The Book Cover of "University of Basrah: Studies in English"

Peter Lang AG Issues "Studies in English"

The Staff of the Department of English/ College of Education has been honoured by Peter Lang AG's publication of the first born book for the Department Members who agreed to contribute with their papers. These papers represent a cross-section of the research work conducted in the Department. The publication of the book signifies a lot to us. It would not only propel future studies on relevant topics but also it would open new vistas for Iraqi academics and place them in an international perspective for the first time in decades. The Papers represent work in various fields of study including phonetics and phonology, linguistics, ELT, pragmatics, discourse analysis, and literary stylistics. The Book printed in Germany and coming in 306 pages is entitled "University of Basrah: Studies in English" edited by Jinan Fedhil Al-Hajaj and Dr Graeme Davis. Al-Hajaj is a lecturer in the Department, University of Basrah, whose interests are in literature, literary stylistics and discourse analysis while Dr Davis is a lecturer in English Linguistics at the Open University, UK, and a researcher in English historical linguistics and the study of the North Atlantic region in the Middle Ages.

Thanks to Miss Jinan and Dr. Davis for offering this chance as we are looking forward for further cooperation in future.

Here are the Contents:


Contents
Preface 9
Acknowledgements 15
MAJEED HAMEED JASIM and JINAN FEDHIL AL-HAJAJ
Introduction 17

JINAN FEDHIL AL-HAJAJ
Intertextuality and the Linguistic Perspective: A Stylistic
Study of Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Going’ and ‘The Haunter’ 23

FATIMA H. AZIZ and AMIN U. GHAILAN
Dramatic Monologue in Robert Browning’s ‘My Last
Duchess’: A Pragma-Stylistic Study 45

MAJEED HAMEED JASIM and AMIN U. GHAILAN
Paul Morel, Son and Man: A Stylistic Study 69

MAJEED HAMEED JASIM and IBTISAM HUSSEIN NAIMA
Free Indirect Discourse in Virginia Woolf’s
To the Lighthouse: A Stylistic Narrative Study 111

ABDUL-SETTAR ABDUL-LATIF
The Invisible Perfidy in Waiting for Godot 133

ALA’ HUSSEIN ODA and NAGHAM JAAFAR HUSSEIN
Presupposition as a Linguistic Theory in Samuel Beckett’s
Waiting for Godot in Terms of Karttunen’s Approach 181

ALA’ HUSSEIN ODA and MEHDI M. MOHAMMAD
The Impact of Linguistic Context on Metaphoric
Proverb Comprehension by Iraqi EFL Learners 209

BALQIS I.G. RASHID
Further Evidence for the Separation Hypothesis:
The Case of Advanced Iraqi Learners 243

ISRA’ MAHMOOD SALMAN and BALQIS I.G. RASHID
Difficulties in the Pronunciation of English Proper
Nouns Encountered by Advanced Iraqi Learners 259

RANA ABDUL SETTAR ABID and NADA SALIH ABDUL RIDHA
A Study of Coherence in the Writings of EFL Advanced
Iraqi Learners 281