Of butterflies and birds, of dialects and genres. Essays in honour of Philip Shaw.

This volume is a tribute to our friend and colleague Philip Shaw, Professor of English linguistics at the Department of English, Stockholm University, on the occasion of his 65th birthday. The 22 contributions to this volume by friends and colleagues worldwide bear witness to Philip's academic versatility as well as his interests beyond academia. The first paper, 'Narratives of Nature in English and Swedish: Butterfly books and the case of Argynnis paphia', a genre study by Annel