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Voneinander lernen: Erfahrungen aus einem Mentoring-Programm für weibliche Nachwuchsführungskräfte

by Christina Heßling

Auf der Basis qualitativer Interviews mit Mentees und Mentor:innen werden in dieser Arbeit verschiedene Aspekte der Mentoring-Beziehung in einem Blended-Mentoring-Setting untersucht. Der Fokus liegt dabei insbesondere auf der Exploration der Beziehung in diesem spezifischen Setting, den potenziellen Lernformen der Mentees und Mentor:innen sowie auf den Lernergebnissen der Mentees und Mentor:innen. Frauen sind in Führungspositionen nach wie vor unterrepräsentiert. Betriebliche Mentoring-Programme sollen hier als Instrumente der Frauenförderung ansetzen und Frauen den Zugang zu Netzwerken ermöglichen sowie zu mehr Sichtbarkeit im Unternehmen verhelfen. Der Kern betrieblicher Mentoring-Programme ist die individuelle Beziehung zwischen den Mentees und den Mentor:innen. Diese Beziehung soll den Mentees Lerngelegenheiten bieten und den Kontakt zu Rollenvorbildern ermöglichen.

The Vonnegut Encyclopedia: Revised and updated edition

by Kurt Vonnegut Mark Vonnegut Marc Leeds

Now expanded and updated, this authorized compendium to Kurt Vonnegut's novels, stories, essays, and plays is the most comprehensive and definitive edition to date. Over the course of five decades, Kurt Vonnegut created a complex and interconnected web of characters, settings, and concepts. The Vonnegut Encyclopedia is an exhaustive guide to this beloved author's world, organized in a handy A-to-Z format. The first edition of this book covered Vonnegut's work through 1991. This new and updated edition encompasses his writing through his death in 2007. Marc Leeds, co-founder and founding president of the Kurt Vonnegut Society and a longtime personal friend of the author's, has devoted more than twenty-five years of his life to cataloging the Vonnegut cosmos--from the birthplace of Kilgore Trout (Vonnegut's sci-fi writing alter ego) to the municipal landmarks of Midland City (the midwestern metropolis that is the setting for Vonnegut's 1973 masterpiece Breakfast of Champions). The Vonnegut Encyclopedia identifies every major and minor Vonnegut character from Celia Aamons to Zog, as well as recurring images and relevant themes from all of Vonnegut's works, including lesser-known gems like his revisionist libretto for Stravinsky's opera L'Histoire du soldat and his 1980 children's book Sun Moon Star. Leeds provides expert notes explaining the significance of many items, but relies primarily on extended quotations from Vonnegut himself. A work of impressive scholarship in an eminently browsable package, this encyclopedia reveals countless connections readers may never have thought of on their own. A rarity among authors of serious fiction, Kurt Vonnegut has always inspired something like obsession in his most dedicated fans. The Vonnegut Encyclopedia is an invaluable resource for readers wishing to revisit his fictional universe--and those about to explore it for the first time.From the Hardcover edition.

Vonnegut & Hemingway: Writers at War

by Lawrence R. Broer

In this original comparative study of Kurt Vonnegut and Ernest Hemingway, Lawrence R. Broer maps the striking intersections of biography and artistry in works by both writers, and he compares the ways in which they blend life and art. Broer views Hemingway as the "secret sharer" of Vonnegut's literary imagination and argues that the two writers—while traditionally considered as adversaries because of Vonnegut's rejection of Hemingway's emblematic hypermasculinism—inevitably address similar deterministic wounds in their fiction: childhood traumas, family insanity, deforming wartime experiences, and depression. Rooting his discussion in these psychological commonalities between Vonnegut and Hemingway, Broer traces their personal and artistic paths by pairing sets of works and protagonists in ways that show the two writers not only addressing similar concerns, but developing a response that in the end establishes an underlying kinship when it comes to the fate of the American hero of the twentieth century. Broer sees Vonnegut and Hemingway as fundamentally at war—with themselves, with one another's artistic visions, and with the idea of war itself. Against this onslaught, he asserts, they wrote as a mode of therapy and achieved literary greatness through combative opposition to the shadows that loomed so large around them.

Vor und nach dem Weltende: Ich, Masse und Mensch in der expressionistischen Lyrik

by Lia Imenes Ishida

Dieses Buch untersucht die Begriffe „Ich“, „Masse“ und „Mensch“ in der lyrischen Produktion des expressionistischen Jahrzehnts. Die detaillierte Analyse der Einzelwerke von Jakob van Hoddis, Alfred Lichtenstein, René Schickele, Georg Heym, Alfred Wolfenstein, Paul Boldt, Ernst Stadler und Ludwig Rubiner erlaubt zudem einen Einblick in diese wichtige Epoche der deutschen Literatur sowie eine Differenzierung ihrer Hauptströmungen und Phasen. Die Autorin zeigt auch, wie sehr diese literarische Epoche durch den Ersten Weltkrieg bestimmt wurde.

Voracious Children: Who Eats Whom in Children's Literature (Children's Literature and Culture #39)

by Carolyn Daniel

First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Vortex That Unites Us: Versions of Totality in Russian Literature (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies)

by Jacob Emery

The Vortex That Unites Us is a study of totality in Russian literature, from the foundation of the modern Russian state to the present day. Considering a diversity of texts that have in common chiefly their prominence in the Russian literary canon, Jacob Emery examines the persistent ambition in Russian literature to gather the whole world into an artwork. Emery reveals how the diversity of totalizing figures in the Russian canon—often in alliance with ideologies like the totalitarian state or enlightenment reason—strive for the frontiers of space and time in order to guarantee the coherence of the globe and the continuity of history. He expores subjects like romantic metaphors of supernatural possession; Tolstoy's conception of art as a vector of emotional contagion; the panoramic ambitions of the avant-garde to grasp the globe in a new poetic medium; efforts of Soviet utopians to harmonize the whole of social life along aesthetic lines; Mandelstam's evocation of writing as a transcendental authority that guarantees a grandiose historical rhythm even when manifested as authoritarian repression; and the mass market of cultural commodities in which the exiled Vladimir Nabokov found success with his novel Lolita. The Vortex That Unites Us reveals a common thread in the disparate works it explores, bringing into a single horizon a variety of typically siloed texts and aesthetic approaches. In all these cases, the medium of totality is the body, inspired by artistic vision and compelled by aesthetic response.

Vorurteile – Medien – Gruppen: Wie Vorurteile durch Medienrezeption in Gruppen beeinflusst werden (essentials)

by Johanna Schindler Anne Bartsch

Im Alltag haben viele Menschen fast ausschließlich über Medieninhalte Kontakt zu Angehörigen verschiedener anderer gesellschaftlicher Gruppen (Outgroups). Gleichzeitig nutzen und verarbeiten sie Medieninhalte häufig gemeinsam in ihrer eigenen Gruppe (Ingroup). Johanna Schindler und Anne Bartsch beleuchten den Einfluss der Medienrezeption in Kleingruppen auf Vorurteile gegenüber Outgroups. Dazu systematisieren sie wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zu Vorurteilen und zur Medienrezeption in Gruppen und verbinden diese miteinander. Außerdem stellen die Autorinnen die Ergebnisse einer explorativen Feldstudie vor. Auf diese Weise wird eine integrative Perspektive auf Gruppenphänomene in der modernen Mediengesellschaft ermöglicht.Die AutorinnenJohanna Schindler ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft und Medienforschung der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Prof. Dr. Anne Bartsch ist Professorin für Empirische Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft am IfKMW der Universität Leipzig.

A Vos Marques!: An Accelerated French Course: Student's Book

by Alison Andrews Brigette Edelston Sandy Tippett-Spirtou

A Vos Marques! is an introductory course for students taking French as an option alongside their main degree course. It has been developed specifically for false beginners: students who have a slight acquaintance with the language.The course comprises a student's book, teacher's book and 180 minutes of audio (available for free download at http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415157285/ ) and, through fifteen chapters, follows the progress of an English-speaking student studying in Paris, whose achievements are designed to reflect those of the course user.Special features include:* activities involving pair and group work* an aid to self-assessment at the end of each chapter* hints on vocabulary learning* clear and accessible layout including integrated cartoons.The guidance offered by the teachers book is of particular importance, as lower-level classes in universities are often taught by native-speaking lecturers with little or no teaching training or experience.

Votes That Count and Voters Who Don’t: How Journalists Sideline Electoral Participation (Without Even Knowing It) (Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation #17)

by Sharon E. Jarvis Soo-Hye Han

For decades, journalists have called the winners of U.S. presidential elections—often in error—well before the closing of the polls. In Votes That Count and Voters Who Don’t, Sharon E. Jarvis and Soo-Hye Han investigate what motivates journalists to call elections before the votes have been tallied and, more importantly, what this and similar practices signal to the electorate about the value of voter participation.Jarvis and Han track how journalists have told the story of electoral participation during the last eighteen presidential elections, revealing how the portrayal of voters in the popular press has evolved over the last half century from that of mobilized partisan actors vital to electoral outcomes to that of pawns of political elites and captives of a flawed electoral system. The authors engage with experiments and focus groups to reveal the effects that these portrayals have on voters and share their findings in interviews with prominent journalists. Votes That Count and Voters Who Don’t not only explores the failings of the media but also shows how the story of electoral participation might be told in ways that support both democratic and journalistic values. At a time when professional strategists are pressuring journalists to provide favorable coverage for their causes and candidates, this book invites academics, organizations, the press, and citizens alike to advocate for the voter’s place in the news.

Voting Deliberatively: FDR and the 1936 Presidential Campaign (Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation #12)

by Mary E. Stuckey

The 1932 election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt seemed to hold the promise of Democratic domination for years to come. However, leading up to the 1936 election, persistent economic problems, a controversial domestic agenda, and the perception of a weak foreign policy were chipping away at public support. The president faced unrelenting criticism from both the Left and the Right, and it seemed unlikely that he would cruise to the same clear victory he enjoyed in 1932. But 1936 was yet another landslide win for FDR, which makes it easy to forget just how contested the campaign was. In Voting Deliberatively, Mary Stuckey examines little-discussed components of FDR’s 1936 campaign that aided his victory. She reveals four elements of this reelection campaign that have not received adequate attention: the creation of public opinion, the attention paid to local organizations, the focus on specific kinds of interests, and the public rhetoric that tied it all together. Previous studies of the 1936 presidential election discuss elements such as FDR’s vulnerability before the campaign and the weakness of Republican candidate Alf Landon. But these histories pay little attention to the quantity and quality of information Roosevelt acquired, the importance of organizations such as the Good Neighbor League and the Committee of One, the mobilization of the vote, and the ways in which these organizational strategies fused with Roosevelt’s rhetorical strategies. Stuckey shows how these facets combined in one of the largest victories in Electoral College history and provided a template for future victory.

Vowel/Glide Alternation in a Theory of Constraint Interaction (Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics)

by Samuel Rosenthall Laurence Horn

First Published in 1997. The alternation between high vowels and glides is shown here to follow from the interaction of phonological constraints as defined by Prince and Smolensky's (1993) Optimality Theory. The alternation stems from simultaneously comparing moraic and nonmoraic parses of high vowels for constraint satisfaction

Vowel Inherent Spectral Change

by Geoffrey Stewart Morrison Peter F. Assmann

It has been traditional in phonetic research to characterize monophthongs using a set of static formant frequencies, i.e., formant frequencies taken from a single time-point in the vowel or averaged over the time-course of the vowel. However, over the last twenty years a growing body of research has demonstrated that, at least for a number of dialects of North American English, vowels which are traditionally described as monophthongs often have substantial spectral change. Vowel inherent spectral change has been observed in speakers' productions, and has also been found to have a substantial effect on listeners' perception. In terms of acoustics, the traditional categorical distinction between monophthongs and diphthongs can be replaced by a gradient description of dynamic spectral patterns. This book includes chapters addressing various aspects of vowel inherent spectral change (VISC), including theoretical and experimental studies of the perceptually relevant aspects of VISC, the relationship between articulation (vocal-tract trajectories) and VISC, historical changes related VISC, cross-dialect, cross-language, and cross-age-group comparisons of VISC, the effects of VISC on second-language speech learning, and the use of VISC in forensic voice comparison.

Vowel Patterns in Language

by Rachel Walker

Linguists researching the sounds of languages do not just study lists of sounds but seek to discover generalizations about sound patterns by grouping them into categories. They study the common properties of each category and identify what distinguishes one category from another. Vowel patterns, for instance, are analysed and compared across languages to identify phonological similarities and differences. This original account of vowel patterns in language brings a wealth of cross-linguistic material to the study of vowel systems and offers new theoretical insights. Informed by research in speech perception and production, it addresses the fundamental question of how the relative prominence of word position influences vowel processes and distributions. The book combines a cross-linguistic focus with detailed case studies. Descriptions and analyses are provided for vowel patterns in over 25 languages from around the world, with particular emphasis on minor Romance languages and on the diachronic development of the German umlaut.

Vowels and Consonants

by Peter Ladefoged Sandra Ferrari Disner

This popular and accessible introduction to phonetics has been fully updated for its third edition, and now includes an accompanying website with sound files, and expanded coverage of topics such as speech technology.Describes how languages use a variety of different sounds, many of them quite unlike any that occur in well-known languagesWritten by the late Peter Ladefoged, one of the world's leading phoneticians, with updates by renowned forensic linguist, Sandra Ferrari DisnerIncludes numerous revisions to the discussion of speech technology and additional updates throughout the bookExplores the acoustic, articulatory, and perceptual components of speech, demonstrates speech synthesis, and explains how speech recognition systems workSupported by an accompanying website at www.vowelsandconsonants3e.com featuring additional data and recordings of the sounds of a wide variety of languages, to reinforce learning and bring the descriptions to life

Vox Popular

by Robin Queen

Our favorite movies and TV shows feature indelible characterswho tell us about themselves not just in what they say but in howthey say it. The creative decisions behind these voices--suchas what accent or dialect to use--offer rich data forsociolinguistic study. Ideal for students of language variation aswell as general readers interested in media, Vox Popular isan engaging tour through the major issues of sociolinguistic studyas heard in the voices from mass media.* Provides readers with a unified and accessiblepicture of the interrelationships between language variation andthe mass media* Presents detailed original analyses of multipleaudiovisual media sources* Includes a broad methods chapter coveringquantitative and qualitative methods in a style not available inany other textbook* All theoretical terms are accessibly explained, withengaging examples, making it suitable for non-academics as well asundergraduate students* Incorporates pedagogical textboxes throughout andincludes sections dedicated to developing practical skills for thefield

Voyage into Language: Space and the Linguistic Encounter, 1500–1800

by David B. Paxman

In this new study, author David Paxman demonstrates that ordinary spatial concepts, together with the changing sense of the earth's space brought about by exploration, navigation, and mapping exerted a strong influence on linguistic thought. Paxman illuminates how our thinking about language as a whole, as well as our exploration of languages, developed in ways parallel to our thinking about and exploration of the space we live in, our planet. To the factors to which scholars have generally attributed language thought in the early modern period-the refinement of tools in phonetics, grammar and linguistic history, and the increasing exposure to diverse languages as the world was explored and colonized-Paxman here adds another: spatial exploration and the novel application of spatial concepts. He suggests that language was an unfamiliar space that Europe entered and navigated, facing challenges similar to those posed by terrestrial navigation. He argues that spatial experience influenced linguistic thought in two ways. First, ordinary spatial experience-terrain and boundaries, near and far, journeys and paths, etc.-provided conceptual structures, often novel or inventive, that guided those who investigated the properties of language. Second, expanding horizons, the sense of terrestrial space, and recognition of the difficulties of representing and navigating a spherical earth contributed directly to language thought by offering conceptual structures applicable to this different and equally challenging domain. While Voyage into Language does contribute to the history of linguistics, more broadly it is a treatment of intellectual and cultural history, and an application of cognitive science to language study of the past. As such, it holds appeal for historians and literary scholars as well as linguists.

The Voyage of Argo

by Apollonius Rhodes

Written in the third century BC in Alexandria, this is the only full surviving account of Jason's legendary quest for the Golden Fleece. It describes the thrilling adventures of the Argonauts on their voyage to Colchis to plead with king Aeetes for the fleece, his greatest treasure - and the Eros-inspired passion felt by his daughter, the beautiful witch-princess Medea, for the scheming Jason. Chronicling a journey that sees Jason and his crew traverse perilous seas, negotiate the treacherous Cyanean Rocks, and confront the lure of the Sirens' song, The Voyage of Argo is a masterful depiction of distinctly human heroism and betrayal caused by love. An eloquent marriage of romance and realism, it tells the definitive version of one of the greatest legends of the classical age: an epic tale of bravery, prophecy and magic.

The Voyage to Illyria: A New Study of Shakespeare (Select Bibliographies Reprint Ser.)

by Kenneth Muir

First published in 1937. This study argues that the plays of Shakespeare must be studied by comparison with each other and not as separate entities; that they must be related to one another, to the poems and to the Sonnets; that each individual play acquires a deeper significance from its setting in the corpus. Muir and O'Loughlin's critical analysis takes place against the personality of Shakespeare, asserting that that despite all their diversities a single mind and a single hand dominate them and that they are the outcome of one man's critical and emotional reactions to life.

Voyages In English: Writing and Grammar (Grade #7)

by Elaine de Chantal Brookes Patricia Healey Irene Kervick Catherine Irene Masino Anne B. Mcguire Adrienne Saybolt

Voyages in English: Writing and Grammar. For Grade 7.

Voyages in English: Writing and Grammar 8th Grade

by Elaine de Chantal Brookes Patricia Healey Irene Kervick Catherine Irene Masino Anne B. Mcguire Adrienne Saybolt

English textbook on written and oral communication, and grammar.

Voyages in English (Grade #5)

by Patricia Healey Irene Kervick Anne B. Mcguire Adrienne Saybolt

Let Your Words Take You Where You Want to Go! The new 2011 edition of Voyages in English: Grammar and Writing is the result of decades of research and practice by experts in the field of grammar and writing. Responding to the needs of teachers and students, this new edition provides ample opportunities for practice and review to ensure mastery and improved performance on standardized tests. Voyages in English 2011 Enables children to master grammarthrough direct instruction, rigorous practice, written application, and ongoing assessment. Provides master and novice teachers with support and straightforward, practical lesson plans that can be presented with confidence. Guides children to experience, explore, and improve their writing through the in-depth study of unique writing genres, writing-skill lessons, and the implementation of the writing process. Provides children and teachers with opportunities to use technology as a means to learn, assess, apply new skills, and communicate outside of the school setting. Gives children the speaking and writing practice and tools they need to communicate with clarity, accuracy, and ease. New 2011 Features We've taken the best of the past and incorporated learning tools for today's students and the world they live in. More exercisesin all components offer additional opportunities for review and practice. Daily Maintenanceoffers quick, daily practice for grammar concepts previously taught to ensure mastery of skills. Improved assessmentsoffer more thorough testing of topics. Grammar and writing assessments are not integrated, providing more flexibility for teachers. ExamView Assessment Suite Test Generator CDallows for 25% more testing questions and flexibility in creating individualized tests. Integration opportunities are included in the lessons to naturally show the relationship between grammar and writing. Tech Tips and technology opportunities allow teachers to incorporate technology into lesson plans and homework assignments. Online resourcesprovide additional support for teachers and additional practice for students. Program Components Student Edition Developed in a student-friendly manner to engage all learners, the Student Edition provides clear instruction and guided practice in the writing process, the traits of effective writing, and the structure and mechanics of language. Teacher Edition Consistent in structure and full of helpful instructional tools, the Teacher Edition offers a straightforward, flexible plan for integrating grammar and writing. Teacher Planning Pages provide additional background information and teaching tips for ease in lesson planning. Practice Book* Additional exercises connected to the textbook offer ample review and practice opportunities in grammar and writing skills. Assessment Book* Effective assessment enables teachers to record progress, differentiate instruction, and challenge students accordingly. A variety of assessments are included. Test Generator* The ExamView Assessment Suite Test Generator provides an adaptable tool to create a variety of assessments. The preformatted yet customizable assessments correspond with the Assessment Book and provide an additional 25% new test items for each assessment. *Supplemental component Web Site Web Features For Students Additional opportunities to build and practice grammar and writing skills Grammar and Mechanics Handbook for at-home use Interactive games for more practice Additional writing activities expand learning. For Teachers Tools and support to plan and execute lessons Grammar Guides online resource helps you teach grammar clearly, creatively, and confidently. Video Tools to effectively implement grammar lessons and writing chapters into your classroom. Lesson Plan Charts show how to integrate the grammar and writing sections. Two Core Parts-One Cohesive Program Voyages in English is organized into two distinct parts: grammar and writing.

Voyages in English: Grammar and Writing (Third Grade)

by Patricia Healey Irene Kervick Anne B. Mcguire Adrienne Saybolt

This new edition provides ample opportunities for practice and review in the field of grammar and writing to ensure mastery and improved performance on standardized tests.

Voyages in English: Grammar and Writing Grade 7

by Patricia Healey Anne B. Mcguire Irene Kervick Adrienne Saybolt

Language Arts Textbook Grade 7

Voyages in English: Grammar and Writing (6th Grade)

by Patricia Healey Anne B. Mcguire Irene Kervick Adrienne Saybolt

This book of "Voyages in English 2011" enables children to master grammar through direct instruction, rigorous practice, written application, and ongoing assessment. It provides master and novice teachers with support and straightforward, practical lesson plans that can be presented with confidence.

Voyages in English: Writing and Grammar

by Loyola Press

Character building is practiced throughout the book, and the content is broader and more challenging which makes students learn more in English. Some of the exercises within the text especially for students who have much difficulty with writing, or both might be used for students who need a great deal of practice and reinforcement.

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