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Contains three dozen selections from Brazilian newspapers accompanied by vocabulary lists and comprehension exercises.

A collection of work on pidgins and creoles that includes discussions of the English-derived creole of San Andres Island and the French-derived creole of Cayenne, the theoretical contributions of creolistics to general linguistic theory, decreolization, and generative phonological treatment of a hypothesized English-derived proto-creole.

Examines strategies for language acquisition and language teaching, focusing on applications of the strategic interaction method.

Examines linguistics, language acquisition, and language variation, emphasizing their implications for teacher education and language education. This title considers issues in second language acquisition, dealing with learners and instructors, or focusing on the larger social and societal context in which learning and acquisition occur.

Based on the forty-third annual Georgetown University Round Table, this title covers a variety of topics ranging from the relationship of language and philosophy through language policy to discourse analysis.

A study that analyzes passive sentences in English and Portuguese which result from a post-semantic transformation applied when a nound, which does not play the semantic role of actor, is chosen as syntactic subject. It concludes with a contrastive analysis of English and Portuguese passive sentence patterns.

Provides an historical comparison of the major Romance languages with a reconstruction of their common source and a chronological account of their development through changes and splits.

Uses the theoretical framework developed by K L Pike.

Brings together scholars, policy analysts, and information technology executives to examine advanced and future threats to cyberspace. This title discusses various approaches to advance and defend national interests, contrast the US approach with European, Russian, and Chinese approaches.

Presents a study of religious pluralism as a theological and social reality, and approaches Christianity and Islam in tandem as part of a broader discussion on the nature of the good society.

Catholic institutions of higher learning are at a crossroads: How can they remain true to their roots while recognizing that many of their administrations, faculties, and student bodies have little connection with the tradition? This book explores what constitutes the Catholic identity of Catholic colleges and universities.

Offers a fresh selection of classroom resources that are suitable for courses in international relations, ethics, foreign policy, and related fields. This collection contains some of the best contemporary scholarship on international ethics, written by a group of distinguished political scientists, philosophers, and applied ethicists.

Law plays a crucial role in protecting the health of populations. This book demonstrates why public health protection is a vital objective for the law and presents a fresh population-based approach to legal analysis that can help law achieve its public health mission while remaining true to its own core values.

Provides insight into how religious and moral leadership functions in the realm of international relations, and how the promotion of ethical values works to diffuse international tensions and improve the quality of human life around the world.

Does religion promote political mobilization? Are individuals motivated by their faith to focus on issues of social justice, personal morality, or both? This title examines these topics and assesses one question central to these issues: How does faith shape political action in America's diverse religious communities?

Explores the nature of illness and healing, focusing on health care's history as a spiritual practice and on the human dignity of the patient. Combining sound theological reflection with doses of healthy skepticism, this title describes empirical research on the effects of spirituality on health.

Interweaves results of pedagogical research and descriptions of one of the most successful computer-assisted language learning (CALL) projects to explore how technology can best be employed in the foreign-language curriculum to assist the second language acquisition process.

Provides advanced learners of Spanish with hands-on manipulation of grammatical, lexical, and cultural detail through the practice of translation (traduccion). This book includes: current events, new exercises, and expanded instructions containing Spanish texts to be translated into English as well as English texts for translation into Spanish.

Includes topics that explores: how Web 2.0 can be conceptualized and theorized; the role of English on the worldwide web; how use of social media such as Facebook and texting shape communication with family and friends; electronic discourse and assessment in educational and other settings; and more.

Assesses whether public-private partnerships for the purposes of disaster resilience are viable at the federal level, identifies why attempts to develop these partnerships have largely fallen short, and suggests how the framework supporting this type of collaboration could be enhanced to ensure more robust collaborations in the future.

A record of the fourth 'Building Bridges' seminar held in Sarajevo in 2005 as part of an annual symposium on Muslim-Christian relations cosponsored by Georgetown University and the Archbishop of Canterbury. It presents the texts of the public lectures with regional presentations on issues of citizenship, and religious believing and belonging.

Is the "private" experience of religion counterproductive to engagement in public life? Does the "public" experience of religion contribute anything distinctive to civic engagement? This title offers a fresh approach to key questions about what role religion plays in fostering civic responsibility in contemporary American society.

Delves into the issues of how to ensure that the work done by private sector contractors serves the public interest and argues for the necessity of making these organizations act as extensions of the public sector while maintaining their private character.

After World War II, the US and Canada struck out on divergent paths to public health insurance. This work probes the historical development of health care in each country, honing in on the social and political aspects of each country, and the politics of race in the US and territorial politics in Canada.

After World War II, NGOs emerged on the global scene, committed to improving the lives of the world's most vulnerable people. Some focused on protecting human rights, some were dedicated to development, aimed at satisfying basic economic needs. This book tracks the intersection and even overlap of human rights and development NGOs.

Presents the study of lobbying strategies and outcomes in the United States and the European Union. This book challenges the stereotypes that attribute any differences between the two systems to cultural ones - the American, a partisan and combative approach, and the European, a consensus-based one.

Features discussions of such issues as terrorism, torture, and homeland security. This book suggests ways for people in government to think more deeply, judge more wisely, and act more meaningfully. It offers practical steps for public servants to create spaces for citizen dialogue and engagement in public life.

Drawing on research from state and federal levels, this book illustrates how governments have emphasized some aspects of performance management - such as building measurement systems to acquire more performance data - but have neglected organizational change that would facilitate the use of such information.

Looks at why some environmental conflicts expand to attract a lot of attention and participation, while others generate little interest or action. This title examines the expansion and containment of political conflict around forest policies in the United States and Canada.