phonologically at 4;6. Mastery of the phonetic production of all three intonational systems is acquired much later, and acquisition is not completed yet at 5;6. In general, interindividual differences and a clear separation of both language systems are apparent in all children, with a considerable time lag in the acquisition of the weaker language. It is concluded that both transcription systems for intonation need to be modified for the analysis of child speech and that the autosegmental-metrical approach with its distinction between the phonological and the phonetic level proves a more flexible and descriptively valuable tool.
Based on an innovative corpus-based approach, this book offers a comprehensive survey of the phonological and phonetic properties of L2 speech in English and German. The first part of the book critically examines current theoretical models and research methodologies in the field of second language acquisition of phonology and describes the advances that have been made in corpus linguistics over the past few years - in particular, the development of phonological learner corpora. It furthermore presents the first learner corpus of L2 English and L2 German that is fully aligned and has extensive phonological annotations: the LeaP corpus. The second part of the book describes the results of the quantitative and qualitative corpus analyses in the following areas of non-native speech: fluency, final consonant cluster realisation, vowel reduction and speech rhythm, intonation and general foreign accent. In addition, the influence of many non-linguistic factors, including instruction and a stay abroad, on the phonological properties of non-native speech is explored.
Claire, 1939 geboren, überlebt Krieg und Nachkriegszeit bei liebevollen Tanten im Elsass. Als der Vater 1949 aus Russland heimkehrt, holt die Mutter, Sängerin am Stadttheater Oberhausen, das Kind ins Ruhrgebiet zurück. Claire fühlt sich fremd in der Enge der Adenauerzeit und zwischen den sich bekämpfenden Eltern. Als Jugendliche wird sie schwanger und fliegt zuhause raus. In Köln lernt sie 1964 bei einem Chansonauftritt in einer Kneipe ihren späteren Mann Theo kennen. Zwei Kinder werden geboren, doch dann politisiert sich Claire und zieht in eine Kommune. 1975 lernt sie in Freiburg die sechzehnjährige Pilar kennen, Kind von spanischen Gastarbeitern, die in der Kindergruppe einer selbstverwalteten Kulturfabrik unbezahlt aushilft. Was Claire in Rage bringt. Zwischen den beiden Frauen beginnt eine zwiespältige Freundschaft, die Pilar bis zu Claires Tod 2007 in Atem hält. Ulrike Halbe-Bauer, bekannt durch ihre einfühlsamen Biografien bedeutender Frauen der Geschichte, gelingt es einmal mehr, anhand der Lebenslinien ihrer Protagonistinnen das Lebensgefühl einer Epoche mit all ihren Sehnsüchten, Wirrungen und Brüchen heraufzubeschwören.
Auch" and "noch" in Child and Adult German is an empirical study of the early acquisition of "auch" (also) and "noch" (also/still) in German, and the adult use of these additive particles in spoken language. It centres around the question of how children acquire these particles, but it also investigates the way in which adults use these particles in order to determine what children actually have to learn and what the input they get is like. Previous studies on focus particles in adult German mainly focused on the semantic and syntactic properties of primarily constructed examples. Based on several corpora of spoken German, this is the first comprehensive study of natural language data that systematically analyses the intonation of focus particle utterances as well as their semantic, syntactic and information structural properties. The study of the child data, an extensive longitudinal corpus of one German child, was carried out against the background of the adult data. It offers a thorough characterisation of the acquisition of the two additive particles that also takes into account results from previous studies on the acquisition of focus particles, mainly on their comprehension. In addition to studying the acquisition of these particles, the author also introduces an analysis of focus particles that emphasises the differences between stressed and unstressed particles, which makes this book not only interesting to researchers in language acquisition and psycholinguistics, but also to those interested in phonology/prosody, semantics, syntax and information structure.
Being the first monographic study of this kind in the field of Assyriology, this book comprises an investigation of Ancient Mesopotamian concepts of the human person. Concentrating on Akkadian cuneiform texts from the 2nd and 1st millennium BC, the author examines the characteristics and attributes attached to human beings and the notions of the person as a composite being through a semantic analysis of Akkadian terms for the body, body parts and aspects of the self, which can be termed "souls". Through an examination of a wide range of textual sources and an interdisciplinary approach, this study shows that the Mesopotamian views of personhood share amazing similarities with those of the neighbouring ancient cultures, but often differ from our own. “...in short, as a piece of modern Assyriological scholarship it is very well done and a tribute to its author’s capabilities and accomplishments.” Benjamin R. Foster, Yale University
Was ist ein gutes Leben? Zwei Freundinnen treffen sich wieder, doch ein Typ namens Volker stellt sich dazwischen. Eine rasante und tragikomische Geschichte über Freundschaft Stell dir vor, du hast gerade deinen Job gekündigt, ziehst zurück in deinen Heimatort, lebst mit Anfang 30 wieder in deinem alten Kinderzimmer, triffst endlich deine beste Freundin und die kommt nicht allein, sondern mit Volker. Und mit Volker kommen einige Veränderungen, zuerst ist es nur sein selbst gemachtes Granola, das die beste Freundin plötzlich mag, obwohl sie nie Granola mochte, sie wird blasser und dünner, antwortet kaum noch auf Nachrichten, dann kündigt sie ihren Job, schmeißt das Studium und zieht mit Volker auf einen Bergbauernhof ohne Funknetz. Was würdest du tun? Ulrike Haidacher ist eine Meisterin der Übertreibung, zielgerichtet führt sie ihre Figuren ins Verderben, zerlegt Floskeln und Glaubenssätze. Was ist eigentlich ein gutes Leben und wer bestimmt das? Ein Roman, der Komödie und Tragödie auf sensationelle Weise vereint. Cover von Katharina Maya Mair.
Based on the authors' pioneering work and up-to-date research at London's Maudsley hospital, A Cognitive Interpersonal Therapy Workbook for Treating Anorexia Nervosa provides adults with anorexia nervosa and the professionals working alongside them with a practical resource to work through together. The approach described is recommended by the National Institute of Clinical and Care Excellence (NICE) as a first-line, evidence-based treatment for adults with anorexia nervosa. A Cognitive Interpersonal Therapy Workbook for Treating Anorexia Nervosa provides adults with anorexia nervosa and the professionals working alongside them with a practical resource to work through together. The manual is divided into accessible modules, providing a co-ordinated, step-by-step guide to recovery. Modules include: Nutrition Developing treatment goals Exploring thinking styles Developing an identity beyond anorexia. A Cognitive Interpersonal Therapy Workbook for Treating Anorexia Nervosa is a highly beneficial aid to recovery for those with the condition, their families and mental health professionals.
Getting Better Bite by Bite is an essential, authoritative and evidence-based self-help programmethat has been used by bulimia sufferersfor over 20 years. This new edition maintains the essence of the original book, while updating its content for today's readers, drawing on the latest knowledge of the biology and psychology of bulimia and its treatment. The book provides step-by-step guidance for change based on solid research. The use of everyday language, stimulating contemporary case study story-telling and evocative illustrations in Bite by Bite provide encouragement, hope and new perspectives for all readers. This handy-sized book fills a need for easy-to-understand information about Bulimia Nervosa, a serious and prevalent eating disorder. Ulrike Schmidt and Janet Treasure are world-renowned researchers and authorities on eating disorders, and June Alexander, a former sufferer of anorexia and bulimia, is a respected writer and internationally-known eating disorder awareness advocate. Getting Better Bite by Bite is a valuable resource - for sufferers, for their families, and for the health professionals and carers treating them.
This book series is based on the book "Biogene Gifte", 3. Edition, published 2010 by Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft Stuttgart in German language. Because of the enormous increase in knowledge in the field of natural poisons and venoms the topic is now covered in 5 volumes in English language. The focus of this volume is on the toxic ingredients of animal poisons and venoms, their chemical structures, their effects and modes of actions in target organisms, and on the biology of poisonous or venomous animals. It highlights the symptoms of poisoning or envenoming in humans or animals, cite case reports were available, and gives hints on poisoning prevention and on potential treatments.
In den 1970er-Jahren lebte die Autorin mit ihrem Mann und ihren zwei kleinen Kindern in Rio Grande do Sul, im Süden Brasiliens. In dieser sehr erlebnisreichen Zeit gab es viele Schwierigkeiten, aber auch reiche Erfahrungen. Besonders der Geisterglaube der Brasilianer und die Welt der "Macumbas" zogen die Autorin magisch an.
Public and private, traffic and open space, planned and spontaneous - our idea of a city is characterised by opposites. However, the contributors to this bilingual book show that these poles can also be consciously connected. The urban building blocks from São Paolo present surprisingly idiosyncratic city scenes: People dancing along the motorway, strolling through the stone archipelago, splashing around in front of the city skyline Many of the case studies are linked to the ideas of the Brazilian urban planner Francisco Prestes Maia. As early as in the 1930s, he developed concepts that combine traffic, open space and architecture - a surprisingly contemporary approach. Öffentliches und Privates, Verkehr und Freiraum, Geplantes und Spontanes - unsere Stadtvorstellung ist geprägt durch Gegensätze. Dagegen zeigen die Beitragenden in dem zweisprachigen Band, dass sich diese Pole auch bewusst verknüpfen lassen. Die Stadtbausteine aus São Paolo präsentieren unerwartet eigenwillige Stadtszenen: Tanzende entlang der Schnellstraße, Flanierende durch das Steinarchipel, Planschende vor der Stadtsilhouette Viele der vorgestellten Projekte sind verknüpft mit den Ideen des brasilianischen Stadtplaners Francisco Prestes Maia. Schon in den 1930er Jahren entwickelte er Konzepte, die Verkehr, Freiraum und Architektur zusammendenken - ein überraschend aktueller Ansatz.
A quarter of adolescents engage in some form of self-harm and even experienced therapists can find working with these young people difficult. Based on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), a highly effective method for working with emotional problems, Cutting Down offers a practical and accessible programme for mental health therapists from different professional backgrounds working with young people who self-harm. The programme is comprised of four parts, each covering a specific stage of therapy, and is split into 27 short modules. Although designed to be delivered over a course of 14 sessions, the programme is presented in a way that allows the therapist to decide which combination of specific modules is chosen and how long is spent on each, based on the specific clinical needs of the person they are working with. Throughout the programme, virtual patients are used to illustrate the various exercises and strategies. Part One, What’s Going On?, introduces self-harm and CBT and aims to develop insight into feelings, problems, goals and the concept of change. Part Two, Feelings, Thoughts and Behaviour, looks at working on activities, managing depression and identifying and managing negative thoughts. Part Three, Coping Strategies, introduces modules on problem solving, assertiveness, mindfulness and alternatives to self-harm. Part Four, On You Go!, finishes up the programme with a review of goals, identifying triggers and developing a ‘first aid kit’ and a ‘tool box’ of skills to reinforce the programme. Downloadable worksheets enhance the practicality of the text. Designed to support clinicians working with adolescents engaging in self-harm, this unique workbook is ideal for counsellors, counselling psychologists, clinical psychologists, CBT therapists, IAPT practitioners, CAMHS mental health workers and nurse therapists as well as students and trainees.
Obwohl viele inkriminierte Texte schnell bestimmten Textsorten zugeordnet werden können, beruht diese Zuordnung oftmals nicht auf linguistischen, sondern auf strafrechtlich relevanten Faktoren. Solche Klassifikationen sind für die forensische Praxis unverzichtbar, verbergen allerdings häufig die linguistische Vielfalt innerhalb eines Texttyps. Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die stilistische Variation in zwei konträr zueinanderstehenden Textklassen: rechtsextremen Droh- und Schmähbriefen sowie linksextremen Bekennerschreiben und Positionspapieren. Die über 150 authentischen Texte wurden mithilfe eines semi-automatisierten Clusterverfahrens hinsichtlich ihrer stilistischen Charakteristika gruppiert. Die resultierenden Stilausprägungen veranschaulichen einerseits die große Diversität linguistischer Merkmale innerhalb einer Textklasse, andererseits zeigt sich, dass einige Stilausprägungen gleichermaßen aus beiden Textklassen gespeist werden - trotz deren gegensätzlichen Funktionen und politischen Ideen. Die Ergebnisse dieser Studie bereichern nicht nur unser linguistisches Verständnis der beiden untersuchten Textklassen, sondern zeigen auch für die Praxis der Autorenanalyse neue Perspektiven und Herangehensweisen auf.
Wenn wir einen geliebten Menschen verloren haben, versinken wir in tiefer Trauer. Manchmal begeg-nen uns dann kleine Zeichen, die uns – vielleicht auf nur uns bekannte Weise - mit dem Verstorbenen verbinden und uns trösten. Damit richtet sich dieses Buch nicht nur an Leser und Leserinnen, die sich gern über außergewöhnliche Zufälle wundern, sondern auch an jene, die einem anderen Menschen, der gerade trauert, einen kleinen Trost schenken möchten.
Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters findet sich die 23-jährige Bianca Wolff auf dem Camino del Norte wieder. Um ihr Erbe zu erhalten muss sie ohne elektronische und finanzielle Hilfsmittel die Strecke bewältigen. An ihrer Seite ist der 25-jähriger Jasper Kent, ein Freund ihres Vaters, der dieses Unterfangen bewachen soll und dabei feststellt, dass die Reise auch für ihn weitreichende Veränderungen mit sich bringt. Spanische Sommernächte gepaart mit dem schottischem Flair Galiciens machen diese Reise zu einem unvergesslichen Erlebnis.
In Afrika ist alles anders! "Europäer haben Uhren, Afrikaner haben Zeit" besagt ein afrikanisches Sprichwort und bringt so das unterschiedliche Zeitgefühl aus zwei Kulturkreisen auf den Punkt. Zeit wird nicht vermessen, sondern intuitiv empfunden. Irritationen sind vorprogrammiert, aber die andere Sichtweise bereichert den eigenen Horizont. Die unglaublichen Erlebnisse mit der Nähe zu den exotischen, wilden Tieren, zu den alten Kulturen und der weiten Wüste bleiben unvergesslich!
During the last two decades, the prevalence of obesity has dramatically increased in western and westernized societies. Its devastating health consequences include hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, or diabetes and make obesity the second leading cause of unnecessary deaths in the USA. As a consequence, obesity has a strong negative impact on the public health care systems. Recently emerging scienti?c insight has helped understanding obesity as a complex chronic disease with multiple causes. A multileveled gene–environment interaction appears to involve a substantial number of susceptibility genes, as well as associations with low physical activity levels and intake of high-calorie, low-cost, foods. Unfor- nately, therapeutic options to prevent or cure this disease are extremely limited, posing an extraordinary challenge for today’s biomedical research community. Obesity results from imbalanced energy metabolism leading to lipid storage. Only detailed understanding of the multiple molecular underpinnings of energy metabolism can provide the basis for future therapeutic options. Numerous aspects of obesity are currently studied, including the essential role of neural and endocrine control circuits, adaptive responses of catabolic and anabolic pathways, metabolic fuel sensors, regulation of appetite and satiation, sensory information processing, transcriptional control of metabolic processes, and the endocrine role of adipose tissue. These studies are predominantly fuelled by basic research on mammalian models or clinical studies, but these ?ndings were paralleled by important insights, which have emerged from studying invertebrate models.
The publication four years ago of Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e), written by two eating disorder specialists at London's world-famous Maudsley Hospital, was a milestone in the treatment of bulimia. For the first time a self-help book was shown, by rigorous clinical trials, to cure a significant fraction of women suffering from bulimia, and to reduce the therapist contact time needed by others. Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e) offered an efficient way of treating bulimic patients, which would be valued by any resource-conscious health service. The authors of Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e) have now written this Clinician's Guide, to help health care professionals maximize the benefit that patients obtain from the self-help book. Based on the authors' wide-ranging experience of treating eating disorder patients, it provides a step-by-step account of how the chapters in Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e) can be used to ameliorate various aspects of bulimics' difficulties, with examples drawn from real patients' case histories. Particular emphasis is given to the problem of motivating patients who are reluctant to change their behaviour, using Miller and Rollnick's motivational interviewing approach. The Clinician's Guide to Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e) will be invaluable for all those treating sufferers of bulimia.
This self-help programme, which has been evaluated in a randomised controlled trial, provides detailed step-by-step advice for dealing with eating difficulties.
Lothar ist fast 10 Jahre älter als Olivia und mit seinem ruhigen Wesen ein guter Gegenpol zu seiner quirligen Partneriin. Am 10. Jahrestag ihrer Beziehung heiraten die Beiden. Da im Vorfeld der Hochzeit ein kleines Malheur passiert war, müssen die Beiden sich nach der Hochzeit um ein neues Ziel für die Flitterwochen kümmern. Sie haben Glück und ergattern ein spezielles "Honeymooner-Angebot". Auf geht's in einen ereignisreichen Urlaub nach Kenia.
Biogenic toxins are fascinating natural products characterized by an enormous diversity of chemical structures and pharmacological activities. They not only pose hazards to humans and animals, but they are important components in the interplay of substances and living beings in nature and, moreover, important sources for new drugs. The present book is the first volume of the 5-volume series "Natural Poisons and Venoms". Volumes 1-3 cover poisons produced by plants, volume 4 summarizes poisons and venoms of animals and volume 5 deal with poisons of fungi, cyanobacteria, and other microorganisms. This volume starts with a fundamental chapter on history, chemistry and pharmacology of natural toxins, importance of the toxins for their producer, potential danger for humans and animals, and general aspects of toxicology including notes for first aid and proposals for clinical measures. The following chapters focus on the poisonous representatives of terpenes and the related steroids. The reader will be informed about the botany and occurrence of plants producing these toxins, the chemistry, the biogenesis and the pharmacology of the toxins, possible causes of poisonings, precautions to avoid poisonings, symptoms of poisonings of humans and animals, proposals for treatment measures and the possible usefulness, in the past, in present and in the future, of these toxins, especially for the development of new medicines. Numerous images of plants and chemical structural formulas complete the book. Extensive lists of literature references are given. The handbook is intended for physicians, veterinarians, pharmacists, chemists, biochemists, food chemists and biologists, for the students in the relevant fields, and also for interested laymen. You will be informed about all aspects of natural toxins based on the latest knowledge.
Babys lieben Nähe und gemeinsame Bewegung: das beruhigt, entspannt und wirkt anregend auf Körper und Geist. Wie Sie tagtäglich mit Ihrem Baby richtig umgehen und ihm Angebote machen, sich selbst zu bewegen , zeigt Ihnen dieser Ratgeber. Diese neue Babypflege basiert auf der Methode KINAESTHETIC INFANT HANDLING, die inzwischen viele Hebammen und Kinderkrankenschwestern empfehlen. Gestalten Sie das Baden, Wickeln, Anziehen, Füttern, Hochnehmen, Schlafen so, dass es für Sie und Ihr Baby spielerisch und leicht wird. Durch die richtigen Bewegungs- und Sinnesanregungen fördern Sie Ihr Kind und geben ihm optimale Startbedingungen fürs Leben. Auch das Tragen im Tragetuch ist ein wichtiger Baustein in Sachen gemeinsame Bewegung und Nähe. Getragene Babys sind ruhiger, zufriedener und schlafen besser. Und die Eltern haben die Hände frei für andere Tätigkeiten. Das Ebook zeigt das korrekte Binden, die wichtigsten Tragetechniken und Kriterien für verschiedene Tragehilfen.
Ein kleiner Küstenort – eine Idylle, die trügt. Fremde werden hier argwöhnisch beäugt, schon gar, wenn ihre Ferienhäuser den freien Blick aufs Meer verstellen. Die Jüngeren hingegen würden viel lieber in die anonyme Großstadt ziehen, schaffen es aber nur selten, sich von einer Gemeinschaft abzunabeln, in der jeder mit jedem verwandt oder verschwägert ist und jeder jeden kontrolliert. Als ein tödlicher Unfall geschieht, der vielleicht sogar ein Mord war, brechen alte Feindschaften neu aus, und Verschwörungstheorien greifen um sich. Doch nicht nur das soziale Gefüge wankt: Schon lange nagt die Meeresbrandung an der Landschaft und lässt die bebauten Klippen gefährlich bröckeln ... Mit »Drift« hat Ulrike Syha ein Heimatstück geschrieben, dessen Unheimlichkeit an die Filme von David Lynch erinnert. Immer wieder laufen ominöse Jogger in Funktionskleidung durch das Bild, leere Schlauchboote treiben am Strand, Transporter liefern verdächtige Waren aus dem Internet, Vögel flattern gegen Fensterscheiben, und Ausländer sind nur willkommen, wenn sie Restaurants eröffnen. Das Dorf ist bei Syha buchstäblich global geworden, und was in Lifestyle-Magazinen à la »Landlust« als heile Welt verklärt wird, wächst sich in »Drift« subtil und mit sarkastischem Humor zur Apokalypse unserer vernetzten Zivilisation aus.
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