Biliteracy and Multiliteracies
This volume introduces ongoing research on biliteracy and multiliteracies. It explores where research is heading in view of multilingualism, with chapters discussing these issues in a wide variety of countries, from Brazil and Cyprus to Portugal and the USA.
On Translating Arabic and English Media Texts
A must-read coursebook for students of media translation between English and Arabic. Adopting a practical approach, it introduces the linguistic features of news stories and media texts. Packed with extensive vocabulary, exercises, and seven types of media texts.
Food Cultures across Time
This vibrant, inter-disciplinary collection of essays maps food cultures and routes in fiction. Analyzing authors from countries as diverse as Ireland, Romania, the UK, and the USA, it explores the interconnections between food, fiction, and culture.
Pāli, the Language
This book argues that the medium in which the Buddha spoke is as important as the message. Unlike formal Sanskrit, Pāli is an oral, musical language of the people. It reveals how its sonic content carries and enhances the Buddha’s practical philosophy for ending suffering.
Organic synthesis rarely goes to plan. To fight meagre yields and side reactions, you need to master reaction mechanisms. This book moves you from knowing the simple steps of an undergraduate degree to envisioning the convoluted mechanisms needed in professional practice.
Psychoanalytic and Anthropological Considerations of Gilgamesh
A 5000-year-old quest for immortality, the Gilgamesh Epic reflects our timeless struggle with mortality. This psychoanalytic exploration reveals the myth’s enduring relevance, dissecting its themes of power, sexuality, and the human condition for a modern audience.
Metaphor is a complex phenomenon whose realizations vary across languages, text genres, and cultures. This book gathers a collection of studies that adopt different theoretical views to explore the uses of metaphors, providing a diversified yet coherent view of current research.
The Psychology of Multilingualism
This comprehensive, multidisciplinary introduction to multilingualism explores its individual and societal consequences. The book underlines the normality of using more than one language, dispels common myths, and offers practical recommendations for education.
Despite a secular culture, spiritual life persists. When manifested through the Christian faith, it has the power to surprise, transform and renew. This volume’s case studies describe the spiritual life as a transformative point of contact between God, world, society and self.
This book is a major contribution to studies on the Acts of the Apostles, examining how the New Testament writer quotes and interprets the Old Testament. It focuses on the nine explicit quotations in Stephen’s speech of Acts 7 and is for all students, ministers, and scholars.
This volume on Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) presents innovative methodology and technology-integrated approaches. It’s a pragmatic tool to enhance student motivation, benefit teacher development, and inspire both new and seasoned researchers and language practitioners.
This book offers insights into how the myth of Medea reflects cultural concepts rooted in our cognition. It analyzes the application of figurative mechanisms in verbal, visual, and music modes, exploring one of the most thrilling themes in literature and performing arts.
Explorations in Humor Studies
This book explores the various dimensions of humor and its applications. It provides important insights into humorous language through theoretical discussions complemented by case studies in linguistics, culture, literature, translation, and visual and media studies.
This book explains the shift in Turkish foreign policy from a neoclassical realist view. Analyzing Turkey’s activist grand strategy through its relations with Iran, Israel, and the EU, it makes sense of policy under JDP rule while testing the theory’s explanatory power.
Populist Hearsay of 1939-45
Histories of WWII are often biased to justify a home nation. Britain claimed it “won the war” single-handedly; other countries have their own self-centered versions. This book confronts these nationalistic views and challenges accepted versions of traditional national histories.
Food in American Culture and Literature
Carving a unique space in food studies, these multifaceted essays blend cultural analysis with history and sociology. These cultural critiques force the reader to consider what food means, and will mean, in the United States.
Retelling Cinderella
This collection demonstrates how the Cinderella story remains active in societies adapting to modern culture. The volume explores dating apps, prom nights, women’s roles, and gender identity through international perspectives on folklore, film, fashion, and literature.
This book presents the theory and methods of solving vector optimization problems. It mathematically proves an optimal solution, solving the problem for the first time, with applied methods for researchers modeling economic and engineering systems.
This book investigates the linguistic phenomenon of blending in Arabic. Adopting a systematic and quantitative approach, it analyses how new words are formed, presenting practical findings and paving the way for further investigation in this field.
This study describes the evolution and modern practice of the public ritual of life, death, and resurrection in Tlayacapan, Mexico. It discusses how Carnival, Holy Week, and the Day of the Dead evolved after the Spanish conquest and are now used to attract cultural tourism.