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Queer transgressions in twentieth-century Polish fiction: gender, nation, politics Throughout the twentieth century in Poland various ideologies attempted to keep queer voices silent—whether those ideologies were fascist, communist, Catholic, or neo-liberal. Despite these pressures, there…
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The evolution of Spanish past forms The Evolution of Spanish Past Forms examines how Spanish past forms have changed diachronically. With examples from Medieval Spanish, Golden Age Spanish, and Modern Spanish literary works, this book…
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Animal-human relationships in Medieval Iceland: from farm-settlement to sagas Domestic animals played a range of roles in the imaginative world of medieval Icelanders: from partners in settlement and household allies, to violent offenders, foster-kin and…
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China Schreibt Anders In einer Zeit, da China immer wichtiger wird, wird es auch immer wichtiger, China zu verstehen. Viel ist da noch zu tun. Die chinesische Schrift ist das komplizierteste System von Formen, welches…
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OKAY across languages: toward a comparative approach to its use in talk-in-interaction OKAY has been termed ‘a spectacular expression’ and ‘America’s greatest invention.’ This volume offers an in-depth empirical study of the uses that have…
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Data Analytics in Cognitive Linguistics Contemporary data analytics involves extracting insights from data and translating them into action. With its turn towards empirical methods and convergent data sources, cognitive linguistics is a fertile context for…
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Seit September 2022 ist die sprachwissenschaftliche Datenbank “Ethnologue” für unsere Nutzer:innen lizenziert. It’s hard to find clarity in a sea of over 7,000 languages.With Ethnologue you can get the details right – and make wise…
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Imperial paradoxes: training the senses and tasting the eighteenth century At war for sixty years, eighteenth-century Britain and France experienced demographic, social, and economic exchanges despite their imperial rivalry. Paradoxically, this rivalry spurred their participation…
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Food Culture and Literary Imagination in Early Modern Italy As the long sixteenth century came to a close, new positive ideas of gusto/taste opened a rich counter vision of food and taste where material practice,…
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The Oxford handbook of languages of the Caucasus This Handbook offers an introduction to the linguistically diverse languages of the Caucasus, spoken in southern Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. Three indigenous language families of the…