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English Studies from Archives to Prospects

Volume 2 – Linguistics and Applied Linguistics

Edited By: Irena Zovko Dinković, Jelena Mihaljević Djigunović

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This volume explores English Studies from the perspective of linguistics and applied linguistics. Authors provide an overview of topics from the well-established to the new, reflecting a modern approach and presenting the field as vibrant and full of novel ideas.

This volume explores English Studies from the perspective of linguistics and applied linguistics. By examining developments within their selected topics, the authors of these 18…

This volume explores English Studies from the perspective of linguistics and applied linguistics. By examining developments within their selected topics, the authors of these 18 chapters provide a broad overview of English Studies as related to their specific points of interest. Topics range from the well-established, such as negation, grammaticalization, and the role of culture in learning English, to those that are currently being revisited or are considered relatively new, such as corpus analysis, English as a lingua franca, and third language acquisition. The chapters reflect a modern approach to linguistic and applied linguistic phenomena, including diachronic and synchronic perspectives, as well as quantitative and qualitative research paradigms.

English Studies as practiced at the English Department in Zagreb during the last 80 years, the anniversary of which instigated the invitation of contributions for this collection, are presented here as a vibrant field, characterized by dynamics and complexities that introduce novel ideas, and help us embrace emerging aspects of more established concepts.

Irena Zovko Dinković is an Associate Professor and current Head of the Department of English at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb. She obtained her PhD in Linguistics with a thesis on negation in English and Croatian. She teaches courses in English syntax and psycholinguistics, as well as several graduate and postgraduate linguistic seminars. Her main research interests include contrastive analyses of English syntax and the syntax of other languages, particularly with regard to negation, the semantic and pragmatic aspects of language, and the interrelation of language, mind and culture. She has collaborated on several scientific research projects, and was recently elected as Managing Editor of the linguistic journal Suvremena lingvistika. She is author of the book Negacija u jeziku (Negation in Language), which was published in 2013 and nominated for the Croatian National Award for Science.

Jelena Mihaljević Djigunović worked as a Professor of Second Language Acquisition and Teaching English as a Foreign Language at the University of Zagreb until her retirement in October 2014. Her main research interests focus on second language acquisition, teaching modern languages to young learners, the age factor, affect in language learning and teaching, and L2 teacher education. She has been involved in a number of large-scale national and international research projects, the most recent being Early Language Learning in Europe. She has published extensively in national and international journals, and her publications include two research books on affective learner factors, and over 100 papers. She has co-edited several research volumes, including Early Learning and Teaching of English: New Dynamics of Primary English, and has also published a number of EFL teaching materials.