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Spracharbeit ist im 17. Jahrhundert ein Programm zur praktischen Umsetzung sprachtheoretischer Erkenntnisse. Der Autor erörtert die Stellung dieses Programms im Rahmen der zeitgenössischen Sprachauffassungen, die Hauptvertreter der Spracharbeit, die wichtigsten programmatischen und anwendungsbezogenen Texte sowie die Anwendungsfelder von der Phonologie/Graphematik bis hin zur kommunikativen Pragmatik. Es zeigt sich, daß insbesondere G. P. Harsdörffer in seinen Frauenzimmer Gesprächspielen Spracharbeit in Form von zahlreichen Sprachspielen demonstriert. Neben solchen Formen gehörte die Diskussions- und Übersetzungstätigkeit in der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft sowie die Kodifikation der deutschen Sprache in Grammatiken und Wörterbüchern (Schottelius, Gueintz) zu den Anwendungsgebieten. Ziel der Spracharbeit war es, die deutsche Sprache im europäischen Kontext aufzuwerten und ihre Verwendung in allen Kommunikationsbereichen zu ermöglichen. Die konkreten Ausformungen des zeitgenössischen Sprachpatriotismus erweisen sich aus der Perspektive der Spracharbeit als Umsetzungsversuche von einer philosophisch motivierten Theorie in die kommunikative Praxis. Die Reduktion der zeitgenössischen Sprachreflexion auf sprachpuristische Ziele erweist sich im Licht der Spracharbeit als unhaltbar. Schließlich zeigt sich, dass Spracharbeit als sprachreflexive Praxis einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Etablierung und Normierung der neuhochdeutschen Standardsprache geleistet hat.

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Particularly intense lightning discharges can produce transient luminous events above thunderclouds, termed sprites, elves and jets. These short lived optical emissions in the mesosphere can reach from the tops of thunderclouds up to the ionosphere; they provide direct evidence of coupling from the lower atmosphere to the upper atmosphere. Sprites are arguably the most dramatic recent discovery in solar-terrestrial physics. Shortly after the first ground based video recordings of sprites, observations on board the Space Shuttle detected sprites and elves occurring all around the world. These reports led to detailed sprite observations in North America, South America, Australia, Japan, and Europe. Subsequently, sprites were detected from other space platforms such as the International Space Station and the ROCSAT satellite. During the past 15 years, more than 200 contributions on sprites have been published in the scientific literature to document this rapidly evolving new research area.

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Particularly intense lightning discharges can produce transient luminous events above thunderclouds, termed sprites, elves and jets. These short lived optical emissions in the mesosphere can reach from the tops of thunderclouds up to the ionosphere; they provide direct evidence of coupling from the lower atmosphere to the upper atmosphere. Sprites are arguably the most dramatic recent discovery in solar-terrestrial physics. Shortly after the first ground based video recordings of sprites, observations on board the Space Shuttle detected sprites and elves occurring all around the world. These reports led to detailed sprite observations in North America, South America, Australia, Japan, and Europe. Subsequently, sprites were detected from other space platforms such as the International Space Station and the ROCSAT satellite. During the past 15 years, more than 200 contributions on sprites have been published in the scientific literature to document this rapidly evolving new research area.

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Nicht nur die Bürger der Sowjetunion, sondern auch deutsche Emigranten, die vor Hitler Zuflucht gesucht hatten, darunter viele Künstler, waren dem Stalinismus als Herrschaftssystem und Alltagsphänomen ausgesetzt. Wie hat diese Erfahrung ihr Handeln und Denken geprägt? Welches »Exilgepäck« brachten diejenigen mit, die 1945 nach Deutschland zurückkehren konnten? Wie stark bestimmten stalinistische Kämpfe und Konfliktmuster den oft positiv beschriebenen kulturellen Neuanfang? Die Autoren fragen nach Parallelen zwischen dem sowjetischen Hochstalinismus und dem spät- und poststalinistischen Zeitabschnitt im westlichsten Satellitenstaat, zudem nach den Trägern dieser Erfahrungen und ihren je individuellen Verarbeitungen politischer Umbrüche und biografischer Zäsuren.

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From the pen of puzzle master John Samson comes the hottest collection of brainteasing crosswords this side of the Galactic Barrier. From the name of Captain James T. Kirk's brother* (3 letters) to the name of the latest Star Trek feature film's villain** (7 letters) this crossword puzzle book covers every corner of the intergalactic phenomenon that has captivated fans for more than thirty years. With fifty puzzles to conquer, Star Trek Crosswords will engage, delight and entertain both casual viewer and diehard Trekker alike. * Sam ** Shinzon

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In January 1969, one of the most promising young lieutenant colonels the US Army had ever seen touched down in Vietnam for his second tour of duty, which would turn out to be his most daring and legendary. David H. Hackworth had just completed the writing of a tactical handbook for the Pentagon, and now he had been ordered to put his counterguerilla-fighting theories into action. He was given the morale-drained 4/39th--a battalion of poorly led draftees suffering the Army's highest casualty rate and considered its worst fighting battalion. Hackworth's hard-nosed, inventive and inspired leadership quickly turned the 4/39th into Vietnam's valiant and ferocious Hardcore Recondos. Drawing on interviews with soldiers from the Hardcore Battalion conducted over the past decade by his partner and coauthor, Eilhys England, Hackworth takes readers along on their sniper missions, ambush actions, helicopter strikes and inside the quagmire of command politics. With Steel My Soldiers' Hearts, Hackworth places the brotherhood of the 4/39th into the pantheon of our nation's most heroic warriors.

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The U.S. Supreme Court is as important as ever in the lives of Americans. Contrary to the image-enhancing claims of independence that many of its members claim, however, the Court's current supermajority has transformed it into a powerful political institution that wages ideological war meant to return the nation to a previous period, at the same time denying rights to millions. The "Stench" of Politics: Polarization and Worldview on the Supreme Court opens a window into the Supreme Court that helps us to understand the institution and its rulings.At the heart of this analysis is worldview, a phenomenon that every person, including Supreme Court justices, possesses. Whether someone's worldview is "fixed" or "fluid" affects who they are, what they believe and what they do. In addition, interpreting the Constitution as an "originalist" or "living constitutionalist" often dictates case outcomes. By applying these and other constructs to the Supreme Court, the book reveals how the once-revered institution has evolved into one whose majority not only has neglected its commitment to the inscription on its own building, "Equal Justice Under Law," but is also determined to remake both the law and the nation.

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