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The discursive representation of British wildlife in The Times newspaper, 1785–2005 (2019)
Thesis
McClaughlin, E. (2019). The discursive representation of British wildlife in The Times newspaper, 1785–2005. (Thesis). Lancaster University. Retrieved from https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/13755373

This diachronic study investigates the discursive representation of four key wildlife species in Britain—red squirrels, grey squirrels, badgers, and hedgehogs. The research takes a modern-diachronic corpus-assisted discourse studies approach (Parting... Read More about The discursive representation of British wildlife in The Times newspaper, 1785–2005.

Creating a Motivating Classroom Environment (2019)
Book Chapter
Dörnyei, Z., & Muir, C. (2019). Creating a Motivating Classroom Environment. In X. Gao (Ed.), Second Handbook of English Language Teaching (719-736). Springer

This chapter addresses the complex question of what makes a motivating classroom environment. Understanding the full psychological tapestry of classroom life calls for an interdisciplinary approach and, accordingly, this chapter draws on research fro... Read More about Creating a Motivating Classroom Environment.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: the Romanesque Capitals of St Kyneburgha's Church, Castor, and the Local Landscape (2019)
Journal Article
Kilby, S. (2019). Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: the Romanesque Capitals of St Kyneburgha's Church, Castor, and the Local Landscape. Church Archaeology, 19, 53-72. https://doi.org/10.5284/1081985

Situated at the heart of an early twelfth-century rural Northamptonshire church-St Kyneburgha's church in Castor-a beautiful set of Romanesque capitals depicts an array of creatures, encompassing both the natural and supernatural worlds. This paper a... Read More about Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: the Romanesque Capitals of St Kyneburgha's Church, Castor, and the Local Landscape.

Reader expertise and the literary significance of small-scale textual features in prose fiction (2019)
Journal Article
Parente, F., Conklin, K., Guy, J., Carrol, G., & Scott, R. (2019). Reader expertise and the literary significance of small-scale textual features in prose fiction. Scientific Study of Literature, 9(1), 3-33. https://doi.org/10.1075/ssol.19006.par

We use eye tracking to investigate the attention readers pay to different textual features to determine their significance in the appreciation of prose fiction. Previous research examined attention allocation to lexical and punctuation variants, and... Read More about Reader expertise and the literary significance of small-scale textual features in prose fiction.

Expressions of knowledge in early modern English- and German-language midwifery and gynaecological texts (ca. 1500-1700): on the use of pronominal subjects and that- complement clauses (2019)
Journal Article
Whitt, R. (2019). Expressions of knowledge in early modern English- and German-language midwifery and gynaecological texts (ca. 1500-1700): on the use of pronominal subjects and that- complement clauses. Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, 120(1), 83-109

This paper presents the results of a corpus-based study of that-complement clauses and their pronominal subjects in early modern English- and German-language midwifery and gynaecological texts published from circa 1500 to 1700. These two centuries wi... Read More about Expressions of knowledge in early modern English- and German-language midwifery and gynaecological texts (ca. 1500-1700): on the use of pronominal subjects and that- complement clauses.

Healing runes (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Jesch, J., & Lee, C. (2019). Healing runes. In Viking Encounters: Proceedings of the 18th Viking Congress

Power and Place in Europe in the Early Middle Ages (2019)
Book Chapter
Carroll, J., Reynolds, A., & Yorke, B. (2019). Power and Place in Europe in the Early Middle Ages. In J. Carroll, A. Reynolds, & B. Yorke (Eds.), Power and Place in Europe in the Early Middle Ages, 1-33. British Academy

Role models in language learning: Results of a large-scale international survey (2019)
Journal Article
Muir, C., Dörnyei, Z., & Adolphs, S. (2021). Role models in language learning: Results of a large-scale international survey. Applied Linguistics, 42(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amz056

Role models can exert considerable influence in shaping individuals’ values, attitudes and beliefs. A large body of work in the social sciences has investigated the influence of celebrity role models, and in the context of education several disciplin... Read More about Role models in language learning: Results of a large-scale international survey.

Chrysanthemums for Bill: On Lawrentian style and stylistics (2019)
Book Chapter
Stockwell, P. (2019). Chrysanthemums for Bill: On Lawrentian style and stylistics. In P. Simpson (Ed.), Style, rhetoric and creativity in language : in memory of Walter (Bill) Nash (1926-2015) (37-55). John Benjamins Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1075/lal.34.04sto

This chapter on a short story by D. H. Lawrence revisits a key stylistic account of the text by Bill Nash, which was criticised both specifically and as a general representation of stylistic practice. The chapter addresses those criticisms, different... Read More about Chrysanthemums for Bill: On Lawrentian style and stylistics.

Postdigital storytelling: poetics, praxis, research (2019)
Book
Jordan, S. (2019). Postdigital storytelling: poetics, praxis, research. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315112251

Postdigital Storytelling offers a groundbreaking re-evaluation of one of the most dynamic and innovative areas of creativity today: digital storytelling. Central to this reassessment is the emergence of metamodernism as our dominant cultural conditio... Read More about Postdigital storytelling: poetics, praxis, research.

Racism and dehumanisation in Heart of Darkness and its Italian translations: A reader response analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Mastropierro, L., & Conklin, K. (2019). Racism and dehumanisation in Heart of Darkness and its Italian translations: A reader response analysis. Language and Literature, 28(4), 309-325. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963947019884450

This article presents the results of a reader response study of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and two of its Italian translations. Specifically, data from an online questionnaire are used to test whether English and Italian readers respond differ... Read More about Racism and dehumanisation in Heart of Darkness and its Italian translations: A reader response analysis.

Performing the Rural in Contemporary Irish Theatre (2019)
Journal Article
Collins, C. (2019). Performing the Rural in Contemporary Irish Theatre. New Theatre Quarterly, 35(4), 341-351. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266464x19000381

In this article Christopher Collins considers how the rural is represented in contemporary Irish theatre through a performance analysis of WillFredd Theatre’s award-winning production of FARM, staged in an industrial Dublin warehouse. Adopting a rela... Read More about Performing the Rural in Contemporary Irish Theatre.

Robert Southey and his age: ageing, old age and the days of old (2019)
Journal Article
Pratt, L. (2019). Robert Southey and his age: ageing, old age and the days of old. Romanticism, 24(1), 271-280. https://doi.org/10.3366/rom.2019.0432

Throughout a four-decade career, the controversial poet, historian, biographer and essayist Robert Southey explored the trajectories both of his own individual life and of the time and the society in which he lived. Using a range of published and unp... Read More about Robert Southey and his age: ageing, old age and the days of old.

Battles and breakthroughs: representations of dementia in the British press (2019)
Journal Article
Bailey, A., Dening, T., & Harvey, K. (2021). Battles and breakthroughs: representations of dementia in the British press. Ageing and Society, 41(2), 362-376. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X19001120

Media coverage of dementia can influence public and professional attitudes towards the syndrome, shaping societal knowledge of dementia and impacting how people with dementia are cared for. This paper reports on a study of news articles about dementi... Read More about Battles and breakthroughs: representations of dementia in the British press.

A Deviant Word Hoard: A Preliminary Study of Non-Normative Terms in Early Medieval Scandinavia (2019)
Book Chapter
Ruiter, K. (2019). A Deviant Word Hoard: A Preliminary Study of Non-Normative Terms in Early Medieval Scandinavia. In Social Norms in Medieval ScandinaviaAmsterdam University Press

Norms, normativity, and the transgression thereof have long been topics of special interest in the social sciences; however, these studies routinely demonstrate an inherent fluidity between normativity and deviance, making the study of either in isol... Read More about A Deviant Word Hoard: A Preliminary Study of Non-Normative Terms in Early Medieval Scandinavia.

Satire, Militarism, and the Hunt: Appropriations of Thomas Moore in Sporting Bombay (2019)
Book Chapter
Ni Fhlathuin, M. (2019). Satire, Militarism, and the Hunt: Appropriations of Thomas Moore in Sporting Bombay. In S. McCleave, & T. O'Hanlon (Eds.), The Reputations of Thomas Moore: Poetry, Music and PoliticsTaylor & Francis (Routledge)

Moore’s works – especially the Irish Melodies – were read, reviewed, and imitated across British India during the nineteenth century. This essay outlines Moore’s place within the cultural field of the colony, tracing the ways in which his Orientalisi... Read More about Satire, Militarism, and the Hunt: Appropriations of Thomas Moore in Sporting Bombay.