Category: Romance Languages

New book explores the dynamics of cultural transfer between the francophone Maghreb and the West

10 June, 2025

This edited volume, Passages francophones du Maghreb et transfert culturel, brings together six researchers from the University of Rabat and the University of Stockholm to explore the dynamics of cultural transfer between the francophone Maghreb and the West. The chapters examine Maghrebi travellers’ perspectives on the West, representations of francophone Maghrebi literatures in Sweden, the … More New book explores the dynamics of cultural transfer between the francophone Maghreb and the West

New Book: Comparing the place of experts during the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic

6 September, 2024

The book Comparing the place of experts during the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic grew out of interdisciplinary network with the aim to compare the effects of the pandemic on political discourse and practice. The editors of this book, Christophe Premat, Jean-Michel De Waele and Michel Perottino, brought together contributions from researchers on the … More New Book: Comparing the place of experts during the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic

New Edited Volume about the Framework of Language – Lexicon and semantics

27 March, 2024

The lexicon is the framework of the language which is a construct of several units, metaphorically as a stone wall. All sorts of elements are needed in linguistic constructs, like bricks and stones that are placed next to each to give a significant overall appearance to the stone wall. Léxico y semántica: nuevas aportaciones teóricas … More New Edited Volume about the Framework of Language – Lexicon and semantics

New book examines the dynamics of circulation between Francophone literary areas and the Swedish cultural landscape

23 August, 2023

French literature has an established position on the global book market and has proven to provide consistent cultural value to peripheral regions. Within this vast body of texts, literature written in French by authors born outside of France is increasing and claiming a space in global literary circulation. How can unequal conditions of circulation be … More New book examines the dynamics of circulation between Francophone literary areas and the Swedish cultural landscape

New anthology about the forms and functionality of negation

26 April, 2023

Negatives and Meaning: Social Setting and Pragmatic Effects. Using Negatives in Political Discourse, Social Media and Oral Interaction, edited by Malin Roitman, explores the pragmatic dimension of negation and its functions in media and public discourses, using tools from cognitive, functionalist and pragmatic language theories, and from corpus linguistics. Negation is one of our most … More New anthology about the forms and functionality of negation

Intervju med redaktionsrådet Stockholm Studies in Romance Languages

14 October, 2021

Vi har träffat tre medlemmar i redaktionsrådet för bokserien Stockholm Studies in Romance Languages (SSIRL), Françoise Sullet-Nylander, Cecilia Schwartz och Ken Benson, för att prata om framgångsstrategier, utmaningar och kurslitteratur. Bokserien var en av de allra första som startades på Stockholm University Press. 2015 gavs den första boken ut, Festival Romanistica (Gunnel Engwall & Lars … More Intervju med redaktionsrådet Stockholm Studies in Romance Languages

New book: Political Discourses at the Extremes: Expressions of Populism in Romance-Speaking Countries #newbook #oabooks #peerreview

24 April, 2019

The authors of this edited volume focus on the emergence of populist discourses, coming from movements or parties from Romance-speaking countries in Europe and in Latin America. By combining linguistics, social and political sciences in a discourse analytical approach, the sixteen papers enlighten the mechanisms behind populist discourses yielding from different socio-cultural and political contexts. … More New book: Political Discourses at the Extremes: Expressions of Populism in Romance-Speaking Countries #newbook #oabooks #peerreview