Overview

The book analyses a variety of topics and current issues in linguistics and literary studies, focusing especially on such aspects as memory, identity and cognition. Firstly, it discusses the notion of memory and the idea of reimagining, as well as coming to terms with the past. Secondly, it studies the relationship between perception, cognition and language use. It then investigates a variety of practices of language users, language learners and translators, such as the use of borrowings from hip-hop and slang. The book is intended for researchers in the fields of linguistics and literary studies, lecturers teaching undergraduate and master’s students on courses in language and literature.

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Author:   Jacek Mianowski ,  Michał Borodo ,  Paweł Schreiber
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2019
Weight:   0.541kg
ISBN:  

9783030125899

ISBN 10:   3030125890
Pages:   235
Publication Date:   02 April 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

“Ey, Homeboy, Ich Bin Kein Hustler”: English Borrowings in German Hip-Hop Songs.- Spanish Borrowings in American Slang and Their Semantic Fields.- “Listen ‘ere, lads” and “Better watch it, mate”: Constructing Identity in a Quintessentially British Translation.- Constructing One’s Self-Identity in Oscar Wilde, James Joyce and Flann O’Brien.- The Image of Eastern European Dissidents in British Political Drama.- “The Best Town by a Dam-Site:” Celebrating Memory in a Midwestern Small Town.- Performativity Revisited: J. L. Austin and his Legacy.- Memoirs of the Beat Generation Women as an Antidote to Nostalgia for the Fifties.- Wartburg 312/1 in Ida as a Symbolic Part of Coming to Terms with the Past in Cinematic Discourse.- Reimagining the Sixties. Psychedelic Experience in Stoner Rock.

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