The rise cognitive science has been one of the most important intellectual developments of recent years, stimulating new approaches to everything from philosophy to film studies. This is an introduction to what cognitive science has to offer the... Zobraziť viac
The term "individual differences" is one that is not new to educational psychologists, and now often appears in applied linguistics literature. In order to understand and foster successful second language acquisition, we need to study the significance of Zobraziť viac
This book reviews how to choose the statistic based on the design, interpret output, and write about the results to help readers analyze data using SPSS 22. Readers learn to: assess data reliability; determine whether data meet the assumptions of... Zobraziť viac
A cogent, freshly written synthesis of new and classic work concerning crosslinguistic influence, or "transfer," this book will become the authoritative account of transfer in second-language learning and its consequences for language and thought.... Zobraziť viac
Mark Morford provides a lively, succinct, and comprehensive survey of the philosophers of the Roman World, from Cato the Censor in 155 BCE to the death of Marcus Aurelius in 180 CE. These men were asking philosophical questions whose answers had... Zobraziť viac
Have you ever noticed an accent or puzzled over a dialect phrase? Language can be a powerful tool with which one can create a persona; it can be a common ground between people or can be used as a divide between social groups. This Companion is for... Zobraziť viac
This new book introduces research on democracy from the leading Comparative Manifestos Project (CMP... Zobraziť viac
Science is continually confronted by new and difficult social and ethical problems Zobraziť viac
In exploring the criminalization of corporations, this book uses the landmark "Ford Pinto case" as a centerpiece for exploring corporate violence and the long effort to bring such harm within the reach of the criminal law. Corporations that illegally... Zobraziť viac
As public and private sector organizations work more frequently in partnership, managing uncertainties, problems and controversies becomes increasingly difficult. Despite sophisticated technology and knowledge, the strategic networks and games required... Zobraziť viac
This collection reviews 20 years of research into Spoken Discourse by the Birmingham group, allowing, for the first time, a developmental perspective. It combines previously published but unavailable work with new research. Bringing together recent... Zobraziť viac
Written by a team of leading China scholars, this book explores the dynamics of state power and legitimation in twenty-first century China, and the implications of changing state-society relations for the future viability of the People's Republic. Key... Zobraziť viac
This book provides a detailed examination of the complex negotiation processes surrounding intergovernmental conferences in the European Union... Zobraziť viac
An excellent companion volume to the successful A History of Eastern Europe, this is a country-by-country treatment of the contemporary history of each of the Balkan states: Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia... Zobraziť viac
This exhaustive study from an experienced and respected set of editors and authors looks at the impact that universities have on their surroundings, with particular reference to regional development. With contributions from such leading scholars as... Zobraziť viac
What shapes political behavior more: the situations in which individuals find themselves, or the internal psychological makeup---beliefs, values, and so on---of those individuals? This is perhaps the leading division within the psychological study of... Zobraziť viac
Since the 1980s, concerns have been voiced about the ways in which new biomedical technologies allow the human body to be used for profit. Wilkinson explores the philosophical and practical implications of practices such as surrogacy and organ... Zobraziť viac
In the twentieth century paradigms of linguistics have largely left language change to one side. Rudi Keller's book is an exciting contribution to linguistic philosophy becuase it puts language change back on the linguistics agenda and demonstrates... Zobraziť viac
This book is unique in exploring the process of conducting short-term intensive group play therapy and the subsequent results. It focuses on play therapy with special populations of aggressive acting-out children, autistic children, chronically ill... Zobraziť viac
Most accounts on the Spanish transition to democracy of the late 1970s are based on a false dilemma. Its simplest formulation could be: was it the pressure from below, i.e. the organized working classes, students and neighbors associations that... Zobraziť viac
