Translation in the Digital Age
New technologies challenge translation and interpreting. This volume introduces “Translation 4.0″—the application of internet technology to communication between humans and machines—and explores the consequences for research and the profession.
This study examines the language in historical accounts of discovery, exploration, and settlement from the 16th to 19th centuries. It analyzes how genres like journals and travel books were used to inform and persuade, conveying factual, personal, and ideological knowledge.
This collection of current, forward-looking research tackles key issues in the interplay between cognition and language learning. Responding to the need for innovative work, this volume brings researchers together to open new debates. For students, teachers, and researchers.
This corpus-based study of the 2016 election reveals substantial discrepancies in how US media portrayed Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. It shows how partisanship and journalistic norms shaped their representations, offering new insights into political communication.
Model United Nations Simulations and English as a Lingua Franca
Model United Nations (MUN) simulations develop negotiation skills for a globally connected world, especially in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) contexts. This volume provides researchers, practitioners, and language teachers with best practices to enrich the MUN experience.
Master the teaching of listening and speaking. This guide provides practical techniques to overcome challenges, engaging assessment tools to build on student strengths, and innovative ways to use technology. An essential, resource-rich springboard for boosting these core skills.
Enraged by the death of his beloved comrade Pátroklos, Akhilleús returns to battle to slay the Trojan champion Héktōr. After desecrating the corpse, he is confronted by King Príamos. Touched by the old man’s grief, Akhilleús achieves redemption by returning the body for burial.
Abdication of the Sovereign Self
Spano looks at how much of our verbal communication can be considered valid from perspective of the rules of logic. The book is a call for introspection in the hope that the reader will recognise the situation described here reflected in both himself and the society he inhabits.
This book advocates teaching peace through transformative literary works. It offers original poetry, critiques of fiction and film, and an exploration of peace studies to improve academic skills and foster curiosity, solitude, and self-development through writing.
This corpus-based study examines how US and UK newspapers used reporting strategies to shape public opinion on the Second Gulf War. It reveals that the choice of strategies is not only ideologically-driven, but also highly determined by country, style, and genre.
This book investigates the syntax and semantics of Hindi verbs and their argument structure alternations within the minimalist framework. It examines unaccusativity, causative alternations, and passives. For linguists and Hindi syntax specialists.
This book investigates language justice at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, where language was a tool of conflict. It reviews the tribunal’s language laws and services to ask whether linguistic justice was truly delivered to all parties.
This study explores representations of mental health in literature, focusing on works by 21st-century French women writers. It situates these portrayals in relation to current attitudes and practices, and discusses the benefit of their translation for an Anglophone readership.
A valuable resource for teachers and researchers, this book focuses on assessment in world Englishes. It presents case studies and new methods for evaluating learners in multilingual settings, considering their diverse styles and different local norms.
Pragmatic Linguistics and Sociolinguistics
This book analyzes and compares the language styles, politeness, and directness used by English and Slovak presenters on live television. Because the shows are unscripted, their language is more natural, and the results contribute to sociolinguistic research worldwide.
Borders and Borderlands
This book addresses how borders—between states, languages, and cultures—inhibit people and ideas. It explores identity through translation and gender transition, featuring firsthand accounts of the refugee crisis and historical and current “Poetry of Exile.”
Communicating English in Specialised Domains
This volume honors Maurizio Gotti’s academic career and his significant contributions to specialized discourses, lexicography, and the history of English. This collection brings together essays by scholars who have interacted with his ideas in these fields of enquiry.
This book explores how university language centres drive internationalisation, focusing on language policy, specialised training, and accreditation. Written by policy makers and instructors, it presents the first national higher education language policy in Europe (Spain).
Undescribed and Endangered Languages
This book offers a linguistic and phonetic analysis of undescribed and endangered languages. A contribution to the debate on linguistic diversity, it is an ideal overview for linguists, phoneticians, students, and researchers.
This book explores the Hebrew writings of Arab authors in Israel who use the language to transmit authentic Arab culture. They see themselves as messengers building a bridge between Arabic and Hebrew cultures, and as potential contributors to resolving the Jewish-Arab conflict.