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Communication Across Cultures

The Linguistics of Texts in Translation (Expanded and Revised Edition)

Prof Basil Hatim author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Exeter Press

Published:3rd Feb '20

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A unique synthesis of contrastive linguistics and discourse analysis, providing a core text for upper undergraduates and postgraduates taking courses in language, applied linguistics, translation and cultural studies. The book will also be of interest to language teachers and other applied linguists, as well as translators and interpreters.

This revised and expanded edition includes important updates reflecting the growth over the past two decades in the theoretical study of translation and contrastive linguistics, and the wide-ranging practical applications of such studies. It offers authoritative updates on the major issues of translation and contrastive linguistics, using new practical examples and case studies that present the latest exploratory research of interest to both students and practitioners.

While English and Arabic remain the language pair used for illustrative purposes, the analytic tools and theoretical overviews presented are of global applicability. The main objectives pursued remain the training of future linguists and, more broadly, an increased awareness of the subtleties of discourse on the part of language users.

Translation is translating culture. Indeed, what else other than translating and translation could best exemplify communication across cultures? ... A reflection of his genuine understanding of the sociotextual values of Arabic counter-argumentation, opposition to indiscriminate rendering into Arabic through-argumentation, and hope for open-mindedness in Arabic rhetoric.

-- Raymond Wai-man Ng * Linguistics and the Human Sciences *

(An) illuminative contribution to applied linguistics, language teaching, literary criticism, translation, and cultural studies. 

-- Kexin Du * Bab

ISBN: 9781905816316

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305 pages

2nd Revised edition