All Outputs (132)

Culture, Education and Politics: Greek and Roman Comedy in Afrikaans (2014)
Book Chapter
Van Zyl Smit, B. (2014). Culture, Education and Politics: Greek and Roman Comedy in Afrikaans. In S. D. Olson (Ed.), Ancient Comedy and Reception (984-999). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614511250.984

Afrikaans became an official language of the Union of South Africa in 1925. Many works of the Western canon that had been brought to the country by the colonial powers were translated into the new language. To boost the prestige of the language and t... Read More about Culture, Education and Politics: Greek and Roman Comedy in Afrikaans.

The Early American Novel in Fragments: Reading and Writing Serial Fiction in the Post-Revolutionary United States (2014)
Book Chapter
PETHERS, M. (2014). The Early American Novel in Fragments: Reading and Writing Serial Fiction in the Post-Revolutionary United States. In P. Parrinder, A. Nash, & N. Wilson (Eds.), New Directions in the History of the Novel (63-75). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137026989_4

Following the trend towards authoritative ‘collected works’ and definitive ‘libraries of classics’ inaugurated in both Britain and the United States in the 1860s, publishers today tend to package old novels in a seamless, self-contained, visually uni... Read More about The Early American Novel in Fragments: Reading and Writing Serial Fiction in the Post-Revolutionary United States.

National Identity for International Audiences? Identity Constructions in Post-unification German Cinema (2014)
Book Chapter
Uecker, M. (2014). National Identity for International Audiences? Identity Constructions in Post-unification German Cinema. In J. Preece (Ed.), Re-forming the Nation in Literature and film: the patriotic idea in contemporary German-language culturePeter Lang

Directed Motivational Currents: Energising language learning by creating intense motivational pathways (2014)
Book Chapter
Dörnyei, Z., Muir, C., & Ibrahim, Z. (2014). Directed Motivational Currents: Energising language learning by creating intense motivational pathways. In D. Lasagabaster, A. Doiz, & J. M. Sierra (Eds.), Motivation and foreign language learning: From theory to practice (9-29). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.40.01dor

In this chapter, we introduce a novel psychological construct whose key aspects are well-established in major motivation theories. A Directed Motivational Current (DMC) is a conceptual framework which depicts unique periods of intensive motivational... Read More about Directed Motivational Currents: Energising language learning by creating intense motivational pathways.

Invisible enemies (2014)
Book Chapter
Lee, C. (2014). Invisible enemies. In C. Lee, & S. Crawford (Eds.), Social Dimensions of Medieval Disease and DisabilityArchaeopress

Schreiben – Filmen – Sprechen: Inszenierung und Kommunikation in Alexander Kluges Autorschaft (2014)
Book Chapter
Uecker, M. (2014). Schreiben – Filmen – Sprechen: Inszenierung und Kommunikation in Alexander Kluges Autorschaft. In S. Kyora (Ed.), Subjektform Autor: Autorschaftsinszenierungen als Praktiken der SubjektivierungTranscript

Stallone and Hollywood in Transition (2014)
Book Chapter
Gallagher, M. (2014). Stallone and Hollywood in Transition. In C. Holmlund (Ed.), The Ultimate Stallone Reader, 97-119. Columbia University Press

The Glorious Revolution, Parliament and the Making of the First Industrial Nation (2014)
Book Chapter
Beckett, J. (2014). The Glorious Revolution, Parliament and the Making of the First Industrial Nation. In Parliament, Politics and Policy in Britain and Ireland, c.1680-1832, (36-53). (1). Wiley Blackwell

Human pro-social motivation and the maintenance of social order (2014)
Book Chapter
Gaechter, S. (2014). Human pro-social motivation and the maintenance of social order. The Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Economics and the Law. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199945474.013.0002

This chapter presents some insights from basic behavioral research on the role of human prosocial motivation to maintain social order. I argue that social order can be conceptualized as a public goods game. Past attempts to explain social order typic... Read More about Human pro-social motivation and the maintenance of social order.

Language description, prescription and usage in seventeenth-century German (2014)
Book Chapter
McLelland, N. (2014). Language description, prescription and usage in seventeenth-century German. In G. Rutten, R. Vosters, & W. Vandenbussche (Eds.), Norms and Usage in Language History, 1600–1900. A sociolinguistic and comparative perspective. Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/ahs.3.11lel

This chapter examines the relationship between language prescription and language use in seventeenth-century German, reporting on a corpus investigation of the influence (or otherwise) of the leading grammarian Justus Georg Schottelius (1612–1676) on... Read More about Language description, prescription and usage in seventeenth-century German.

Going Around in Circles: Employability, Responsiveness, and the Reform of the College Sector (2014)
Book Chapter
Wedekind, V. (2014). Going Around in Circles: Employability, Responsiveness, and the Reform of the College Sector. In S. Vally, & E. Motala (Eds.), Education, Economy and Society. UNISA Press

Religious faith and heterosexuality: A multi-faith exploration of young adults (2014)
Book Chapter
Kam-Tuck Yip, A., & Page, S. (2014). Religious faith and heterosexuality: A multi-faith exploration of young adults. . Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004272385_007

This paper examines the understandings and practices of 515 heterosexual religious young adults living in the United Kingdom in terms of their religious faith and sexuality. It presents qualitative and quantitative data drawn from questionnaires, int... Read More about Religious faith and heterosexuality: A multi-faith exploration of young adults.