Linguistics & Language Studies
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From  NEW! chronisch/chronicFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
This chapter explores what Dutch sounds like to English speakers. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |
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From  Description of the Interepreting System |
The eyes of the world were pointed on the crowded Nuremberg courtroom, and for the first time in history they marveled at something unknown: simultaneous interpretation. | Francesca Gaiba | 35 | 1998 | $4.55 Add |
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From  Relevance in Dictionary Making: Sense Indicators in the Bilingual Entry |
Lexicographic relevance became a hot topic with the development of the text corpus: this is now, for many lexicographers, the principal source of information about their headwords. | Beryl T. Sue Atkins | 19 | 2006 | $2.66 Add |
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From  NEW! Some PhotonsFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
A poem about eyes. | Jaspreet Singh | 1 | 2021 | $0.10 Add |
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From  The Challenge of (Diagnostic) Testing: Do We Know What We Are Measuring? |
The language testing literature is confused about the nature of diagnostic tests. Diagnosis is a frequently used but under-problematized concept and a debate is needed that might lead to a … | J. Charles Alderson | 19 | 2007 | $1.90 Add |
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From  The Linguist of Ancient and Medieval Days |
As anthropologists know, even the most primitive of peoples maintained an intertribal communication which must be deemed an elementary form of diplomacy. But since not all tribes spoke the same … | Ruth Roland | 31 | 1999 | $4.03 Add |
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From  Whenever My Sore Heart Gets HungryThe Quest for Land |
In this chapter, the author explores the evolution and current situation of the Palestinian poetry scene. He meets and talks to several poets living and working in Palestine. | Marcello Di Cintio | 49 | 2018 | $4.90 Add |
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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 |
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From NEW! draak/dragonFrom: Alfabet/Alphabet |
In this chapter, the author looks back on her time as an ESL student. | Sadiqa de Meijer | 5 | 2020 | $0.50 Add |
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From Europe and the New World, to 1919 |
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 |
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From NEW! FaceFrom: My Mother, My Translator |
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 |
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From Reliablity and Impact of the Interpretation |
One of the key issues about the interpreting system was its reliability. Could the tribunal wholeheartedly trust the version of the interpreters? In order to ensure a fair trial to the … | Francesca Gaiba | 25 | 1998 | $3.25 Add |
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From  Teaching Professional Prose Translation |
The aim of this book is to establish the theoretical and methodological basis for structuring a professional prose-translation class. The students are learning to develop translator-transfer … | Allison Beeby-Lonsdale | 5 | 1996 | $0.60 Add |
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From To Breathe Life Into a Name |
In this chapter, the author travels to Jerusalem and meets with several writers and poets living in the divided city. He explores what the city means to the Palestinian people through their writing. | Marcello Di Cintio | 34 | 2018 | $3.40 Add |
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From  Translating the Canadian Short Story into GermanFrom: Translating Canada |
While paying attention to economic and marketing strategies in connection with literary and cultural factors for the translation of Canadian short stories into German, I base this chapter on six … | Mü | 26 | 2007 | $2.60 Add |
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From What Is the Construct? The Dialectic of Abilities and Contexts in Defining Constructs in Language Assessment |
Understanding the roles of abilities and contexts, and the interactions between these as they affect performance on language assessment tasks, has remained a persistent problem in language … | Lyle F. Bachman | 31 | 2007 | $3.10 Add |
