Sumaris

Sumaris

“…Bringing together the research fields of sign language linguistics and information structure, this book focuses on the realization of modal particles and focus particles in three European sign languages: German Sign Language, Sign Language of the Netherlands, and Irish Sign Language. As a cross-linguistic investigation based on a systematic methodological approach, the study analyzes the results particularly with regard to nonmanual features expressed by articulators such as the body, head, and face. …”

“…In her framework for analyzing these cross-cultural film adaptations, Della Coletta borrows from the philosophical hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer and calls for a “hermeneutics of estrangement,” a practice of mediation and adaptation that defines cultures, nations, selfhoods, and their aesthetic achievements in terms of their transformative encounters. …”

“…Applications of Quantile Regression of Experimental and Cross Section Data using EViews presents examples of statistical results of various QRs in order to display their richer characteristics, based on the LS-Regression, Ordinary-Regressions, or Mean-Regressions. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE: Introduction: Counter-narratives and Cultural Stewardship -- CHAPTER TWO: "That my work may speak well for Spelman": Messengers Recording History and Performing Uplift -- CHAPTER THREE: Collaborative Writing as Jane Addams's Hull-House Legacy -- CHAPTER FOUR: Reclaiming Voices from Indian Boarding School Narratives -- CHAPTER FIVE: Learning from Natives' Cross-Cultural Teaching Coda: Composing New Learning Legacies -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index…”