Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

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A Brief Outline of the History of English

A Brief Outline of the History of English

Author(s): Jerzy Wełna / Language(s): English

Keywords: historia; język angielski; historia języka

The book contains a brief account of the history of the English language as well as its variants in the British Isles and overseas. In order to illustrate the problems under discussion the author adduces text samples from documents relating to English history and literature and also translations of some difficult words and phrases.

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35.00 €

Amber in Poland and in the World,

Bursztyn w Polsce i na świecie

Author(s): Barbara Kosmowska-Ceranowicz / Language(s): English,Polish

Keywords: bursztyn; żywica kopalna; sukcynit

Dwujęzyczna, kolorowa publikacja prezentująca urodę, dzieje i szczególne właściwości bursztynu, uwzględniająca najnowszą literaturę przedmiotu. Dzięki bogactwie informacji książka ta może służyć jako podręcznik dla studentów oraz pracowników naukowych wydziałów nauk o ziemi na uniwersytetach oraz wyższych uczelniach technicznych. Pisana w sposób prosty i przystępny adresowana jest również do osób związanych zawodowo z obróbką żywic kopalnych oraz licznego grona miłośników tego szczególnego minerału, cieszącego się w naszym kraju wyjątkową popularnością. Omawia genezę, występowanie, nazewnictwo i obróbkę sukcynitu i innych żywic kopalnych w perspektywie światowej, historię ich obecności w naszej kulturze i związane z nimi tradycje, a także badania zawartego w kopalnych żywicach materiału organicznego.Ostatnią część publikacji poświęcono prezentacji najciekawszych ośrodków związanych z bursztynem i jego kolekcjami. Autorka proponuje polski turystyczny szlak bursztynowy, przedstawiając równocześnie takie szlaki istniejące w naszych krajach sąsiednich.Miło nam poinformować, że prof. dr hab. Barbara Kosmowska-Ceranowicz za książkę Bursztyn w Polsce i na świecie otrzymała Złotą Różę – nagrodę za najlepszą polską książkę popularyzującą naukę. Nagroda została wręczona 21 września 2012 roku podczas uroczystego otwarcia XVI Festiwalu Nauki.

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21.00 €

Enter Lear. The Translator's Part in Performance

Enter Lear. The Translator's Part in Performance

Author(s): Anna Cetera-Włodarczyk / Language(s): English

Keywords: Shakespeare translations; Elizabethan theatre; King Lear; performance; Shakespeare

What part did translators play in the Polish history of Shakespeare translations? Did they look to Shakespeare only or lean towards the theatre by supplying scripts rewritten for their own time? Did they act as prompters, whispering words into the ears of the actors, or command the stage themselves to tamper with Elizabethan designs? The intricacies of the Polish theatrical reception of King Lear, his triumphs, disappearances and spectacular comebacks, make the play a particularly interesting choice for investigating the relationship between translation and performance. Thus the stage history of the play runs parallel to the efforts of its translators: Jan N. Kaminski, Jozef Paszkowski, Maciej Slomczynski, Stanislaw Baranczak. What did they owe to Shakespeare, and what does our Shakespeare owe to them?

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21.00 €

The Gospel of Work and Wealth in the Puritan Ethic. From John Calvin to Benjamin Franklin

The Gospel of Work and Wealth in the Puritan Ethic. From John Calvin to Benjamin Franklin

Author(s): Bożenna Chylińska / Language(s): English

Keywords: reformation; puritanism; enlightenment; Christian thought; Europe; America; work ethic; wealth acquisition

The book provides a broad cultural scene as well as moral and ethical dimensions of the Christian perception of work and wealth from the beginning of the European Reformation to the American Enlightenment. The concept of work and wealth is identified through, and measured by the Protestant, and specifically the Puritan work ethic. Contemporary consciousness is here reconstructed through e.g. letters, diaries, journals, poems, prayers, alongside normative writings, which document the attitudes to work and wealth acquisitionThe book provides a broad cultural scene as well as moral and ethical dimensions of the Christian perception of work and wealth from the beginning of the European Reformation to the American Enlightenment. The concept of work and wealth is identified through, and measured by the Protestant, and specifically the Puritan work ethic. Contemporary consciousness is here reconstructed through e.g. letters, diaries, journals, poems, prayers, alongside normative writings, which document the attitudes to work and wealth acquisition

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18.00 €

To the Rhythm of Poetry. A Study of Late Old English Metrical Prayers

To the Rhythm of Poetry. A Study of Late Old English Metrical Prayers

Author(s): Monika Opalińska / Language(s): English

Keywords: Old English religious texts; Paris Psalter; analysis of Old English translation

Compilation of a group of Old English religious texts from the mid-11th century. The analysis includes versified psalms from the Paris Psalter and metric paraphrases of the liturgical texts Credo, Pater noster and Gloria Patri. The author focuses on the language and the metric structure of the poems, uses manuscripts, comparing the medieval record with the editorial interpretation. The publication shows to what extent anonymous Anglo-Saxon masters managed both to remain faithful to the content of the translated or paraphrased Latin works, and to maintain the formal features of an Old English poem.

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15.00 €

Legal Communication: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Legal Communication: A Cross-Cultural Perspective

Author(s): Anna Jopek-Bosiacka / Language(s): English

Keywords: legal communication

Legal Communication: A Cross-Cultural Perspective proposes an integrated interdisciplinary framework for describing and explaining legal communication. The pragmalinguistic analysis of English and continental legal discourse combines two areas of expertise: linguistics and jurisprudence. Legal discourse is treated as an instance of cross-cultural communication and explained against tendencies of globalization and Europeanization.This book is intended for legal translators and interpreters as well as other specialists in the legal domain, first of all legislators, judges and academics specializing in theory and philosophy of law. It brings both lawyers and linguists closer to the understanding of legal texts in new contexts of legal communication.

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21.00 €

Toward a Narrative Grammar of Polish

Toward a Narrative Grammar of Polish

Author(s): Lea Sawicki / Language(s): English

Keywords: gramatyka narracyjna; Stanisław Lem;Polish Grammar; Narrative Grammar; językoznawstwo; proza polska; gramatyka języka polskiego

Studium elementów gramatyki narratywnej w popularnonaukowych opowiadaniach Stanisława Lema Opowieści o pilocie Pirxie. Zawiera wnikliwą i nowatorską analizę podstawowych środków gramatycznych języka polskiego używanych w budowie tekstu narracyjnego i określających zjawiska tekstualne związane z odbiorem anatomii opowiadania przez czytelnika.Analiza została przeprowadzona w formie zazębiających się badań nad zasobem wykładników gramatycznej budowy tekstu, przyczyniających się do powstania spójnego, wielowarstwowego i bogatego pod względem artystycznym tekstu narracyjnego, takich jak: czas, aspekt, schematy składniowe, współrzędność i podrzędność składniowa, partykuły i spójniki oraz szyk zdania. Wielopłaszczyznowe ujęcie ukazuje wzajemne oddziaływanie literackich i językowych elementów, tworząc obraz sztuki narracyjnej Stanisława Lema i zarazem obraz struktury językowej polszczyzny.

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Towards the Conceptualization of the Sphere of Interpersonal Relations in Amharic

Towards the Conceptualization of the Sphere of Interpersonal Relations in Amharic

Author(s): Ewa Wołk-Sore / Language(s): English

Keywords: język amharski; socjolingwistyka; pragmatyka językowa; grzecznościowe wyrażenia językowe; Cesarstwo Etiopskie; adresatywy

Praca sytuuje się w językoznawczych nurtach socjolingwistyki i pragmatyki językowej i dotyczy grzecznościowych wyrażeń językowych oraz ich uwarunkowań kulturowych, pokazanych na przykładzie języka amharskiego. Kontekst kulturowy, wyznaczający poprawność pragmatyczną struktur językowych, odnosi się do wielowiekowych tradycji Cesarstwa Etiopskiego, mocno zakorzenionego chrześcijaństwa, ale też zmian znaczonych epoką socjalizmu i przemian demokratycznych, z pozostającą w tle, ale przecież istotną, rzeczywistością afrykańską.Autorka kładzie nacisk na zmiany językowe, które są śladem zmian w życiu społecznym, politycznym i kulturowym, analizując je głównie pod kątem funkcji i dystrybucji form adresu. Tzw. adresatywy postrzega jako kombinację środków leksykalnych i gramatycznych i pokazuje zmiany, jakie zachodzą w ich stosowaniu w wyniku przekształceń historycznych w społeczeństwie etiopskim.Publikacja w języku angielskim.

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26.00 €

Oral-Formulaic Diction in the Middle English Verse Romance

Oral-Formulaic Diction in the Middle English Verse Romance

Author(s): Bartłomiej Błaszkiewicz / Language(s): English

Keywords: Medieval; English Literature; Oral Literature; Middle English; Oral-Formulaic Theory; Sir Launfal; Erl of Tolous; Sir Trymour; Amis and Amiloun; Morte Arthur

Autor analizuje użycie formuł ustnych w angielskim romansie rycerskim na przykładzie tekstów z okresu XIII-XIV wieku. Praca wpisuje się w klasyczny nurt studiów nad konwencjonalnymi strukturami w języku utworów poetyckich, które powstały w szeroko pojętym kontekście kulturowym, definiowanym przynajmniej do pewnego stopnia przez formy interakcji społecznej, właściwe kulturom zdominowanym przez ustne formy przekazu informacji i twórczości estetycznej.

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17.50 €

Direct Measurement of the Gluon Polarisation in the Nucleon Using the All-pT Method at the COMPASS Experiment at CERN

Direct Measurement of the Gluon Polarisation in the Nucleon Using the All-pT Method at the COMPASS Experiment at CERN

Author(s): Marcin Stolarski / Language(s): English

Keywords: spingluon; polarisationneural; networks

The monograph documents a novel method of extraction of the gluon polarisation in the nucleon, presenting results from its application to data from the COMPASS experiment at CERN, in which the Physics Faculty of the University of Warsaw is engaged. The topic addressed in this publication is related to the so-called spin polarisation puzzle – one the fundamental problems of nucleon structure, which remains unsolved since 30 years. The author, besides the detailed discussion of the gluon polarisation method, describes the historical context of the spin measurements, the theory of deep inelastic scattering with polarised beams and polarised targets, gives details of the COMPASS experiment and discusses various nuances concerning the data analysis. The publication is a helpful study aid for students and physicists whose aim is to study the spin structure of the nucleon.

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14.50 €

Lectures on Number Theory

Lectures on Number Theory

Author(s): Paweł Białynicki-Birula,Mariusz Skałba / Language(s): English

Keywords: local method; Gauss integersproperties of rings; prime number theorem; rings of integers

The book is intended as a manual for a half-year introductory course of number theory. The aim is to present the theory to the extent which is indispensable to every mathematics student, regardless of their future specialization. The target points include the local methods, the Quadratic Reciprocity Law, the Prime Number Theorem, unique factorization of ideals in rings of algebraic integers in finite extensions of~Q, units in the rings of integers in quadratic extensions of~Q, and decomposition of primes in rings of integers. The authors' main aim was to show that the beauty of number theory lies in the fact that on the one hand it enriches other domains of mathematics, and on the other hand it makes frequent use of their methods and results. Each chapter is complemented with problems, of different complexity. Some solutions and hints are given at the end of the book.

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19.50 €

Римские республиканские монеты и их имитации с территории Украины

Roman Republican Coins and Their Imitations from the Territory of Ukraine and Belarus.

Author(s): Kyrylo V. Myzgin / Language(s): English,Russian

Keywords: Roman coins; Roman Republican coins; numismatics; numizmatyka; monety rzymskie

The book contains the analysis of coin finds from the territory of present-day Ukraine and Belarus, but only those found outside the borders of the antique world, excluding the Greek and Roman towns in the Northern Black Sea Coast region. The key objective of the study (prepared within the Coins of the Roman Republic in Central Europe project implemented 2014–2017 at the Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw) was to settle the most important questions concerning the finds – of the date, routes and source areas of their influx.The book consists of two parts: analysis of the coin finds and their catalogue. Although the author often had to draw his conclusions from indirect data, where information about the archaeological context of a coin find was, at best, limited, he managed to recognize the main trends in the distribution of the numismatic material in the territory under analysis.Публикация cодержит анализ нумизматических находок на территории сегодняшней Украины и Беларуси, однако учитывает лишь монеты найденные вне границ античного мира, с исключением греческих и римских городов расположенных на северном побережье Черного моря. Монография подготовлена в рамках проекта «Монеты Римской республики в центральной Европе», осуществляемого в 2014–2017 гг. в Институте археологии Варшавского университета. Ее автор ставит важные вопросы об датировке, путях распространения и местопроисхождении находок.Книга состоит из двух частей: анализа нумизматических находок и их каталога. Автор неоднократно был вынужден формулировать выводы на основании посредственных данных, а во многих случаях сообщения об археологическом контексте находки были, в лучшем случае, ограничены. Однако eму удалось восстановить основные тенденции распространения нумизматического материала на изучаемой территории.

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12.50 €

The Muon Trigger of the CMS Experiment - Design, Performance, Upgrade

The Muon Trigger of the CMS Experiment - Design, Performance, Upgrade

Author(s): Marcin Konecki / Language(s): English

Keywords: fizyka doświadczalna; High-Level Trigger Systems; Higgs Boson; Algorithms for Muon IsolationThe Compact Muon Selenoid (CM) Experiment

The CMS experiment has operated smoothly during the LHC Run-1 (2010–2013). A large numer of collisions, triggered by the CMS Level-1 and High-Level trigger systems allowed CMS to discover the Higgs boson and perform many important physics measurements and searches.In this monograph the muon trigger of the CMS detector is discussed, including its design and performance. The CMS experiment is reviewed and its initial performance and operation are emphasized. The selected main physics results are shown. The detector upgrade perspectives are also presented.The monograph is supplemented with the performance of the PACT trigger, development studies on muon isolation and simplified track reconstruction based on the Pixel Detector.

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15.00 €

Atypical Families. About Lesbian and Gay Couples and their Children from the Perspective of Attachment Theory

Nietypowe rodziny. O parach lesbijek i gejów oraz ich dzieciach z perspektywy teorii przywiązania

Author(s): Przemysław Tomalski / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: homosexual relationships; civil partnerships; homosexual families; gays; lesbians; attachment theory

The review of the literature on homosexual relationships in the psychological perspective, focusing on the emotional ties existing in these relationships. The history and methodology of the research on homosexual families complements the critical analysis of the material collected during the empirical studies on the development of children of gays and lesbians. The work is based on John Bowlby’s attachment theory.

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15.00 €

Aleksander Gieysztor in Memory and Historical Research

Aleksander Gieysztor w pamięci i badaniach historycznych

Author(s): Alicja Kulecka / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: Aleksander Gieysztor; Institute of History at the University of Warsaw; Aleksander Gieysztor Foundation

The publication was inspired by the celebrations of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Professor Aleksander Gieysztor (2016). It contains memoir texts and essays written as a result of the deep scientific reflection on the work of this outstanding scholar. Most papers are devoted to Aleksander Gieysztor as the director of the Institute of History at the University of Warsaw. The book also discusses Professor’s role in shaping the ceremonial of the University of Warsaw.

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15.00 €

Football in Old Warsaw

Futbol dawnej Warszawy

Author(s): Robert Gawkowski / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: history of football; Warsaw football clubs; history of sport

The history of the Warsaw football from its birth in the early 20th century to 1950. The author describes in detail the formation and activity of the football clubs. Further, he gives a great deal of information about players, coaches and matches, as well as participation of the Warsaw footballers in national and international competitions. The book is illustrated with numerous photographs, emblems of the clubs and drawings of footballers in the club colors.

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18.00 €

Digital Archiving and Auxiliary Sciences of History in Archival Education. The Problems of Teaching Archiving

Archiwistyka cyfrowa i nauki pomocnicze historii w edukacji archiwalnej. Problemy dydaktyki archiwistyki

Author(s): Alicja Kulecka / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: archiving; digiital archive; training of archivists; auxiliary sciences of history

A collection of studies on, among others, developing the competences of archivists in the context of needs and social functions of archives, new trends in education and their application to teaching archiving and educating “digital archivists”. The publication also discusses programs of auxiliary sciences of history and their role in educating archivists.

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88.00 €

Tell Atrib 1985-1995 IV. Faience Objects. PAM Monograph Series 5

Tell Atrib 1985-1995 IV. Faience Objects. PAM Monograph Series 5

Author(s): Fabian Welc / Language(s): English

Keywords: ancient Egyptian ; faienceTell Atrib; Athribis; Ptolemaic periodtechnology of Ancient Egypt

Egyptian faience of the Ptolemaic and Roman periods has not enjoyed the same degree of research as the earlier material. This volume, which presents an analysis of faience object from Polish-Egyptian excavations at Tell Atrib, ancient Athribis, will help to remedy this problem.Excavations in Tell Atrib revealed traces of local production of faience objects. They include vessels, figurines, amulets and ushebti recovered from three major strata dated to different phases of the Ptolemaic period. Their provenance from securely dated contexts allowed for tracing typological changes occurring over time, which is of particular importance for studying the history of local faience production.These observations give grounds for analyzing the sources of influence and inspiration of local artisans. Distribution of faience finds at the site gives certain clues as to the role of these objects in everyday and religious life of the inhabitants of the ancient city.PartnerzyKsięgarnia Uniwersytecka LIBERAzymuttel. 703 700 112

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25.00 €

Glamour, femininity, performance. The actress as the object of desire

Glamour, kobiecość, widowisko. Aktorka jako obiekt pożądania

Author(s): Agata Łuksza / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: glamour; femininity; show; actress; sensuality; burlesque; musical comedy; variety; studies of a theatre

The monograph concerns two fields of studies of a theatre: woman’s studies and popular genres’ studies. The author analyses a double relation between the femininity and the performance using the category of “glamour”, understood as a visual code rising in the city milieu. This code generates and controls the spectators’ desires. The author examines not only the historical genres (in which the actress was glamorized and as result the new model of femininity “glamour” was shaped) but also the attempts of impeachment of this model made in the theatre from the second half of the 20th century.

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Chromitites from the Sudetic ophiolite: origin and alteration

Chromitites from the Sudetic ophiolite: origin and alteration

Author(s): Katarzyna Delura / Language(s): English

Keywords: petrological features; chemical features; chromitites; serpentinized ultramafic rocks; Sudetes; metamorphic processes; chromian spinel; silicate minerals; Sudetic ophiolite formation; Earth sciences

This book presents the petrological and chemical features of high-Al chromitites associated with serpentinized ultramafic rocks of mantle origin in the Jordanów-Gogołów and the Braszowice-Brzeźnica massifs (Sudetes Mts., Poland) as well as the metamorphic processes of chromian spinel and associated silicate minerals. Collected data suggest that models of the Sudetic ophiolite formation have to be revised. The monograph is intended for experts and students in the field of Earth sciences.

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