Linguistics & Language Studies
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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A Distinct Alien RaceThe Untold Story of Franco-Americans - Industrialization, Immigration, Religious Strife |
“The French number more than a million in the United States…. They are kept a distinct alien race, subject to the Pope in matters of religion and of politics. Soon…they will govern you, … | David Vermette | 394 | 2018 | View |
NEW! Alfabet/Alphabeta memoir of a first language |
alfabet / alphabet is the record of Sadiqa de Meijer’s transition from speaking Dutch to English. Exploring questions of identity, landscape, family, and translation, the essays navigate … | Sadiqa de Meijer | 160 | 2020 | View |
Interpreters as DiplomatsA Diplomatic History of the Role of Interpreters in World Politics |
This book looks at the role played throughout history by translators and interpreters in international relations. It considers how political linguistics function and have functioned throughout … | Ruth Roland | 209 | 1999 | View |
Language Testing Reconsidered |
Language Testing Reconsidered provides a critical update on major issues that have engaged the field of language testing since its inception. Anyone who is working in, studying or teaching … | Carolyn E. Turner; Christine ed. Doe; Doreen Bayliss; Janna Fox; Liying Cheng; Mari Wesche | 180 | 2007 | View |
Lexicography, Terminology, and TranslationText-based Studies in Honour of Ingrid Meyer |
This volume in honour of Ingrid Meyer is a tribute to her work in the interrelated fields of lexicography, terminology and translation. One key thing shared by these fields is that they all deal … | Lynne Bowker | 252 | 2006 | View |
NEW! My Mother, My Translator |
In 2008, Jaspreet Singh made a pact with his mother. He would gladly give her the go-ahead to publish her significantly altered translation of a story from his … | Jaspreet Singh | 280 | 2021 | View |
Pay No Heed to the RocketsPalestine in the Present Tense |
Marcello Di Cintio first visited Palestine in 1999. Like most outsiders, the Palestinian narrative that he knew had been simplified by a seemingly unending struggle, a near-Sisyphean curse of … | Marcello Di Cintio | 264 | 2018 | View |
Songs Upon the RiversThe Buried History of the French-Speaking Canadiens and Métis from the Great Lakes and the Mississippi across to the Pacific |
“A major undertaking … a valuable contribution,” Canada’s History Long before the Davy Crocketts, the Daniel Boones and Jim Bridgers, the French had pushed far west and north establishing trade … | Michel Bouchard; Robert Foxcurran; Sébastien Malette | 448 | 2016 | View |
Teaching Translation from Spanish to EnglishWorlds Beyond Words |
While many professional translators believe the ability to translate is a gift that one either has or does not have, Allison Beeby Lonsdale questions this view. In her innovative book, she … | Allison Beeby-Lonsdale | 257 | 1996 | View |
The Origins of Simultaneous InterpretationThe Nuremberg Trial |
This book offers the first complete analysis of the emergence of simultaneous interpretation a the Nuremburg Trail and the individuals who made the process possible. Francesca Gaiba offers new … | Francesca Gaiba | 191 | 1998 | View |
Translating Canada |
In the last thirty years of the twentieth century, Canadian federal governments offered varying degrees of support for literary and other artistic endeavour. A corollary of this patronage of … | Luise von Flotow; Reingard M. Nischik | 351 | 2007 | View |
From NEW! accent/accentFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
This chapter is a reflection the author’s mother’s Dutch lessons. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |
From Introduction |
Introduction | Janna Fox | 6 | 2007 | $0.60 Add |
From IntroductionThe Girl in the Green Dress |
The introduction describes the experience of the author as he crosses the border into Palestine. | Marcello Di Cintio | 6 | 2018 | $0.60 Add |
From IntroductionThe Research |
Introduction | Francesca Gaiba | 5 | 1998 | $0.65 Add |
From Introduction |
Introduction | Jean Delisle | 6 | 1999 | $0.78 Add |