Susan Olsen 
Problems of seem/scheinen Constructions and their Implications for the Theory of Predicate Sentential Complementation [PDF ebook] 

This volume takes Dante“s rich and multifaceted discourse of desire, from the Vita Nova to the Commedia, as a point of departure in investigating medieval concepts of desire in all their multiplicit …

This volume seeks to investigate how humour translation has developed since the beginning of the 21st century, focusing in particular on new ways of communication. The authors, drawn from a range of …

Corpus linguistics uses large electronic databases of language to examine hypotheses about language use. These can be tested scientifically with computerised analytical tools, without the researcher‘ …

Ke’s book examines and reflects on English education in Taiwan from a global English perspective, starting with a discussion on globalization and global Englishes. English education in Taiwan has gon …

Reading the Arab World is a content-based textbook for intermediate to advanced students of Arabic, designed to enhance language skills through exposure to authentic texts. Students will develop thei …

If among the many truths of Giambattista Vico“s New Science there is one that is deepest, it is the truth that language, mind, and society are but three modes of a common reality. In Vico“s term, t …

Anna Verschik offers a new perspective on how a previously monolingual community of Russian-speakers in Estonia is rapidly becoming bilingual after the end of the Soviet occupation in 1991. The conta …

It can be a challenge writing in a language that is not your native tongue. Constructing academic essays, dissertations and research articles in this second or foreign language is even more challengi …

Craft an Engaging Plot How does plot influence story structure? What“s the difference between plotting for commercial and literary fiction? How do you revise a plot or structure that“s gone off cou …

First published in 1966, the Language of Criticism was the first systematic attempt to understand literary criticism through the methods of linguistic philosophy and the later work of Wittgenstein. L …