| Contexts - Historical, Social, Linguistic: Studies in Celebration of Toril Swan Contributor(s): Killie, Kristin (Editor), McCafferty, Kevin (Editor), Bull, Tove (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3039106252 ISBN-13: 9783039106257 Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P OUR PRICE: $157.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language - Language Arts & Disciplines | Public Speaking & Speech Writing |
| Dewey: 410 |
| LCCN: 2005055296 |
| Physical Information: 374 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: These papers are offered by colleagues and students past and present on the occasion of Professor Toril Swan's sixtieth birthday. The scope of the book broadly reflects the interests Toril has pursued throughout her career at the universities of Trondheim, Troms and Stavanger. Topics covered by the nineteen papers in this volume range across the fields of onomastics, adverbials, language and gender, diachronic and synchronic syntax, comparative linguistics, metaphor, and discourse. |