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Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies (2nd Edition)
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Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies (2nd Edition)
Delivering a thoroughly revised and updated version of the most authoritative reference work in the field, this new and expanded edition of the "Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies" draws on the expertise of over ninety contributors from all over the world, providing an unparalleled global perspective which makes this volume unique.
 
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Trends in Teenage Talk: Corpus Compilation, Analysis and Findings
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Trends in Teenage Talk: Corpus Compilation, Analysis and Findings
Teenage talk is fascinating, though so far teenage language has not been given the attention in linguistic research that it merits. The first part of "Trends in Teenage Talk" gives a description how the corpus was collected and processed. The second part of the book is devoted to the most prominent features of the teenagers' talk: "slanguage"; how reported speech is manifested; a survey of non-standard grammatical features; the use of intensifiers; tags; and interactional behaviour in terms of conflict talk.
 
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Syntax: A Minimalist Introduction
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Syntax: A Minimalist IntroductionThis textbook is a concise, readable introduction to current work in syntactic theory, particularly to Chomsky's Minimalist program. It gives an overview of theoretical concepts and descriptive devices. The discussion is based on varieties of English (Modern Standard, Belfast, Shakespearean, Jamaican Creole) and does not assume prior knowledge of syntax. There are exercises and a glossary. It is an abridged version of Radford's major new textbook Syntactic Theory and the Structure of English: A Minimalist Approach.
 
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Introduction to Government and Binding Theory
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Introduction to Government and Binding Theory Since its first publication in 1991 Liliane Haegeman's Introduction to Government and Binding Theory has become established as the most authoritative introduction to the Principles and Parameters approach to syntactic theory. This new edition has been extensively updated throughout. Major structural changes include new chapters on Functional Heads and Head Movement and on Relativized Minimality. Discussions of a number of topics missing from or not paid due attention in the first edition have been integrated or expanded...
 
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Mary Snell-Hornby - The Turns of Translation Studies: New paradigms or shifting viewpoints?
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Mary Snell-Hornby - The Turns of Translation Studies: New paradigms or shifting viewpoints?

What’s new in Translation Studies? The author’s aim is to stimulate discussion and provoke further debate on the current profile and future perspectives of Translation Studies.

 
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