The story of musical notation in its twentieth-century developments, offering an introductory reflection on the semiotics of notation.

The book tells the fascinating story of the development of modern psychiatry in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The insight it provides into 19^th century thinking on behavioral disorders will inform and delight mental health professionals as well as all persons curious about the role of science in early psychiatry.

A discursive synthesis that seeks to rehabilitate the classical metaphor as an everyday pragmalinguistic phenomenon. The nature of thought, mental lexicon, predication and word semantics are also covered.

An essay collection on the history of aesthetics from antiquity to the modern day, combining philological and philosophical knowledge of ancient, medieval, renaissance and modern culture.

A collection on the concept of creation and deconstruction of linguistic borders focussing on the question of the existence or absence of transnational and transcultural spaces caused by language contact.

Migration causes a lot of challenges for the various areas of international law. This book presents the most important international initiatives concerning protection of economic migrants between 1919 and 2018.