English-language Series Research Articles

Coloring History

Since its release, the Netflix show, Bridgerton, has been a hit series among its mass audiences as it harnesses an average of 103,550,000 views per season and currently holds fourth place in Netflix’s most popular English-language series (Tudum, 2024). The show has gained immense popularity not only because of its captivating plotlines but also because of the diverse cast of characters placed within the Regency Era. From this, it is critical to dissect and understand how race is represented within the show to discern the discourses being perpetuated to its viewers. Throughout this essay, I will employ Stuart Hall’s theory of representation and the politics of signification to unpack the racial representation within the Netflix show, Bridgerton, and how it reproduces colour-blind casting, interracial relationships, and dark versus light symbolism to perpetuate post-racial and Orientalist discourses. This analysis explores how colour-blind casting sustains post-racial discourses in the disguise of escapist media, which strips the Other of their lived experience. Moreover, it highlights how the depiction of interracial relationships within the show contributes to both post-racial and Orientalist discourses by placing the Occident over the Orient, and disregarding the prejudice often faced by interracial couples during that period. It further reveals how dark versus light symbolism is embedded throughout the interactions between multiple characters, which elicits the disruption of the white imaginary by Black individuals. As the show progresses and continues to release seasons that reach such large audiences, it is crucial to analyze what discourses surrounding race are being perpetuated and its potential impact on reinforcing stereotypes and misrepresenting marginalized communities.

The Impact of Continued Watching English Movie Series on Students’ English Capability (Case Study: Peaky Blinder and Friends)

This study investigates the impact of watching the English-language series of Peaky Blinders and Friends towards the improvement language ability in terms of word pronunciation, long-sentence listening, and grammatical analysis. This point outs the impact of continued exposure to English media to improve the student’s capability of learning English. The study has been arranged for 3 months by involving high school students from SMA 999 in Jakarta with a total sample of 25 students. The data were then gathered through conventional paper-based testing for Listening and grammar proficiency which encapsulated into Reading and Writing section. Speaking assessment was conducted through an interview. The tests were conducted in three main stages, the pre- test, mid-tests and post-test. The mid-tests were held after the first 2 week of the month. The result of the study showed that there were notable improvements in the English skills among 25 students, particularly in the Listening aspects as shown by one-way ANOVA and Tukey HSD analysis. However, the data from other aspects such as Reading, Writing and Speaking despite showed an upward trend, did not produce improvement as significant as Listening aspects. This phenomenon might be caused by the lack of students’ knowledge foundation regarding several language aspects therefore most students require longer time to completely improve their ability. From this point, this study can suggest that using movie series could be a great tool for English education to improve the students’ awareness of English and therefore would naturally improve their English.

Features of Speech Development as Monologue and Dialogue in Teaching a Foreign Language to Students of Non-Linguistic Specialties using English-Language TV Series (on the example of the TV series 'Prison Break')

Features of Speech Development as Monologue and Dialogue in Teaching a Foreign Language to Students of Non-Linguistic Specialties using English-Language TV Series (on the example of the TV series 'Prison Break')

ЛІНГВОПРАГМАТИЧНИЙ АСПЕКТ ПЕРЕКЛАДУ АНГЛОМОВНИХ ТЕЛЕСЕРІАЛІВ МЕДИЧНОЇ СПРЯМОВАНОСТІ УКРАЇНСЬКОЮ МОВОЮ

The research is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of the lingvo-pragmatic aspect of translation and is presented on the example of an English-language television series of medical focus called “House, M. D.” and its translation, analysis of various types of transformations, definition of the specifics of the translation and its sequence. The relevance of the topic presented is based on the need for a detailed study of the lexical, grammatical, syntactic, extralinguistic, paralinguistic features of the translation of English-language films. This topic is important for both Ukrainian and foreign translators, because it is necessary to know the basic subtleties and unforeseen situations in the translation process in order to overcome them as best as possible and achieve a highquality and adequate result. Also, the relevance of this topic contributes to the improvement of the level of professional activity of both interpreters and translators. The aim of the study is to evolve the specifics of the use of translation aids and translation operations for adequate reproduction of English-language medical films. The studied type of the text is characterized, certain difficulties in translation are highlighted, the difference between the texts of the English and Ukrainian languages from a grammatical point of view, lexical inequality are noted, various ways of revealing emotionality and expressiveness as an auxiliary tool of human communication are noted. The expediency of using translation transformations has been determined and the most common of them are quantitatively presented.

South goes East. Zuid-Afrikaanse literatuur bij Volk & Welt

The paper analyses the transfer of South African literature to the German Democratic Republic. In its historiographic/methodological dimension it presents findings on the statistics of (South) African literature(s) translations in the Verlag Volk und Welt (the major East German publisher in the area of contemporary world literature), and on the place of literary translations in the East German foreign cultural policy, as well as in the socialist solidarity discourse of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and the antiapartheid movement. Furthermore, findings are presented on the publisher-internal selection criteria applied to South African literature, based on the archival data from the Bundesarchiv in Berlin (i.e. applications for a print permit and internal/external reviews), on issues around the transformation and adaptation of literature translated in the realm of the East German Weltliteratur, and on the transfer of South African literature from the GDR, based on the English language series Seven Seas Books. Lastly, the function of this alternative canon, framed within the so-called ‘minor transnationalism’, is spelled out.

Making foreign ready-made content great again: VOD platforms and English-language series in Turkey

Thanks to a growing television drama industry with notable success beyond its borders, domestic television series have, since the 2000s, become the dominant programme category on broadcast and cable television in Turkey. This article considers the presence of Anglo-Saxon TV series in an audio-visual landscape characterized by a widespread taste for local content. Briefly describing the differences between Turkish and foreign series in terms of format and appeal to audiences, it argues that English-language series may play a more decisive role than local content in the success of video on demand (VOD) platforms, which have been launched relatively late in the country.

Тактика незгоди як засіб модифікації асиметричних статусів комунікантів (на матеріалі англомовного серіалу ‘Suits’)

Тактика незгоди як засіб модифікації асиметричних статусів комунікантів (на матеріалі англомовного серіалу ‘Suits’)

Medial Gastrocnemius Flap in the Course of Treatment for an Infection at the Site of a Total Knee Arthroplasty.

The pedicled medial gastrocnemius flap provides a robust coverage option for most soft-tissue deficiencies over the distal anterior aspect of the knee encountered in the setting of an infection after total knee arthroplasty. Position the patient supine with an ipsilateral sterile thigh tourniquet to allow room for harvest of a split-thickness skin graft as needed. Perform the arthroplasty to address the underlying deep infection (e.g., irrigation and debridement with exchange of modular components, component removal with antibiotic spacer placement, antibiotic spacer exchange, or second-stage reimplantation) prior to the medial gastrocnemius flap that is utilized for soft-tissue coverage. Use one of two different surgical approaches for the exposure and elevation of the medial gastrocnemius muscle and the identification of its vascular pedicle: the medial approach or the posterior midline approach. Protect the sural artery pedicle in the popliteal fossa because it is key to raising a viable medial gastrocnemius flap. Rotate the flap and transpose it anteriorly over the defect either through a subcutaneous tunnel or by dividing the intervening skin bridge. Complete the layered skin closure and place a split-thickness skin graft over the remaining exposed muscle flap and a nonadherent compressive bolster dressing or negative-pressure device over the skin graft to prevent hematoma under the skin graft. Progress range of motion of the knee once the flap and graft show evidence of survival, while an appropriate antibiotic regimen is completed. We recently reported the largest English-language series, to our knowledge, of medial gastrocnemius flaps performed for soft-tissue coverage in the course of treatment for infection after total knee arthroplasty13.

САМОПОХВАЛА У РЕПЕРТУАРІ ДИСКУРСИВНИХ ТАКТИК МОВНОЇ ОСОБИСТОСТІ ПІДЛЕГЛОГО (на матеріалі англомовного кінодискурсу)

The article focuses on the violation of role expectations by speakers with asymmetric statuses in the process of dialogical speech. The study is based on the materials of the English-language series ‘Suits’, specifically, on film dialogues as they are close to real communication, and film characters are representatives of various professions, so this means that they represent different social values, points of view and beliefs. During the analysis of the empirical material self-praise tactic was revealed which is implemented by a subordinate in order to modify their status and/or the status of a chief. It was found out that the use of this tactic allows a subordinate to strengthen their status in the eyes of a chief, provided that self-praise tactic is realized successfully. Traits and qualities which become a subject of subordinate`s self-praise are highlighted as well as reasons for the use of this tactic. Speech acts used to implement the self-praise tactic, and lexical means, which are typical when verbalizing the tactic are singled out.

A Regionális Kutatások Központjának harminc éve. Sikerek és kudarcok egy új tudományágazat megteremtésében

A Magyar Tudományos Akadémia 1984-ben új kutatóközpontot alapított több, korábban regionális kutatásokat végző tudományos műhelyből. A Regionális Kutatások Központjának három évtizedét, kutatási és publikációs eredményeit, a nemzetközi kutatóhálózatban játszott szerepét, területfejlesztési tanácsadási működését foglalja össze a tanulmány. Az intézet alapításkor megfogalmazott missziója a regionális tudomány meghonosítása volt. Az intézet kutatóinak kezdeményezésére jöttek létre e tudományágazat különböző fórumai: a Tér és Társadalom folyóirat, a Területi és Települési Kutatások könyvsorozat, az akadémiai bizottság, a Magyar Regionális Tudományi Társaság, egyetemi tanszékek és képzési szakok. A kutatási portfólió állandó elemei a térfejlődési folyamatok törvényszerűségeinek feltárása, a modern területfejlesztő erők hatásmechanizmusainak alakulása Európában és Magyarországon, a vidéki elmaradottság összetevőinek elemzése, a területpolitika cél-, eszköz- és intézményrendszerének a vizsgálata, a többszintű kormányzás és a területi fejlődés kapcsolata és a regionalizmus voltak.

Gender representation in ‘Top-Notch’ series: A critical discourse analysis perspective

This study sought to investigate aspects of gender as represented in one of the currently used English language series, namely, Top Notch Series from a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) perspective. This series is widely used for adult language learners from beginner to advanced levels in numerous Iranian language institutes. In effect, the study analyzed the series in terms of three major aspects of gender (relations, positions, and content). To this end, Fairclough’s (2001) three-dimensional model, as a well-established CDA model, which emphasizes the importance of language/power relationship, was adopted in order to extract the ideologies comprising the foundation of this series. The findings revealed that the series represents both genders in a somewhat balanced way. In addition, the series presents both genders equally in such a way that stereotypical norms ingrained into learners are nearly removed. Furthermore, this textbook is argued to have adopted the discourse of marketing and advertising by exploiting both genders, especially the females.

Quoting Speech in Early English (review)

Reviewed by: Quoting Speech in Early English Lucy Perry Colette Moore. Quoting Speech in Early English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. xiii, 216. £60.00; $99.00. Colette Moore’s contribution to Cambridge University Press’s Studies in English Language series confronts the tension between the pragmatics [End Page 419] of a manuscript text and the editorial imposition of different pragmatic systems on its edited version, and so in many ways is about much more than quoting speech. Moore shows that the use of quotation marks in an edited text may conceal earlier strategies for marking speech or may result in distinctly defined speeches where an otherwise meaningful, or artful, underdetermined separation of voices exists in the manuscript version. The result of such editing of texts is, as Moore states, “a pragmatic palimpsest,” a figurative use of the term that conveys her notion that the inscription of our modern punctuation systems over preexisting strategies for marking speech is effectively to layer “modern interpretive apparatus onto pre-modern lexical content” (182), a process that ultimately alters the relationship between the text and its reader. Moore’s study is indeed firmly grounded in historical pragmatics and its dimensions are triangular, touching as it does on paleographical, linguistic, and literary aspects of texts. Through case studies, she assesses the textual apparatus on the manuscript page, provides linguistic analysis of corpus data, and brings textual analysis to a broad spectrum of genres (legal, religious, historical, and literary) in order to interpret the ways direct speech is flagged in different textual contexts. Limitations of space preclude a depth that would have given greater satisfaction, but Moore’s presentation of short case studies allows for a disciplined and perceptive overview of reported discourse in the late medieval period. She demonstrates some schemes for marking speeches, illustrates the interpretative potential of taking these strategies into account, and therefore promotes careful reading of speeches in premodern texts, by reference to textual and material contexts. Moore’s methodology is clearly laid out in the introduction, in which she discusses the editing of reported speech, with the premise that, whereas the modern convention of quotation marks is “a necessary interpretational layer,” their use alters “the pragmatic functions of a [pre-modern] text, creating a layer of mediation” (10). In the first of her central chapters, Moore describes and analyses some strategies of marking speech, beginning with the material page. Her case studies are based on samples from several manuscripts of Piers Plowman and Nicholas Love’s The Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ, chosen for their numerous passages and different levels of reported discourse. While Moore is careful to analyze and explain scribal practice for marking reported discourse, she does not provide a key for her transcriptions, a lack that was compounded by the scarcity of images of manuscript samples against [End Page 420] which to compare her transcriptions or descriptions: just two images from manuscripts of Piers Plowman are reproduced in an appendix. While Moore identifies a number of ways that scribes could mark direct discourse to guide the reader, she notes that the apparatus is principally employed not so much to flag direct discourse per se as to draw attention to voices of authority. When she turns to the exploration of lexical marking, Moore’s study is on more secure ground. While she takes into account a variety of pragmatic markers (interjections, vocatives, deictic pronouns, tense switching, explicit quotatives), she gives special attention to repeated inquit phrases. She recasts the idea that such phrases are formulaic by arguing that the most common verbs of speaking demonstrate grammaticalization. This she illustrates through the example of seien, “to say.” Grammaticalization is defined by syntactical fixing that shifts the lexical component away from having ideational or semantic force. The search of the Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse that Moore undertook for this section had, she admits, its limitations, dependent as it was on editorial quotation marks as indicators of direct speech. While a necessary strategy, this potentially has the drawback of excluding ambiguous discourse that may have been rendered indirect by an editor. Moore also uses corpus data from a sample of legal texts in her...

Quoi de neuf depuis le rapport de la HAS ? Bilan de deux ans d’évaluation des implants de renfort prothétique dans le traitement des prolapsus par voie vaginale

The French Health Authorities' (HAS) report of November 2006 concluded that the use of mesh at the time of transvaginal repair of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) should be limited to clinical research. This review intends to analyse and comment the recent data on this topic. A review on PubMed, on a personal database and actualisation until May 2008 has been performed choosing French or English language series concerning prolapse surgery with mesh disposed by the vaginal route. It includes six randomised controlled trials comparing transvaginal repair of POP with or without mesh: four about cystocele, one about rectocele and one about apical prolapse. Both surgical techniques and recurrence criteria are poorly standardised. The four randomised trials focusing on cystocele repair support the anatomical superiority of techniques using mesh, with similar functional results with or without mesh reinforcement. In the other indications, the results remain unclear or controversial. According to the randomised trials, the complications rate, except mesh exposure, is similar with and without mesh. However there are some specific complications when using mesh, such as mesh infection, mesh exposure or shrinkage and visceral extrusion. We recommend using vaginal reinforcement mesh with specific care in selected patients and we suggest some guidelines to be proposed for consensus at concerned French scientific societies.

World Englishes: An Introduction (review)

Reviewed by: World Englishes: An introduction by Gunnel Melchers and Philip Shaw Liwei Gao World Englishes: An introduction. By Gunnel Melchers and Philip Shaw. (The English language series.) London: Arnold, 2003. Pp. x, 229. ISBN 0340718889. $24.95. This book presents a description of global variation of English in lexis, grammar, phonology, and pragmatics. It also includes sections on the principles of linguistic variation, the roots of English, the spread of English, and the future of English. The book is intended as a linguistic textbook for readers who are acquainted with basic terminologies in linguistics. The book contains seven chapters. In Ch. 1, ‘The roots of English’, Melchers and Shaw provide a review of the early development of English from around 450 ad to the latter half of the nineteenth century, when the pronunciation of English became standardized. Ch. 2, ‘The spread of English’, discusses the historical spread of English in different countries and regions, which has resulted in English’s reaching almost every corner of the globe. In Ch. 3, ‘Variation in English’, M&S provide a unique framework for the description of varieties of English. In so doing, the authors set up the basis for the detailed analysis of individual varieties in Chs. 4–6. In addition, this chapter discusses the dimensions for the classification of world Englishes. Ch. 4, ‘The inner circle’, discusses native varieties of English in the world. Countries and regions examined include England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Liberia, and the Caribbean. Aside from linguistic descriptions, the authors also present a general overview of each of these countries and regions, its people, and its general linguistic situation. In Ch. 5, ‘The outer circle’, M&S discuss varieties of English in regions that were colonized by English-speaking countries. After an introduction to the social and political issues involved in the use of English and the common features of the ‘New Englishes’ (John T. Platt, Heidi Weber, and Mian Lian Ho, The New Englishes, Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1984), M&S provide a descriptive account of English in South Asia, Africa, Southeast Asia, and other regions including the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, Papua New Guinea, and the Pacific. Again, this chapter includes not only the linguistic description of English varieties but also a brief introduction to the social history of the countries and regions examined. Ch. 6, ‘The expanding circle’, deals with countries and regions where English is learne primarily as a foreign language. Issues discussed include the rise of English, domains for English, essential features of expanding-circle English, the possible influence of English on other languages, and implications for the choice of a teaching model. In Ch. 7, ‘What’s next’, M&S discuss the future of English. They identify three major forces responsible for the development of English: US power, globalization, and information technology. Following the main text, this book includes two appendices: one is a presentation of the speakers whose speech is included on the accompanying CD, and the other contains reading questions for each chapter. Reference and an index are included at the end. Liwei Gao Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Copyright © 2006 Linguistic Society of America

GDR-Up: The Ideology of Universality in Long Term Documentary

It is not merely a sign of continuing Cold War myopia, but it is at least partly that: Upon its release in 1999, Michael Apted's film 42-Up, the latest in his series of 7-Up films begun in 1964, was described in the U.S. as the longest running documentary project in film history.2 But this distinction clearly does not belong to this English-language series, but to the long-term documentary project led by the East Germans Barbara and Winfried Junge: The Children of Golzow. Their project was begun in 1961 and consists of over 120,000 meters of film in the form of 16 separate film releases.3

Thailand - Food and Population in a Northeast Thai Village. By Hayao Fukui. Translated by Peter Hawkes. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press: Monographs of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University. English-Language Series, no. 19, 1993. Pp. xxii, 421. Figures, Tables, Appendices, Bibliography, Index.

Thailand - Food and Population in a Northeast Thai Village. By Hayao Fukui. Translated by Peter Hawkes. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press: Monographs of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University. English-Language Series, no. 19, 1993. Pp. xxii, 421. Figures, Tables, Appendices, Bibliography, Index.

Critical survey of poetry: English language series

This series provides an in-depth analytical reference guide to the major writers of poetry, allowing readers to look at the characteristics which mark an author's work.

Book Review: Spoken English Illuminated (English Language and Education Series)

Book Review: Spoken English Illuminated (English Language and Education Series)

Reviews

Reviews Good English and the Grammarian Sidney Greenbaum Longman English Language Series 1988 152 pp. £6.95 ISBN 0 582 29148 8 Eirlys E. Davies Eirlys E. Davies Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah UniversityFez, Morocco Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar ELT Journal, Volume 43, Issue 4, October 1989, Pages 309–310, https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/43.4.309 Published: 01 October 1989 Article history Received: 01 March 1989 Published: 01 October 1989

REVIEWS

REVIEWS Get access The Language of Humour. Style and Technique in Comic Discourse. By WALTER NASH. Pp. xvi + 182 (English Language Series no. 16). London and New York: Longman, 1985. £5.95 net. PHILIP DREW PHILIP DREW Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Review of English Studies, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 149, February 1987, Pages 63–64, https://doi.org/10.1093/res/XXXVIII.149.63 Published: 01 February 1987