Catalan Christmas: Nourishment in Catalan Literature [PDF]
[ENG] First of all, the subject of our meeting has plunged me into severe meditations. Nourishment! Should I begin by talking about manducatory archetypes, about sexual and digestive descent, about the digestive scheme or the system of the pork?
Verjat, Alain
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New human resource management systems in non-based-knowledge firms: Applications for decision making on the business performance [PDF]
The aim of this paper is double. First, it provides a conceptual framework and modelling of the relationship between human resource management (HRM) systems and non-based-knowledge firms.
Ficapal Cusi, Pilar+1 more
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Teaching language and literature: A question of balance? [PDF]
Regarding the teaching of Catalan, four textbooks were created in the 1970s and 80s, which included a complete work of literature, with numerous grammar and lexical commentaries, and exercises about the literary text.
Devís Arbona, Anna M.+1 more
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Use of the A&HCI to evaluate research in minority language literatures: the case of Catalan and Danish literature [PDF]
Purpose. The tools for measuring the research impact are of little use in disciplines such as history and literature, which have a strong cultural, linguistic and regional component and often use channels of academic communication in languages other than
Ardanuy, Jordi+2 more
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From Entanglement Witness to Generalized Catalan Numbers [PDF]
The problem of entanglement detection for arbitrary spin systems is analyzed. We demonstrate how a single measurement of the squared total spin can probabilistically discern separable from entangled many-particle states.
Cohen, Eliahu+2 more
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Linguistic commodification in tourism [PDF]
Drawing on fieldwork conducted between 2002 and 2012 in Switzerland, Catalunya and different zones of francophone Canada in sites related to heritage and cultural tourism, we argue that tourism, especially i n multilingual peripheries, is a key site for ...
Duchêne, Alexandre+2 more
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"El nen s'ha menjat una aranya": The development of narratives in Catalan speaking children [PDF]
The production of a well-constructed narrative is the culmination of several years of language acquisition and is an important milestone in children's development.
Anna JONES+22 more
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The psychological reality of rhythm classes: Perceptual studies [PDF]
Linguists have traditionally classified languages into three rhythm classes, namely stress-timed, syllable-timed and mora-timed languages. However, this classification has remained controversial for various reasons: the search for reliable acoustic cues ...
Dupoux, Emmanuel+2 more
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History of Catalan numbers [PDF]
We give a brief history of Catalan numbers, from their first discovery in the 18th century to modern times. This note will appear as an appendix in Richard Stanley's forthcoming book on Catalan numbers.Comment: 10 ...
Pak, Igor
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Immigration and language education in Catalonia: between national and social agendas [PDF]
Most analyses of the sociolinguistic aspects of immigration focus on contexts where a single language is official and widely used. In bilingual Catalonia, newly arriving immigrants find themselves in a situation where the administration seeks to treat ...
Pujolar Cos, Joan
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