Modern Languages (School of): Recent submissions
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A phonotactic link between strong verbs and function words in English
(2014-10) - Journal articleIn ‘Vowel + consonant and consonant + vowel sequences in the strong verbs of German and English’ (Cahiers Ferdinand de Saussure 1995–1996/49:139–63) I showed that the vowel + consonant sequences (VCs) and the consonant + ... -
Genres instables : ludic performances of autofiction in the works of Catherine Cusset, Philippe Vilain, Chloé Delaume and Éric Chevillard
(University of St Andrews, 2015-11-30) - ThesisAutofiction has been the subject of much critical investigation in France, yet little of this theory extends to contemporary texts. Furthermore, autofictional theory has, until now, neglected the study of ludic performance ... -
Nature and death in the poetry of al-Malā'ika, al-Shābbī and Shukrī, and certain English Romantic poets : a comparative study
(University of St Andrews, 1989) - ThesisThe first part of this thesis, divided into two chapters, deals with the early background of European Romanticism; the reasons behind its appearance and problems of definition. There follows a discussion on the question ... -
Intellectuals as sacrificial heroes : a comparative study of Bahram Beyzaie and Wole Soyinka
(2015-07-29) - Journal articleA study of Bahram Beyzaie and Wole Soyinka’s works reveals how in two disparate cultural settings, traditional structures and themes appear in modern forms to renegotiate people’s cultural identity. Both writers demythologize ... -
The phonematics, phonotactics and para-phonotactics of southern Standard British English
(1987) - ThesisAs the title indicates, this thesis is concerned with a thorough investigation of the "phonematic", "phonotactic" and "para-phonotactic" sub-systems of Southern Standard British English from the view-point of the theory ...