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The language-specific nature of phonological categories: evidence from the interaction of laryngographic closed quotient values with manner of articulation (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Heselwood, B., Watson, J. C., Al-Azraqi, M., Naim, S., & Maghrabi, R. (2013, July). The language-specific nature of phonological categories: evidence from the interaction of laryngographic closed quotient values with manner of articulation. Poster presented at LabPhon 13, Stuttgart

We present laryngographic data from four speakers of English English (EE), four speakers of Western Libyan Arabic (WLA), and four speakers of South-West Saudi-Arabian Arabic (SWSA) producing words ending in VC. They were recorded to capture synchroni... Read More about The language-specific nature of phonological categories: evidence from the interaction of laryngographic closed quotient values with manner of articulation.

Veiled dreams (2013)
Book
James, G. (2013). Veiled dreams. Arlesford: John Hunt

Feisty fifteen-year-old Christina’s parents don’t like her biker boyfriend. They think he’s too old and his hair is too long. She doesn’t like her epilepsy but has to deal with it. An accident leaves her in a coma for several weeks. Whilst in the com... Read More about Veiled dreams.

Shoegaze as the third wave : affective psychedelic noise, c. 1965-1991 (2013)
Book Chapter
Halligan, B. (2013). Shoegaze as the third wave : affective psychedelic noise, c. 1965-1991. In M. Goddard, B. Halligan, & N. Spelman (Eds.), Resonances : Noise and Contemporary Music. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic

Publisher's description of book: Resonances is a compelling collection of new essays by scholars, writers and musicians, all seeking to explore and enlighten this field of study. Noise seems to stand for a lack of aesthetic grace, to alienate or d... Read More about Shoegaze as the third wave : affective psychedelic noise, c. 1965-1991.

Shaming encounters : reflections on contemporary understandings of social inequality and health (2013)
Journal Article
Peacock, M., Bissell, P., & Owen, J. (2014). Shaming encounters : reflections on contemporary understandings of social inequality and health. Sociology, 48(2), 387-402. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038513490353

The idea that social inequality has deleterious consequences for population health is well established within social epidemiology and medical sociology (Marmot and Wilkinson, 2001; Scambler, 2012). In this article, we critically examine arguments a... Read More about Shaming encounters : reflections on contemporary understandings of social inequality and health.

Iseabail Macleod and J. Derrick McClure (eds) : Scotland in Definition: A History of Scottish Dictionaries. Susan Rennie : Jamieson's Dictionary of Scots: The Story of the First Historical Dictionary of the Scots Language. (2013)
Journal Article
Scott, M. (2013). Susan Rennie : Jamieson's Dictionary of Scots: The Story of the First Historical Dictionary of the Scots Language. International Journal of Lexicography, 26(4), 514-523. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijl/ect015

Both of the titles discussed here represent significant firsts. Scotland in Definition is the first book to chart the lexicographical history of two of Scotland’s languages—Scots and Scottish Gaelic—and in doing so it illuminates the progress of proj... Read More about Iseabail Macleod and J. Derrick McClure (eds) : Scotland in Definition: A History of Scottish Dictionaries. Susan Rennie : Jamieson's Dictionary of Scots: The Story of the First Historical Dictionary of the Scots Language..

The music documentary : acid rock to electropop (2013)
Book
(2013). B. Halligan, R. Edgar, & K. Fairclough-Isaacs (Eds.), The music documentary : acid rock to electropop. US and UK: Routledge

The Music Documentary offers a wide-range of approaches, across key moments in the history of popular music, in order to define and interrogate this prominent genre of film-making. The writers in this volume argue persuasively that the music document... Read More about The music documentary : acid rock to electropop.

Media impact on diplomatic practice (2013)
Book Chapter
Archetti, C. (2013). Media impact on diplomatic practice. In I. Neumann, & H. Leira (Eds.), International Diplomacy (1-30). London: SAGE Publications

Ruskin, geology and mountains : the future of game design (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Ali, U. (2013, June). Ruskin, geology and mountains : the future of game design. Presented at Research, Innovation and Enterprise Exchange, Manchester, England

Dr Umran Ali of the School of Arts and Media at the University of Salford presented a PechaKucha-style session at the Research, Innovation and Enterprise Exchange on 28 March 2013

Issues and strategies of subtitling cultural references : Harry Potter movies in Arabic (2013)
Thesis
Altahri, A. Issues and strategies of subtitling cultural references : Harry Potter movies in Arabic. (Thesis). University of Salford

Subtitling, as all other types of audiovisual translation, has always been influenced by cultural factors, and in turn subtitles have influenced their target readers. The close interrelation between language and culture in interlingual subtitling may... Read More about Issues and strategies of subtitling cultural references : Harry Potter movies in Arabic.

Presentation on research residency : Tate Britain archive (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Randall, J. (2013, June). Presentation on research residency : Tate Britain archive. Presented at Sabattical Presentation, University of Salford, Allerton Lecture Theatre, University of Salford

Jill Randall has recently undertaken a research project at Tate Britain, studying the APG (Artist Placement Group) Archive during a 3-month Sabbatical from the University of Salford, where she is Senior Lecturer on the B.A. Visual Arts Course and L... Read More about Presentation on research residency : Tate Britain archive.

European code of good conduct for microcredit provision (2013)
Book
Dayson, K., & Vik, P. (2013). European code of good conduct for microcredit provision. Brussels: European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional Policy. https://doi.org/10.2776/37362

The European Code of Good Conduct for Microcredit Provision provides a set of standards in terms of management, governance, risk management, reporting, and consumer and investor relations that are common to the microcredit sector in the European Unio... Read More about European code of good conduct for microcredit provision.

Creating romanticism : case studies in the literature, science and medicine of the 1790s (2013)
Book
Ruston, S. (2013). Creating romanticism : case studies in the literature, science and medicine of the 1790s. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137264299

This book argues that the term 'Romanticism' should be more culturally-inclusive, recognizing the importance of scientific and medical ideas that helped shape some of the key concepts of the period, such as natural rights, the creative imagination an... Read More about Creating romanticism : case studies in the literature, science and medicine of the 1790s.

'RUSSIA WINS SPACE RACE' : The British press and the Sputnik moment, 1957 (2013)
Journal Article
Barnett, N. (2013). 'RUSSIA WINS SPACE RACE' : The British press and the Sputnik moment, 1957. Media History, 19(2), 182-195. https://doi.org/10.1080/13688804.2013.791419

This article traces the development of the British press narrative from the launching of Sputnik in October 1957 to the Soviets’ second satellite, containing a dog, in early November. It argues there was an initial outpouring of surprise, combined w... Read More about 'RUSSIA WINS SPACE RACE' : The British press and the Sputnik moment, 1957.

Fibbin' Archie (2013)
Book
James, G. (2013). Fibbin' Archie. Manchester: Chapletown

Archie has quite a reputation as a practised fibber. Normally his lies are harmless but as time goes by they begin to get him into more and more trouble. They lose him his girlfriend, and bizarrely, his hearing as his ears begin to react in a very st... Read More about Fibbin' Archie.

Next generation network environments in Europe — The significance of the EU as a policy actor (2013)
Journal Article
Simpson, J. (2014). Next generation network environments in Europe — The significance of the EU as a policy actor. Government Information Quarterly, 31(1), 100-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2012.08.008

The relatively new topic of Next Generation Networks (NGN) is one which is ascending rapidly communications policy agendas in Europe and beyond. How these networks might be created and, beyond that, how they might function in a sustained and broadly... Read More about Next generation network environments in Europe — The significance of the EU as a policy actor.

Labour ministers, intelligence and domestic anti-Communism, 1945–1951 (2013)
Journal Article
Lomas, D. (2013). Labour ministers, intelligence and domestic anti-Communism, 1945–1951. Journal of Intelligence History, 12(2), 113-133

Relations between the post-war Labour Government and Britain's Security Service (MI5) have often been seen as strained. Utilising recently released material, the article argues that, rather than view the Service with disdain, Labour Ministers saw MI5... Read More about Labour ministers, intelligence and domestic anti-Communism, 1945–1951.

‘Each fantasy chosen begin’: the music of The Divine Comedy (2013)
Journal Article
Magennis, C. (2013). ‘Each fantasy chosen begin’: the music of The Divine Comedy. Irish Studies Review, 21(2), 178-187. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670882.2013.774229

This article considers the cultural and social context for the music of the Northern Irish band The Divine Comedy. It focuses on three mid-1990s albums – Liberation (1993), Promenade (1994) and Casanova (1996) – and debates the significance of this p... Read More about ‘Each fantasy chosen begin’: the music of The Divine Comedy.

Un nuovo cinema politico italiano? volume 1 (2013)
Book
Hope, W., d'Arcangeli, L., & Serra, S. (2013). W. Hope, L. d'Arcangeli, & S. Serra (Eds.), Un nuovo cinema politico italiano? volume 1. Leicester, UK: Troubador Publishing

Edited volume examining representations of labour relations, immigration, and gender relations in 21st century Italian cinema. The volume contains nineteen essays and an interview with the Oscar-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore.