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The constitutional referendum of June 2006 : end of the 'Great Reform' but not of reform itself (2007)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (2007). The constitutional referendum of June 2006 : end of the 'Great Reform' but not of reform itself. In J. Briquet, & A. Mastropaolo (Eds.), Italian Politics: The Center-Left's Poisoned Victory (99-118). Oxford: Berghahn

This chapter analyses the origins of the constitutional referendum of June 2006, its significance, the campaign, the result and the implications of the result for Italian politics, arguing that while the referendum ended the idea of a 'grande riforma... Read More about The constitutional referendum of June 2006 : end of the 'Great Reform' but not of reform itself.

Hacker culture and the FLOSS innovation (2007)
Book Chapter
Lin, Y. (2007). Hacker culture and the FLOSS innovation. In Handbook of research on open source software: Technological, economic, and social perspectives (34-46). IGI

This conceptual paper aims to contribute to our understanding of the FLOSS innovation and how it is shaped by and also shapes various perceptions on and practices of hacker culture. Unlike existing literature that usually normalises, radicalises, mar... Read More about Hacker culture and the FLOSS innovation.

Corpus tools and methods, today and tomorrow: Incorporating linguists' manual annotations (2007)
Journal Article
Smith, N., Hoffmann, S., & Rayson, P. (2007). Corpus tools and methods, today and tomorrow: Incorporating linguists' manual annotations. Literary and Linguistic Computing, 23(2), 163-180. https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqn004

Today’s corpus tools offer the user a wide range of features that greatly facilitate the linguistic analysis of large amounts of authentic language data (e.g. frequency distributions, collocations, keywords, etc.). However, these tools typically fa... Read More about Corpus tools and methods, today and tomorrow: Incorporating linguists' manual annotations.

The relationship between self-access centres and sociocultural elements in language learning (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Al Ghazali, F. (2007, January). The relationship between self-access centres and sociocultural elements in language learning. Presented at TESOL Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Abstract As Kennedy and Edwards (1998) point out, infusing an innovation into a different society is not always easy due to the cultural discrepancy between adopters of the innovation from one side and its recipients from the other. This dissimil... Read More about The relationship between self-access centres and sociocultural elements in language learning.

'The Black Book': John Berryman's Holocaust Requiem (2007)
Book Chapter
Boswell, M. (2007). 'The Black Book': John Berryman's Holocaust Requiem. In P. Coleman, P. McGowan, & K. Richard (Eds.), 'After thirty falls': new essays on John Berryman (11-27). Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi

This essay looks in detail at an unfinished cycle of Holocaust poems called The Black Book that was begun by the American poet John Berryman in 1948. The essay includes close readings of three published poems and analysis of unpublished material from... Read More about 'The Black Book': John Berryman's Holocaust Requiem.

Organisational justice and work-related attitudes in selected commercial banks in Jordan (2007)
Thesis
Abu-Tayeh, B. Organisational justice and work-related attitudes in selected commercial banks in Jordan. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

This study investigated the relationship between employees’ perceptions of justice and work attitudes in relation to organisational structure in selected commercial banks in Jordan. Questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were employed. Data... Read More about Organisational justice and work-related attitudes in selected commercial banks in Jordan.

Organisational justice and work-related attitudes in selected commercial banks in Jordan (2007)
Thesis
Abu-Tayeh, B. Organisational justice and work-related attitudes in selected commercial banks in Jordan. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

This study investigated the relationship between employees’ perceptions of justice and work attitudes in relation to organisational structure in selected commercial banks in Jordan. Questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were employed. Data... Read More about Organisational justice and work-related attitudes in selected commercial banks in Jordan.

Organisational justice and work-related attitudes in selected commercial banks in Jordan (2007)
Thesis
Abu-Tayeh, B. Organisational justice and work-related attitudes in selected commercial banks in Jordan. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

This study investigated the relationship between employees’ perceptions of justice and work attitudes in relation to organisational structure in selected commercial banks in Jordan. Questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were employed. Data... Read More about Organisational justice and work-related attitudes in selected commercial banks in Jordan.

Epic proportions : post-epic verse-novels and postcolonial critique (2007)
Thesis
Burkitt, K. Epic proportions : post-epic verse-novels and postcolonial critique. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

My thesis is based on the premise that verse-novels occupy a marginalised and contested position in contemporary literature: as they tread the generic boundaries of poetry and prose writing, they are always marked by their incongruous nature. This... Read More about Epic proportions : post-epic verse-novels and postcolonial critique.