Communication Across Cultures
The Linguistics of Texts in Translation (Expanded and Revised Edition)
$122.21
- Paperback
305 pages
- Release Date
3 February 2020
Summary
A unique synthesis of contrastive linguistics and discourse analysis, providing a core text for upper undergraduates and postgraduates taking courses in language, applied linguistics, translation and cultural studies. The book will also be of interest to language teachers and other applied linguists, as well as translators and interpreters.
This revised and expanded edition includes important updates reflecting the growth over the past two decades in the theoretical study of translat…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781905816316 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1905816316 |
| Author: | Basil Hatim, Prof. Basil Hatim |
| Publisher: | University of Exeter Press |
| Imprint: | University of Exeter Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 305 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 3 February 2020 |
| Weight: | 490g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 150mm |
| Series: | Exeter Language and Lexicography |
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Translation is translating culture. Indeed, what else other than translating and translation could best exemplify communication across cultures? … A reflection of his genuine understanding of the sociotextual values of Arabic counter-argumentation, opposition to indiscriminate rendering into Arabic through-argumentation, and hope for open-mindedness in Arabic rhetoric.
– Raymond Wai-man Ng * Linguistics and the Human Sciences *(An) illuminative contribution to applied linguistics, language teaching, literary criticism, translation, and cultural studies.
– Kexin Du * Babel *About The Author
Basil Hatim
Basil Hatim is Professor in the Department of Arabic Studies at the American University of Sharjah. He has lectured widely in translation theory at universities throughout the UK, Europe and the Middle East, and has published extensively on the applications of text linguistics to translation theory and practice.
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