Interviews with Oxford University Press authors about their books
In language, as in life, history is constantly repeating itself. In her book The Linguistic Cycle: L
The only disappointment with A History of Psycholinguistics: The Pre-Chomskyan Era (Oxford UP, 2012)
The end of the Cold War dramatically changed research into the Holocaust. The gradual opening up of
This year is the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision which legalize
What do “Rip van Winkle,” Oliver Twist, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and Aesop’s Fables have in common? All of
The 1970s and the Israel-Palestinian Conflict are quite possibly the two most depressing subjects an
It’s taken for granted among analytic philosophers that some of their primary areas of inquiry – eth
Building upon The Origins of Meaning (see previous interview), James R. Hurford‘s The Origins of Gra
The question of how “ordinary Germans” managed to commit genocide is a classic (and troubling) one i
Evolutionary approaches to linguistics have notoriously had a rather chequered history, being associ
If you had to bet your life on learning a language in three months, which language would you choose?
Orientalism, the ideograph, and media theory grew up together. In Ideographic Modernism: China, Writ
Anthony Bale‘s new translation of Sir John Mandeville’s classic account is an exciting and engaging
Challenging conventional modes of understanding China and the circulation of knowledge within the hi
The liberal media in the Western World takes a firm line on how two of the big issues facing Africa
Recent political debates around language have often been controversial, sometimes poorly informed, a
Every person must confront death; the only question is how that person will do it. In our culture (I
Daniel Kreiss is an Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the Un
Extraterritoriality was not grafted whole onto East Asian societies: it developed over time and in a
Do social values belong in the sciences? Exploring the relationship between science, society, and po
