This volume explores the implications of Chinese for linguistic theory and second language acquisition. Selected papers shed light on under-documented topics in theoretical and applied research, unpacking the significance of Chinese for mainstream linguistic theory.
This volume provides new insights into the interface of humour and media discourse. It analyzes the roles humour plays and the butts it targets across cultures, covering everything from wordplay in sitcoms to news satire in online media.
Sooner, Faster, Better Reading for All
Disadvantaged children fall months behind in reading and never catch up. This book offers a cost-free, 7-point plan to change this. It ensures all children, including those with dyslexia, can become confident readers by the end of Year 1 and critical readers later on.
This book investigates the global response to teaching languages online during the COVID-19 pandemic. It shares teachers’ first-hand narratives on the challenges and opportunities they faced, presenting practical solutions and good practices from around the world.
This book deals with foreign language pronunciation, analyzing the problems non-native learners face and the factors affecting learning. Approaching the subject from both linguistic and pedagogical viewpoints, it appeals to all foreign language learners, teachers, and linguists.
This volume explores communication, meaning-making, and the construction of identity and gender through language. It examines language in context, from media discourse to fiction, and delves into the lexico-grammatical specificities of Romanian set against other languages.
Critical Cultural Awareness
This book promotes understanding of stereotypes and suggests ways teachers can manage them by developing students’ critical cultural awareness. It provides a firm platform for the practical application of knowledge and skills when managing stereotypes in the classroom.
This volume explores translation and censorship, focusing on the Iberian dictatorial regimes of Spain and Portugal. Presenting new case studies, it offers a critical view of censorship from Brazil and China to Victorian England and examines self-censorship.
Paul C. Mocombe’s theory of phenomenological structuralism reveals language’s dual role: to capture reality and structure our world, even as we use ego-centered discourse to defer meaning.
Uncover Sri Lanka’s complex, two-century relationship with English. This book examines attitudes across Tamil and Sinhala communities, analyzing colonial and postcolonial writings from both elite and everyday perspectives.
The Dancer and the Dance
This collection of essays is the product of theory integrated with practice. Thirteen experts unravel the mystery of translation—”the most complex type of event yet produced”—tracing hitherto undiscovered patterns in its vast, mysterious tapestry.
A Discourse Analysis of the ‘Trumpusconi’ Phenomenon
Is Trump our contemporary Berlusconi? This work analyses the two political figures through discourse analysis to see if their similarities go beyond personality. It confirms the ‘Trumpusconi’ idea, but shows Trump belongs to a different era of infotainment.
This volume provides new insights into the dynamic nature of coherence in spoken and written discourse. Combining theoretical insights with practical analyses, it will be of interest to researchers, scholars, and students of English.
Reconstructing Pain and Joy
How are pain and joy constructed, represented, and socially determined? This is the first interdisciplinary collection of essays to investigate how these multi-faceted experiences are reconstructed in language, literature, art, and culture.
Teaching and Learning English in Japanese Classrooms
English instructors in Japan share practical solutions to classroom challenges. Chapters explore educational technology, learner autonomy, feedback, and new teaching approaches. An accessible guide to practitioner research for language teachers and trainers worldwide.
Campania’s Wine on the Net
This book explores the language of wine tasting, analyzing promotional notes for wines from Italy’s Campania region. It examines how descriptions are translated for English-speaking consumers, offering insights for linguists, wine professionals, and ordinary wine drinkers alike.
This volume offers a cross-disciplinary insight into language contact research, bringing together studies on language variation, second language acquisition, and translation. It creates a dialogue between researchers, viewing language contact from a broader perspective.
The Discourse of Well-Being in Late-Modern Ireland
What makes a society happy? This book explores well-being from a new angle by analysing letters to the editor from newspapers in late-modern Ireland. It provides empirical evidence of the major themes of well-being from the public’s viewpoint and sheds light on their concerns.
This book studies translation’s identity, politics, and scientific terminology. It discusses translations using various theoretical approaches and strategies, adding to the knowledge of translation studies, comparative literature, and applied linguistics.
Language Acquisition, Processing and Bilingualism
This volume covers a broad range of topics in Romance language acquisition, from syntax to phonology. It explores L1, L2, bilingual, and atypical development—including deafness and language intervention—appealing to scholars, students, educators, and clinicians.