Sonia Zyngier
List of John Benjamins publications in which Sonia Zyngier is involved.
Journal
ISSN 2210-4372 | E‑ISSN 2210‑4380
Book series
Scientific Approaches to Literature in Learning Environments
Edited by Michael Burke, Olivia Fialho and Sonia Zyngier
Scientific Approaches to Literature in Learning Environments is not just about what takes place in literary classrooms. Settings do have a strong influence on student learning both directly and indirectly. These spaces may include the home, the workplace, science centers, libraries, that is,… read more[Linguistic Approaches to Literature, 24] 2016. xix, 309 pp.
Language, Discourse, Style: Selected works of John McH. Sinclair
Edited by Sonia Zyngier
For the first time, the works on stylistics by one of the most brilliant linguists of our times are collected in a single volume. This book highlights the evolution of John Sinclair’s theories and insights from studies on language teaching through detailed analyses of text and discourse, and into… read more[Linguistic Approaches to Literature, 22] 2016. xxiii, 282 pp.
Scientific Methods for the Humanities
Willie van Peer, Frank Hakemulder and Sonia Zyngier
Here is a much needed introductory textbook on empirical research methods for the Humanities. Especially aimed at students and scholars of Literature, Applied Linguistics, and Film and Media, it stimulates readers to reflect on the problems and possibilities of testing the empirical assumptions and… read more[Linguistic Approaches to Literature, 13] 2012. xxii, 328 pp.
Perspectives on Corpus Linguistics
Edited by Vander Viana, Sonia Zyngier and Geoff Barnbrook
Perspectives on Corpus Linguistics is a collection of interviews with fourteen well-known researchers in the field of linguistics. Each interview consists of a set of ten questions: the first seven are common to all contributors while the last three are connected to the research experience of each… read more[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 48] 2011. xvi, 256 pp.
Directions in Empirical Literary Studies: In honor of Willie van Peer
Edited by Sonia Zyngier, Marisa Bortolussi, Anna Chesnokova and Jan Auracher
Directions in Empirical Literary Studies is on the cutting edge of empirical studies and is a much needed volume. It both widens the scope of empirical studies and looks at them from an intercultural perspective by bringing together renowned scholars from the fields of philosophy, sociology,… read more[Linguistic Approaches to Literature, 5] 2008. xii, 357 pp.
2026 Chapter 9: Vignette. Suspension in pedagogical stylistics Practising Stylistics: Essays in Honour of Paul Simpson, Neary, Clara, Simon Statham and Peter Stockwell (eds.), pp. 112–120 | Chapter
This chapter, by Sonia Zyngier, explores how the experiential stylistic pattern of suspension may affect the reading experience. Taking its cue from Simpson’s (2025) observation that different levels of language cannot be considered in isolation from each other, and developing its description in… read more
2025 Afterword Style as Motivated Choice: In memory of Peter Verdonk (1934–2021), Burke, Michael and Joanna Gavins (eds.), pp. 181–188 | Chapter
2016 Chapter 1. Empirical approaches to the study of literature in learning environments: An overview Scientific Approaches to Literature in Learning Environments, Burke, Michael, Olivia Fialho and Sonia Zyngier (eds.), pp. 1–16 | Article
Due to the variety of areas involved in the scientific study of literature in learning environments, this chapter provides an overview in six parts. Part 1 focuses on students’ perceptions of literature, how readers construct literary interpretation in the classroom, the growth of literary… read more
2016 Chapter 14. Literary awareness in a high-school EFL learning environment: An empirical evaluation Scientific Approaches to Literature in Learning Environments, Burke, Michael, Olivia Fialho and Sonia Zyngier (eds.), pp. 271–302 | Article
This chapter discusses the teaching of literary awareness to high-school students of English as a foreign language (EFL). Dedicated to the topic of iconicity, the proposed pedagogical experience stimulates students to work out the connection between visual and linguistic representations, identify… read more
2011 Preface Perspectives on Corpus Linguistics, Viana, Vander, Sonia Zyngier and Geoff Barnbrook (eds.), pp. xi–xvi | Preface
2008 Empirical evaluation: Towards an automated index of lexical variety Directions in Empirical Literary Studies: In honor of Willie van Peer, Zyngier, Sonia, Marisa Bortolussi, Anna Chesnokova and Jan Auracher (eds.), pp. 271–282 | Article
This chapter proposes an objective approach to the formal analysis of literary prose in English in order to investigate the relation between lexical density and judgments of canonicity. Based on the concepts of literariness proposed by the Russian Formalists and lexical variety, a mathematical… read more
2008 10. Macbeth through the computer: Literary evaluation and pedagogical implications The Quality of Literature: Linguistic studies in literary evaluation, Peer, Willie van (ed.), pp. 169–190 | Article