This book focuses on the sociolinguistics of English in relation to globalisation. The pattern of migration and linguistic flows that have become m...

Is Greed good? The future of Earth and all of mankind may hang on that one question. And George Marquis Lorrilard -- a space age ace-pilot, adventu...

The purpose of this introduction is to give an outline of the results of acoustic analyses of Danish intonation, as reported in twelve papers, publ...

American Ann Halliday is as sexy as Rita Hayworth and as fiery as the Sahara sun. And now she's feeling some real heat, as the prize captive of the...

Running off to join the French Foreign Legion used to be every boy's dream of action and adventure. But for Lieutenant Bill Reilly-half Irish, half...

This special issue of Copenhagen Studies in Language series is devoted to human and machine translation and human-computer interaction in translati...

In The Great Escape and Papillon, Steve McQueen embodied the tough guy on the run from captivity and injustice. But when it comes to toughness, McQ...

Cast Spencer Tracy as Speed Kyle, master-builder of the hottest, fastest planes around. Then give the role of Cal Bradley, daredevil test pilot who...

Ideas in History is the result of collaborative efforts among nearly a dozen universities and colleges throughout the Nordic countries. The purpose...

Does size matter? Is bigger better? That's no small question to Tom Little-the circus midget with giant dreams. Tom may be king of the midgets, but...

While reading is a deeply personal activity, paradoxically, it is also fundamentally social and outward-looking. Daniel Coleman, a lifelong reader ...

Ablaut, the grammatically conditioned vowel alternations found in e.g. English sing vs. sang vs. sung, is one of the most characteristic features o...

Ablaut, the grammatically conditioned vowel alternations found in e.g. English sing vs. sang vs. sung, is one of the most characteristic features o...

This book contains twenty articles on the subject of derivational morphology in Indo-European languages, and is the result of the conference "Indo-...