A Cultural journey through the English lexicon / edited by Roberta Facchinetti.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Facchinetti, Roberta, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Lexicography.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a metaphorical journey through the English lexicon, viewed as a vehicle and a mirror of cultural identity. From the translatability of phrases and metaphors to genre-specific terms, from English as a Lingua Franca to English language teaching, the studies collected here testify to the fact that in English - and overall in language - word contextualization or lack of contextualization impinges on linguistic utterances and leads to differing interpretations of the textual message. The book may be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students who are concerned Other the study

Contents:

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CULTURAL KEYWORDS ACROSS COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE, LANGUAGES AND CULTURES; METAPHORS WE TRANSLATE BY?TOWARDS A DOMAIN-BASED APPROACHTO CONVENTIONAL METAPHOR IN L2 TRANSLATION PEDAGOGY; A COMPUTATION APPROACH TO MEANING EVOLUTION IN LAW; 'EUROPEANIZATION' OF FAMILY LAW; REGISTER VARIATION IN TOURISM TERMINOLOGY; NEW SPORT MEDIA LANGUAGE; HOFSTEDE'S CULTURAL DIMENSIONS IN ELF COMPANY WEBSITES OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; UNEXPECTED LEXICAL CREATIVITY; WORLD ENGLISHES AND ELF IN ELT TEXTBOOKS; LEXICON AND INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE IN EFL MANUALS; THE GENERAL SERVICE LIST

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-43663-9

9786613436634

1-4438-3559-5

OCLC:

820123357