Language, discourse, and translation in the West and Middle East / edited by Robert De Beaugrande, Abdulla Shunnaq, Mohamed Helmy Heliel.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

De Beaugrande, Robert.

Shunnaq, Abdulla.

Heliel, Mohamed Helmy.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Language and Translation (1992 : Irbid, Jordan)

Series:

Benjamins translation library ; v. 7.

Benjamins translation library, 0929-7316 ; v. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting--Congresses.

Translating and interpreting.

Arabic language--Translating--Congresses.

Arabic language.

English language--Translating--Congresses.

English language.

Terms and phrases--Congresses.

Terms and phrases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The papers collected in this volume are a selection of papers presented at a conference on Language and Translation (Irbid, Jordan, 1992). In their revised form, they offer comparisons between Western and Arabic language usage and transfer. The articles bring together linguistic and cultural aspects in translation in a functional discourse framework set out in Part One: Theory, Culture, Ideology. Part Two addresses aspects for comparisons among translations and their cultural contexts (equivalence, stylistics and paragraphing). Part Three features Arabic-English language contact, specifically

Contents:

pt. 1. Theory, cognition, ideology

pt. 2. Aspects for comparison

pt. 3. Arabic and English in contact

pt. 4. Issues in lexicology and grammar

pt. 5. Pedagogical applications

pt. 6. Geopolitical outlooks.

Notes:

Papers presented at an International Conference on Language and Translation held at Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan, April 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-17454-5

9786613174543

90-272-8363-X

OCLC:

739051532