Conversations about Language and Culture

Conversations About Language & Culture is a five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection of carefully-edited Ideas Roadshow Conversations featuring leading researchers with a detailed preface highlighting the connections between the different books. All five books include a detailed essay setting up the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burton, Howard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : Open Agenda Publishing, 2021.
Colección:Ideas Roadshow Collections.
Temas:
Language and culture.
Langage et culture.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Textual Note
  • Preface
  • China, Culturally Speaking
  • A conversation with Michael Berry
  • Introduction
  • I. From New Jersey to Nanjing
  • II. Found in Translation
  • III. Freedom of the Press
  • IV. Contemporary Voices
  • V. A Glimpse Behind the Lens
  • VI. Business and Art
  • VII. Flourishing
  • Continuing the Conversation
  • Babbling Barbarians
  • How Translators Keep Us Civilized
  • A conversation with David Bellos
  • Introduction
  • I. Introductory Musings
  • II. An Illustrative Capture
  • III. Getting the Joke
  • IV. Probing the Foreign
  • V. Films in Translation
  • VI. The Varieties of English
  • VII. Asserting Our Individuality
  • VIII. Translation and Meaning
  • IX. Mathematics and Music
  • X. Language and Thought
  • XI. Paying Respects
  • Continuing the Conversation
  • Sign Language Linguistics
  • A conversation with Carol Padden
  • Introduction
  • I. Choosing Languages
  • II. Distance Education
  • III. Signing as Language
  • IV. Diversity and Structure
  • V. Distinctiveness
  • VI. Embodiment
  • VII. A Cultural Window
  • VIII. Predictions and Proclivities
  • IX. Examining Diversity
  • X. Making Comparisons
  • Continuing the Conversation
  • Perspectives on Mass Communication
  • A conversation with Denis McQuail
  • Introduction
  • I. Plunging into the Media
  • II. Getting Rigorous
  • III. Journalism and Society
  • IV. Bringing It Home
  • V. Towards the Future
  • Continuing the Conversation
  • The Value of Voice
  • A conversation with Nick Couldry
  • Introduction
  • I. Round the Houses
  • II. Deconstruction
  • III. Investigating Power
  • IV. The Future of Media
  • V. Ever Onwards
  • Continuing the Conversation

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