Renate Martinsen 
Der Wille zum Helden [PDF ebook] 
Formen des Heroismus in Texten des 20. Jahrhunderts

How we create and organize knowledge is the theme of this major achievement by Umberto Eco. Demonstrating once again his inimitable ability to bridge ancient, medieval, and modern modes of thought, h …

Metaphor and Intercultural Communication examines in detail the dynamics of metaphor in interlingual contact, translation and globalization processes. Its case-studies, which combine methods of cogni …

This is as complete beginner”s course in French which covers the requirements of the various GCSE examination syllabuses, and provides a good background to the language for students on RSA and other …

How was American gay liberation received in France between the events of Stonewall and the AIDS crisis? What part did translations of American ”gay fiction” play in this reception? How might the va …

Introducing Global Englishes provides comprehensive coverage of relevant research in the fields of World Englishes, English as a Lingua Franca, and English as an International Language. The book intr …

Metaphor has long provided a rich way to speak about the unspeakable, to refer to delicate issues. Sex is one such area. This book follows a cognitive-linguistic and relevance-theoretic approach to t …

This forward-thinking collection presents new work that looks beyond the division between the analytic and continental philosophical traditions—one that has long caused dissension, mutual distrust, a …

This book examines the influence of imperialism and colonialism on the formation of national identities in the Nordic countries, exploring the manner in which contemporary discourses in Nordic societ …

Corpus linguistics uses specialist software to identify linguistic patterns in large computerised collections of text – patterns which then must be interpreted and explained by human researchers. Thi …

This is the first book-length examination of the work of an important contemporary thinker in the continental tradition, William Desmond. His thought is a new, post-modern way of articulating what he …