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1 online resource (xv, 232 pages) : illustrations |
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Cover; HalfTitle; Series page; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Introduction: Metaphor in Intercultural Communication; Part One Metaphor in Translation; 1 The Evolution of Translation Trainees' Subjective Theories:; Introduction; Subjective theory, formal learning and conceptual change; Theoretical and methodological framework used in the analysis of metaphor; Analysis of metaphors; Context of the study; Data collection; Findings; Conclusions; 2 Translation of Metaphor in Popular Technology Discourse; Introduction |
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The objectives of the studyMethodology; Data; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; 3 Revisiting the Function of Background Information in Sight Translating Metaphor: An Analysis of Translation Product and Pr; Introduction; Some basic concepts; Background; Experiment; Data presentation and discussion; Conclusion; 4 Conceptual Metaphors in Translation: A Corpus-Based Study on Quantitative Differences between Translated and Non-translate; Introduction; Methodology; Data and results; Conclusion; Part Two Universal versus Culture-Specific Aspects of Metaphor |
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5 Variation within Universals: The 'Metaphorical Profile' Approach to the Study of anger Concepts in English, Russian and SpIntroduction; Data and method; Results; Conclusions; 6 Conceptual Metaphor in Intercultural Communication between Speakers of Aboriginal English and Australian English; Introduction; Cultural Linguistics and metaphor research; Aboriginal English; Metaphor in Aboriginal English; Concluding remarks; 7 Cultural Influence on the Use of dog Concepts in English and Kabyle Proverbs1; Introduction; Background: the Great Chain of Being; Research procedure |
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Dogs in British and Kabyle culturesDescriptive account of the proverbs' main meaning foci; Discussion of the findings; Conclusion; Part Three Metaphor, Globalization and Intercultural Communication; 8 English Idioms Borrowed and Reshaped: The Emergence of a Hybrid Metaphor in Spanish1; Introduction; Detailed case study: estar la pelota en el tejado de alguien; Conclusions; 9 'Economic Conquistadors Conquer New Worlds': Metaphor Scenarios in English-Language Newspaper Headlines on Spanish Foreign; Introduction; Review of the literature; Economic conquistadors in a Spanish conquest scenario |
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The English-language newspaper headlinesDiscourse metaphors and metaphor scenarios in the data; Discussion; Conclusion; 10 One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Conceptualizing Serbia's EU Accession in Serbian and EU Discourse1; Introduction; Theoretical framework and data collection; journey metaphor scenario in Serbia's EU accession discourse; Conclusion; 11 Metaphor and Self/Other Representations: A Study on British and Romanian Headlines on Migration; Introduction; Data and methodology; Metaphor analysis; Conclusions; Subject Index; Name Index |
| Summary |
Metaphor and Intercultural Communication examines in detail the dynamics of metaphor in interlingual contact, translation and globalization processes. Its case-studies, which combine methods of cognitive metaphor theory with those of corpus-based and discourse-oriented research, cover contact linguistic and cultural contacts between Chinese, English including Translational English and Aboriginal English, Greek, Kabyle, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, and Spanish. Part I introduces readers to practical and methodological problems of the intercultural transfer of metaphor through empirical (corpus-b |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Intercultural communication.
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Metaphor.
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metaphor.
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Semantics, discourse analysis, etc.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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Intercultural communication
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Metaphor
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Kulturkontakt
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Metapher
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Übersetzung
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Metaforen.
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Interculturele communicatie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Musolff, Andreas.
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Macarthur, Fiona.
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Pagani, Giulio.
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| ISBN |
9781472570475 |
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1472570472 |
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9781472593610 |
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1472593618 |
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9781472587213 |
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1472587219 |
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9781472593627 |
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1472593626 |
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