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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Biber"”.
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The violin sonatas of Heinrich Franz Biber
Heinrich Franz Biber was born in Wartenberg, Bohemi in 1644, and died at Salsburg in 1704. He is known to have held two posts during his lifetime, from approximately 1666 to 1670 in a court at Kremsier, Moravia, and from then on at Salzburg. His position at the Salzburg court was repeatedly …
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Variation in use of nouns as nominal premodifiers in advanced student writing across academic disciplines
… elaborated reference, and an impersonal style (Biber et al., 1999; Biber & Gray, 2016). However, disciplines manifest these language features differently (Biber & Gray. 2013), posing additional challenges to students as they acquire the specialized language of their field. For these reasons, …
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A Survey of the Unaccompanied Violin Repertoire, Centering on Works by J. S. Bach and Eugene Ysaÿe
… I have also chosen to study works by Heinrich Biber (1644-1704) and Bright Sheng (b. 1955) as Biber exemplifies a predecessor of J. S. Bach's and Sheng serves as one of Eugene Ysaÿe's followers. The first recital, performed on May 8, 2002 in the Ulrich Recital Hall at the University of …
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Analysis of noun + noun sequences in discipline-specific published research articles
… component of grammatical complexity in writing (Biber et al., 2011). Previous research has primarily focused on how the frequency of noun+noun sequences vary across disciplines (Gray, 2015). However, there is a lack of research documenting other characteristics of noun+noun sequences in …
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The form and function of fixed collocational patterns in research articles in different academic disciplines
… collocational pattern, the lexical bundle (Biber et al. 1999), one of which (Biber 2006) used data from a different academic genre, the other (Hyland 2008) data from three academic genres. There then follows a case study of the relationship between the lexical, semantic, and textual …
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A Critical Edition and Trumpet Ensemble and Keyboard Reduction of Philipp Jakob Rittler's Sonata à 17 and Sonata à 18
… including violinist Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, violinist/cornettist Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, and trumpeter Pavel Josef Vejvanovský, these pieces are influenced by Italian style. Additionally, a greater understanding of these works reveals the way in which the trumpet was incorporated …
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The role of academic writing in the study experience of undergraduate Business students
… use of established features of academic writing (Biber, 2006). Next, case studies of seven members of the cohort chart their progress through their degree programme, and explore the students’ writing development and changing views of writing through interviews and group discussions. The findings …
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Attraction to Physical Activity of Generation Z - A Mixed Methodological Approach
<p>The prevalence of obesity in Generation Z, which includes individuals born after the year 2000, has tripled that of Generation Xers of 1980 (Ogden et al., 2010). Rising levels of obesity have been associated with increased physical inactivity (WHO, 2013). Attraction to physical activity can be …
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Investigating focus constructions in an EFL context : a usage-based approach
… much used in oral and written forms in English (Biber et.al, 1999). One of the objectives of this study was to find out whether Saudi L2 users are aware of the appropriate contextual use of English focus constructions related to object focus in English. Another objective of this study, was to …
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Destination management systems : towards a holistic effectiveness evaluation
… of the multiple stakeholder groups (Hesse-Biber and Leavy 2010). Accordingly, the empirical data was collected through a multi-method approach that includes interviews, observation, archival document analysis (including Touregypt forum analysis), and website analysis. Data has been analyzed …
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La variation linguistique dans les blogues journalistiques québécois
… familier, populaire et vulgaire. Mais selon Biber et Conrad (2001), ce seraient les diverses composantes de la situation de communication qui s'avéreraient déterminantes dans le recours à certaines variations linguistiques. Dans le domaine de la communication médiée par ordinateur (CMO), on …
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Analysis of newspaper editorials: A study of argumentative text structure
… basis of configurations of linguistic features (Biber 1988, Werlich, 1976), speech acts (Aston, 1977), and a combination of linguistic features, discourse analysis, speech acts, and argumentation (Tirkkonen-Condit, 1985). Since the theoretical framework or method of analysis proposed by …
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Awareness Of Deficit And Driving Simulator Performance After Stroke.
… on a driving simulator evaluation and a modified Biber Cognitive Estimation Test. Survivors nominated a significant other to serve as a knowledgeable informant about their abilities. Awareness of deficit was assessed via survivor-significant other difference scores on the Awareness Questionnaire. …
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The design of an application specific interface driver for a high capacitive load
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1990.
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Referring expressions in Chinese and English discourse
… texts from several different text types (cf. Biber 1986, 1988). The spoken data represent three different speech situations, i.e., face-to-face casual conversations, news broadcasts, and public speeches. The written texts represent different types, including short stories, novels, academic …
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Kristallographische Texturen und richtungsabhängige mechanische Eigenschaften des Exoskeletts des amerikanischen Hummers sowie Texturen weiterer Biomaterialien
Most biological materials fulfil very special tasks and possess properties which could not even be achieved with latest man-made materials. The apparent "technological" advance of some biomaterials is the result of an enhancement over million years by nature. Hence it is not astonishing that …
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In ruimtes vasgekeer: 'n Kognitiewe benadering tot metafore in dekoloniale diskoers
Afrikaans: Die kognitiewe linguistiek voer aan dat meeste abstrakte konsepte slegs in terme van metafore bedink en verstaan kan word. Dekolonialiteit as abstrakte konsep is steeds ’n vurige besprekingspunt in die konteks van hoër onderwys in Suid-Afrika. Hierdie verhandeling beoog om die verband …