This book provides a theoretical and practical framework for researchers and practitioners focusing on the construction, interpretation and retextualisation of audiovisual texts, using a selection of humorous, English-language media.
Mind, Body, and Consciousness in Society
Mocombe explores the nature of learning and development in the philosophy of phenomenological structuralism, which represents an effort to resolve the structure/agency problematic of the social sciences within structurationist sociological theory.
Explore Afghanistan’s inaccessible secret codes and their intricate threads across Eurasia. This book offers crucial insights for scholars and provides vital intelligence for military and political affairs.
Uncover the hidden life of words. This groundbreaking bifocal approach to lexicology maps the hierarchies of word formation and relationships with crystal-clear distinctions. An essential guide for language professionals and anyone curious about how our words are made.
For millennia, we have been intrigued by space and time. This book brings together eight essays exploring their expression in language and literature, using diverse linguistic and literary perspectives to reveal how culture shapes our conception of reality.
The Unlinking of Language and Puerto Rican Identity
This title explores changes in traditional attitudes towards both American English and Puerto Rican Spanish on an island where the population has been subjected to both Spanish and US colonization, showing how identity is affected when a second language is imposed on a populace.
The Ethics and Poetics of Alterity
This volume shows that genre literature is not escapist, but a field for ethical reflection. It explores how science fiction and fantasy dramatize encounters with otherness, raising a crucial question: how can human language describe what escapes humanity?
The Impact of French on the African Vernacular Languages
For seventeen African nations, was adopting French a blessing or a curse? Is Francophonie a symbol of unity and shared values, or a form of cultural imperialism? This book offers insights into the impact of French in Gabon, exploring what it brought and what it is taking away.
This selection of papers presents ongoing research in Greek Linguistics. Covering a wide range of topics, the contributions investigate known problems using new methods and innovative ideas, showing the application of linguistic theory to current research.
Discourse, Communication and the Enterprise
This volume explores various aspects of corporate communication from the viewpoint of language and discourse, giving special attention to emerging issues and recent developments in times of rapid sociotechnical evolutions.
Reflecting the complexity of the problems of formalization, computation and digitalization of data and resources, this collection of cutting-edge, high-quality papers is a fundamental step towards a better definition of the role the “Digital Humanities” will play in the future.
Empowered Femininity
This book traces two competing ideologies—traditional and resistant femininity—in women’s fitness magazines. It investigates how these discourses merge into a single hybrid, “empowered femininity,” which balances valued male traits with traditional femininity.
The Influence of Translation on the Arabic Language
Siddig Abdalla explores the influence of the translation of English idioms by journalists working at Arabic satellite TV stations, using a mixed-method approach. His results will serve to guide media translators and lexicographers’ choice in the usage of idioms.
Afroasiatic Studies in Memory of Robert Hetzron
NACAL is an academic nexus where students rub shoulders with titans of the field. This volume contains sixteen contributions from these scholars, covering a broad cross-section of topics in Afroasiatic linguistics.
This collection of papers presents original research on Greek linguistics from a fresh perspective. The authors bring to the fore aspects of the Greek language that have not been extensively examined, addressing problems in a variety of theoretical frameworks.
Contemporary Phonology in Brazil is a collection of phonological studies in Brazilian Portuguese and Indigenous Brazilian Languages covering Prosodic Phonology, Historical Change, Segmental Phonology, First Language Acquisition and Indigenous Languages.
This collection brings together seven papers by editors of historical dictionaries. The contributions offer a rare set of insights into ongoing lexicographical work, addressing both methodological and practical issues such as funding and publication media.
On Meaning
This work explores individuation and the definition of identity through the semiotic process of cognition. It examines how symbolic forms define our world and how languages like English and European Portuguese develop unique strategies for naming and referring.
ELT in a Changing World
A novel resource for language specialists, this book presents compelling ideas on English teaching from a seminar in Pakistan. It explores global trends, local research, and innovative pedagogical approaches for Pakistan and the developing world.
Beyond the Frontier
Drawn from leading scholarly panels, this collection presents the latest research in first-year composition. Discover innovative techniques to invigorate your classroom and spark new avenues of inquiry.