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Four dichotomies in Spanish: adjective position, adjectival clauses, ser/estar, and preterite/imperfect Examining four dichotomies in Spanish, this book shows how to reduce the six to ten rules common in textbooks for each contrast to a…
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Juri Lotman – culture, memory and history: essays in cultural semiotics This volume brings together a selection of Juri Lotman’s late essays, published between 1979 and 1995. While Lotman is widely read in the fields…
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Nomadisch-ekstatisch-magisch: Skandinavischer Arktisprimitivismus im ausgehenden 19. und 20. Jahrhundert Nomadisch – ekstatisch – magisch: Diese Schlagworte lassen sich als Faszinationskerne der Auseinandersetzung mit der Arktis verstehen, die einen konstitutiven Bestandteil der skandinavischen Moderne ausmacht. Hanna…
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Islam, State, and Modernity: Mohammed Abed al-Jabri and the Future of the Arab World This book offers the first comprehensive introduction to one of the most significant Arab thinkers of the late 20th century and…
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Pragmatic particles: findings from Asian languagesPragmatic Particles sheds new light on the linguistic theory and application of Asian languages with a particular focus on the role of particles and their socio-pragmatic nature. Drawing on a…
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Isländersagas: Verschriftlichung und PolitisierungEingehende Analysen verschiedener Fassungen der Laxdœla saga und der Fóstbrœðra saga bilden die Grundlage von Yves Lenzins Studie. Unter den Prämissen der historischen Anthropologie nähert sich Lenzin seinen Gegenständen mit Methoden, die…
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Dreams, sleep, and Shakespeare’s genresThis book explores how Shakespeare uses images of dreams and sleep to define his dramatic worlds. Surveying Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies, histories, and late plays, it argues that Shakespeare systematically exploits early…
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The Antichrist in Post-Soviet Russia: Transformations of an IdeomythThe book explores transformations of the apocalyptic figure of the Antichrist in various post-Soviet discourses, including ecclesiastical and political writings, conspiracy theories, and literary texts. Drawing on…
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Romance interrogative syntax: formal and typological dimensions of variationThis monograph offers an innovative understanding of the mechanisms involved in Romance ‘optional’ wh-in situ. New supporting evidence in favour of Cable’s (2010) Grammar of Q is…
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Introduction to Digital Humanities: Enhancing Scholarship with the Use of TechnologyIntroduction to Digital Humanities is designed for researchers, teachers, and learners in humanities subject areas who wish to align their work with the field of…