Samaná English
Samaná English, an isolated variety from the Dominican Republic, informs research on Early African American English (EAAE). Was EAAE a creole or a British dialect? New data suggests it was neither, but a post-creole variety with clear African structural continuities.
The Image of a Country created by International Media
How does ex-communist Europe come across through the Western media? This book analyzes five years of BBC coverage on Bulgaria, revealing hidden attitudes. Bulgarians are construed as “immigrants,” not “ex-pats,” and associated with CORRUPTION, POOR, and POOREST.
Corporate Governance and Compliance with IFRSs
This is the first book to examine how corporate governance improves compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) in MENA stock exchanges. It identifies obstacles and suggests actions to globalize these emerging markets.
Language Arts in Asia 2
This volume presents contemporary research in Language Arts for English teaching. Using motivating materials like literature, drama, comics, anime, and film, it explores how to develop language mastery, critical thinking, and intercultural sensitivity.
Knowledge, Mental Language, and Free Will (Volume 3
Knowledge, Mental Language, and Free Will traverses medieval metaphysics and logic, exploring Aquinas on scientific knowledge, Ockham on mental language, and the antinomy between free will and determination in an attempt to reconcile human freedom with God’s omniscience.
Jawdat Haydar’s Poetic Legacy
This proceedings of the first Jawdat Haydar international conference comprises papers on the English-language poems of the Lebanese poet. It will appeal to both academic and non-academic readers interested in the field of 20th century English-language world literature.
Migrants and Memory
This volume gives a voice to marginalized communities—the hidden Irish, the migrant, the nomad. Scholars and activists explore ethnicity, identity, and racism, offering a catalyst for new inquiry in Irish, Traveller, Romani, and Migration Studies.
Managing The Manager
Nine internationally-known critics explore Richard Berengarten’s seminal poem, The Manager. This collection of original essays serves as an introduction to a figure who is arguably one of the most significant poets writing in English today.
This volume investigates world lexicography and its cultural contexts, with special reference to projects of new dictionaries. The book will be of interest to theoreticians, lexicographers, and students of linguistic faculties.
Kola highlights perspectives concerning the economic and social impact of microfinance products on their clients’ lives. He probes whether being a client of monetary financial institutions’ microfinance programmes brings positive changes to their lives and their community.
This guide to medical English is for healthcare professionals and students. It covers essential grammar, medical vocabulary, and phonetics to improve your listening and speaking skills. Ideal for self-study or as a handout for specialized courses.
This book set is a comprehensive exploration of African theatre on the continent and in the diaspora. Essays demonstrate how practitioners tackle colonial legacies and globalization, forging a thriving and distinctively African aesthetic.
This volume addresses the long-standing debate on the “word”. Eleven authors analyze its multi-faceted nature from multiple linguistic perspectives, contributing to a more thorough comprehension than any single approach can afford.
Cracks in the Foundation
Howe offers fresh insights on the hottest topics in modern religious debate, such as Biblical Creation versus scientific evidence, and evil and suffering in God’s world, as well as other issues.
Sasco provides an in-depth analysis of how industrial relations in Italy’s shipbuilding sector have developed over recent years, taking the leading and most well-known Italian shipbuilding company as a case study.
The Grammar Problem in Higher Education in Cameroon
This study explores English grammar challenges among young Cameroonians in higher education. It pinpoints acute problems, analyzes their causes, and offers solutions for L2 learners, teachers, and language policymakers.
This book presents the most important research from an international linguistic conference, covering Historical linguistics, Lexicology, Grammar, Pragmatics, Ethnolinguistics, and Translation. A key resource for philologists, teachers, and students.
Civil Strife in a Complex and Changing World
This collection offers perspectives on social conflict, past and present, with a view toward building connections. From Renaissance preachers to soldiers in Afghanistan, these papers explore issues that at some times separate us and at other times bring us together.
Afroeurope@n Configurations
This volume explores the African presence across Europe, from Russia to the Canary Islands. These essays offer a wide spectrum of research on contemporary black literatures and identities, providing insights into previously little explored areas.
Spike Lee’s Bamboozled
This analysis of the film *Bamboozled* compares the original screenplay with the Italian dub. Focusing on compliments and insults, it reveals how cultural references and the linguistic traits of African American English are weakened or omitted in translation.