Reclaiming Narratives The Interplay of Humor and Hegemony in Post-Colonial Literature
The Routledge Handbook of Sign Language Translation and Interpreting
This handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of Sign Language Translation and Interpretation from around the globe and looks ahead to future directions of research. This is the essential guide for advanced students and researchers of Translation and Interpretation studies and Sign Language.
Biolinguistics at the Cutting Edge
This book contains an updated discussion of the most relevant theoretical and methodological aspects, as well as the most important findings of biolinguistics. This field of linguistics is specifically concerned with the biological aspects of language. In doing so, the volume takes a timely look at the different angles of biolinguistics research, in particular considering its multidisciplinary, technical, theoretical, and applied approaches. The volume provides a comprehensive, in-depth, and state-of-the-art overview of the biolinguistics quest, bringing together the most outstanding contributions on exciting subfields such as language evolution, language acquisition, neuro- and psycholinguistics, or clinical linguistics.
Perspectives on Negation
Although negation has been studied extensively by philosophers, linguists, and psychologists, it remains an active area of inquiry across the language sciences. This dynamic and cross-disciplinary volume contains a unique collection of chapters by language scientists from a variety of disciplines. Readers will explore novel connections and gain insights into the nature of negation, one of the few uncontroversial universal elements of natural language.
Cinematic Adaptations in Novels of Lahiri, Jane Austen & Vikas Swarup
Revisioning Emerson as a Theorist of Reading
Pushing beyond the anthologized writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson frequently taught in American literature courses, this book examines the corpus of his published work to cultivate a unique understanding of his ideas in relation to reading. By following the history of Emersonian criticism over the years, including research surrounding Emerson and reading theory, these chapters provide a persuasive and accessible exploration of Emerson that highlight the value of his work for both literary and reading scholars. Boatright argues that while Emerson predates the research in reading studies that emerged in the early twentieth century, his ideas around reading engagement, shared reading experiences, and experimentation with reading are exceedingly relevant for encouraging healthy reading practices in the literature classroom.
Adaptation as Communication
This book offers a consistent, theoretically grounded, accessible account of adaptation across a range of instances, employing Relevance Theory as its explanatory framework and arguing that every adaptation is an independent communicative act. The author establishes the principles of the study in the first part, introducing and contextualising the theory developed by Sperber and Wilson, before going on in the second part to demonstrate the strength of the approach, and its relevance and utility within adaptation studies and beyond through a wide array of examples. The volume will open up discussion in areas previously underserved by adaptation studies and consider broader implications, such as where we draw the line when we think about 'adaptation'. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in a range of fields including adaptation studies, relevance theory, linguistic pragmatics, stylistics, narratology, intertextuality, literature and film studies.
The Morpho-phonology of Ennar (Peripheral West Gurage Dialect)
Sphere of Understanding
The book presents dialogues with fourteen highly influential semioticians: Juri Lotman, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Boris Uspenskij, Umberto Eco, Paolo Fabbri, Myrdene Anderson, Winfried N繹th, Gunther Kress, Roland Posner, Stuart Kauffman, Jesper Hoffmeyer, Terrence Deacon, Paul Cobley, and Jaan Valsiner. They have all made a remarkable impact on contemporary research in the Tartu centre of semiotics. As well as these remarkable dialogues, the first part of the volume features an illuminating sequence of chapters on topics including the importance of dialogues, the historical roots and context of semiotics in Tartu since the 19th century, plus the main principles formulated in Jakob von Uexk羹ll's and Juri Lotman's works.
The Translating Subject
A recent shift in women's writing toward multilingual poetics opens the potential for such experimental texts to set up innovative terms of engagement that are queer, feminist, transnational, and decolonizing. The Translating Subject explores how queer women writers use multilingual strategies to create intimacy with the unknown and enable ethical engagement across social, cultural, and linguistic differences. Bringing together theories of the avant-garde with theories of translation, Melissa Tanti analyzes works by three of North America's most important contemporary experimental writers: Er穩n Moure, Kathy Acker, and Nicole Brossard. Tanti confirms the radical potential of multilingual writing through close readings of Moure's multilingual texts, Acker's overlooked propensity to write in Farsi, and Brossard's insistence on the importance of writing in languages that are not one's own. The Translating Subject argues that multilingual writing challenges monolingual norms and what they uphold: limiting conceptions of subjectivity, community, and identity. Drawing on detailed archival research, this book highlights language rights, minoritized languages, and language use, demonstrating that language is full of life-giving possibilities. The Translating Subject proposes that multilingual writing encompasses both an ethos and practical strategies for navigating a life lived in language.
The Nordic Model of Digital Archiving
The Nordic Model of Digital Archiving explores the roots and strengths of Nordic digital archiving and proposes new directions to guide digital archivists in addressing the challenges posed by ever-changing digital technologies and the datafication of information and records.
The Experimental Book Object
The Experimental Book Object shows why and how books matter in the 21st century. The volume offers a multifaceted and multidisciplinary view of the book object, the book design and publishing processes, and their significance in the digital age.
Transforming Academic Libraries with ICT. A Case Study of Limkokwing University, Sierra Leone
Digital Humanities and Laboratories
Digital Humanities and Laboratories explores laboratories dedicated to the study of digital humanities (DH) in a global context and contributes to the expanding body of knowledge about situated DH knowledge production.
German Syntax
Exploring the major syntactic phenomena of German, this book provides a state-of-the-art account of German syntax, as well as an outline of the key aspects of Chomsky's Minimalist Program. It is one of the first comprehensive studies of the entire syntactic component of a natural language within the Minimalist Program, covering core issues including clause structure, binding, case, agreement, control, and movement. It introduces a phase-based theory of syntax that establishes Remove, an operation that removes syntactic structure, as a mirror image of Merge, which builds syntactic structure. This unified approach resolves many cases of conflicting structure assignments in syntax, as they occur with passivization, restructuring, long-distance passivization, complex prefields, bridge verbs, applicatives, null objects, pseudo-noun incorporation, nominal concord, and ellipsis. It will pave the way for similar research into other languages and is essential reading for anyone interested in the syntax of German, syntactic theory, or the Minimalist Program.
Lucy Innes Williams: Viridian Garden House (Soft Touch Journal)
New title in the lighter-weight Flame Tree Soft Touch Journals collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production, with gold-foiled page edges, gloss detailing and lined pages. Perfect as a gift, or a personal choice for notetakers and journal users of all kinds. Soft Touch Journals, the new paperback notebook series from Flame Tree featuring a range of popular designs by artists and illustrators, are lightweight journals with the same high-quality production as our hardback journals. Our trademark blend of the practical and beautiful, with gold foiled page edges, gloss detailing on the tactile matt cover and lined pages, they're perfect for notes, creative writing, poetry, doodles and lists. Easy to slip into your bag, a pleasure to use. Simply, they feel good! Lucy Innes Williams is a painter and illustrator with an artistic interest in highly ornate textiles, patterns and the decorative arts of the early-mid twentieth century. She uses a combination of gouache, watercolour and printmaking. Flame Tree: The Art of Fine Gifts.
Computer-Assisted Literary Translation
This collection surveys the state of the art of computer-assisted literary translation (CALT), making the case for its potential to enhance literary translation research and practice. This volume will be of interest to students and scholars in Translation Studies, especially literary and machine translation, and translation technologies.
Norms and Standards for Language Resources Protection in China
This open-access book presents standards which were developed by the Project for the Protection of Language Resources of China (PPLRC). At present, China is home to some of the world's richest language resources. However, in the course of globalization and urbanization, many dialects and dialect cultures are now in danger of being irretrievably lost. The PPLRC was launched in 2015 and has since produced the world's largest language resources database (zhongguoyuyan.cn). Against this backdrop, the international conference on "Role of Linguistic Diversity in Building a Global Community with Shared Future: Protection, Access and Promotion to Global Language Resources" was jointly held by the Chinese Government and the UNESCO in 2018. During the conference, "Protection and Promotion of Linguistic Diversity of the World: Yuelu Proclamation" was adopted. The book includes three parts: 1. Congratulatory message from Ms. Audrey Azoulay: UNESCO promotes linguistic diversity by contributing to the preservation and revitalization of endangered languages. She expresses her hope that the conference will enhance the consensus of countries on the protection of language resources and create more opportunities for communication and cooperation. 2. The Protection and Promotion of Linguistic Diversity of the World: Yuelu Proclamation: It is the first UNESCO text of its kind dedicated to the protection of linguistic diversity, and is considered a landmark document that will play a central role in guiding the efforts of countries and regions around the world in protecting linguistic resources and diversity. 3. Four standards: The first three standards were developed by the PPLRC and concern the investigation and protection of dialects, minority languages, and dialect cultures in China. The fourth standard represent the guidelines for the PPLRC. The four standards reflect the valuable experience of PPLRC and offer other countries and regions a blueprint for protecting language resources and promoting linguistic and cultural diversity.
Jenny Zemanek: Blossoming Boldly (Foiled Journal)
New title in the Flame Tree Notebook collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production, with lined pages, a pocket at the back, two ribbon bookmarks and a solid magnetic flap. Perfect as a gift, or personal choice for notetakers and journal users of all kinds. A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine high-quality production and FSC-certified paper with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift, and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers, travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped, complemented by the luxury binding and rose red endpapers, all FSC-certified. The covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table. PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list; robust ivory text paper, printed with lines; and when you need to collect other notes or scraps of paper the magnetic side flap keeps everything neat and tidy. THE ARTIST. Based in Columbus, Ohio, Jenny Zemanek is a lifelong lover of all things creative. What started with happy scribbles at a young age grew into a pursuit of photography and graphic design before she found a home with illustration and hand-lettering. Jenny revels in the joys of small decorative details and finding ways to add personality to her work. THE FINAL WORD. As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Nonnative English-Speaking Teachers of U.S. College Composition
Featuring the voices of 22 linguistically and geographically diverse authors from a variety of institutional contexts throughout the United States, this edited collection calls attention to the experiences of an important and growing group of writing instructors: those who have learned English as an additional language. Focusing on this critical part of the growing linguistic and cultural diversity of writing programs and classrooms, the contributors to his collection deepen our understanding of an important but relatively unexamined aspect of U.S. writing instruction. By exploring ways that writing programs can build on the strengths that multilingual students and teachers bring to the classroom, this collection offers promising strategies for creating more inclusive writing programs.
Privileged Spaces
Privileged Spaces draws on the knowledge and experience of library leaders, estates directors, space managers, and researchers to examine how the demands on library space change due to evolving university estates strategy. It highlights the impact this can have on space retention, service delivery and user satisfaction, demonstrating the importance of library, estates and facilities leaders working in partnership to deliver spaces in alignment with university planning. As universities continually change their strategy and teaching spaces to meet market demands, library spaces are increasingly in scope for estates development plans in the same way as any university building. Drawing on years of professional experience, the authors provide guidance on fostering an effective working relationship with a range of university departments, making the case for investment in libraries, engaging stakeholders to support library development, and influencing university estates strategy. This book features case studies to illustrate the successes and challenges of delivering small to large library space projects. This is an ideal reference for library directors, staff, and planning professionals who want to ensure their library space meets the needs of its users and the wider university.
Everyday Linguistic and Cultural Practices of the Russophone Diaspora
This book explores the language maintenance of Russian abroad, emphasizing the role of educational ventures and transnational communications facilitated by the internet, pointing to shifts in values and migration expectations, and reflecting on the evolution of diasporic communities and the dynamic adaptation of the Russian language.
Information Governance Technologies
Information Governance Technologies: A Guide provides a clear explanation and analysis of technologies that support information governance programs and initiatives.
Information Governance Technologies
Information Governance Technologies: A Guide provides a clear explanation and analysis of technologies that support information governance programs and initiatives.
Speech
What is speech? Where did it come from?Speech is the exchange of information for mutual social orientation. Its fundamental features are simplicity of structure and universal referential usage. Gaona traces the evolution of signal calls of anthropoid apes and early hominins to the vocalized utterances of speech. The signal call's frequency components were deconstructed and rearranged (isomeric reordering), leading to the breakthrough discovery of the syllable as a uniquely creative unit of communication. Determining the source of the vocalic and consonantal elements of the syllable as its integrative framework is essential to understanding the origin of speech. Vowels are the key element of every syllable, positioned invariably at the peak of an acoustic wave form to which consonantal elements can be added at the beginning or end. Vowels were first isolated during the ritualized practice of group tonal vocalization as the only consistent, effective carriers of referential sound, with proto-consonantal oral noises excluded as interruptive and unsustainable (i.e., t - k - b). At the utterance of a vowel (or vowel equivalent), the syllabic wave emerges. Subsequently, the previously excluded noises would be incorporated with the vowel into the cohering acoustic wave-energy field of the syllable. As an ordered set of phonic elements, the syllable is the fundamental combinatory (tap, pat, apt) and permutational (tap-es-try, pat-tern, ap-ti-tude) structure generative of lexical items: the foundational basis of speech. Gaona's study focuses on: The semiotic and cognitive importance of the ritual display performance (a series of actions that are performed in a specific order and often have cultural or spiritual significance); How hominins first learned the significance and use of signs by tracking animals, an essential precursor of speech born of the need to track data and communicate the results to the group; Stepping as a group: the regulated collective pace as the source of sustained rhythmical progression, leading to dance, music and the prosody of speech (the patterns of rhythm and sound); and The interval: uniformity of the collective step and its patterned subdivisions (i.e., half step or quarter step) as the origin of choreography of movement (dance), scalar melodic composition (music) and the prosodic intermittence of speech (stress and intonation).
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Intercultural Citizenship in Higher Education
Natural Language Ontology and Semantic Theory
This Element gives an introduction to the emerging discipline of natural language ontology. Natural language ontology is an area at the interface of semantics, metaphysics, and philosophy of language that is concerned with which kinds of objects are assumed by our best semantic theories. The Element reviews different strategies for identifying a language's ontological commitments. It observes that, while languages share a large number of their ontological commitments (such as to individuals, properties, events, and kinds), they differ in other commitments (for example, to degrees). The Element closes by relating different language and theory-specific ontologies, and by pointing out the merits and challenges of identifying inter-category relations within a single ontology.
