Bøger i Studies in Linguistics, Anglophone Literatures and Cultures serien

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 book offers a collection of papers pertaining to the most thought-provoking problems in the areas of theoretical and contrastive linguistics. The contributions are devoted to developments in morphological and semantic theorizing. The contrastive analyses conducted by the authors examine the structure of English and selected Slavic languages.

The author studies the synonyms of 'skinny' and 'fatty' from the cognitive linguistic perspective. The quantum of the analysed lexical items is subdivided into the following type-groups: zoosemy (animal metaphor), foodsemy (food metaphor), plantosemy (plant metaphor), metonymy, reification, eponymy, onomatopoeia, rhyming slang and varia.