Media and Communication

Theresa Weiler

Testing Lexicogrammar

An Investigation into the Construct Tested in the «Language in Use» Section of the Austrian Matura in English

This book explores the construct of language in use, specifically as operationalised through different item types in the Austrian Matura. The findings suggest that the tasks under investigation assess grammatical form and meaning at the sub-sentential and sentential level.

Berlin, 2022. 278 pp., 126 fig. b/w, 50 tables. Language Testing and Evaluation. Vol. 45

hb. ISBN 978-3-631-86540-8 CHF 81.– / €D 69.95 / €A 71.90 / € 65.40 / £ 54.– / US-$ 78.95

eBook (SUL) ISBN 978-3-631-86652-8 CHF 81.– / €D 69.95 / €A 71.90 / € 65.40 / £ 54.– / US-$ 78.95 Zhaohong Wu Methodological Considerations in Morphological Processing Research

With a comprehensive review of the relevant factors that first- and second-language morphological processing researchers need to take into consideration, including material- and procedure-related factors and participant differences, this book is a useful theoretical reference book for morphological processing researchers.

Oxford, 2022. XIV, 258 pp., 8 b/w ill. 12 b/w tables. Contemporary Studies in Descriptive Linguistics. Vol. 49

pb. ISBN 978-1-80079-634-8 CHF 70.– / €D 59.95 / €A 61.20 / € 55.60 / £ 45.– / US-$ 67.95

eBook (SUL) ISBN 978-1-80079-635-5 CHF 70.– / €D 59.95 / €A 61.20 / € 55.60 / £ 45.– / US-$ 67.95 Yu Zheng Zur Entwicklung der Hörverstehenskompetenz der chinesischen DaF-Lerner in deutschen Fachsprachen

In China werden zunehmend Kooperationsprojekte mit deutschen Hochschulen gefördert. Dies bringt die Notwendigkeit eines deutlichen Ausbaus der fachsprachlichen Hörkompetenzen der Studierenden im Deutschen mit sich – die Hörkompetenzen sind entscheidend für den Studienerfolg. Dieses Buch skizziert die Anlage, Durchführung und Ergebnisse einer entsprechenden empirischen Untersuchung: Es galt zu erforschen, wie sich die fachsprachliche Hörkompetenz im Deutschen bei chinesischen Studierenden entwickelt hat und welche Verstehensschwierigkeiten sie haben.

Berlin, 2022. 300 S., 15 farb. Abb., 32 s/w Abb., 52 Tab. Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft international. Bd. 37

geb. ISBN 978-3-631-85560-7 CHF 81.– / €D 69.95 / €A 71.90 / € 65.40 / £ 54.– / US-$ 78.95

eBook (SUL) ISBN 978-3-631-86362-6 CHF 81.– / €D 69.95 / €A 71.90 / € 65.40 / £ 54.– / US-$ 78.95 Andrew C. Billings• Lawrence A. Wenner• Marie Hardin (eds.) American Sport in the Shadow of a Pandemic

Communicative Insights

American Sport in the Shadow of a Pandemic focuses on how communication practices, structures, and principles change when a key locus—sport—has much of its cultural and political-economic power disrupted.

New York, 2022. XXVI, 320 pp., 7 tables. Communication, Sport, and Society. Vol. 5

pb. ISBN 978-1-4331-9191-6 CHF 55.– / €D 47.95 / €A 48.60 / € 44.20 / £ 36.– / US-$ 52.95

eBook (SUL) ISBN 978-1-4331-9192-3 CHF 55.– / €D 47.95 / €A 48.60 / € 44.20 / £ 36.– / US-$ 52.95 Maryann Ijeoma Egbujor Journalism in Nigeria: Possibilities for Professionalisation in the Light of Christian Social Ethics and Culture-driven Values

Professionalisation of journalism has been a subject under global scrutiny since the nineteenth century. Contemporary studies show how journalism profession grapples with the implementation of standard journalism education and practices across the globe. The author discovered that the development of journalism has remarkable link with the advent of Christianity, however, an apparent decline of ethical values in higher education and professional practices abound thereby revealing the type of quality of education provided and the substandard nature of journalistic professionalisation.

Berlin, 2022. 394 pp., 9 fig. col., 26 tables.

pb. ISBN 978-3-631-85525-6 CHF 87.– / €D 74.95 / €A 77.10 / € 70.10 / £ 57.– / US-$ 84.95

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