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Alcidamant d'Elea definia el pensament com «una màquina per assetjar la llei i l'hàbit, els reis hereditaris i l'Estat». Fidel a aquest designi radical, com si d'un presocràtic postmodern es tractés, l'autor de Submarins de butxaca, amb una llengua esmolada que no retrocedeix ni davant l'autoparòdia, s'encarrega de posar en qüestió algunes de les principals facetes (sociopolítiques, morals, artístiques, epistemològiques i religioses) del sentit comú contemporani. Un llibre insolent i intempestiu, amb un àcid sentit de l'humor a cavall entre l'absurd i la tragèdia, que entronca amb la tradició dels grans aforistes centreeuropeus com Lichtenberg, Kraus, Canetti o Lec. Premi d'Assaig Josep Vallverdú, 2008.

Este volumen contiene las ponencias y comunicaciones presentadas en las III Jornadas sobre Teoría y Crítica de los Discursos Creativos. Las aportaciones sobre el sujeto creador se han llevado a cabo,

El presente volumen quiere constituir un modesto homenaje a la figura científica y humana del Profesor Doctor Jürgen Untermann, Catedrático de Lingüística Comparada de la Universidad de Colombia, con

Language plays an essential role in how we portray our personalities. Through social interaction, others develop a picture of us based on our linguistic cues. However, when we interact in a foreign language and in a new country, limitations in linguistic and cultural knowledge can make self-presentation a more difficult task. This book explores the problems faced by language students embarking on study abroad programmes, spending time in a foreign country and having to interact - and express their personalities - in a second language. Drawing on her extensive work with students, Valerie Pellegrino Aveni explores the factors that complicate self-presentation and the strategies students use for overcoming these, looking in particular at issues of anxiety, control, age, gender, risk-taking and self-esteem. Offering rich insights into the study abroad experience, this book will be an invaluable resource for professionals in second language acquisition, and for teachers and students preparing for study abroad.

This volume focuses on contacts between Anatolian languages within and outside Anatolia. The selected essays, written by members of ongoing research projects on Anatolian languages, present case studies from both the first and second millennia. These include etymological and morphophonological investigations within the framework of Graeco-Anatolian contacts, as well as a critical essay on the possible Anatolian-Etruscan contacts. Alongside strictly linguistic analysis, the essays cover different aspects of cultural contacts (the origin of the word for salt in Luwian), toponyms (in Lycia), and religion (the god called King of Kaunos), and are introduced with a detailed overview of the origins of the Anatolian linguistic landscape.

Dictionaries usually give only brief treatment to etymologies and even etymological dictionaries often do not lavish on them the attention which many deserve. To help fill the gap, the author deals in depth with several etymologically problematic words in various Germanic, Jewish, Romance, and Slavic languages, all of which have hitherto either been misetymologized or not etymologized at all. Sometimes, he succeeds in cracking the nut. Sometimes, he is able only to clear away misunderstanding and set the stage for further treatment. Usually, he marshals not only linguistic but also historical and cultural information. Since this book also discusses methodology, it has the makings of an introduction to the science, art, and craft of etymology. David L. Gold is the founder of the Jewish Name and Family Name File, the Jewish English Archives, and the Association for the Study of Jewish Languages, as well as the editor of Jewish Language Review and Jewish Linguistic Studies.