Arising from a conference on multimodal communication, this volume deals with the study and documentation of the performing arts. It presents such issues as multimodality in human interaction and performance, as well as embodied cognition and metaphor.
Distance in Language
The metaphor of “distance” is crucial for understanding space, time, and relationships, but its use in linguistics is inconsistent. This volume grounds the concept, exploring its potential for analyzing the semantics, grammar, and discourse of various languages.
Europe Meets America
Unlike earlier, restrictive portrayals of William Lescaze, Caramellino focuses on the role that the Swiss architect played in defining the main features of New York social housing and the encounter between European modernity and an American scene still tied to local conventions.
Departing from the deceptively simple notion that popular culture always takes place somewhere, this text identifies and illustrates several specific tendencies that deserve increased attention in studies of the popular.
Senior scholars comment on the relevance of Bernard Spolsky’s 1989 classic, *Conditions for Second Language Learning*, for teaching English in Asia. This volume of their talks highlights a major shift from linguistic to sociolinguistic and language policy conditions.
These essays explore how conversational exchanges in Early Modern England informed cultural productions. Conversation functioned as a method for creation and interpretation, a metamorphic force that did not simply reproduce, but transformed with each interaction.
Crossed Correspondences
This collection of essays analyses letters between literary peers in which writers comment not only on the production of their correspondent, but also on their own artistic approach and their own work while it is still in progress or not yet published.
Teaching Grammatical Metaphor
This book explores the evolution of grammatical metaphor (GM) in SFL theory and its role in language education. It presents ways of providing written feedback to EAL students, drawing on genre pedagogy and Vygotsky’s zone of proximal development.
This volume tackles the concept of fear in a range of time periods in cultural and literary history, from the Archaic Period and Greco-Roman Classical Antiquity to the modern and postmodern periods.
This multifaceted study explores the vocal iso(n) repertory in the multipart singing of the Southwest Balkans and in Byzantine chanting. Moving beyond national bias, it argues this tradition is bound to the region, not a single ethnic group.
This monograph explores the impact of managers’ psychological profiles and life experiences on their financial decisions; as it highlights, having insights into managers’ psychology is essential to understanding their choices and predicting decisions made by competing firms.
This collection addresses linguistic, historical, and cultural matters pertinent to the Sephardim from the fifteenth century to the present. Essays reveal how Sephardim worldwide position themselves and explore the development, endangerment, and revitalization of Judeo-Spanish.
Who is What and What is Who
This book offers an in-depth, micro-parametric analysis of wh-question formation in modern Arabic dialects. The approach is based on the morphology-syntax and syntax-phonology interfaces, placing findings in the context of Universal Grammar.
The Future of Italian Teaching
This volume of essays brings together innovative approaches to teaching Italian language, literature, culture and the arts. Featuring diverse perspectives, it proposes language as a tool for social mobility and incorporates trends like social media and technology.
This book explains the philosophies behind the global trend in riba-free (interest-free) banking. It covers the fundamentals, financial models, risk management, and international institutions related to this system, recognised as “Islamic banking”.
Out of the London fog, a mysterious stranger seeks lodging, but a horrifying secret lurks behind his gentlemanly façade. Can Mrs Bunting uncover his true nature and avert disaster? This thriller was the first novelization of the “Jack the Ripper” murders.
Strategic Regions in 21st Century Power Politics
In a world of resource wars and global power shifts, geography still matters. This book addresses the geopolitical “great game” in East and South-East Asia, focusing on the intensifying rivalry between China and the United States in this unstable region.
PERCEPTION in Architecture
Definitions of space are often simplified, denying access to ‘new spaces’. This volume brings together contributions by academics, artists, and architects to reflect upon new spatial concepts and access ‘new spaces’ of perception in architecture.
Gender and Work
Given growing scholarly interest in efforts to advance women’s work, this collection explores current research on gendered work environments and all the nuanced meanings of “work” in the context of feminism and gender equality.
Learning Across Borders
Given the growing numbers of students in cross-border spaces, educators have had to revise their curricula and pedagogical approaches. This edited collection contributes to the body of research in international education by examining globalisation’s impact on higher education.
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