A contrastive view of discourse markers: discourse markers of saying in English and French This book is a comparative corpus-based study of discourse markers based on verbs of saying in English and French. Based on a wide comparable web corpus, … Weiterlesen
Ideologies of multilingualism in contemporary Russia: Debates on ethnolinguistic diversity from a critical-discursive perspective The book examines multilayered discursive processes of (un)making the key macro-level policies toward ethnolinguistic diversity in contemporary Russia, where the last two decades witnessed a gradual … Weiterlesen
Forms of life: aesthetics and biopolitics in German culture In Forms of Life, Andreas Gailus argues that the neglect of aesthetics in most contemporary theories of biopolitics has resulted in an overly restricted conception of life. He insists we need … Weiterlesen
Biblical Women in Contemporary Novels in English: From Margaret Atwood to Jenny Diski How are well-known female characters from the Bible represented in late 20th-century novels? In Biblical Women in Contemporary Novels in English, Ingrid Bertrand presents a detailed analysis … Weiterlesen
The Routledge handbook of Spanish phonology The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Phonology brings together leading experts in Spanish phonology to provide a state-of-the-art survey of the field. The five sections present current research on the phonological structure of Spanish including … Weiterlesen
Politics and the Slavic languages During the last two centuries, ethnolinguistic nationalism has been the norm of nation building and state building in Central Europe. The number of recognized Slavic languages (in line with the normative political formula of language … Weiterlesen
Narrative in the Icelandic family saga: meanings of time in Old Norse literature Representative of a unique literary genre and composed in the 13th and 14th centuries, the Icelandic Family Sagas rank among some of the world’s greatest literature. Here, … Weiterlesen
Mutual linguistic borrowing between English and Arabic This book focuses on the lexical borrowing between English and Arabic, and offers historical background regarding the contact between these two languages. It sheds light on why and how both languages have come … Weiterlesen
It’s not all about you: new perspectives on address research The twenty-first century has seen a surge in cross-linguistic research on forms of address from increasingly diverse and complementary perspectives. The present edited collection is the inaugural volume of Topics … Weiterlesen
Digital Methods in the Humanities: Challenges, Ideas, Perspectives Digital Humanities is a transformational endeavor that not only changes the perception, storage, and interpretation of information but also of research processes and questions. It also prompts new ways of interdisciplinary communication … Weiterlesen
Language contact in the territory of the former Soviet Union The former Soviet Union (USSR) provides the ideal territory for studying language contact between one and the same dominant language (Russian) and a wide range of genealogically and typologically diverse … Weiterlesen
Reframing Reformulation: A Theoretical-Experimental Approach: Evidence from the Spanish Discourse Marker „o sea“ Reformulation studies offer a recent debate on reformulation and its semasiological-onomasiological treatment. Some researchers argue for a clear distinction between reformulation and other functions such as conclusion … Weiterlesen
Justice in Print: Discovering Prefectural Judges and Their Judicial Consistency in Late-Ming Casebooks In Justice in Print: Discovering Prefectural Judges and Their Judicial Consistency in Late-Ming Casebooks, Ka-chai Tam argues that the prefectural judge in the judiciary of the Ming … Weiterlesen
Dramatische Zeiten: Zeitkonzepte in skandinavischen Theatertexten um 1900 und 2000 Das Nachdenken über die Zeit im Drama hat Tradition. Jedoch betrachten bisherige Untersuchungen die Zeit vornehmlich als dramaturgische Größe. Die vorliegende Studie fasst den Zeitbegriff weiter. Typisch moderne Zeitphänomene und … Weiterlesen
Science Communication on the Internet: Old genres meet new genres This book examines the expanding world of genres on the Internet to understand issues of science communication today. The book explores how some traditional print genres have become digital, how … Weiterlesen