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  • Last Things: Essays on Ends and Endings

    Series Libro 19 - Aachen British and American Studies / Aachener Studien zur Anglistik und Amerikanistik
    This multidisciplinary collection brings together scholars from the fields of literature, theology and linguistics who question and extend our taken-for-granted conceptions of The End. It focuses on the ways in which endings are formally signaled in literature, and sets these alongside parallel studies in journalism and film. However, it is also concerned with larger philosophical and historical ... Leer más

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  • Challenging Boundaries in Linguistics

    Systemic Functional Perspectives

    Series Libro 20 - Aachen British and American Studies / Aachener Studien zur Anglistik und Amerikanistik
    Linguistics, like any discipline, is full of boundaries. However, in nature, as Ruqaiya Hasan points out, there are no clear cut boundaries. The participants of the 42nd International Systemic Functional Congress held at RWTH Aachen University addressed and challenged the notion of boundaries in linguistics in many creative ways. Twenty-one of the papers presented at the congress are collated in ... Leer más

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