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    • The Moving Canon(s) of Slavic Children's Literature

      Editor(s): Mateusz Świetlicki, Dorota Michułka and Zofia Zasacka
      This volume brings together contributions from leading scholars of children’s literature and culture, who apply various theoretical perspectives to capture transcultural and interdisciplinary links between global and local canons. The chapters are divided into three thematic clusters: School Canons, Children’s Literature and Young People’s Reading Practices, and The Canon and Popular Culture. The twelve chapters by international researchers illuminate the distinctiveness of the canon(s) in Poland, Ukraine, Russia, and Croatia, while positioning them within a global discourse. This volume addresses the key question of what determines canon formation and legitimization, namely whether the canon is established by experts affiliated with institutions, such as universities, scholarly journals, and literary awards, or whether it is perhaps formed by readers – the wider reading public and their literary preferences. The study also raises further questions that merit in-depth examination, including the relationship between global and local canons, the presence of both international classics and contemporary authors in school curricula, crossover literature, and the blurring of the line between popular culture and the canon(s).

    • Translating at Work

      Editor(s): Kaisa Koskinen
      In the daily life of multilingual and multinational organizations, knowledge, ideas and practices are constantly crossing borders and boundaries. To make this movement happen, employees of many fields beyond professional translation participate in translating across languages, organizational and national cultures as well as epistemes and communities of practice. This paraprofessional translation is a longstanding phenomenon, but it has not yet received much scholarly attention. This volume brings translation studies, international business and organization studies scholars together to theorize, conceptualize and empirically study the practices and beliefs of these actors at varying levels of organizational hierarchies who create meaning and extend knowledge and understanding across boundaries at work.

    • Principles of New Science

      Author(s): Edda Weigand
      This book looks beyond the limit of certainty which has long been taken as a defining characteristic of science. Beyond certainty lies complexity. How can complexity be addressed in the framework of science? What can science of complexity mean? The first and basic principle is that we recognize that it is not the method which determines the object but vice versa. We have to start from the object of complexity and derive methodology from it. This basic principle determines New Science. Rules of predefined systems become principles of probability which comprehend the whole of the object by integration: human beings as dialogic individuals in the stream of life. Starting from the mind of human beings, these principles unite the range of different disciplines, from science to philosophy, and aim to achieve the unity of science. Insights from natural sciences represent the verifying basis, results from human sciences demonstrate how the basis of sociobiology is shaped in human action and behaviour in a world of non-equilibrium. Philosophy can finally give guidance to a humane way of life.

    • Usage-based Perspectives on Language and Language Acquisition

      Editor(s): Karin Madlener-Charpentier, Marjolijn H. Verspoor, Mirjam Weder and Annelies Häcki Buhofer
      Over the last three decades, usage-based (UB) approaches have developed into a leading paradigm in research on language, language use, and (first and second) language acquisition. This volume shows how current UB approaches—embracing diverse perspectives, disciplines, and methodologies—place authentic language use in interaction at center stage. The contributions explore a broad range of related questions: How can linguistic representations be described? How does constructional knowledge, including vocabulary, evolve in different languages and contexts? How do children develop discourse-level processing skills? Which input affordances, including scaffolding and frequency distributions, shape language acquisition? How can we explain individual learning trajectories, including for children with developmental language disorders? The chapters are framed by a preface outlining the origins of UB approaches and a postface addressing current and future directions and challenges. This is a volume in honour of Heike Behrens and her crucial contributions to theoretical and empirical UB research. It will be an interesting read for students, researchers, and practitioners interested in language, language use, language development, and multilingualism.

    • The Documentarist Turn

      Editor(s): Sonja Riesberg, Uta Reinöhl and Birgit Hellwig
      The documentarist turn, i.e., the growing impact of documentary concepts and practices within general linguistics, has increased awareness of the empirical foundations of our discipline, accompanied by an appreciation of the value of observable linguistic behaviour. Today, there exist well-annotated, audiovisual data collections for many—if still far from enough—endangered or un(der)described languages across the world, each striving to present a “lasting, multipurpose record of a language” (Himmelmann 2006). Documentary data is increasingly supporting theory-building on a larger scale, which is where the present volume steps in: What does the shift towards more diverse, ecologically valid data types mean for synchronic and diachronic linguistic analyses and typological generalizations? This question is addressed by this volume’s far-ranging contributions on academic and societal affordances (Part I), interrelations between corpus design and avenues of research (Part II), as well as synchronic (Part III) and diachronic (Part IV) research questions.

    • 60 Years of Applied Linguistics

      Editor(s): Grégory Miras, Isabel Colón de Carvajal, Nathalie Blanc and Shona Whyte
      For sixty years, applied linguistics has stood at the crossroads of language and society, by meeting real-world needs. 60 Years of Applied Linguistics: Toward more engaged research offers a compelling reflection on the field’s evolution while calling for a renewed commitment to socially responsive, ethically grounded scholarship. Inspired by the momentum of the 2023 AILA World Congress in France, this collective volume brings together leading international applied linguists to examine how applied linguistics has transformed in response to shifting political landscapes, technological change, and global challenges. From different perspectives, the contributors explore how research has both shaped—and been shaped by—the world we live in. Looking ahead, the book advocates for research that reaches beyond academic borders, engaging with communities, policymakers, and practitioners to confront contemporary issues. This book is an essential reference for scholars, students, and practitioners. It celebrates a rich intellectual legacy while charting bold new directions.

    • Pardon my French?

      This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of the Dutch–French contact situation in the Early and Late Modern period, when the Dutch language and culture supposedly underwent frenchification in various spheres of life. Bringing together empirical approaches based on a wide range of datasets, this volume not only delves deeply into an intriguing case study in historical multilingualism and language contact but also offers detailed theoretical and methodological background information on how to analyse such an enduring contact situation from a historical-sociolinguistic perspective. The Dutch–French case is approached from three interrelated angles, focusing on the Netherlands between 1500 and 1900: contact-induced change in historical Dutch, language choice and language shift in the private and the public domain, and language-ideological change.

    • A (Re)turn to the Source Text

      Editor(s): Malin Carlström and Richard Pleijel
      The source text is an unescapable part of any translation or translation process. Without source text, no translation. Yet it is only recently that scholars in the field of translation studies have begun exploring, theorizing, and conceptualizing the source text in a more systematic fashion. The present volume builds on and expands this work, exposing how source texts are never merely given but always constructed by translators and used for various purposes. The seven case studies, by researchers working in translation studies or at the intersection of translation studies and other disciplines, explore the role and function of the source text in journalistic translation, pseudotranslation, indirect translation, children’s literature, and biblical translation. The authors ask questions such as: How do translators turn specific texts into source texts? How do translators conceptualize their originals? How do source texts of the ‘same’ work change over time?

    • Emancipatory Pragmatics

      Editor(s): Yoko Fujii, William F. Hanks, Sachiko Ide, Scott Saft and Kishiko Ueno

      Emancipatory Pragmatics represents a unique contribution to the field of pragmatics. Most research in the field has focused on English and other Western languages, but the study of Japanese and other non-Western languages, as is done in this volume, has led to a broader understanding of language use. Here, thirteen articles each break new ground by discussing the application of ba theory to pragmatics research. Ba and basho, which are Japanese terms often translated as “field” or “context”, are central to expanding the theory of pragmatics to explain features not only of non-Western languages, but of all languages. By presenting an introduction to the perspective of Emancipatory Pragmatics, and discussing ba theory in detail, it becomes obvious that this is an innovative approach to questions relevant for the study of all languages. Thus, it is useful both for students new to the field, as well as for seasoned researchers.

      This ebook is Open Access under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

    • The Ziggurat of Grammar

      Editor(s): Lena Baunaz, Giuliano Bocci and Andrew Nevins

      What is the extent to which various grammatical levels – from features through subjecthood through cleft layers – reuse and reemploy certain structure-building operations? In this volume, organized in terms of successively expanding domains, leading contributors report research into the complex edifice of grammatical structure of human language that one might liken to the terraced layers of a ziggurat. Following the heuristics of reverse-engineering, the chapters in this collection draw on theoretical and experimental analyses from Taqbaylit Berber to the sign language Cena, from the Romance language family to the Semitic family, in a kind to ‘reverse-architecture’ effort to understand the modes that compose multiple planes of morphosyntax. The volume, presented to honor the work and influence of Ur Shlonsky within linguistics, is aimed at a readership accessible to advanced undergraduates as well as specialists placed at distinct vantage points.

      This ebook is Open Access under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

    • The Diachrony of Word Class Peripheries

      Editor(s): Tanja Ackermann and Christian Zimmer

      Word classes of a language are usually not homogeneous groups of lexemes that share the same morphological and syntactic properties completely. Rather, lexemes are usually grouped together that have some basic commonalities but may differ in detail, e.g., regarding their inflectional behaviour. In many cases, one can identify within a word class a large number of lexemes that conform to a certain morphological or syntactic pattern (often referred to as “core members”) whilst there is only a comparatively small number of deviants (“peripheral members”). Examples abound: borrowings (in several word classes) may differ grammatically from native words, some complex verbs evade certain syntactic slots (such as verb-second position in German), mass and proper nouns differ grammatically from (other) nouns, and so on. In this volume, we focus on the diachrony of such phenomena. We consider that the study of change and stability can be particularly helpful in furthering our understanding of the diversity within word classes concerning, for example, the motivation for divergent grammatical properties.

      This ebook is Open Access under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

    • The Grammar of Interaction

      Editor(s): Susana Rodríguez Rosique and Jordi M. Antolí Martínez
      This volume deals with the relations between grammar and interaction from different perspectives, with the aim of unraveling the way in which a language — through the different forms of discourse from which it emerges — reflects certain social and community-based schemas; that is, how language originates within the space shared by the speaker and the addressee(s). The first part (“Grammar and Interaction”) concerns how interaction may intervene in grammar; the second part (“The Grammar of Interaction”) approaches both notions and linguistic structures which are anchored in interaction while revolving around epistemicity, evidentiality and modality. The third part (“Interaction as a Model for Discourse”) concerns how certain constructions emerge from interaction and are further used to model discourse. Finally, the fourth and last part of the book (“Interaction as a Driver for Change”) focuses on how interaction may help to delimit linguistic categories.

    • Early Language Education in Instructed Contexts

      Editor(s): Stefanie Frisch and Karen Glaser
      This volume presents state-of-the-art research in early foreign language (L2) education in instructed contexts with a special focus on primary school (ages 5-12). Over the past two decades, early language teaching has become an important factor in both academic inquiry and education policy. Studies have attested to the value of early L2 learning but also revealed specific features and challenges, which highlights the need for more high-quality empirical research. This book addresses this need by presenting current international research on early L2 teaching and learning in regular and CLIL contexts in the primary school setting. Uniting insights from 12 countries, the studies shed light on current issues such as teaching and assessment practice, emerging L2 literacy instruction, teaching materials, and teachers’, parents’ and learners’ perspectives. The volume thus contributes significantly to the advancement of early language education and is an essential resource for researchers and educators in the field.

    • Field Research on Translation and Interpreting

      Editor(s): Regina Rogl, Daniela Schlager and Hanna Risku
      This volume constitutes a significant step in establishing field research as a central methodological approach in translation and interpreting studies. Following an integrative approach, it addresses both translation and interpreting across professional, paraprofessional, and non-professional settings. The chapters in this volume focus on lived experiences in diverse, real-world contexts—including refugee centres, UN missions, NGOs, virtual environments, and the workplaces of specialised translators. They offer rich insights into the situated and dynamic nature of translation and interpreting practices and discuss common aspects and challenges such as the researchers’ reflexivity, ethical considerations, and the role of materiality in fieldwork. By shedding light on underexplored areas and offering critical reflections on field research methodology, the volume contributes to expanding the boundaries of translation and interpreting studies and deepening our understanding of translation and interpreting in their social and material contexts.

      Published with the support of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).

    • Mobile Eye Tracking

      Editor(s): Elisabeth Zima and Anja Stukenbrock

      Situated within the flourishing domain of pragmatics, this volume explores the crucial role of gaze in human interaction, with a particular focus on the potential of mobile eye tracking to advance our methodology and understanding of multimodal communication. Readers will find a comprehensive, balanced exploration of the benefits and challenges associated with taking eye tracking out of the lab to record authentic interaction in real-life settings. By integrating insights from pragmatics, the contributions highlight the function of gaze as a resource for coordination, cooperation and joint sense-making in human interaction. The chapters are written by leading scholars in the field as well as younger researchers. They offer in-depth methodological discussions alongside detailed case studies from static and mobile interaction settings. The book makes a strong case for the use of mobile eye tracking in addition to video cameras. It provides researchers with a solid and state-of-the-art foundation on which to make informed choices about recording technologies for their own work. The volume is a must-read for scholars in multimodal conversation analysis, interactional linguistics, as well as cognitive linguists, linguistic anthropologists, and psychologists with a strong interest in new ways of studying gaze in social interaction.<.p>

      This ebook is Open Access under the CC BY 4.0 license.

    • Germanic Interrelations

      Editor(s): Stephen Laker, Carla Falluomini, Steffen Krogh, Robert Nedoma and Michael Schulte
      This volume celebrates Hans Frede Nielsen’s contribution to the field of Germanic studies and his work as founding editor of the journal and book series North-Western European Language Evolution. Twenty peer-reviewed articles explore a broad range of topics involving North and West Germanic languages. Some studies focus on early runic inscriptions, others deal with features of modern varieties. All align in one way or another with Nielsen’s fields of interest, especially historical linguistics, and cover aspects of phonology, syntax, morphology, etymology, toponyms, ethnonyms, dialectology, text linguistics, linguistic historiography and language contact.

    • World Englishes in their Local Multilingual Ecologies

      Editor(s): Peter Siemund, Gardy Stein and Manuela Vida-Mannl

      World Englishes coexist and interact with local languages in multilingual ecologies. Multilingual speakers use the languages in their ecologies for different functions, with different interlocutors, and at different proficiency levels. Attitudinal responses to the languages vary. Speaker groups are heterogenous manifesting only partial overlap regarding language repertoires, use, proficiencies, and attitudes. The languages in multilingual ecologies may shift in status over time. Some languages may be lost while new languages appear. Strong regional languages and English typically persist. The volume explores multilingual ecologies around the globe and the position of English within them. Case studies are drawn from Africa, East, South, and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, all written by distinguished scholars in the field who consider both standardized and non-standardized forms of English. The volume argues for a more inclusive study of World Englishes incorporating speakers’ social backgrounds as well as the other languages in their repertoires.

      This ebook is Open Access under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

    • A Comparative History of the Literary Draft in Europe

      Editor(s): Olga Beloborodova and Dirk Van Hulle

      Literary drafts are a constant in literatures of all ages and linguistic areas, and yet their role in writing processes in various traditions has seldom been the subject of systematic comparative scrutiny. In 38 chapters written by leading experts in many different fields, this book charts a comparative history of the literary draft in Europe and beyond. It is organised according to eight categories of comparison distributed over the volume’s two parts, devoted respectively to ‘Text’ (i.e. the textual aspects of creative processes) and ‘Beyond Text’ (i.e. aspects of creative processes that are not necessarily textual). Across geographical, temporal, linguistic, generic and media boundaries, to name but a few, this book uncovers idiosyncrasies and parallels in the surviving traces of human creativity while drawing the reader’s attention to the materiality of literary drafts and the ephemerality of the writing process they capture.

      This e-book is Open Access under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

    • Ruptured Commons

      Editor(s): Anna Guttman and Veronica J. Austen
      At a time when we have all lived through profound and unexpected disruptions to our shared spaces, routines, economies, societies, and work-lives, this book considers the nature and implications of rupture, the commons, and their conjoining. Addressing rupture and disruption through the lens of literary and cultural studies, this volume traverses genres — film, fiction, theatre, poetry, and the graphic novel — and continents, and addresses histories and identities as ecologies. The focus is resolutely contemporary, with nearly all of the texts being analyzed produced within the last decade. Beginning with the history of, and debates about, Garrett Hardin’s famous “tragedy of the commons,” Ruptured Commons engages with texts and cultures of disaster wherein artistic expression becomes a form of protest and a path to change. This collection both critically examines our arrival at and understanding of this moment, and explores diverse, and hopeful, visions for the future embedded within contemporary culture.
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