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New Approaches to Specialized English Lexicology and Lexicography

By: Marián Alesón,Isabel Balteiro

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New Approaches to Specialized English Lexicology and Lexicography

By: Marián Alesón,Isabel Balteiro

This book gathers some of the latest approaches to Lexicology and Lexicography, which span from research on language for specific purposes to the study of lexical constellations and translation. It aims to present a multifaceted insight on current trends and, thus, includes papers that explore lexical processes in several areas, which comprise fields so diverse and riveting such as the language of cinema, fashion, tourism, and even comics. In addition, other papers examine the lexicon of well-established professional languages, such as the language of law, medicine and business, by revealing leading-edge perspectives on topics such as translation, word-formation, cultural clashes, or lexical selection. Key issues on learning and teaching are also considered, as part of a long tradition in the study of professional and academic languages that posits users’ learning needs as the cornerstone to the study of these languages. Therefore, this work proposes a strong emphasis on lexis and terminology, which are highlighted as the fundamental core of the definition and analysis of specialized languages. All in all, this publication intends, on the one hand, to embrace current trends in the study of specialized lexicon and terminology from the perspective of both Lexicology and Lexicography, and, on the other hand, to open new possibilities for future research.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1443826251

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A Contribution to the Study of Conversion in English

By: Isabel Balteiro

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A Contribution to the Study of Conversion in English

By: Isabel Balteiro

This work intends to provide new insights on a controversial word-formation phenomenon or process known as conversion or zero-derivation. It offers a critical review of previous theories and approaches to this subject but it also attempts to provide a new definition, discusses the appropriateness of using one term or the other to name the phenomenon, and identifies its main characteristics. For doing so, it discusses issues such as whether (1.) the category or word-class change is a strictly necessary condition, (2.) priority is to be given to the syntactic function or rather to the change of word-class, and (3.) the result of the process is a derived word, two different and independent units or rather, one form with two clearly differentiated units. Moreover, this study delimits conversion versus other linguistic phenomena with apparently similar results (levelling, ellipsis, shortening, among others), and discusses its different types or classifications (partial and total conversion, and change of secondary word-class). The conclusion is that, despite the appearance of being a "jack-in-the-box" or a "dumping ground" in which any linguistic process involving two formally identical elements may be included, conversion can be both delimited and distinguished from other phenomena with (apparent) similar results.The book has been awarded the national prize "Leocadio Martín Mingorance" de Lengua y Lingüística inglesas (XII edición), the English Language and Linguistics prize "Leocadio Martín Mingorance" (12th edition). This prize is awarded by AEDEAN: Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-norteamericanos (Spanish Association for English and American Studies).

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Waxmann Verlag

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3830967187

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The Directionality of Conversion in English

A Dia-synchronic Study

By: Isabel Balteiro

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The Directionality of Conversion in English

A Dia-synchronic Study

By: Isabel Balteiro

Isabel Balteiro describes the three main problems that the word-formation process know as conversion presents, namely those related to its definition, its delimitation, and its directionality. The latter constitutes, however, the main focus of the study.

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Peter Lang

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3039112414

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A Contribution to the Study of Conversion in English

By: Isabel Balteiro

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The Directionality of Conversion in English

A Dia-synchronic Study

By: Isabel Balteiro

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Approaches to Videogame Discourse

Lexis, Interaction, Textuality

By: Astrid Ensslin,Isabel Balteiro

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Approaches to Videogame Discourse

Lexis, Interaction, Textuality

By: Astrid Ensslin,Isabel Balteiro

The first significant collection of research in videogame linguistics, Approaches to Videogame Discourse features an international array of scholars in linguistics and communication studies exploring lexis, interaction and textuality in digital games. In the first section, "Lexicology, Localisation and Variation," chapters cover productive processes surrounding gamer slang (ludolects), creativity and borrowing across languages, as well as industry-, genre-, game- and player-specific issues relating to localization, legal jargon and slang. "Player Interactions" moves on to examine communicative patterns between videogame players, focusing in particular on (un)collaborative language, functions and negotiations of impoliteness and issues of power in player discourse. In the final section, "Beyond the 'Text'," scholars grapple with issues of multimodality, paratextuality and transmediality in videogames in order to develop and enrich multimodal theory, drawing on key concepts from ludonarratology, language ideology, immersion and transmedia studies. With implications for meaningful game design and communication theory, Approaches to Videogame Discourse examines in detail how video games function as means and objects of communication; how they give rise to new vocabularies, textual genres and discourse practices; and how they serve as rich vehicles of ideological signification and social engagement."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

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150133848X

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New Portuguese Letters

By: Maria Isabel Barreno,Maria Teresa Horta,Maria Velho da Costa,Helen R. Lane,Faith Gillespie,Suzette Macedo

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New Portuguese Letters

By: Maria Isabel Barreno,Maria Teresa Horta,Maria Velho da Costa,Helen R. Lane,Faith Gillespie,Suzette Macedo

Three modern Maria's weave tales, poems and meditations about modern women's lives.

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323

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0930523989

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Les contes d'Eva Luna

By: Isabel Allende

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Les contes d'Eva Luna

By: Isabel Allende

Eva Luna, héroïne du précédent roman d'Isabel Allende, n'avait pas son pareil pour conter des histoires aussi extraordinaires que véridiques, tirées de la chronique locale de son village, Agua Santa.On trouvera ici un nouvel échantillon du talent de la Schéhérazade latino-américaine. Vingt-trois récits burlesques ou sombres, de nostalgie ou de colère, d'ironie ou de révolte. Vingt-trois contes d'une prodigieuse diversité de situations, où la romancière de La Maison aux esprits révèle les mille et une facettes de son inspiration.

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LGF/Le Livre de Poche

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2253062065

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Amor perfeito

Any similarity with reality is pure coincidence

By: Isabel Helena de Brito Manique

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Amor perfeito

Any similarity with reality is pure coincidence

By: Isabel Helena de Brito Manique

The author, Violeta, has little time left to live and visits her infancy and early adulthood, with nostalgia. A book dedcated to love and kindness in the darkest moments. A ray of hope.

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New Approaches to Specialized English Lexicology and Lexicography

New Approaches to Specialized English Lexicology and Lexicography

A Contribution to the Study of Conversion in English

A Contribution to the Study of Conversion in English

The Directionality of Conversion in English

The Directionality of Conversion in English

A Contribution to the Study of Conversion in English

A Contribution to the Study of Conversion in English

The Directionality of Conversion in English

The Directionality of Conversion in English

Approaches to Videogame Discourse

Approaches to Videogame Discourse

New Portuguese Letters

New Portuguese Letters

Les contes d'Eva Luna

Les contes d'Eva Luna

Amor perfeito

Amor perfeito

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