Gualtieri Claudia Gualtieri & Bait Miriam Bait 
Conversations on Utopia [EPUB ebook] 
Cultural and Communication Practices

The use of language corpora as a resource in linguistics and language-related disciplines is now well-established. One of the many fields where the impact of corpora has been growing in recent years …

The Diagnosis of Reading in a Second or Foreign Language explores the implications of language assessment research on classroom-based assessment practices by providing an in-depth look at the little- …

Which strategies do multilingual learners use when confronted with languages they don”t yet know? Which factors are involved in activating prior linguistic knowledge in multilingual learning? This v …

Italy”s invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 marked a turning point in interwar Europe. The last great European colonial conquest in Africa, the conflict represented an enormous gamble for the Fascist dicta …

What Is Cultural Translation? In this book, Sarah Maitland uncovers processes of negotiation and adaptation closely associated with the translation of languages behind the cultural phenomena of every …

First published in 1959, this book aims to provide a practical introduction to semantics, relating the critical study of language to real-life situation, with a wealth of anecdotes and numerous illus …

One of the most dynamic research areas in the prehistory of East Asian regions is the synthesis of the findings of archaeology, linguistics and genetics. Several countries have only recently opened t …

Monika Fludernik presents a detailed analysis of free indirect discourse as it relates to narrative theory, and the crucial problematic of how speech and thought are represented in fiction. Building …

This book explores the idea that functional categories are the flesh and blood of grammar”. From within the context of the Principles and Parameters framework put forward by Chomsky and others, Jama …

‘Taking as its theme the interaction between Italian and other languages, and marking the 50th anniversary of the publication of Weinreich”s seminal Languages in Contact, this volume provides an up- …