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Verlag: John Wiley And Sons Ltd Feb 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 1405157658ISBN 13: 9781405157650
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Since their beginnings in the ninth century, the shrines, brotherhoods and doctrines of the Sufis held vast influence in almost every corner of the Muslim world. Offering the first truly global account of the history of Sufism, this illuminating book traces the gradual spread and influence of Sufi Islam through the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and ultimately into Europe and the United States.\* An ideal introduction to Sufism, requiring no background knowledge of Islamic history or thought\* Offers the first history of Sufism as a global phenomenon, exploring its movement and adaptation from the Middle East, through Asia and Africa, to Europe and the United States of America\* Covers the entire historical period of Sufism, from its ninth century origins to the end of the twentieth century\* Devotes equal coverage to the political, cultural, and social dimensions of Sufism as it does to its theology and ritual\* Dismantles the stereotypes of Sufis as otherworldly 'mystics', by anchoring Sufi Muslims in the real lives of their communities\* Features the most up-to-date research on Sufism available.
Verlag: John Wiley And Sons Ltd Feb 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 1405182822ISBN 13: 9781405182829
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An accessible and thorough introduction to literary theory and contemporary critical practice, this book is an essential resource for beginning students of literary criticism.\* Covers traditional approaches such as formalism and structuralism, as well as more recent developments in criticism such as evolutionary theory, cognitive studies, ethical criticism, and ecocriticism\* Offers explanations of key works and major ideas in literary criticism and suggests key elements to look for in a literary text\* Also applies critical approaches to various examples from film studies\* Helps students to build a critical framework and write analytically.
Verlag: John Wiley And Sons Ltd Feb 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 1444334298ISBN 13: 9781444334296
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This popular and accessible introduction to phonetics has been fully updated for its third edition, and now includes an accompanying website with sound files, and expanded coverage of topics such as speech technology.\* Describes how languages use a variety of different sounds, many of them quite unlike any that occur in well-known languages\* Written by the late Peter Ladefoged, one of the world's leading phoneticians, with updates by renowned forensic linguist, Sandra Ferrari Disner\* Includes numerous revisions to the discussion of speech technology and additional updates throughout the book\* Explores the acoustic, articulatory, and perceptual components of speech, demonstrates speech synthesis, and explains how speech recognition systems work\* Will be supported by a forthcoming accompanying website featuring additional data and recordings of the sounds of a wide variety of languages, to reinforce learning and bring the descriptions to life.
Verlag: John Wiley And Sons Ltd Feb 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 1405190752ISBN 13: 9781405190756
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.
Verlag: John Wiley And Sons Ltd Feb 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0470974974ISBN 13: 9780470974971
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Updated to reflect the latest research evidence, the third edition of Effective Teamwork provides business managers with the necessary guidance and tools to build and maintain effective teamwork strategies.\* A new edition of a bestselling book on teamwork from an acknowledged leader in the field\* Offers a unique integration of rigorous research with practical guidance to develop effective leadership teams\* Features new chapters on virtual teams and top management teams, plus contemporary themes of ethics and values\* Utilizes research based on positive psychology techniques.
Verlag: John Wiley And Sons Ltd Feb 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 047067492XISBN 13: 9780470674925
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - After Enlightenment: Hamann as Post-Secular Visionary is a comprehensive introduction to the life and works of eighteenth-century German philosopher, J. G. Hamann, the founding father of what has come to be known as Radical Orthodoxy.\* Provides a long-overdue, comprehensive introduction to Haman's fascinating life and controversial works, including his role as a friend and critic of Kant and some of the most renowned German intellectuals of the age\* Features substantial new translations of the most important passages from across Hamann's writings, some of which have never been translated into English\* Examines Hamann's highly original views on a range of topics, including faith, reason, revelation, Christianity, biblical exegesis, Socrates, theological aesthetics, language, sexuality, religion, politics, and the relationship between Judaism and Christianity\* Presents Hamann as the 'founding father' of a distinctly post-modern, post-secular theology and, as such, as an alternative to the 'postmodern triumvirate' of Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Derrida\* Considers Hamann's work as a touchtone of modern Jewish-Christian dialogue, in view of debates with his friend Moses Mendelssohn\* Explores Hamann's role as the visionary founder of a 'metacritical' movement that radically calls into question the basic principles of modern secular reason, and thus reprises the debate between those defending Hamann's views and those labeling him the bête noir of the Enlightenment.
Verlag: John Wiley And Sons Ltd Feb 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 063123036XISBN 13: 9780631230366
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Linguistics is a comprehensive crosslinguistic introduction to the study of language, and is ideal for students with no background in linguistics.\* A comprehensive introduction to the study of language, set apart by its inclusion of cross-linguistic data from over 80 different spoken and signed languages\* Explores how language works by examining discourse, sentence-structure, meaning, words, and sounds\* Introduces psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic issues, including language acquisition, neurolinguistics, language variation, language change, language contact, and multilingualism\* Written in a problem-oriented style to engage readers, and is ideal for those new to the subject\* Incorporates numerous student-friendly features throughout, including extensive exercises, summaries, assignments, and suggestions for further reading\* Based on the bestselling Dutch edition of this work, the English edition has been revised and expanded to offer an up-to-date and engaging survey of linguistics for students new to the field.
Verlag: John Wiley And Sons Ltd Feb 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 0470656476ISBN 13: 9780470656471
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Featuring new coverage of the brain and language, and lexical corpora, the 4th edition of Words in the Mind offers readers the latest thinking about the ways in which we learn words, remember them, understand them, and find the ones we want to use.\* Explores the latest insights into the complex relationship between language, words, and the human mind, creating a rich and revealing resource for students and non-specialists alike\* Addresses the structure and content of the human word-store - the 'mental lexicon' - with particular reference to the spoken language of native English speakers\* Features a wealth of new material, including an all-new chapter focusing exclusively on the brain and language, and enhanced coverage of lexical corpora - computerized databases - and on lexical change of meaning\* Incorporates numerous updates throughout, including expansion of many notes and suggestions for further reading\* Comprises state-of-the-art research, yet remains accessible and student-friendly.
Verlag: John Wiley And Sons Ltd Feb 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 1444338633ISBN 13: 9781444338638
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Surveying a wide variety of disciplines, this fully-revised 7th edition offers a sophisticated and engaging treatment of the rapidly expanding field of organizational communication\* Places organizations and organizational communication within a broader social, economic, and cultural context\* Applies a global perspective throughout, including thoughtful consideration of non-Western forms of leadership, as well as global economic contexts\* Offers a level of sophistication and integration of ideas from a variety of disciplines that makes this treatment definitiveUpdated in the seventh edition:\* Coverage of recent events and their ethical dimensions, including the bank crisis and bailouts in the US and UK\* Offers a nuanced, in-depth discussion of technology, and a new chapter on organizational change\* Includes new and revised case studies for a fresh view on perennial topics, incorporating a global focus throughout\* Online Instructors' Manual, including sample syllabi, tips for using the case studies, test questions, and supplemental case studies.