Tag: Events

Life Events and Rites of Passage


Free Download Jeff Hill, "Life Events and Rites of Passage: The Customs and Symbols of Major Life-Cycle Milestones, Including Cultural, Secular, and Religious Traditions Observed in the United States"
English | 2007 | pages: 518 | ISBN: 0780807359 | PDF | 2,2 mb
"Provides information about the history, symbols, customs, and traditions of important life-cycle events within the broad range of cultural and religious groups in the United States. Entries are arranged in sections on birth and childhood, coming of age, adulthood, and death and mourning"-Provided by ✅Publisher.

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Festival Encounters Theoretical Perspectives on Festival Events


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English | ISBN: 1138186023 | 2017 | 166 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Festivals and events are of enormous significance to many communities around the world. They can have historic, religious, cultural and traditional significance, and they are also important parts of community building.

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The Ussr In 1990 A Record Of Events


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English | 2019 | ISBN: 0367297035 | EPUB | pages: 892 | 1.1 mb
A unique, day-by-day chronology of important events and trends related to the USSR, this reference annual draws from a wide variety of sources, including Soviet and international media reports. The volume’s comprehensive indexes to persons and places provide easy access to specific information being sought. Entries are brief but substantial, providing the context necessary in order to understand current developments.

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The Soviet Union 198485 Events, Problems, Perspectives


Free Download Gertraud Seidenstecher, Karin Schmid, "The Soviet Union 1984/85: Events, Problems, Perspectives"
English | 2019 | ISBN: 0367296071, 0367311534 | EPUB | pages: 349 | 2.9 mb
In 1984 and 1985, the swift succession in the USSR’s leadership affected all levels of Soviet society. This eighth volume in a series of biennial reports on the Soviet Union analyzes domestic affairs, economics, and foreign policy in light of that succession. Power struggles within the highest echelons of the Soviet communist party are examined. Contributors evaluate prospects for the attempted economic modernization in a system that leaves little room for radical reform. Moscow’s swings between extremes of self-isolation and readiness to talk raise questions about foreign and security policy during die transitional period. The contributors also identify perspectives, priorities, and trends for the future of Soviet politics, economics, and social developments. The Federal Institute for East European and International Studies in Cologne was established in 1961 as an academically autonomous research institution. It operates under the administrative and financial authority of Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Interior.

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150 Great American Events (Essence of American History)


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English | October 18, 2022 | ISBN: 1400326168 | 224 pages | PDF | 5.69 Mb
Almost a decade ago, author and educator William J. Bennett and John T. E. Cribb published a 365-day almanac of our nation’s history. Now, in this new two-volume series compiled from The American Patriot’s Almanac, Bennett and Cribb’s masterful grasp of our history offers 150 examples of fascinating details of great American events.

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The Times Great Events 200 Years of History as it Happened


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English | 2021 | pages: 384 | ISBN: 0008409307 | EPUB | 4,0 mb
As one of Britain’s leading newspapers for more than 200 years The Times has covered every major world events as they happened. This book profiles the ones that have had the most impact on the world today from the fall of the Berlin Wall to stepping onto the Moon.News-breaking stories as told from The Times with commentary setting each event in context. Historian and editor, James Owens, has scoured The Times archive to bring front pages from the days after world changing events along with insightful articles published at the time.The global events covered include;* Assassination of JFK* Release from prison of Nelson Mandela* Armistice Day: First World War ends* VE Day: Second World War ends* First telephone call in 1876* European revolutions of 1848* Suez canal opens in 1869* First personal computer 1977

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Granularity in the Verbalization of Events and Objects A Cross-Linguistic Study


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English | ISBN: 9027213828 | 2024 | 536 pages | PDF | 12 MB
The study departs from the observation that in expressing ideas, some languages encode more details than others. It investigates whether languages encode events and/or objects at a coarse-grained (e.g., put, glass) as opposed to a fine-grained (e.g., lay, wine glass) level systematically. The level of detail is termed granularity, which is viewed as a cline from fine-grained (semantic specificity) to coarse-grained meaning (semantic generality). Four languages are investigated: German, English, Greek, and Turkish. The study draws on elicited data from a naming task. The verbalization of events is based on event and object descriptions in selected semantic domains. The results reveal significant granularity effects between languages and language types (satellite-framed vs. verb-framed). The study is relevant for scholars interested in linguistic typology, lexical and semantic typology, contrastive linguistics, event representation, psycholinguistics, and cognitive semantics.

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