This is the first edited volume dedicated specifically to first person non-singular reference (‘we’). Its aim is to explore the interplay between the grammatical means that a language offers for accomplishing collective self-reference and the socio-pragmatic – broadly speaking – functions of ‘we’. Besides an introduction, which offers an overview of the problems and issues associated with first person non-singular reference, the volume comprises fifteen chapters that cover languages as diverse as, e.g., Dutch, Greek, Hebrew, Cha’palaa and Norf’k, and various interactional and genre-specific contexts of spoken and written discourse.
This special edition of BBC History Magazine brings you the story of the First World War, examining the battles and personalities that changed the shape of the world. Plus, our expert writers discuss what it was like to live and fight through these years. Inside we examine why the war began, life in the trenches, Gallipoli, the Somme, the American impact, the crucial final year, the Armistice and so much more.
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets and other Stories [Audiobook
First published in 1893, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is the first published fiction work of American author Stephen Crane. A harrowing depiction of a pretty young girl's life in the slums of turn-of-the-century New York City and her eventual decline into prostitution, Crane's novel is a starkly realistic examination of poverty and the challenges brought about by the rapid industrialization the United States underwent in the late 1800s. An enduring classic, Maggie is often regarded as the first example of naturalism in American fiction, a literary movement that included such authors as Theodore Dreiser and Upton Sinclair.
Psycholinguistics – the field of science that examines the mental processes and knowledge structures involved in the acquisition, comprehension, and production of language – had a strong monolingual orientation during the first four decades following its emergence around 1950.
Finally, the modernist legend James Joyce's works have entered the European public domain, making this best-selling Delphi collection available in your country for the first time. Please also see our Virginia Woolf collection that has now entered European public domains for the first time.
