Linguistics & Language Studies

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Not a Madeleine Dunked in Tea
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Not a Madeleine Dunked in Tea

From: My Mother, My Translator

Explores grief through food, music, and memory. Showcases how these facets of experience intersected with his grief. 16 $1.60 Add
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On Second Thoughts

On Second Thoughts

From: Language Testing Reconsidered

An elderly student of language testing recalls some of the events in his career, attempting to relate them to current issues, and touching on such topics as overall language proficiency, the … 10 $1.00 Add
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oud/old
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oud/old

From: Alfabet/Alphabet

On the chronic abstraction of using a language learned after childhood. 3 $0.30 Add
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Outstanding Interpreters

Outstanding Interpreters

From: Interpreters as Diplomats

It might be enlightening to take a peek at the careers of a few of the more outstanding interpreters of the 20th century. 18 $2.34 Add
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Partitus
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Partitus

From: My Mother, My Translator

Discusses Partition, Singh’s relationship to and removal from those events as something that occurred before his time that his mother scarcely talked about. 11 $1.10 Add
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Patterns of a Childhood in Kashmir
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Patterns of a Childhood in Kashmir

From: My Mother, My Translator

Chronicles Singh’s childhood in India—family trips, dinners, and challenges, including the complexities and division created through language. 18 $1.80 Add
Pay No Heed to the Rockets

Pay No Heed to the Rockets

Palestine 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 … 264 View
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piano/piano
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piano/piano

From: Alfabet/Alphabet

The chapter explores Dutch etemology. 7 $0.70 Add
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Preface

Preface

From: Interpreters as Diplomats

Preface 2 $0.26 Add
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Profiles of Interpreters

Profiles of Interpreters

From: The Origins of Simultaneous Interpretation

(Interpreters’) different origins, careers and endeavorsbefore and after the trial are reflected in their extremely varied biographical sketches presented in this chapter, which attempt to … 23 $2.99 Add
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Qualitative Research Methods in Language Test Development and Validation

Qualitative Research Methods in Language Test Development and Validation

From: Language Testing Reconsidered

This chapter introduces readers to several qualitative research methods as they relate to language testing and assessment, namely: Discourse and Conversation Analysis, Observation Checklists and … ; 17 $1.70 Add
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quarantaine/quarantine

From: Alfabet/Alphabet

This chapter concerns the sounds of Flemish, also called Belgian-Dutch. 4 $0.40 Add
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raadsel/riddle
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raadsel/riddle

From: Alfabet/Alphabet

This chapter concerns Punjabi, the author’s father’s mother tongue. 6 $0.60 Add
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Rehras
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Rehras

From: My Mother, My Translator

A poem about Punjabi being spoken at the Edmonton airport. 2 $0.20 Add
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Relevance in Dictionary Making: Sense Indicators in the Bilingual Entry

Relevance in Dictionary Making: Sense Indicators in the Bilingual Entry

From: Lexicography, Terminology, and Translation

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. ; 19 $2.66 Add
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Reliablity and Impact of the Interpretation

Reliablity and Impact of the Interpretation

From: The Origins of Simultaneous 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 … 25 $3.25 Add