Linguistics & Language Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From East-West Confrontation: China, Japan, India From: Interpreters as Diplomats View University of Ottawa Press	Infinitely harder to surmount are the psychological and cultural differences, of which language is a mere reflection.	Ruth Roland	38	1999	$4.94 Add
From elders/elsewhere From: Alfabet/Alphabet View Palimpsest Press	This chapter explores language in the context of Dutch and English colonialism	Sadiqa de Meijer	3	2020	$0.30 Add
From NEW! Epi-genetics From: My Mother, My Translator View Véhicule Press	Recounts the time in his childhood that his parents tried to make Singh and his sister taller by hanging from trees.	Jaspreet Singh	3	2021	$0.30 Add
From Epilogue – Interpreting After the Trial From: The Origins of Simultaneous Interpretation View University of Ottawa Press	As a result of its use at Nuremberg, simultaneous interpretation spread to the United Nations in New York and to every major international conference.	Francesca Gaiba	6	1998	$0.78 Add
From NEW! Ergodicity From: My Mother, My Translator View Véhicule Press	Singh’s studies at McGill are shared. From connections made and lessons learned to the challenges created by unaddressed trauma.	Jaspreet Singh	30	2021	$3.00 Add
From Europe and the New World, to 1919 From: Interpreters as Diplomats View University of Ottawa Press	We have seen how bilingual Greek scholars, steeped in Byzantine diplomatic lore, relocated to the four corners of Europe and, in the greatest numbers, to Venice. From them the Venetians learned …	Ruth Roland	41	1999	$5.33 Add
From NEW! Face From: My Mother, My Translator View Véhicule Press	Relates the turmoil of Singh’s decision to remove his turban and cut his hair as a teen–the trauma it caused his mom, and the pain he suffered as consequence. Speculates on the …	Jaspreet Singh	11	2021	$1.10 Add
From Fears of Franco-American Conspiracy SECTION THREE - The reception of franco-americans From: A Distinct Alien Race View Baraka Books	In the twenty years before 1900, a segment of the U.S. press presented the view that the Québec Roman Catholic hierarchy conspired to conquer New England. The Franco-American workers, this …	David Vermette	35	2018	$3.50 Add
From Film Translation Research in Spain: The Dubbing of Hollywood Movies into Spanish From: Lexicography, Terminology, and Translation View University of Ottawa Press	In Spain, film translation (FT), as an area of academic study, began to make a modest appearance in university courses from 1994 onward, starting at the University of Valladolid. Then came the …	-María; Jos&eacute Bravo; José Bravo	12	2006	$1.68 Add
From NEW! First Steps on the Big Stage From: Bit Player on Big Stages View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Turene examines his early political and academic involvement in Manitoba’s Francophone rights movement during the mid-1960s.	Roger Turene	10	2025	$1.00 Add
From NEW! Five Women From: My Mother, My Translator View Véhicule Press	Tells the stories of the women in his life, from his great grandmother to his sister.	Jaspreet Singh	21	2021	$2.10 Add
From flits/flash From: Alfabet/Alphabet View Palimpsest Press	In this chapter, de Meijer writes about Dutch as the language of her inner world.	Sadiqa de Meijer	4	2020	$0.40 Add
From Franco-Americans and Americanism SECTION THREE - The reception of franco-americans From: A Distinct Alien Race View Baraka Books	This chapter looks at Anglo-Protestant culture in the U.S. and the culture of Franco-Americans, and the tensions that emerged as Franco-Americans denied assimilation. The author argues that the …	David Vermette	19	2018	$1.90 Add
From French, Female, and Foreign: French Canadian Children’s Literature in German Translation From: Translating Canada View University of Ottawa Press	Once upon a time, German translations of French Canadian children’s literature were off to a promising start: between 1947 and the late 1950s, more than twenty little books featuring …	Nikola von Merveldt	13	2007	$1.30 Add
From French Theorists, North American Scholiasts From: Lexicography, Terminology, and Translation View University of Ottawa Press	While increases in frequency and narrowing of collocational range are typical of terminological formation, there may well be (at least in the humanities) a difference in kind between …	Barbara Folkart	11	2006	$1.54 Add
From From Beautiful Losers to No Logo! German Readings of Jewish Canadian Writing From: Translating Canada View University of Ottawa Press	This chapter explores which Jewish Canadian authors and books have been published in German and how they have been reviewed and addresses the way in which the German reception accounts for the …	Fabienne Quennet	21	2007	$2.10 Add