Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, University of Munster (Englisches Seminar), course: Jonathan Swift and the Continental Book Market, language: English, abstract: The reception process of a literary work - especially a very popular one - can be seen as a scientific subject absolutely worth focusing on in an academic course. This paper tries to contribute to the analysis of Jonathan Swift's reception on the continental book market by concentrating on the relation between a widespread French translation of Gulliver's Travels...

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,0, University of Munster (Englisches Seminar), course: Sociolinguistics, language: English, abstract: Hypercorrection is a term of high significance in sociolinguistics. This article aims to clarify what exactly is meant by this widely discussed phenomenon. In this context, it is not only important to explain what is meant by the term itself, but also to describe hypercorrection as a factor in linguistic change. Very fruitful and extensive research on this topic has been carried out...

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: 1,0, University of Munster (Englisches Seminar), course: Schoolbook Analysis, language: English, abstract: Schoolbook analysis as a field of research opens a wide range of perspectives worth taking a closer look at. Even though, noticing the current discourse leads to an astounding conclusion: Considering schoolbooks as one major and significant instrument of school life, the amount of research carried out on this topic is rather insubstantial. Noting that there is a wide range of different...