Bücher der Reihe Studies in Linguistics, Anglophone Literatures and Cultures

This book analyses the applicability of postcolonial theories and contemporary issues, and also revisits previously tackled cultural, social and literary phenomena. The contributions examine contemporary social, economic and cultural processes. The authors look back at older cultural texts, coming from either former colonies or former colonisers.

This book is an investigation into the correlation between level of extroversion, orientation of locus of control and gender on levels of attainment in reading and listening at the university level, using a sequential, explanatory mixed method approach.

The present work studies ethnic stereotypes from the cognitive linguistic perspective. An ethnic stereotype is seen as an ICM comprising a cluster of metonymic submodels (e.g. cusine, body, name). Each submodel may trigger the formation of an attributive ethnonym, which ascribes an attribute to the target group. Such terms are usually derogatory.

The collection of articles examines different aspects of revolution, evolution and endurance in Anglophone literature and culture. Subjects covered include, cognitive poetics, 18th-century British prose, 20th-century English and Irish drama, American and British history, contemporary transculturation and American economy.

This volume presents a collection of interdisciplinary papers pertaining to the most thought-provoking problems in the areas of morphological, semantic and pragmatic theorizing as well as various aspects of the methodology of teaching English and intricacies of translation.

The book examines the reasons for the support and involvement of Manchester bourgeoisie and its municipal authorities in the development of leisure, recreation and entertainment in the Victorian period. The author identifies certain ideologies which governed the middle class' hegemonic approach to leisure in the city.

The current monograph highlights the significance of narrative tools for the analysis of language behaviour in various social situations. Its main thrusts are various linguistic and literary endeavours.

This publication is of interest to specialists pursuing the intricacies of both Theoretical and Applied Linguistics. It presents up-to-date academic research findings by researchers of various institutions in the disciplines of Applied and Cognitive Linguistics and on issues such as pre-service teacher education, trends in SLA and virtual reality.