Beyond the Frontier
Drawn from leading scholarly panels, this collection presents the latest research in first-year composition. Discover innovative techniques to invigorate your classroom and spark new avenues of inquiry.
We Speak a Different Tongue
This collection challenges the privileging of modernism, focusing instead on modernity. It foregrounds marginalised writers—from H.G. Wells to Djuna Barnes—who responded to the era’s tensions with innovations distinct from modernist experimentation.
European Theories in Former Yugoslavia
Theories are not directly transferred from the centre to the margins, but are borrowed, translated, and reinterpreted. Posed from the perspective of former Yugoslavia, this book explores the tense relationship between original theories and their transformed perspectives.
Grammar, Expressiveness, and Inter-subjective Meanings
How do we use words to express sensations? This book examines Wittgenstein’s philosophy of psychology, exploring the connection between inner states and outward language. It clarifies this process by drawing on his recently published and little-known last writings.
Becoming an Anthropologist
An anthropologist’s vivid memoirs recount experiences that are hilarious, dangerous, and expertly explored. From a WWII working-class community to cultures around the world, his insights illuminate other societies and our own. A stimulating introduction to social anthropology.
Dynamic Being
What is dynamic ontology? Dynamic Being examines this and other questions, investigating the theory and application of process-relational being. Specialists in philosophy, biology, computer science, and more suggest fruitful, interdisciplinary approaches.
Language Acquisition and Development
This collection provides impressive insights into state-of-the-art research in first and second language acquisition and developmental impairments. The studies cover a wide variety of languages, focusing on phonology, morpho-syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.
International Economic Law
Experts assess the past 20 years of international economic law and forecast its future. This book provides vital insights into how to respond to challenges, reform the WTO, and improve multilateral trading governance for the twenty-first century.
This book represents the first systematic, cross-linguistic analysis of how toddlers learn adjectives. It provides valuable insights into universal and language-specific aspects of language acquisition in a field that has received relatively little attention.
Bodies of Desire and Bodies in Distress
Explore the golden age of 1970s Italian cult cinema. This book considers the social and political factors that spawned a decade of stylish films dominated by extreme sexuality and violence, profiling icons like Dario Argento and genres from giallo to sex comedy.
Writing Business Letters Across Languages
A practical guide to cross-cultural business correspondence. Exploring style, tone, and structure, it provides examples from Arabic, English, and French to help professionals write effective letters and understand their counterparts in other languages.
Gendering Commitment
This collection challenges the assumption that engagement in Italian culture is a male domain. It analyses the work of those typically excluded from the debate: female writers, artists, and others who insist on questioning and denouncing social realities.
This book explains the links between human capital management and an organisation’s performance. Chapters provide an accurate picture of relevant topics in human resource management, including commitment systems, social networks, and happiness at work.
Re-Imagining the First World War
What is the place of the First World War in cultural memory today? This volume explores the Great War’s enduring significance in Anglophone literature and culture, from poetry and film to Downton Abbey, offering new perspectives on the conflict.
Communication and Information Technology in Society
This book discusses the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in management, economics, education, and psychology. With an interdisciplinary approach, it answers key questions and contributes to the discussion on the theoretical and practical use of ICT.
Random Thoughts
This collection of critical essays ranges from Shakespeare to Rushdie, covering Indian, British, and African writers. Addressing poetry, fiction, and drama with a fresh approach, the book is a valuable resource for students, teachers, and researchers of English literature.
Contextualizing Translation Theories
This volume provides critical readings of Arabic–English translation strategies, from equivalence to domestication and foreignization. It demonstrates the pros and cons of each within a theoretical context, augmented by examples from actual textual data.
Why do Koreans work some of the longest hours in the world? This book explores the reasons behind Korea’s demanding work culture and reveals the major impact lengthy working hours have on the ability of average Koreans to participate in leisure activities.
Communication and Information Technology in Society
This interdisciplinary volume explores communication technologies across fields like economics, education, and science. Adopting a psycho-pedagogical approach, it offers insights into Poland, a country in major transition regarding such technologies.
Observing Napoleon’s march from Elba to his defeat at Waterloo was Byron’s friend J.C. Hobhouse. This book presents an essay on Byron and Napoleon, Byron’s poems, and Hobhouse’s letters and mostly unpublished diary from the thick of things in Paris.
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