This volume includes eleven papers pertaining to different areas of linguistics and organised into three sections. Part I contains diachronic studies which cover data from Middle English to Present-Day English and which explore phenomena such as the status of extender tags, the distribution of free adjuncts, post-auxiliary ellipsis, and the use of ‘ephemeral’ concessive adverbial subordinators. Part II comprises studies on grammar and language processing dealing with topics such as the interaction between syntactic and structural complexity and verbal agreement with collective subjects, the influence of distributivity and concreteness on verbal agreement, the interaction of complexity and efficiency in pronoun omission in Indian English and Singapore English, and the methods and approaches used for grammar teaching in modern EFL/ESL textbooks. Finally, Part III revolves around lexis, discourse and pragmatics, with papers that discuss the development of the discoursal representation of social actors in Argentinian newspapers after the military dictatorship, the construction of women’s gender identity through positive and negative emotions in women’s magazines, and spelling-to-sound correspondence on Twitter.
Sofia Bemposta-Rivas
Sofía Bemposta-Rivas, Carla Bouzada-Jabois and Yolanda Fernández-Pena are research assistants and doctoral students in English Linguistics at the University of Vigo.
Carla Bouzada-Jabois
Sofía Bemposta-Rivas, Carla Bouzada-Jabois and Yolanda Fernández-Pena are research assistants and doctoral students in English Linguistics at the University of Vigo.
Yolanda Fernandez-Pena
Sofía Bemposta-Rivas, Carla Bouzada-Jabois and Yolanda Fernández-Pena are research assistants and doctoral students in English Linguistics at the University of Vigo.
Tamara Bouso
Tamara Bouso and Iván Tamaredo are research assistants and doctoral students in English Linguistics at the University of Santiago de Compostela.
Yolanda J. Calvo-B
Yolanda J. Calvo Benzies has recently obtained a position as assistant lecturer at the University of the Balearic Islands.
Editorial Reviews
 | “With Life of the Buddha, Hyangsoon Yi has rescued a manuscript translation from 1915 of a little-known popular Korean Buddhist book and places it firmly in the complex social, cultural, and religious changes of Korea in the early twentieth century. Readers interested in Buddhism, Korean religions, and the role of Christian missionaries at that pivotal moment in Korean history have much to learn from this fascinating book.”
—Gregory N. Evon, Senior Lecturer in Humanities & Languages, UNSW Sydney
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| “Life of the Buddha is a true gem of Buddhist literature, both in Korea and beyond – a must-read for those interested in Buddhism, global Christian missions, modernity, and colonialism. It reveals that the significance of the historical Buddha was not merely a modern Western construct shaped by comparisons to the historical Jesus, but a product of rich interreligious and intercultural exchanges. This is exemplified through the meticulous translation by Canadian missionary James Scarth Gale, and further enriched by Hyangsoon Yi’s insightful introduction, which situates Gale’s work within broader religious, literary, and cultural contexts.”
—Hwansoo Kim, Professor of Korean Buddhism and Culture, Yale University
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