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Interfaces in Language 3

Edited By: Vikki Janke, Marina Kolokonte

£39.99

This collection of papers explores interfaces in language, including diachronic and synchronic approaches, generative and non-generative frameworks, as well as typological and theory-driven perspectives. The result is a truly eclectic mix.

Periphrasis, Replacement and Renewal

Studies in English Historical Linguistics

Edited By: Irén Hegedüs, Dóra Pődör

£49.99

This volume blends synchronic theory and diachronic investigations, offering novel insights on the evolution of English and solutions to persistent analytical problems. It will appeal to linguists interested in language change and grammatical theory.

Aspects of Byron’s Don Juan

Edited By: Peter Cochran

£59.99

This volume explores Byron’s Don Juan, from its politics, treatment of women, and comic rhymes to its importance in Spain and Russia. It delves into Byron's sources, Mary Shelley's vital role, and the poem's legacy among artists from Tirso de Molina to Johnny Depp.

This volume explores Byron’s Don Juan, from its politics, treatment of women, and comic rhymes to its importance in Spain and Russia. It delves into Byron’s sources, Mary Shelley’s vital role, and the poem’s legacy among artists from Tirso de Molina to Johnny Depp.

Narratives of Identity

The Syrian Orthodox Church and the Church of England 1895-1914

By: William Taylor

£44.99

From 1895 to 1914, the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Church of England developed a relationship that shaped their identities. Drawing on rare archives, this book explores their dialogue and search for recognition amid the growing instability of the Ottoman Empire.

Creation and Use of Historical English Corpora in Spain

Edited By: Nila Vázquez

£54.99

This volume offers a complete view of Historical English Corpora studies in Spain. The first part describes new projects from Spanish universities, while the second includes findings from scholars using this new material and more traditional corpora.

Mapping the Tribal Economy

A Case Study from a South-Indian State

By: Bandlamudi Nageswara Rao

£54.99

India's tribes have been marginalised, their way of life transformed. This book examines the critical issues of land alienation and labour exploitation, focusing on tribal mobilisation and the fight for justice and restoration in Andhra Pradesh.

India’s tribes have been marginalised, their way of life transformed. This book examines the critical issues of land alienation and labour exploitation, focusing on tribal mobilisation and the fight for justice and restoration in Andhra Pradesh.

Resistance and the Practice of Rationality

By: Martin W. Bauer, Rom Harré, Carl Jensen

£49.99

Resistance is a historical constant, not simply irrational behaviour. Fifteen authors from diverse disciplines, including physics, biology, and political science, explore concepts of ‘resistance’ and examine the potential of a general ‘resistology’.

Finding the Plot

Storytelling in Popular Fictions

Edited By: Loïc Artiago, Diana Holmes, David Platten

£49.99

Plot is basic to our experience, yet criticism has often passed it over. This book redresses this neglect, bringing together international scholars to explore the pleasures of consuming stories across a variety of media. How do plots work and why do they matter?

Two Phase Sampling

By: Zahoor Ahmad, Muhammad Hanif, Muhammad Qaiser Shahbaz

£44.99

This comprehensive collection of estimators in single and two-phase sampling covers estimators which utilize information on single, two, and multiple auxiliary variables. An invaluable point of reference for researchers working in the field of survey sampling.

(M)Other Tongues

Literary Reflexions on a Difficult Distinction

Edited By: Juliane Prade

£44.99

The differentiation between languages is both necessary and impossible. Literary texts question this distinction, revealing the inherent strangeness of one’s own mother tongue. What separates the mother tongue from other tongues is a precise uncertainty.

Small-Screen Shakespeare

By: Peter Cochran

£59.99

Small-Screen Shakespeare is a guide to Shakespeare productions on computer or TV. From silent films to cinematic spin-offs, Peter Cochran gives an expert opinion on the best and worst, based on a lifetime of viewing, teaching, acting and directing.

Dimensions of Goodness

Edited By: Vittorio Hösle

£54.99

In a rare convergence of perspectives, experts from philosophy, history, science, and law address crucial moral issues. This volume explores the nature of goodness in areas from bioethics to economics, invaluable for a common reflection on our values.

Emotions from a Bilingual Point of View

Personality and Emotional Intelligence in Relation to Perception and Expression of Emotions in the L1 and L2

By: Katarzyna Ożańska-Ponikwia

£39.99

This book explores the influence of personality and emotional intelligence on second language learning. It is the first systematic exploration of the role of emotional intelligence and offers new insights into how personality affects specific language skills.

Romualdo Marenco

Excelsior and Sport

By: Robert Ignatius Letellier

£39.99

In Manzotti's spectacular allegorical ballet Excelsior, the rise of human civilization is an embittered struggle between Light and Darkness. As inventions triumph, Marenco’s exhilarating music celebrates an apotheosis of light, progress, and peace.

In Manzotti’s spectacular allegorical ballet Excelsior, the rise of human civilization is an embittered struggle between Light and Darkness. As inventions triumph, Marenco’s exhilarating music celebrates an apotheosis of light, progress, and peace.

Victims of Time, Warriors for Change

Chilean Women in a Global, Neoliberal Society

By: Evelyn A. Clark

£44.99

This book explores globalization's impact on Chilean women. While some found new opportunities in wage labor, many more faced limitations and suffering as class differences were exacerbated. These women became both Victims of Time and Warriors for Change.

This book explores globalization’s impact on Chilean women. While some found new opportunities in wage labor, many more faced limitations and suffering as class differences were exacerbated. These women became both Victims of Time and Warriors for Change.

Happiness or Its Absence in Art

Edited By: William Barcham, Ronit Milano

£39.99

This volume investigates how Western art has visualized happiness from the Middle Ages to the present. Essays explore the concept within gender, religion, and politics, offering new interpretations of happiness—or its explicit absence.

This Is Her Century

A Study of Margaret Walker’s Work

By: Doaa Abdelhafez Hamada

£39.99

This book is the first monograph on Margaret Walker, a writer who slipped to the margins of the African American literary canon. It is an attempt to establish the importance of Walker’s representation of twentieth-century America against its critical obscurity.

Romantic Ireland

From Tone to Gonne; Fresh Perspectives on Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Edited By: Paddy Lyons, Willy Maley, John Miller

£54.99

Romantic Ireland: From Tone to Gonne takes Irish Studies in new directions. Bringing together international scholars, it explores the tumultuous nineteenth century through a cross-cultural comparison with Scotland, enhancing our awareness of colonialism and nationalism.

Urban Design

Three Types of Continuity, Case Studies

By: John Yarwood

£44.99

This book defines and analyzes three types of continuity in urban planning and design: urban conservation, cultural tourism, and persistencies of form. It cites international examples from the author’s work, illustrated with numerous original drawings.

The Epistemology of Utopia

Rhetoric, Theory and Imagination

Edited By: Jorge Bastos da Silva

£44.99

Utopianism nurtures possibilities by critiquing and transforming the world. This volume provides critical revisions of the field through essays on topics ranging from Plato’s Republic and More’s Utopia to modern-day cosmopolitics and science.

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