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A cultural journey through the English lexicon /

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 f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Facchinetti, Roberta, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.