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Anglistics in Lithuania
Cross-linguistic and Cross-cultural Aspects of Study
This collection offers diverse accounts of English and Lithuanian studies, with a particular focus on the contrastive aspect. Presenting a wide variety of empirical data, these essays have profound implications for both translation and teaching.
This collection offers diverse accounts of English and Lithuanian studies, with a particular focus on the contrastive aspect. Presenting a wide variety of empirical data, these essays have profound implications for both translation and teaching.
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This volume analyses how Feminist Translation Studies challenges patriarchal language worldwide. Scholars bridge the gap between theory and practice to explore the crucial relationship between gender, culture, identity, and translation.
This volume analyses how Feminist Translation Studies challenges patriarchal language worldwide. Scholars bridge the gap between theory and practice to explore the crucial relationship between gender, culture, identity, and translation.
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American English(es)
Linguistic and Socio-cultural Perspectives
American English is plural, shaped by diverse ethnic groups. Using multiple points of view, this book tackles key language debates: minority vs hegemonic varieties, the Spanish vs English controversy, and the increasing exposure of slang in public contexts.
American English is plural, shaped by diverse ethnic groups. Using multiple points of view, this book tackles key language debates: minority vs hegemonic varieties, the Spanish vs English controversy, and the increasing exposure of slang in public contexts.
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This volume examines how migration is affecting schools in Southern Europe. It explores changing language use and attitudes, asking: How do children react to diversity? Are schools equipped for these changes? Is there an adequate framework for integration?
This volume examines how migration is affecting schools in Southern Europe. It explores changing language use and attitudes, asking: How do children react to diversity? Are schools equipped for these changes? Is there an adequate framework for integration?
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Empowered Femininity
The Textual Construction of Femininity in Women’s Fitness Magazines
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.
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.
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Images of the Lisbon Treaty Debate in the British Press
A Corpus-based Approach to Metaphor Analysis
This book analyses metaphors in the UK press discourse on the Lisbon Treaty. Using Critical Metaphor Analysis, it reveals how metaphors function in political debate, identifying stereotyped roles and exposing journalistic and political attitudes.
This book analyses metaphors in the UK press discourse on the Lisbon Treaty. Using Critical Metaphor Analysis, it reveals how metaphors function in political debate, identifying stereotyped roles and exposing journalistic and political attitudes.
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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.
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.
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Name and Naming
Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives
This book analyses names and the act of naming from an intercultural, synchronic, and diachronic perspective. Its originality lies in a multi-disciplinary approach, merging onomastics with sociolinguistics, history, literature, pragmatics, and more.
This book analyses names and the act of naming from an intercultural, synchronic, and diachronic perspective. Its originality lies in a multi-disciplinary approach, merging onomastics with sociolinguistics, history, literature, pragmatics, and more.
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News as Changing Texts
Corpora, Methodologies and Analysis
This book focuses on the interrelation between ‘news’ and ‘change’, exploring the evolution of news as a textual type across the centuries in Britain. Through linguistic analyses of corpora, it examines news in its continuous process of adjustment and renewal.
This book focuses on the interrelation between ‘news’ and ‘change’, exploring the evolution of news as a textual type across the centuries in Britain. Through linguistic analyses of corpora, it examines news in its continuous process of adjustment and renewal.
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This book frees the ‘lamp genies’ from dictionaries, discussing their role in expressing cultural aspects of language, with special reference to English. It is for anyone interested in the juice of culture that can be fruitfully extracted from dictionary entries.
This book frees the ‘lamp genies’ from dictionaries, discussing their role in expressing cultural aspects of language, with special reference to English. It is for anyone interested in the juice of culture that can be fruitfully extracted from dictionary entries.
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Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to the English Language
Theory and Practice
Explore cross-disciplinary solutions to teaching English in a globalised world. This collection by Romanian researchers offers vital, practical insights for specialists, teachers, and students.
Explore cross-disciplinary solutions to teaching English in a globalised world. This collection by Romanian researchers offers vital, practical insights for specialists, teachers, and students.
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Discoursal Construction of Academic Identity in Cyberspace
The Example of an E-Seminar
This book explores how academic identity is constructed in computer-mediated communication. Using an e-seminar, it shows how the medium enhances individuality, distinctive voice, and self-disclosure, extending the repertoire for academic self-promotion.
This book explores how academic identity is constructed in computer-mediated communication. Using an e-seminar, it shows how the medium enhances individuality, distinctive voice, and self-disclosure, extending the repertoire for academic self-promotion.
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This collection synthesizes research in Mayan linguistics, balancing recent linguistic theories with rich, new empirical data gathered from fieldwork. The findings have implications for understanding Mayan grammars and for universal linguistic theory.
This collection synthesizes research in Mayan linguistics, balancing recent linguistic theories with rich, new empirical data gathered from fieldwork. The findings have implications for understanding Mayan grammars and for universal linguistic theory.
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Knowledge, Differences and Identity in the Time of Globalization
Institutional Discourse and Practices
The discourse of globalization in higher education reform is troubling. It fails to name a human subject—the student—and its very language antagonizes and marginalizes them. This book explores how this discourse constructs and deconstructs identities.
The discourse of globalization in higher education reform is troubling. It fails to name a human subject—the student—and its very language antagonizes and marginalizes them. This book explores how this discourse constructs and deconstructs identities.
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Femininity, Feminism and Gendered Discourse
A Selected and Edited Collection of Papers from the Fifth International Language and Gender Association Conference (IGALA5)
International experts present cutting edge research on language and gender. This collection explores femininity, feminism, and gendered discourse, analyzing how we perform and negotiate our identities in diverse cultural and linguistic contexts.
International experts present cutting edge research on language and gender. This collection explores femininity, feminism, and gendered discourse, analyzing how we perform and negotiate our identities in diverse cultural and linguistic contexts.
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Language in Use
The Case of Youth Entertainment Magazines
This collection of studies analyzes the discourse of youth entertainment magazines, revealing distinctive features that may exert a manipulative influence. It aims to develop media literacy, equipping young readers to become responsible and less vulnerable.
This collection of studies analyzes the discourse of youth entertainment magazines, revealing distinctive features that may exert a manipulative influence. It aims to develop media literacy, equipping young readers to become responsible and less vulnerable.
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Love Ya Hate Ya
The Sociolinguistic Study of Youth Language and Youth Identities
This volume analyzes youth language as a tool for negotiating identity and social relations. Covering diverse groups from Argentina to Greenland, it finds surprising similarities and presents youth language as functional, socially valuable, and flexible.
This volume analyzes youth language as a tool for negotiating identity and social relations. Covering diverse groups from Argentina to Greenland, it finds surprising similarities and presents youth language as functional, socially valuable, and flexible.
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Bilingualism and Multiculturalism in Greek Education
Investigating Ethnic Language Maintenance among Pupils of Albanian and Egyptian Origin in Athens
This book investigates language maintenance among second-generation Albanian and Egyptian migrant pupils in Athens. It explores how ethnolinguistic vitality, family attitudes, and the Greek school system influence whether children remain bilingual.
This book investigates language maintenance among second-generation Albanian and Egyptian migrant pupils in Athens. It explores how ethnolinguistic vitality, family attitudes, and the Greek school system influence whether children remain bilingual.
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African American Women’s Language
Discourse, Education, and Identity
This groundbreaking research on African American Women’s Language is long overdue. It expands a literature that has too often focused only on men, exploring the language, discourse, and identity of Black women while finally letting the sistas speak.
This groundbreaking research on African American Women’s Language is long overdue. It expands a literature that has too often focused only on men, exploring the language, discourse, and identity of Black women while finally letting the sistas speak.
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Reflections
New Directions in Modern Languages and Cultures
Twelve essays explore “reflections” in literary and visual culture—from Italian theatre to Cuban film. For students and scholars, this volume provides a fresh, interdisciplinary look at Modern Language Studies, highlighting the dialogue between language and culture.
Twelve essays explore “reflections” in literary and visual culture—from Italian theatre to Cuban film. For students and scholars, this volume provides a fresh, interdisciplinary look at Modern Language Studies, highlighting the dialogue between language and culture.
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