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Communication and the representation of thought: the use of audience directed expressions in free indirect thought representations (2009)
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Blakemore, D. (2009). Communication and the representation of thought: the use of audience directed expressions in free indirect thought representations. Journal of Linguistics, 47(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022226709990375

This paper examines the use of audience-directed or inherently communicative expressions(discourse markers and interjections) in free indirect thought representations in fiction. It argues that the insights of Banfield’s (1982) no-narrator approach... Read More about Communication and the representation of thought: the use of audience directed expressions in free indirect thought representations.

The Johnson administration and the recruitment of allies in Vietnam, 1964-68 (2009)
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Colman, J., & Widen, J. (2009). The Johnson administration and the recruitment of allies in Vietnam, 1964-68. History, 94(4), 483-504

The Vietnam War has generated a vast literature but one which has often forgotten that the United States fought in Vietnam as part of a coalition. This article examines Washington’s efforts under President Lyndon B. Johnson to recruit third country c... Read More about The Johnson administration and the recruitment of allies in Vietnam, 1964-68.

The US Embassy and British film policy, 1947-48: A 'lesser but highly explosive question’ (2009)
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Colman, J. (2009). The US Embassy and British film policy, 1947-48: A 'lesser but highly explosive question’. Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 7(4), 413-430. https://doi.org/10.1080/14794010903286268

In August 1947 the British Treasury imposed a substantial tax on film imports, to conserve dollars for the purchase of essential goods from abroad. In response, the American film industry stopped exporting its product to Britain, and the US Embassy b... Read More about The US Embassy and British film policy, 1947-48: A 'lesser but highly explosive question’.

Book review : Nancy Frey & Douglas Fisher (eds.) (2008). Teaching visual literacy: Using comic books, graphic novels, anime, cartoons, and more to develop comprehension and thinking skills.Thousand Oaks, California Corwin Press. 195 pages. ISBN 978-1-4129-5311-5, 978-1-4129-5312-2 (2009)
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Rodriguez, J., & Hernandez Perez, M. (2009). Book review : Nancy Frey & Douglas Fisher (eds.) (2008). Teaching visual literacy: Using comic books, graphic novels, anime, cartoons, and more to develop comprehension and thinking skills.Thousand Oaks, California Corwin Press. 195 pages. ISBN 978-1-4129-5311-5, 978-1-4129-5312-2. International Journal of English Studies, 9(2), 171-174

The man who never was? The Italian transition and 2008 election (2009)
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Newell, J. (2009). The man who never was? The Italian transition and 2008 election. Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 14(4), 395-412. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545710903281862

The implications for the co-called Italian transition of the 2008 election initially seemed significant – but have since become increasingly uncertain as Berlusconi's conflict of interests has risen higher up the political agenda. This underscores th... Read More about The man who never was? The Italian transition and 2008 election.

The creation of FRONTEX and the politics of institutionalisation in the EU external borders policy (2009)
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Leonard, S. (2009). The creation of FRONTEX and the politics of institutionalisation in the EU external borders policy. Journal of Contemporary European Research, 5(3), 371-388

In a context of high politicization, if not securitization, of asylum and migration in Europe, the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the EU – also known under its acronym FRO... Read More about The creation of FRONTEX and the politics of institutionalisation in the EU external borders policy.

Polish Yers and Lexical Syllabicity (2009)
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Bekerman, M., Spencer, A., & Roca, I. (2009). Polish Yers and Lexical Syllabicity. Linguistic Review, 9(1), 27-68. https://doi.org/10.1515/tlir.1992.9.1.27

The article examines vowel alternations in Slavic languages on the basis of Polish CVC - CC alternations mostly involving the vowel 'e'. It links the phenomenon to prosodic structures of Slavic languages and tries to resolve the issue by employing a... Read More about Polish Yers and Lexical Syllabicity.

‘Crippled with nerves’: popular music and polio, with particular reference to Ian Dury (2009)
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McKay, G. (2009). ‘Crippled with nerves’: popular music and polio, with particular reference to Ian Dury. Popular Music, 28(3), 341-365. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261143009990109

This article looks at a remarkable cluster of popular musicians who contracted and survived poliomyelitis (‘infantile paralysis’) epidemics through the twentieth century, and ways in which they managed and, to varying extents, explored their polio-re... Read More about ‘Crippled with nerves’: popular music and polio, with particular reference to Ian Dury.

Ideology and total war : military intellectuals and the analysis of the Spanish Civil War in Britain, 1936-1943 (2009)
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Searle, D. (2009). Ideology and total war : military intellectuals and the analysis of the Spanish Civil War in Britain, 1936-1943. Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift, 68(2), 321-344. https://doi.org/10.1524/mgzs.2009.0011

The recent historical interest in the analysis of the lessons of the Spanish Civil War by the European powers has tended to focus very strongly on the tactical experiences and the study of new military technology. This has led to the implied assumpti... Read More about Ideology and total war : military intellectuals and the analysis of the Spanish Civil War in Britain, 1936-1943.

Portrait of an institution: The US Embassy in London, 1945-53. (2009)
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Colman, J. (2009). Portrait of an institution: The US Embassy in London, 1945-53. Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 4(3), 339-360. https://doi.org/10.1163/187119109X455946

The US Embassy in London has long played a leading institutional role in the Anglo-American relationship, but few historians have examined that role. Th is article covers the early Cold War era of 1945-1953 — a formative period in the Anglo-America... Read More about Portrait of an institution: The US Embassy in London, 1945-53..

Introduction: religion and politics - American and European experiences (2009)
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Bull, M. (2009). Introduction: religion and politics - American and European experiences. European Political Science, 8(3), 270-272. https://doi.org/10.1057/eps.2009.21

There can be little doubt that if the study of religion and politics had for a long while become less interesting to the general scholar (and therefore the preserve of the specialist few) this has dramatically changed in the past decade. A number of... Read More about Introduction: religion and politics - American and European experiences.

Switch on your mobile phone! (2009)
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Halligan, B. (2009). Switch on your mobile phone!

Discussion of new mores of theatre etiquette

"Please ensure that your mobile phone is switched off": theatre etiquette in an age of outsourcing (2009)
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Halligan, B. (2009). "Please ensure that your mobile phone is switched off": theatre etiquette in an age of outsourcing. Studies in Theatre and Performance, 22(9), 193-197. https://doi.org/10.1386/stap.29.2.193_3

This intervention draws on poststructuralist Marxist and post-autonomist theory to analyze the recent spate of ‘mobile phone incidents’ in London's West End theatres, arguing that the context for this newly emerged faux pas must be understood to be t... Read More about "Please ensure that your mobile phone is switched off": theatre etiquette in an age of outsourcing.

Planting the nation’s "Waste Lands": Walter Scott, forestry and the cultivation of Scotland’s wilderness (2009)
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Oliver, S. (2009). Planting the nation’s "Waste Lands": Walter Scott, forestry and the cultivation of Scotland’s wilderness. Literature Compass, 6(3), 585-598. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-4113.2008.00625.x

In October 1827 the Quarterly Review included a review of the second edition of Robert Monteath's guide to foresters, The Planter's Guide and Profitable Planter. The review was published anonymously according to custom, but the author was Sir Walter... Read More about Planting the nation’s "Waste Lands": Walter Scott, forestry and the cultivation of Scotland’s wilderness.