Digitale romanistische Sprachwissenschaft: Stand und Perspektiven Die Rolle der Informatik in den Humanwissenschaften, einschließlich der Philologien, gewinnt zunehmend an Gewicht. Auch für die romanistische Sprachwissenschaft ergeben sich daraus einschneidende Veränderungen und neue Perspektiven vor allem in methodologischer Hinsicht. Die Beschreibung … Weiterlesen
Home, memory and belonging in Italian postcolonial literature This book examines the meaning of home through the investigation of a series of public and private spaces recurrent in Italian postcolonial literature. The chapters, by respectively considering Termini train station in … Weiterlesen
War comics: a postcolonial perspective This book focuses on non-fictional, visual narratives (including comics; graphic narratives; animated documentaries and online, interactive documentaries) that attempt to represent violent experiences, primarily in the Levant. In doing so it explores, from a philosophical … Weiterlesen
Verbs of Speaking and the Linguistic Expression of Communication in the History of English English verbs of speaking have been affected by profound and intriguing changes, in particular between Old and Middle English. These changes crucially involve the loss of … Weiterlesen
Fabulosa! The story of Polari, Britain’s secret gay languagePolari is a language that was used chiefly by gay men in the first half of the twentieth century. At a time when being gay could result in criminal prosecution – or … Weiterlesen