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Haunting the law: Aspects of gothic in Dickens's fiction (2008)
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Ballinger, G. (2008). Haunting the law: Aspects of gothic in Dickens's fiction. Gothic Studies, 10(2), 35-50

In recent years Dickens's use of Gothic has been the focus of some diverse and absorbing critical interpretations. This paper seeks to address in more detail the ways in which Gothic features in Dickens's various responses to the law in his work. Sce... Read More about Haunting the law: Aspects of gothic in Dickens's fiction.

Review of Theatre as witness: Three testimonial plays from South Africa, by Yael Farber (2008)
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Nevitt, L. (2008). Review of Theatre as witness: Three testimonial plays from South Africa, by Yael Farber. Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 13(3), 377-379. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569780802410731

Review of published plays, drawing also on extracts in performance and interviews with the director and performers, all of which took place at the launch of the book.

Analysing lexical richness in French learner language: What frequency lists and teacher judgements can tell us about basic and advanced words (2008)
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Tidball, F., & Treffers-Daller, J. (2008). Analysing lexical richness in French learner language: What frequency lists and teacher judgements can tell us about basic and advanced words. Journal of French Language Studies, 18(3), 299-313. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959269508003463

In this paper we study different aspects of lexical richness in narratives of British learners of French. In particular we focus on different ways of measuring lexical sophistication. We compare the power of three different operationalisations of the... Read More about Analysing lexical richness in French learner language: What frequency lists and teacher judgements can tell us about basic and advanced words.

Religious involvement, audience demographics, and media bias (2008)
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Glascock, J., Livesay, C., & Ruggiero, T. (2008). Religious involvement, audience demographics, and media bias. Journal of Media and Religion, 7(4), 256-270. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348420802429554

This study sought to investigate the influence of religious involvement (religious partisanship, religiosity, and religious service attendance) as well as demographic factors (sex, ethnicity, and age) on the perception of media coverage of a controve... Read More about Religious involvement, audience demographics, and media bias.

Photography and the sequence: The image as poetry, page by page (2008)
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Hammond, A. (2008). Photography and the sequence: The image as poetry, page by page

Despite the separate hand-made status generally attributed to the artist’s book, its study yields insights into the more commercially generated photographic book. This essay uses the examples of books by three 20th century photographers – Dorothea La... Read More about Photography and the sequence: The image as poetry, page by page.

When more is less: CGI, spectacle and the capitalist sublime (2008)
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Tuck, G. (2008). When more is less: CGI, spectacle and the capitalist sublime. Science Fiction Film and Television, 1(2), 249-273. https://doi.org/10.3828/sfftv.1.2.4

This paper explores CGI as a mode of commodity consumption and asks to what extent the consumption of spectacle mimics the notion of the ‘sublime’ and to what extent this ‘sublime’ status can be applied to the commodity form more generally. In parti... Read More about When more is less: CGI, spectacle and the capitalist sublime.

The interaction of age and gender in illness narratives (2008)
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Seale, C., & Charteris-Black, J. (2008). The interaction of age and gender in illness narratives. Ageing and Society, 28(07), 1025-1045. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X0800737X

Recognition of the greater capacity of older women to draw on supportive social networks has now supplemented an earlier focus of research into gender and ageing which portrayed older men as a 'privileged gerontocracy' because of their greater access... Read More about The interaction of age and gender in illness narratives.

The lexicographical legacy of John Sinclair (2008)
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Hanks, P. (2008). The lexicographical legacy of John Sinclair. International Journal of Lexicography, 21(3), 219-229. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijl/ecn031

John Sinclair opened up possibilities for new kinds of dictionaries. He assigned a central role to collocations and phraseology, insisting on close attention to textual evidence coupled with a broad theoretical perspective and ruthless jettisoning of... Read More about The lexicographical legacy of John Sinclair.

The interaction of class and gender in illness narratives (2008)
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Seale, C., & Charteris-Black, J. (2008). The interaction of class and gender in illness narratives. Sociology, 42(3), 453-469. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038508088835

Perspectives on gender and identity that emphasize variability of performance, local context and individual agency have displaced earlier paradigms.These are now perceived to have supported gender stereotypes and language ideologies by emphasizing ge... Read More about The interaction of class and gender in illness narratives.

Intercollegiate female coaches' use of verbally aggressive communication toward African American female athletes (2008)
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Lattin, K. S., & Ruggiero, T. (2008). Intercollegiate female coaches' use of verbally aggressive communication toward African American female athletes. Howard Journal of Communications, 19(2), 105-124. https://doi.org/10.1080/10646170801990946

Despite the high proportionality of African American female athletes in intercollegiate sports, the combination of a primarily White sports media and White coaching personnel creates a fertile environment for the reproduction of racialized and gender... Read More about Intercollegiate female coaches' use of verbally aggressive communication toward African American female athletes.

As we might watch: what might arise from reconsidering the concept of interactive film? (2008)
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Abba, T. (2008). As we might watch: what might arise from reconsidering the concept of interactive film?. Journal of Media Practice, 9(1), 19-27. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmpr.9.1.19+1

Interactive film form has been conceived of in terms of branching; multi-linear narratives predominantly drawing on the mechanics of the computer games industry. Interactive engagements produced within this framework have failed to revolutionise eith... Read More about As we might watch: what might arise from reconsidering the concept of interactive film?.

The predominance of work-based training in young graduates' learning (2008)
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Everett, G., & Brooks, R. (2008). The predominance of work-based training in young graduates' learning. Journal of Education and Work, 21(1), 61-73. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080801956966

This article draws upon results from an ESRC-funded research project exploring young graduates' attitudes to, and experiences of, further education or learning postgraduation. Respondents' narratives indicated a strong emphasis upon job-based learnin... Read More about The predominance of work-based training in young graduates' learning.

The history of native Americans and the misdirected study of organised crime (2008)
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Dickson-Gilmore, J., & Woodiwiss, M. (2008). The history of native Americans and the misdirected study of organised crime. Global Crime, 9(1-2), 66-83. https://doi.org/10.1080/17440570701862793

Conventional chronologies of the history of organised crime in America tend to focus on the arrival of large numbers of Italian immigrants in the 1890s as the catalyst for organised crime. However, analysis of the history of interactions between colo... Read More about The history of native Americans and the misdirected study of organised crime.