The essays in this collection examine the public construction of languages, the linguistic construction of publics, and the relationship between these two processes
As a sociolinguistic phenomenon that connects language and its users to the social world that surrounds them, politeness can provide insights into the very structure of social reality and the process by which it is established and maintained
Computers offer new perspectives in the study of language, allowing us to see phenomena that previously remained obscure because of the limitations of our vantage points
From the outset, this book has evoked strong responses
Why would a Latin Qur'an be addressed to readers who knew no Latin? What happens when translators work on paper rather than... Læs mere
This is a book about the teaching and particularly the acquisition of translation-related skills and knowledge