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Bernadette Höfer's innovative and ambitious monograph argues that the epistemology of the Cartesian mind/body dualism, and its insistence on the primacy of analytic thought over bodily function, has surprisingly little purchase in texts by prominent classical writers. In this study Höfer explores how Surin, Molière, Lafayette, and Racine represent interconnections of body and mind that influence behaviour, both voluntary and involuntary, and that thus disprove the classical notion of the mind as distinct from and superior to the body. The author's interdisciplinary perspective utilizes early modern medical and philosophical treatises, as well as contemporary medical compilations in the disciplines of psychosomatic medicine, neurobiology, and psychoanalysis, to demonstrate that these seventeenth-century French writers established a view of human existence that fully anticipates current thought regarding psychosomatic illness.
This volume offers an insider perspective on language policy in the EU, bringing together two key figures well acquainted with its development to reflect critically on the future of language policy and practices in post-Brexit Europe. Born out of Alice Leal’s English and Translation in the European Union, this volume features annotated interviews with Seán Ó Riain, newly appointed Multilingualism Officer by the Irish diplomatic service, whose decades of experience in key milestones in EU language policy offer a unique perspective on its development. Each chapter, bookended by a contextual introduction and a closing commentary by Leal, addresses such key questions as: How long can the EU ...
Leichte Sprache ist eine verständlichkeitsoptimierte Varietät des Deutschen, die versucht, Texte weniger schwierig zu machen, indem sie Kommunikationsbarrieren abbaut. Der Einsatz von gendergerechten Formulierungen scheint im Vergleich dazu genau das Gegenteil zu bewirken. Dennoch kann die Inklusion als gemeinsames Ziel der beiden so unterschiedlichen Sprachbewegungen angesehen werden und es wird zudem zunehmend versucht, auch in der Leichten Sprache zu gendern. Die Autorin geht der Frage nach, inwiefern der Genderstern Texte für Menschen mit geistiger Behinderung schwerer verständlich macht. Dafür wurden zwei Versionen eines Textes erstellt, der von den befragten Personen mit geistiger...
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This bulletin is the first in a series of summaries of research conducted in reading from 1955 to 1960. The publication includes both published and unpublished research during the 5-year period. The published research has been compiled largely from studies reported in educational periodicals. The unpublished research was made available through a survey conducted under the auspices of the U.S. Office of Education, with the cooperation of colleges, universities, and public school systems, which furnished information on studies undertaken in the various educational institutions. Chapter I, Summary of Research in the Teaching of Primary Reading, provides an overview of the studies reported in th...