„„Wir essen jetzt, Oma“ Ein lebensbedrohlicher Satz, wenn das Komma fehlt. Satzzeichen machen Texte erst eindeutig interpretierbar. Interpunktion hat den Schriftverkehr vereinfacht. Nicht wahr?“ (Bayern 2, Christiane Neukirch) Sie können die Sendung, die 2019 auf Bayern 2 lief, über die … Weiterlesen
Sleep and its spaces in Middle English literature: emotions, ethics, dreams Middle English literature is intimately concerned with sleep and the spaces in which it takes place. In the medieval English imagination, sleep is an embodied and culturally determined act. … Weiterlesen
In der Kategorie „Buntes aus Westfalen“ berichten wir über (teils kuriose) Neuerscheinungen, die wir als Landesbibliothek im Rahmen des Pflichtexemplarrechtes (das gibt es schon seit 1824!) als kostenlose Belegexemplare aus westfälischen Verlagen und/oder Selbstverlegern erhalten. Aus dem Klappentext: Wir schreiben das Jahr … Weiterlesen
The European Handbook of Central Asian Studies: History, Politics, and Societies This handbook is the first collection of comprehensive teaching materials for teachers and students of Central Asian Studies (CAS) with a strong pedagogic dimension. It presents 22 chapters, clustered … Weiterlesen
Frequency in the dictionary: a corpus-assisted contrastive analysis of English and Italian This book is concerned with frequency in foreign language learning, and in particular with contrastive frequency across languages. The focus is on the learning of English and Italian, … Weiterlesen
Arabic oration: art and function In Arabic Oration: Art and Function, a narrative richly infused with illustrative texts and original translations, Tahera Qutbuddin presents a comprehensive theory of this preeminent genre in its foundational oral period, 7th-8th centuries AD. With … Weiterlesen
Unwanted: Neglected Approaches, Characters, and Texts in Old Norse-Icelandic Saga Studies The 9 essays collected in this volume are the result of a workshop for international doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in Old Norse-Icelandic Saga Studies held at the Institute for … Weiterlesen
Innovations and challenges: women, language and sexism nnovations and Challenges: Women, Language and Sexism brings together an outstanding collection of essays from internationally recognised researchers to recontextualise some of the questions raised by feminist thinkers 40 years ago. By taking … Weiterlesen
Visualization of Time-Oriented Data Time is an exceptional dimension that is common to many application domains such as medicine, engineering, business, science, biography, history, planning, or project management. Understanding time-oriented data enables us to learn from the past in order … Weiterlesen
Cultural controversies in the West German public sphere: aesthetic fiction and the creation of social identities This book develops a theory of aesthetic fiction’s impact on social identities. Throughout five case studies, the author develops the argument that social identities … Weiterlesen