Marriage in urban Albania (during the first half of the twentieth century)

This article analyses the marriage pattern in urban Albania, based primarily on the data of the Albanian Population Census of 1918. Age at marriage and the factors influencing nuptiality among the urban population are analysed using a combination of quantitative and qualitative data. The analyses show that the marriage pattern in urban Albania was similar to Laslett's Mediterranean set, while rural areas displayed an age at marriage for both men and women which was characteristic of the marriage pattern East of the Hajnal line. Albanian cities showed a higher age at marriage for both men and women than villages. The difference in age at marriage between urban and rural areas was noticeably higher for men, while the age at marriage for women showed smaller differences. An explanation for these differences in the age at marriage was found in a combination of traditional marital behaviour and demographic issues, which broadened or narrowed the marriage field, thus directly influencing the age at marriage.     

Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), Anno 2013: Reframing The Comparative Method's Seminal Statements

This review article examines the ways in which QCA is being (re)framed by some main authors in the field, in a context of expansion and diversification of this approach and set of techniques. Charles Ragin's seminal The Comparative Method (1987) is first synthetized in the form of eight statements which are then confronted to eight recent book‐length publications: three QCA textbooks and five methodological volumes also touching upon QCA. On the whole, it appears that most statements have been considerably refined, both conceptually and technically, whereas only one statement is not taken on board anymore. In addition, QCA is being reframed and extended in different ways beyond Charles Ragin's initial statements.     

Public Attitudes to Gaelic and the Debate about Scottish Autonomy

Scotland seems to be a counter-example to general theories of the relationship between language and national identity or nationalism. These theories point to three components in the ideology of language and nation—that being able to speak the national language is necessary for full national membership, that the national language is a core part of the nation's culture, and that the future of national political autonomy and the future of the national language are connected with each other. In Scotland, it has appeared that language is not central to national membership or culture, and language campaigning has not been central to the political campaigns for autonomy. The article presents new evidence, from the 2012 Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, which questions these beliefs about the relationship between language and national identity or nationalism in Scotland.     

第二语言习得成功的关键因素--学习动机的激发与培养

学习动机是影响第二语言习得的诸多因素中最具能动性的,学习动机的激发与培养是直接导致第二语言习得成败的关键所在.学习动机是仅次于语言学习技能的最强有力的学习效果预测因素.与学习动机相关的主要因素有学习成就、动机的强度、社会文化因素以及学习者探索外部世界、渴望学习知识、提高自我能力、通过各种考试的几种不同需要.教师可以从树立学习理想,端正学习态度,明确学习目标,确定学习内容;强化激励机制,营造学习氛围;丰富教学方法,精选"教材"教具;平等善待学生,鼓励参与活动;重视文化输入,培养学习兴趣等六个方面进行激发和培养学生第二语言的学习动机.     

区块链智能合约场景下共犯归责逻辑的应对与重塑

伴随着区块链技术的社会整合进程,以智能合约为载体的新型共犯样本呈现出异化形态,对此传统共犯归责模式面临"去中心"环境下网络平台的监管弱化、"假名主义"环境下交互主体的参与虚化、合约主体意思联络"单向一次性"的归责困境,需在尊重数字逻辑的前提下联动调整共犯归责逻辑,以实现智能合约共犯归责范阈的外限界定与内限梳清。在外部界限层面,需将合约自执行程序规范还原为因果共犯论逻辑,并等置转换为合法则的条件公式,从而于入罪向度上实现虚拟参与行为与现实法益侵害之间因果流程的具体判定;在内部界限层面,需对中立性的智能合约运维平台进行类型划分并匹配构建内涵"事前基于自主发现产生的验证、报告"与"事后基于被动通知产生的断网、消除"注意义务体系,同时对合约主体的共犯归责在客观层面、主观层面分别引入行为共同理论与"符号语言"意思联络理论,从而于出罪向度上实现合约共犯参与类型的梳清与处罚范阈的缩限。     

高职商务英语专业学生语言综合能力提升途径——基于ESP需求分析理论的视角

ESP需求分析理论要求,ESP课程的教学应该以目标岗位的能力要求为依托。商务英语作为ESP的重要分支,其教学过程也应该遵循这一原则。因此,在商务英语专业的语言教学过程中,通过对本专业目标岗位群进行统计分析,再依据这些岗位对语言方面的能力要求形成本专业语言综合能力的内涵,以此为总体要求来厘清专业能力的培养目标,指导语言教学,提升学生的语言综合能力。     

Anatomy of creeping authoritarianism in Bangladesh: a historical analysis of some events that shaped the present state of Bangladesh’s culture and politics

ABSTRACT

This paper offers a critical analysis of creeping authoritarianism in Bangladesh’s culture and politics. Political events since the 1940s that have shaped the presently unstable state of Bangladesh’s society are interpreted specifically in terms of their cultural and political significance. One important aspect of this unstable political state is the ongoing search for Bangladeshi national identity. Accordingly, the paper seeks to answer the questions of why and how the present sociocultural and political divisions in Bangladesh have emerged from the fundamental debate over whether (1) Bengali ethnicity, language, culture, and secularism, (2) Muslim nationalism or (3) a combination of both should become the marker of Bangladesh’s national identity to secure social and political stability. Furthermore, recent social, religious and political developments across the Muslim world suggest that attempts to introduce ultra-secularism in some Muslim-majority countries since the 1950s have led to authoritarianism, a movement which has ultimately ended or will soon end through popular Islamic upsurges. Bangladesh seems to be moving toward such social and political change, as the people have become restless in their desire to remove creeping authoritarian, the mark of a repressive regime that has emerged since the early 1970s. The key lesson that can be drawn from the extant literature on this issue in the context of Bangladesh is that the extreme form of secularism or ultra-secularism, which the present ruling Awami League and its left-communist allies continue to advance and impose from above, is neither desirable nor acceptable to Bangladeshi Muslims whilst there is clear movement away from ultra-secularism by other Muslim-majority countries. This paper draws the conclusion that since neither assertive secularism nor theocratic Islamism can flourish in Bangladesh, a competitive democratic political order that accommodates aspects of both secularism and Islamic ethical-moral codes could be a feasible model for the achievement of social, cultural and political stability that is so fundamental to the promotion of steady economic growth and social justice.     

马哈蒂尔的外交语言

本文首先讲述马哈蒂尔外交语言的广泛内容,然后分析其特点,接着指出马哈蒂尔外交语言在他整个外交活动中的地位,阐述其理论和现实基础。最后指出,尽管马哈蒂尔的外交语言有其自身的弱点,但总体上是成功的。     

文书写作中模糊语言的使用

在公安文书写作中,不仅需要确定性语言,同样需要运用无法确定其外延的模糊性语言。模糊语言有其特征和不可替代的作用,在公安文书的写作中应根据具体情况,恰当使用模糊语言,使公安文书正确地反映客观事实,发挥其应有的作用。     

谈警用口语的特征及应遵循的原则

警用口语是一种特殊的言语交际类型,是口语的一种变体,它有着自身鲜明的言语特征,即警用口语的逻辑性、可接受性、策略性和言语交际对象的对抗性。为了使警用口语达到得体的目的,警用口语必须遵循四个原则:适合语境原则、交际双方的协调原则、礼貌原则和诚信原则。只有如此,才能满足警察工作复杂的言语交际需要,完成警察口语交际的功能。