Jane Austen and William Shakespeare: a love affair in literature, film and performanceThis volume explores the multiple connections between the two most canonical authors in English, Jane Austen and William Shakespeare. The collection reflects on the historical, literary, critical and … Weiterlesen
A Plurilingual Analysis of Four Russian-American Autobiographies: Cournos, Nabokov, Berberova, ShteyngartAmong the many examples of Russian-American émigré literature, a number of less known authors moved to the USA, following their predecessors’ transnational and plurilingual experiences. The bilingual (and sometimes trilingual) … Weiterlesen
Kurze Formen in der Sprache / Formes brèves de la langueBei der sprachlichen Kürze handelt es sich nicht um einen wissenschaftlich klar abgegrenzten Begriff, durchaus aber um ein Thema sprachkritischer, normativer sowie grammatischer Diskurse. Als kurz kann etwa ein verbloser … Weiterlesen
The Routledge handbook of Arabic and identityThe Routledge Handbook of Arabic and Identity offers a comprehensive and up-to-date account of studies that relate the Arabic language in its entirety to identity. This handbook offers new trajectories in understanding language and … Weiterlesen
Margins, monsters, deviants: alterities in old Norse literature and cultureThis anthology explores depictions of alterity, monstrosity and deviation in medieval Icelandic literature, Scandinavian history, and beyond. The authors explore issues of identity, genre, character and text and the interplay between … Weiterlesen
Scherz: Die heitere Seite der AufklärungDas 18. Jahrhundert ist das Jahrhundert der Aufklärung, der Freundschaft, des Briefes und es ist das Jahrhundert des Scherzes. Dabei ist der Scherz nicht nur ein stilistisches Phänomen, sondern darüber hinaus ein Leitwert der Geselligkeit, … Weiterlesen
Mark my words: profiles of punctuation in modern literature“The pace at which this world unfolds is supervised by punctuation.” — Fredric JamesonMark My Words is a brief book on punctuation, style, and modern literature. Most writers are not notable for … Weiterlesen
The Routledge Handbook of English Language and Digital HumanitiesThe Routledge Handbook of English Language and Digital Humanities serves as a reference point for key developments related to the ways in which the digital turn has shaped the study of the … Weiterlesen
Polish literature and national identity: a postcolonial landscape A postcolonial study of Polish literature from Romanticism to the twenty-first centuryFor nearly half a century East-Central Europe was part of the Soviet empire and was subject to its „civilizing“ mission. Despite … Weiterlesen
Recent advances in the study of Spanish sociophonetic perceptionThis book provides a cutting-edge exploration of the social meaning of phonetic variation in the Spanish-speaking world. Its 11 chapters elucidate the ways in which listeners process, perceive, and propagate phonetically motivated … Weiterlesen
The Semantics of Qurʾanic Language: al-ĀḫiraIn The Semantics of Qurʾanic Language: al-Āḫira, Ghassan el Masri offers a semantic study of the concept al-āḫira ‘the End’ in the Qurʾān. The study is prefaced with a detailed account of the late antique … Weiterlesen
Norwegian verb particlesThis book aims to explain the syntax and semantics of Norwegian verb particles. While particles have been claimed to be distributed optionally to the left (as LPrt) or right (as RPrt) of an associated DP in the linguistic … Weiterlesen
Handeln mit Emojis: Grundriss einer Linguistik kleiner Bildzeichen in der WhatsApp-KommunikationKann man sich aus linguistischer Perspektive mit Emojis beschäftigen? Man kann. Und: Man muss. Denn die große Beliebtheit, derer sich kleine Bildzeichen in der internetbasierten Kommunikation erfreuen, legt nahe, dass … Weiterlesen
Institutionelle und organisationale Kommunikation: Theorie, Methodologie, Empirie und KritikDie Beiträge in diesem Band, von namhaften Expertinnen und Experten aus dem Bereich der organisationalen Kommunikation verfasst, erinnern an die Forschungsleistungen von Florian Menz (1960–2017), einen international führenden Sprachwissenschaftler in diesem Feld. … Weiterlesen
Languages of Islam and Christianity in Post-Soviet RussiaIn her book, Gulnaz Sibgatullina examines the intricate relationship of religion, identity and language-related beliefs against the background of socio-political changes in post-Soviet Russia. Focusing on the Russian and Tatar languages, she explores … Weiterlesen