The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.

The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.

comprises a variety of essays dealing with the relationship of women and fashion. It offers a new way of thinking of publically significant women, who exert, and also subvert, their power through their attire and thereby negotiate notions of body, power, and gender.

The book covers the modelling of language variation, post-colonial language contact, forms/functions of ELF, intergenerational conflicts of bilingual Holocaust refugees, hip hop discourse of Tirolian adolescents, contacts between literature, science and the arts, high art and mass culture, childhood and violence in current crime fiction.