This book explores how language and attitude conspire to communicate attitudinal meaning (e.g. criticism, praise). It takes an experimental pragmatics perspective and assumes an exploratory approach, drawing insights from interdisciplinary research, to explain how linguistic means and attitude cues bind to communicate attitudinal stance (approval, disapproval). The explorations are settled...

Dekadentzya is an annual English-language literary journal of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. We welcome all submissions.

"As general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and president of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping has delivered many speeches on a broad range of issues. He has offered his thoughts, views and judgments, and answered a series of important theoretical and practical questions about the Party and the country in these changing times. His speeches embody the philosophy of the new...

Essential guide to British universities that gives you all the information you need to make the crucial decisions on what to study, where to study, and how much it might cost. Objective and authoritative, it is the best-selling guide to making the right university choice for you. For more than 25 years The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide has provided the most accurate and...

The main purpose of the publication is to present the major achievements and challenges in the process of European integration and show what influence membership in the European Union has on Poland and Poles. The book, addressed to Asian readers, discusses Poland’s position and role in the European Union in a comprehensive manner. The book characterizes the adjustments Poland has gone...

Nowadays, any kind of support is meant not only as a matter of caring or helping but also as an important sustainable element of educating and upbringing. In terms of theory and practice social support and supporting are recognised as core actions in social work as well as in rehabilitation and in special education. The new legislation in Poland is going to determine a lot of changes for the...

Autor przedstawia proces zmian społecznych, jakiemu podlegały wspólnoty rybaków zamieszkujących wybrzeże Zatoki Meksykańskiej w okolicach laguny Alvarado od XVI wieku po czasy współczesne. W analizie odwołuje się do koncepcji długiego trwania (longue durée) F. Braudela. Wyniki badań wskazują, że w wyniku eksploatacji zasobów i rozwoju procesów technologicznych następuje zmiana środowiska...

This collection of essays has grown out of a project undertaken at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków in cooperation with the International Visegrad Fund. The inspiration for the project came from the work of Professor Hayden White, who kindly accepted the project coordinators’ invitation to give a lecture and conduct a workshop for scholars from Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech...

Publikacja anglojęzyczna z przedmową Włodzimierza Cimoszewicza. Stanowi ona pierwszy tom serii wydawniczej "European Integration and Democracy Series", która będzie się ukazywać się we współpracy Oficyny Wydawniczej ASPRA, Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku oraz Center for Direct Democracy Studies.

Sigmund Freud, born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (May 6, 1856 - September 23, 1939), was a Jewish-Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who co-founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. Freud is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind, especially involving the mechanism of repression his redefinition of sexual desire as mobile and directed towards a wide variety of...

This book presents an interdiciplinary colletion of essays providing analyses of global governance of safety and security in various policy fields, ranging from financial crisis to cyber-security. The volume offers essential insights about both European and international measures, normative frameworks and regulatory interventions aimed at controllig risks, preventing hazards and managing...

In Central and Eastern Europe, radical right actors significantly impact public debates and mainstream policy agenda. But despite this high discursive influence, the electoral fortune of radical right parties in the region is much less stable. It has been suggested that this may be due to the fact that mainstream competitors increasingly co-opt issues which are fundamental for the radical...

This publication offers a wonderfully comprehensive and integrated picture of the Labour immigration in the European Union. The book falls into five overlapping parts: Migration – the Notion. The Review of Migration Theories; the Policy of the European Union towards Legal Labour Migration from the Third Countries; Polish Migration Policy. Principles of Admitting Labour Migrants into Polish...

Książka podejmuje bardzo aktualne i ważne problemy, które są rozważane zarówno w ujęciu krajowym, regionalnym i lokalnym oraz w różnych ujęciach na obszarze Unii Europejskiej. W badaniach nad społeczeństwem obywatelskim oraz relacją społeczeństw obywatelskich w Unii Europejskiej integracja społeczna jest traktowana jako szczególna wartość perspektywiczna, bez której trudno byłoby mówić o...

The aim of the project would be to exchange/share experience of Visegrad Group Member States in the field of their membership in the European Union - in particular: EU accession as an impulse to redefine priorities of V4, differential consequences of their membership in the EU and the role of the Visegrad Group as a forum of setting common positions.

This analysis is probably the first English-language book on U.S. political communication published by a Polish scholar. Based in empirical research, it offers considerations leading towards an attempt to create a theoretical framework for electoral party appeals. By no means, are these trivial or artificial deliberations based on desk research. As such, the study should become an invaluable...

The January-February 2015 issue of New Eastern Europe has a specific focus on the current situation in the Baltic states which, despite being full-fledged members of NATO and the European Union, now find themselves on the frontlines of the ongoing crisis with Russia. Countries like Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are now having to deal with uncertainties surrounding many issues like...

The Academic Encounters series uses a sustained content approach to teach skills necessary for taking academic courses in English. There are two books for each content area. The Teacher's Manual for this title contains general teaching guidelines for the course, task-by-task teaching suggestions, answers to all tasks, content quizzes, and content quiz answers.

Picturing the women's tradition of manufacturing a quilt through which they materialy express they lived experiences, the film How to Make an American Quilt from the director Jocelyn Moorhouse (1995) reveals the importance of trans-generational communication and affective togetherness in the process of construction of a sustainable and inspiring community. Quilting becomes a oriductive tool...

Artificial intelligence, or AI, is a cross-disciplinary approach to understanding, modeling, and creating intelligence of various forms. It is a critical branch of cognitive science, and its influence is increasingly being felt in other areas, including the humanities. AI applications are transforming the way we interact with each other and with our environment, and work in artificially...