Feminist Subversion of Linguistic Sexism in Contemporary China: Discursive Warfare provides an in-depth investigation of gender discourse with a focus on social labeling in post-reform China.The book delves into society’s tendency to perceive women in categories, explores the social and historical context of mainstream media’s role in perpetuating sexism, demonstrates feminist discursive empowerment in cyberspace, and sheds light on the complexities of a feminist awakening...

“You’re being tormented? In that case, let me be the one to adore you!!”I reincarnated as Cynthia, a wicked noblewoman from a dating sim, and now the heroine is trying to steal my fiancé. If she wants him, I’m happy to cut ties and find someone new! Oh my, perhaps the yandere character named Siraiya (the third son of a duke), who’s known for being an evil nobleman himself, would be a better match? Yes, he’s exactly what I’m looking for!“You’re the one I wan...

Get to know the Oscar-nominated star of Wonka, Dune, and A Complete Unknown! This is the perfect read for young movie fans, aspiring actors, and theater kids.Timothée Chalamet grew up in a family of artists and performers in New York City. From a young age, he knew that he wanted to be a great actor. He made his television debut at just fourteen years old on the popular show Law & Order. While attending a prestigious performing a...

**"Tanizaki writes with an unabashed sensuality. Even his lighter-hearted fictions…make us hold our breath, and the endings don't let us quite exhale." —John Updike in The New Yorker"Tanizaki's literature is, above all, delicious, like French or Chinese cuisine." —Yukio Mishima"For the sheer entertainment value of a good story well told, none can match Tanizaki." —The Globe and Mail**This dazzling collection of short fiction by literary master Juni...

I Reincarnated As The Evil God Of My Favorite Civilization.Takuto Ira succumbed to illness at a young age and ended up reincarnating in a world that resembles the fantasy turn-based strategy game Eternal Nations. Not only did he reincarnate into his favorite game, but as the god who commands the evil civilization Mynoghra. With Mynoghra’s beautiful hero unit, Sludge Witch Atou by his side, not even legendarily difficult race traits will stand in the way of restarti...

The analysis of newly or recently emerged grammatical and lexical forms in Colloquial Singapore English is the main objective of this Element. Using corpus, survey, and interview data from different age groups, we shed light on the spread of language change across generations and ethnicities. Existing descriptions of CSE as a high-contact L1 variety of English in the late stages of endonormative stabilisation do not fully capture Singapore's continued multilingual ecology: source languages...

This book explores the resolution of Mandarin Chinese reflexive pronouns — ziji (‘self’) and ta-ziji (‘he/she-self’) — in language processing, focusing on how the human mind integrates multiple linguistic cues during comprehension through both theoretical and experimental approaches.It investigates the structural, semantic, and discourse-level properties of these reflexives, examining how syntactic and non-syntactic constraints shape real-time resolution. By intro...

SLG VS. RPG!Takuto and his empire confront their first true rival in the armies of the Demon Lord, which Takuto recognizes from the RPG Brave Questers. What new strategies will Mynoghra be forced to undertake to overcome the Demon Lord’s army that operates under entirely different game mechanics? Either way, it’s going to be a tough fight with Mynoghra’s forces split between the allied town of Dragontan and the Accursed Lands. Will strategy game elements triumph ov...

The Time Emporium trades lifetimes, memories and chances to change fate.Every visitor comes for a wish.Every wish comes with a price.When a grieving young man strikes a deal to bring back someone he lost,he uncovers the shop’s buried truth.The merchant who sells time is trapped by time himself.No bargain can break the eternal rule: nothing is for nothing.

Go behind the runway as style icon Nami stars in a life-changing fashion show, observe wise Robin as she helps to decipher an ancient tablet with Koala and Sabo, watch as solemn Princess Vivi receives a love letter from an unexpected admirer, and check out Ghost Princess Perona’s battle over the last bottle of wine with Zolo and Mihawk!

Brooke Lin, a young woman from a mountain village, is admitted to a university in the city. On her first day, she finds herself helpless and embarrassed at the payment window over her tuition fees, only to be discreetly rescued by a young professor passing by, Ethan Lu. After the semester begins, the wealthy heir Hugo Zhao relentlessly pursues her, while Ethan Lu repeatedly steps in to protect her. From teacher and student to kindred spirits, the two navigate the pressures of an eleven yea...

This is a healing contemporary romance novel about a young woman who, after experiencing betrayal, encounters a stern yet gentle cardiac surgeon at the darkest moment of her life. Together, through mutual healing and redemption, they rebuild their lives and love.At eighteen, Emily made an innocent vow by Moon Lake, but reality soon cracked its surface. On the eve of her graduate school graduation, she was hospitalized for a minor surgery, only to hear a stranger's voice answer her ...