Linguistics & Language Studies
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From ![]() NEW! 1968A Turning Point for Language in Canada and Quebec From: 1968 in Canada |
One of the many ways that 1968 was a crucial moment in Canadian history is in the area of language policy. In January 1968, René Lévesque published his manifesto Option Québec; a … | Graham Fraser | 20 | 2021 | $2.00 Add |
![]() 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 |
From ![]() A Translation (Text) |
A systematic attempt to apply semantic and pragmatic analyses to a Spanish text and to show how the semantic and pragmatic macrostructural constraints influence the morphosyntactic and lexical … | Allison Beeby-Lonsdale | 30 | 1996 | $3.60 Add |
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 ![]() Achieving Objectives |
The aim of this methodology is to teach a skill—translating. As has already been stressed, the translation class is above all a practical class, and yet the students have to understand the … | Allison Beeby-Lonsdale | 5 | 1996 | $0.60 Add |
From ![]() NEW! After the PlayFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Singh’s thoughts of his mother and her unfinished memoir, as well as his attempt to finish her project after watching a play with friends. | Jaspreet Singh | 1 | 2021 | $0.10 Add |
![]() 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 |
From ![]() An Evaluation Methodology for Comparing Two Approaches to Search and Retrieval in Translation Memory Databases |
The methodology provides a valid and reliable comparison of the two approaches to searching for and retrieving information from a database. | Francie Gow | 11 | 2006 | $1.54 Add |
From ![]() Antonine Maillet in German: A Case StudyFrom: Translating Canada |
The Goncourt Prize always ensures international interest. In German-speaking countries, this particular award did not, however, garner much interest, nor did it lead to a German translation of … | Klaus-Dieter Ertler | 9 | 2007 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() Assessing Academic English Language Proficiency: 40+ years of U.K. Language Tests |
The paper offers an explanatory account of the progress of academic language proficiency testing in the U.K. (and later Australia) from the British Council’s English Proficiency Test … | Alan Davies | 14 | 2007 | $1.40 Add |
From ![]() Before the Trial |
This chapter explores the path leading to the invention of simultaneous interpretation, the decision to use it and its installation in the courtroom. It provides a brief historical description of … | Francesca Gaiba | 33 | 1998 | $4.29 Add |
From ![]() Biased Books by Harmless Drudges: How Dictionaries Are Influenced by Social Values |
As keepers of our language, monolingual dictionaries are important cultural objects and therefore must adhere to certain social rules. Some of those rules can affect the forms of the definitions … | Kristen Mackintosh | 19 | 2006 | $2.66 Add |
From ![]() NEW! bitter/bitterFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
A poem in Dutch and English | Sadiqa de Meijer | 2 | 2020 | $0.20 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Book BurningFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Revisits the terror of 1984, the trauma it caused, and how that trauma shaped his drive to be a writer. | Jaspreet Singh | 11 | 2021 | $1.10 Add |
From ![]() Can Translation be Taught? |
Translation programs can help students to improve their translating skills. The foundation of schools of translation around the world suggests that this principie is accepted by a wide body of … | Allison Beeby-Lonsdale | 5 | 1996 | $0.60 Add |
From ![]() NEW! CherriesFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
Making sense of and solving the mysteries of memories is discussed while chronicling Singh’s battle with suicidal thoughts. | Jaspreet Singh | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |