Contrastive pragmatics and translation : evaluation, epistemic modality and communicative styles in English and German / Svenja Kranich, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kranich, Svenja, author.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 261.

Pragmatics & beyond

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pragmatics.

Contrastive linguistics.

Translating and interpreting--Social aspects.

Translating and interpreting.

English language--Rhetoric.

English language.

German language--Rhetoric.

German language.

Information theory in translating.

Discourse analysis--Social aspects.

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

xiv, 204 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2016]

Contents:

1 Acknowledgements p. ix

2 List of tables p. xi

3 List of figures p. xiii

4 Chapter 1. Introduction p. 1

5 Chapter 2. General hypotheses, data and methods p. 17

6 Chapter 3. The five dimensions of English-German communicative contrasts p. 23

7 Chapter 4. Contrastive perspectives on English-German pragmaticand stylistic contrasts p. 29

8 Chapter 5. The impact of English-German pragmatic and stylistic contrastson translations p. 51

9 Chapter 6. English-German contrasts in evaluative practice p. 67

10 Chapter 7. English-German contrasts in epistemic modal marking p. 95

11 Chapter 8. Translations as trigger of linguistic change? Changes in the genreof popular science in English texts, English-German translationsand German originals p. 165

12 Chapter 9. Conclusion and outlook p. 179

13 References p. 191

14 Index p. 203.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Kranich, Svenja, author. Contrastive pragmatics and translation

ISBN:

9789027256669

9027256667

9027267278

9789027267276

OCLC:

934885061

Publisher Number:

9789027256669