Asia Institute - Research Publications

Permanent URI for this collection

http://hdl.handle.net/11343/401

Filters
Reset filters

Settings
Statistics
Citations
Type: Chapter × End date: 2016 ×

Search Results

Now showing 1 - 10 of 60
  • Item
    Thumbnail Image
    A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Thanks and Apologies by Native and Non-native Speakers of Japanese
    Takagi, A ; Mackie, V ; Skoutarides, A ; Tokita, A (Monash Asia Institute, 2000-01)
    This study identifies differences and similarities in the communicative acts of thanking and apologising by native and non-native speakers of Japanese; it includes consideration of the speakers' gender and their interpretation of the sociological dynamics of the situations where speech acts were used.
  • Item
    No Preview Available
    Manuscript Use and Typesetting Issues
    Takagi, A ; Cope, B ; Gollings, G (Common Ground Publishing Pty Ltd, 2001)
    The emerging technological tools of digital text creation and manufacture make possible quite the opposite - the revival of small cultures and languages. This book sets out to argue two things.
  • Item
    Thumbnail Image
    The amalgamation of Malagasy
    Adelaar, KAA ; Bowden, J ; Himmelmann, NP ; Ross, M (Pacific Linguistics Publishers, 2010)
  • Item
    Thumbnail Image
    Parmenides and Mulla Sadra: The Mystical Journey to Being
    Kamal, M ; Paya, A (ICAS Press, 2012)
    A comparative analysis of the philosophical views of Parmenides and Mulla Sadra is established on two assumptions. First, it is argued that both thinkers have developed their ontology under divine instructions revealed to them in a mystical experience. Second, in the reconstruction of their mystical experience asserted the priority of 'Being' as the sole reality and the foundation of knowledge and the existence of the world.
  • Item
    Thumbnail Image
    Pacific: Japan, Australia, New Zealand
    Oishi, N ; Waters, MC ; Ueda, R (Harvard University Press, 2007)
  • Item
    Thumbnail Image
    Dialects of Malay/Indonesian
    Adelaar, A (Wiley, 2016-11-07)
  • Item
    Thumbnail Image
    A Fulfilling Case of Action Research in Japan
    Ogawa, A ; Hülsen-Esch, AV ; Seidler, M ; Tagsold, C (Transcript Verlag, 2014)
    In der Alter(n)sforschung ist nicht zuletzt vor dem Hintergrund der demographischen Entwicklung ein Anstieg der Forschungsbeiträge und ein breites Spektrum an Forschungsansätzen zu beobachten. Dabei tritt in den jüngsten disziplinübergreifenden Publikationen die Annahme hervor, dass die gesellschaftlichen Probleme von Seiten der Wissenschaft am besten mithilfe einer inter- und transdisziplinären Vorgehensweise in Angriff zu nehmen seien. Entgegen diesem Trend fragt der Band dezidiert nach der methodischen Ausrichtung der einzelnen Disziplinen und konturiert damit die Ausgangsbasis für eine fachübergreifende Zusammenarbeit.
  • Item
  • Item
    Thumbnail Image
    Limitations on religious freedom in Islam: Rethinking through the Maqasid?
    SAEED, A ; Ferrari, S (Routledge - Taylor & Francis, 2015-03-16)
    This handbook features new, specially commissioned papers by a range of eminent scholars and offers a comprehensive overview of the field of law and religion including its historical development.
  • Item
    Thumbnail Image
    Middle-class status of Chinese Australians and their demands for political participation: Changes since the 2007 election
    GAO, J ; Feng, CY ; He, YH ; Chen, QS (Heilongjiang People's Publishing House, 2016)