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Das Buch widmet sich aus der Sicht der klassischen Literaturwissenschaften den Themen, die sich der Forschungsrichtung der Human-Animal-Studies zuschlagen lassen. Die Autoren setzen sich mit der Darstellung, der Darstellungsweise, der Bedeutung und der Funktion von Tieren und den Mensch-Tier-Beziehungen in literarischen Texten auseinander.

The book is devoted to the study of the sign-object relation in the semiotics of Charles Peirce. It puts this issue in the context of Peirce's philosophy of knowledge and of reality and individuates the final causality as the foundation of the semiotic relation, which gains its gnoseological reliableness from its underlying teleological tendencies.

The book addresses two main themes within the field of Applied Linguistics: language learning and teaching, and the study of language and some of its various discourses in context. It focuses on macro issues of the relationship between language and its users within the micro context of Ireland.

Although the Soviet empire no longer exists, old and new relationships between centres and peripheries still shape realities in the region. The case studies presented in this volume analyse the relevance of the centre-periphery distinction for the understanding of the post-Soviet space.

All the chapters in this volume somehow and quite diversely, directly or indirectly, address the relation of Wittgenstein's philosophy, or at least of Wittgenstein- inspired philosophical thought, with scepticism, here generally envisaged as a many-sided tradition and not as a uniform and once for all established theoretical posture.

Band Nr. 37 enthalt Themen mit antropologisch-kulturellen Ansatzen zur Archivforschung, die vom Mittelalter bis ins 20. Jhdt und von der Sakralmusik zur Instrumentalmusik reichen. Die Briefe des beruhmten Komponisten aus der franzosischen Schweiz, G. Doret, an wichtige franzosische Musiker sind in der neuen Dokumentenserie publiziert.

Zentraler Gedanke dieses Bandes ist die Feststellung, dass das Unheimliche integraler Bestandteil der Heimat ist. Es fungiert als dynamisierendes Element, das gegen die Erstarrung eines homogenen Heimatverstandnisses wirkt, das heisst gegen die Naturalisierung eines binomischen Raumkonstrukts des Eigenen gegenuber dem Fremden.

This book focuses on the coordination between family life and professional career under the condition of repeated mobilities. It analyses the division between the labour force work and the care work of couples of highly-skilled migrants settling in either Switzerland or Germany.

This book aims to assess the issue of cultural heritage and illicit trafficking within the frame of a destabilized region and provide a historical and geopolitical understanding of what the Middle East is currently experiencing

Hans Jacob I. Gessner war fur die Stadt Zurich zugleich Munzmeister, Stempelschneider und Medailleur. Vor dem Hintergrund von Archivalien und der uberkommenen Munzen und Medaillen von Hans Jacob I. Gessner wird dessen Werdegang, kunstlerische Orientierung, Wahrnehmung der Verantwortung als Munzmeister von Zurich und dessen Vermachtnis beleuchtet.

The book analyses Iraqi Army's reconstruction in the post-Saddam era. Despite an apparent plan and a coalition in charge, the research identified multiple consideration, planning and synchronisation issues. The roles of actors like the United Nations or national governments are isolated and discussed through a unique method.

The publication is addressed to future translators and interpreters and to those who work or research in this field. From a theoretical-practical perspective, it presents original and innovative research on the complexity of the texts and their reformulation. It also includes works focused on interpretation as a process, product and profession.