Все книги издательства «Cambridge University Press»

Empirical Modeling in Economics: Specification and Evaluation	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Clive W.J. Granger Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 1999	PDF, 112 страниц, 3.36 МБ 5 Оценка:
In these three essays, Professor Granger explains the process of constructing and evaluating an empirical model. Drawing on a wide range of cases and vignettes from economics, finance, politics and environment economics, as well as from art, literature, and the entertainment industry, Professor Granger combines rigour with intuition to provide a unique and entertaining insight into one of the most important subjects in modern economics. Chapter 1 deals with Specification. The process of specifying a model is discussed using deforestation in the Amazon region of Brazil as an illustration. Chapter 2 considers Evaluation, and argues that insufficent evaluation is undertaken by economists, and that models should be evaluated in terms of the quality of their output. In Chapter 3, the question of how to evaluate forecasts is considered at several levels of increasing depth and using a more sophisticated, technical approach than in the earlier two chapters.
404 dimon0 03 августа 2009	Скачать книгу

Energy Technology Innovation: Learning From Historical Successes and Failures	Cambridge University Press
Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2014	PDF, 400 страниц, 12.00 МБ 8 Оценка:
Energy technology innovation improving how we produce and use energy is critical for a transition towards sustainability. This book presents a rich set of twenty historical case studies of energy technology innovation embedded within a unifying conceptual framework. It provides insights into why some innovation efforts have been more successful than others, and draws important policy conclusions. The case studies cover a wide range of energy technologies, ranging from energy supply to energy end use, from successes to failures and from industrialized, emerging and developing economies. The case studies are presented by an international group of eminent scholars under the auspices of the Global Energy Assessment (GEA), whose main volume was published in 2012 by Cambridge University Press. Energy Technology Innovation presents new data, new concepts and novel analytical and policy perspectives. It will prove to be invaluable for researchers, policy makers, economists, industrial innovators and entrepreneurs in the field of energy technology.
1453 admin 17 октрября 2017	Скачать книгу

English Around the World: An Introduction	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Edgar W. Schneider Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2010	DOC, 277 страниц, 1.00 МБ 0 Оценка:
The global spread of English has had widespread linguistic, social and cultural implications, affecting the lives of millions of people around the world. This textbook provides a lively and accessible introduction to world Englishes, describing varieties used in places as broad-ranging as America, Jamaica, Australia, Africa and Asia, and setting them within their historical and social contexts. Students are guided through the material with chapter previews and summaries, maps, timelines, lists of key terms, discussion questions and exercises, and a comprehensive glossary, helping them to understand, analyse and compare different varieties of English, and apply descriptive terminology. The book is accompanied by a useful web site, containing textual and audio examples of the varieties introduced in the text, and links to related sources of interest. Providing essential knowledge and skills for those embarking on the study of world Englishes, this is set to become the leading introduction to the subject.
1004 sanyaberkut 03 августа 2012	Скачать книгу

English Corpus Linguistics	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Charles F. Meyer Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2008	PDF, 188 страниц, 5.64 МБ 7 Оценка:
The book shows how to collect and computerize data for inclusion in a corpus; how to annotate the data; and how to conduct a linguistic analysis of it once it has been created.
681 lichers 26 декабря 2010	Скачать книгу

English Syntax	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Radford Andrew Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2004	PDF, 398 страниц, 11.94 МБ 7 Оценка:
This textbook provides a concise, clear, and accessible introduction to current syntactic theory, drawing on the key concepts of Chomsky's Minimalist Program. Assuming little or no prior grammatical knowledge, Andrew Radford takes students through a wide range of topics in English syntax, beginning at an elementary level and progressing in stages towards more advanced material. There is an extensive glossary of technical terms, and each chapter contains a workbook section with 'helpful hints', exercises and model answers, suitable for both class discussion and self-study. This is an abridged version of Radford's major new textbook Minimalist Syntax (also published by Cambridge University Press), and will be welcomed as a short introduction to current syntactic theory.
1439 relicordinary 12 апреля 2008	Скачать книгу

The Eurocentric Conception of World Politics: Western International Theory, 1760-2010	Cambridge University Press
Автор: John M. Hobson Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2012	PDF, 406 страниц, 12.18 МБ 0 Оценка:
John Hobson claims that throughout its history most international theory has been embedded within various forms of Eurocentrism. Rather than producing value-free and universalist theories of inter-state relations, international theory instead provides provincial analyses that celebrate and defend Western civilization as the subject of, and ideal normative referent in, world politics. Hobson also provides a sympathetic critique of Edward Said's conceptions of Eurocentrism and Orientalism, revealing how Eurocentrism takes different forms, which can be imperialist or anti-imperialist, and showing how these have played out in international theory since 1760. The book thus speaks to scholars of international relations and also to all those interested in understanding Eurocentrism in the disciplines of political science/political theory, political economy/international political economy, geography, cultural and literary studies, sociology and, not least, anthropology.
1474 oksador 23 октрября 2015	Скачать книгу

Evolutionary Linguistics	Cambridge University Press
Автор: McMahon April Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2012	PDF, 326 страниц, 9.78 МБ 0 Оценка:
How did the biological, brain and behavioural structures underlying human language evolve? When, why and where did our ancestors become linguistic animals, and what has happened since? This book provides a clear, comprehensive but lively introduction to these interdisciplinary debates. Written in an approachable style, it cuts through the complex, sometimes contradictory and often obscure technical languages used in the different scientific disciplines involved in the study of linguistic evolution. Assuming no background knowledge in these disciplines, the book outlines the physical and neurological structures underlying language systems, and the limits of our knowledge concerning their evolution. Discussion questions and further reading lists encourage students to explore the primary literature further, and the final chapter demonstrates that while many questions still remain unanswered, there is a growing consensus as to how modern human languages have arisen as systems by the interplay of evolved structures and cultural transmission.
1183 nataly 27 октрября 2015	Скачать книгу

Agendas for Second Language Literacy	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Sandra Lee McKay Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 1993	PDF, 170 страниц, 5.10 МБ 8 Оценка:
This text examines sociopolitical, economic, familial, and educational agendas that influence attainment of second language literacy. The paperback examines the sociopolitical, economic, familial, and educational agendas that influence an immigrant's attainment of literacy in a new language. Each agenda is introduced through illuminating case studies drawn from research in North America, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Professor McKay analyzes the conflicts among different interest groups and paints a sensitive picture of how the needs of an individual may be at odds with any and all of the various literacy agendas. The book addresses teachers and teachers-in-training involved in second language education, whether their students are in special language classes, bilingual education, or enrolled in the mainstream curriculum. It also provides valuable insights to individuals responsible for developing second language literacy policies in the political, labor, and educational sectors.
611 admin 10 декабря 2009	Скачать книгу

American Criminal Justice Policy: An Evaluation Approach to Increasing Accountability and Effectiveness	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Daniel P. Mears Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2010	PDF, 334 страницы, 10.02 МБ 0 Оценка:
American Criminal Justice Policy examines many of the most prominent criminal justice policies on the American landscape and finds that they fall well short of achieving the accountability and effectiveness that policymakers have advocated and that the public expects. The policies include mass incarceration, sex offender laws, supermax prisons, faith-based prisoner reentry programs, transfer of juveniles to adult court, domestic violence mandatory arrest laws, drug courts, gun laws, community policing, private prisons, and others. Optimistically, Daniel P. Mears argues that this situation can be changed through systematic incorporation of evaluation research into policy development, monitoring, and assessment. To this end, the book provides a clear and accessible discussion of five types of evaluation — needs, theory, implementation or process, outcome and impact, and cost-efficiency. It identifies how these can be used both to hold the criminal justice system accountable and to increase the effectiveness of crime control and crime prevention efforts.
1211 assorti 09 февраля 2012	Скачать книгу

An Introduction to European Law	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Schutze Robert Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2012	PDF, 341 страниц, 10.23 МБ 7 Оценка:
Thought-provoking and accessible in approach, this book offers a classic introduction to European law. Taking a clear structural framework, it guides the student through the subject's core elements from its creation and enforcement to the workings of the internal market. A flowing writing style combines with the use of illustrations and diagrams throughout the text to ensure the student understands even the most complex of concepts. This succinct and enlightening overview is required reading for all students of European law.
1238 sml33 12 мая 2015	Скачать книгу

Analog Optical Links: Theory and Practice	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Charles H. Cox Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2008	DjVu, 304 страницы, 12.16 МБ 0 Оценка:
Analog Optical Links presents the basis for the design of analog links. Following an introductory chapter, there is a chapter devoted to the development of the small signal models for common electro-optical components used in both direct and external modulation. However this is not a device book, so the theory of their operation is discussed only insofar as it is helpful in understanding the small signal models that result. These device models are then combined to form a complete link. With these analytical tools in place, a chapter is devoted to examining in detail each of the four primary link parameters; gain, bandwidth, noise figure and dynamic range. Of particular interest is the inter-relation between device and link parameters. A final chapter explores some of the trade offs among the primary link parameters.
1101 stalker1965 16 февраля 2010	Скачать книгу

Anglo-Irish Literature 1200-1582	Cambridge University Press
Автор: St John D. Seymour Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2011	PDF, 182 страницы, 5.46 МБ 5 Оценка:
Originally published in 1929, this volume was intended to draw attention to the relatively neglected area of early Anglo-Irish literature. Covering the period between the Anglo-Norman settlement of Ireland and the printing of Richard Stanihurst's translation of Virgil, the text illustrates the richness of this literature through abundant quotation from a variety of sources, both religious and secular. The style is accessible and in keeping with Seymour's aim of making the ordinary reader aware of a literary tradition they might otherwise remain ignorant of. This is an important book that will be of value to anyone with an interest in early Irish literature, and the history of literary criticism.
660 john_d80 19 февраля 2013	Скачать книгу

Appropriate Methodology and Social Context	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Holliday Adrian Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 1994	PDF, 248 страниц, 7.44 МБ 7 Оценка:
The methodology of English language education has been developed mainly in the English-speaking countries of 'the west' and does not always fit the needs of the rest of the world. Appropriate Methodology and Social Context investigates this state of affairs by looking at the wider social context of what happens between teachers and students. It uses an ethnographic framework to explore the complex and diverse cultures of classrooms, of student groups and teacher communities in different countries and educational environments. It goes on to argue that these factors have to be acknowledged in the design and implementation of appropriate methodologies. Although a major concern is with classroom teaching, the methodologies for curriculum and project management and design are also addressed.
892 ducho 15 октрября 2009	Скачать книгу

British or American English?	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Algeo John Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2009	PDF, 364 страницы, 10.92 МБ 0 Оценка:
Speakers of British and American English display some striking differences in their use of grammar. In this detailed survey, John Algeo considers questions such as: Who lives on a street, and who lives in a street? Who takes a bath, and who has a bath? Who says Neither do I, and who says Nor do I? After 'thank you', who says Not at all and who says You're welcome? Whose team are on the ball, and whose team isn'te Containing extensive quotations from real-life English on both sides of the Atlantic, collected over the past twenty years, this is a clear and highly organized guide to the differences — and the similarities — between the grammar of British and American speakers. Written for those with no prior knowledge of linguistics, it shows how these grammatical differences are linked mainly to particular words, and provides an accessible account of contemporary English in use.
1319 schwarzfs 17 апреля 2013	Скачать книгу

The Cambridge History of Russian Literature	Cambridge University Press
Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 1992	PDF, 720 страниц, 21.60 МБ 8 Оценка:
An updated edition of this comprehensive narrative history, first published in 1989, incorporating a new chapter on the latest developments in Russian literature and additional bibliographical information. The individual chapters are by well-known specialists, and provide chronological coverage from the medieval period on, giving particular attention to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and including extensive discussion of works written outside the Soviet Union. The book is accessible to students and non-specialists, as well as to scholars of literature, and provides a wealth of information.
2588 admin 28 июля 2009	Скачать книгу

Words of the World: A Global History of the Oxford English Dictionary	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Ogilvie Sarah Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2012	PDF, 256 страниц, 7.68 МБ 0 Оценка:
Most people think of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) as a distinctly British product. Begun in England one hundred and fifty years ago, it took over sixty years to complete and when it was finally finished in 1928 the British Prime Minister heralded it as a 'national treasure.' This book shows that the dictionary is not as 'British' as we all thought. The linguist and lexicographer, Sarah Ogilvie, combines her insider knowledge and experience with impeccable research to show rather that the OED is an international product in both its content and its making. She examines the policies and practices of the various editors, applies qualitative and quantitative analysis, and finds new OED archival materials in the form of letters, reports and proofs. She demonstrates that the OED, in its use of readers from all over the world and its coverage of World English, was in fact a global text.
929 lawyer_78rus 28 марта 2015	Скачать книгу

Vortex Dynamics	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Saffman P.G. Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 1995	DOC, 328 страниц, 1.00 МБ 7 Оценка:
The discovery of coherent structures in turbulence has fostered the hope that the study of vortices will lead to models and an understanding of turbulent flow, thereby solving or at least making less mysterious one of the great unresolved problems of classical physics. Vortex dynamics is a natural paradigm for the field of chaotic motion and modern dynamical system theory. The emphasis in this monograph is on the classical theory of inviscid incompressible fluids containing finite regions of vorticity. The effects of viscosity, compressiblity, inhomogeneity, and stratification are enormously important in many fields of application, from hypersonic flight to global environmental fluid mechanics. However, this volume focuses on those aspects of fluid motion that are primarily controlled by the vorticity and are such that the effects of the other fluid properties are secondary. This book will be of interest to students of fluid mechanics, turbulence, and vortex methods as well as to applied mathematicians and engineers.
1180 wizavi 26 февраля 2009	Скачать книгу

What is Life?	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Schrodinger Erwin Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2012	PDF, 192 страницы, 5.76 МБ 5 Оценка:
Nobel laureate Erwin Schrodinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century. It was written for the layman, but proved to be one of the spurs to the birth of molecular biology and the subsequent discovery of DNA. What is Life? appears here together with Mind and Matter, his essay investigating a relationship which has eluded and puzzled philosophers since the earliest times. Brought together with these two classics are Schrodinger's autobiographical sketches, which offer a fascinating account of his life as a background to his scientific writings.
697 zorkuzz 16 мая 2015	Скачать книгу

Word Order	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Jae Jung Song Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2012	PDF, 364 страницы, 10.92 МБ 0 Оценка:
Word order is one of the major properties on which languages are compared and its study is fundamental to linguistics. This comprehensive survey provides an up-to-date, critical overview of this widely debated topic, exploring and evaluating word order research carried out in four major theoretical frameworks — linguistic typology, generative grammar, optimality theory and processing-based theories. It is the first book to bring these theoretical approaches together in one place and is therefore a one-stop resource covering the current developments in word order research. It explains word order patterns in different languages and at different structural levels and critically evaluates (and where possible, compares) the theoretical assumptions and word order principles used in the different approaches. Also highlighted are issues and problems that require further investigation or remain unresolved. This book will be invaluable to those investigating word order, and researchers and students in syntax, linguistic theory and typology.
1321 schwarzfs 19 февраля 2014	Скачать книгу

Words at Work and Play: Three Decades in Family and Community Life	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Shirley Brice Heath Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2012	PDF, 240 страниц, 7.20 МБ 8 Оценка:
Childhood and family life have changed significantly in recent decades. What is the nature of these changes? How have they affected the use of time, space, work and play? In what ways have they influenced face-to-face talk and the uses of technology within families and communities? Eminent anthropologist Shirley Brice Heath sets out to find answers to these and similar questions, tracking the lives of 300 black and white working-class families as they reshaped their lives in new locations, occupations and interpersonal alignments over a period of thirty years. From the 1981 recession through the economic instabilities and technological developments of the opening decade of the twenty-first century, Shirley Brice Heath shows how families constantly rearrange their patterns of work, language, play and learning in response to economic pressures. This outstanding study is a must-read for anyone interested in family life, language development and social change.
871 admin 23 декабря 2014	Скачать книгу

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