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This study documents various historical instances in the development of the concept 'Common Good'. The author reflects about Plato's theory of Forms, which is infused with the idea of good, as the first principle of being.

The author analyses competition as one of four coordinating mechanisms helping agents mutually to orientate their actions, avoid chaos, and produce social order. He also evaluates the theory of competition to explore such topics as corporate social responsibility, relations between government, and reflexivity in social sciences.

The book presents the first comprehensive description of avialinguistics. The author analyses this new interdisciplinary branch of applied linguistics that recognises the role of language for aviation purposes. She provides an integrated approach to Aeronautical English and proffers insights into aviation discourse.

Following general reflections about the art of listening, the volume in hand presents exemplary work analyses. The roster of composers introduced extends from Mozart to Bernstein, that of the genres discussed from the piano piece to the opera. A register and a survey of the chief works referred to make this book a companion for scholars and laymen.

The book addresses how Identity, structure and agency affect women's everyday lives in post-revolutionary Egypt. Through interviews and workshops, women around Egypt express their own experiences in dialogue, in groups and in drawings. The reader get insights into personal experiences of a diverse group of women.

The study combines classical narratology with newer developments in narrative theory in readings of narratives for children and young adults, including films and picture books. Der Sammelband enthalt sechzehn Artikel, die sich mit dem Erzahlen in Texten der internationalen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur sowie in Filmen beschaftigen.

"Concept" is a central notion in modern philosophy. This book deals with the philosopher Aristotle to compare modern theories of "concepts" as he is said to be the predecessor both of classical theory and of modal theories of "concepts" in the modern debate. Both pathema and logos are central to his theory of language, thought, and concepts.

This volume presents a multidisciplinary overview of the intellectual, political, economic, institutional, legal, administrative and artistic factors of integration between the two shores of the Adriatic sea.

This book offers a cognitive-semiotic approach to metaphoricity of visual representations in comics. It implements an exploration of conventionalized visual signs depicting diegetic situations, motion events, sound events, and diverse psychological experiences in static visual narratives of this kind.

This study challenges the traditional approach of focusing on English as a foreign language learning in international business settings. The author of this study advocates that the use of bilingual text search engines as a more viable problem-solving tool than traditional online dictionaries.

The papers in this volume illustrate some of the key research interests and priorities for English language teaching in Turkey and provide significant insights into a range of contemporary issues and practices in the field.

This book is a contribution towards a better understanding of the nature of the international crime of human trafficking. It is an impulse towards finding a new way at the international levels, and encouraging cooperation among nations in the fight against global human trafficking and its root causes.

Die Beiträge des Bandes stellen ausgewählte gegenwartsliterarische Texte in den Horizont literaturdidaktischer Überlegungen und arbeiten deren Potenzial heraus: Es gehört zu den Charakteristika neuester Literatur, dass sie in vielfältiger Weise auf literarische Vorbilder, formal-ästhetische Muster und das Archiv des kulturellen Gedächtnisses Bezug nimmt. Dabei bezieht sie ein Spektrum medialer Möglichkeiten ein. In der Literatur der Gegenwart zeigen sich neue Formen des Poetischen, die sich in bemerkenswerter Weise auf Vorgängiges beziehen und erst vor der Folie des Alten verständlich werden. Differenzerfahrungen können geradezu eine kanonische Basis verlangen. In didaktischer Perspektive sind solche Texte daher herausfordernd, zugleich aber äußerst ergiebig für das literarische Lernen.

The Book presents a study of lexical and phonological features of the language of emotions in Igala, one of Nigeria's over 500 languages. The Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) framework is used for the analysis of emotion concepts.

The authors in this volume study various facets of the long-term coexistence of French and English with native languages in Cameroon. Ce collectif etudie sur plusieurs facettes la coexistence de longue date entre le francais, l'anglais et les langues maternelles au Cameroun.

This collection puts the topic of Jewish Studies and Holocaust studies in a new American studies perspective. This perspective compares the similarities and differences in responses and their transatlantic interaction.