Corpus-based Approaches to Contrastive Linguistics and Translation Studies
Published on 1. January 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-90-420-1046-8 (ISBN)
Description
Corpus-based Approaches to Contrastive Linguistics and Translation Studies presents readers with up-to-date research in corpus-based contrastive linguistics and translation studies, showing the high degree of complementarity between the two fields in terms of research methodology, interests and objectives. Offering theoretical, descriptive and applied perspectives, the articles show how translation and contrastive approaches to grammar, lexis and discourse can be harmoniously combined through the use of monolingual, bilingual and multilingual corpora and how contrastive information needs to inform translation research and vice versa. The notion of contrastive linguistics adopted here is broad; thus, alongside comparisons of Malay/English idioms and the French imparfait and its English equivalents, there are articles comparing different varieties of French, and sign language with spoken language. This collection should be of interest to researchers in corpus linguistics, contrastive linguistics and translation studies. In addition, the section on corpus-based teaching applications will be of great value to teachers of translation and contrastive linguistics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
357 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-420-1046-8 (9789042010468)
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List of contributors
Sylviane GRANGER, Jacques LEROT & Stephanie PETCH-TYSON: Preface
I. Theoretical Approaches
Sylviane GRANGER: The corpus approach: a common way forward for Contrastive Linguistics and Translation Studies?
Stig JOHANSSON: Contrastive linguistics and corpora
Sara LAVIOSA: Corpora and Translation Studies
II. Corpus-based Case Studies
Kristin DAVIDSE & Liesbet HEYVAERT: On the middle construction in English and Dutch
Andre HANTSON: English gerund clauses and Norwegian det + infinitive / at clause constructions
Mieke van HERREWEGHE & Myriam VERMEERBERGEN: Flemish Sign Language and Dutch: Syntactic differences due to a different modality as exemplified in reference tracking
Helene CHUQUET: Loss and gain in English translations of the French imparfait
Jonathan CHARTERIS-BLACK: A prototype based approach to the translation of Malay and English idioms
Tiina PUURTINEN: Nonfinite constructions in Finnish children's literature: Features of translationese contradicting translation universals?
III. Cross-linguistics Tools and Applications
Philip KING: Parallel concordancing and its applications
Lynne BOWKER: Corpus-based applications for translator training: Exploring the possibilities
Natalie KUEBLER & Pierre-Yves FOUCOU: Teaching English verbs with bilingual corpora: Examples in the field of computer science
Elizabeth DAWES: Towards a new dictionary of idioms
Sylviane GRANGER, Jacques LEROT & Stephanie PETCH-TYSON: Preface
I. Theoretical Approaches
Sylviane GRANGER: The corpus approach: a common way forward for Contrastive Linguistics and Translation Studies?
Stig JOHANSSON: Contrastive linguistics and corpora
Sara LAVIOSA: Corpora and Translation Studies
II. Corpus-based Case Studies
Kristin DAVIDSE & Liesbet HEYVAERT: On the middle construction in English and Dutch
Andre HANTSON: English gerund clauses and Norwegian det + infinitive / at clause constructions
Mieke van HERREWEGHE & Myriam VERMEERBERGEN: Flemish Sign Language and Dutch: Syntactic differences due to a different modality as exemplified in reference tracking
Helene CHUQUET: Loss and gain in English translations of the French imparfait
Jonathan CHARTERIS-BLACK: A prototype based approach to the translation of Malay and English idioms
Tiina PUURTINEN: Nonfinite constructions in Finnish children's literature: Features of translationese contradicting translation universals?
III. Cross-linguistics Tools and Applications
Philip KING: Parallel concordancing and its applications
Lynne BOWKER: Corpus-based applications for translator training: Exploring the possibilities
Natalie KUEBLER & Pierre-Yves FOUCOU: Teaching English verbs with bilingual corpora: Examples in the field of computer science
Elizabeth DAWES: Towards a new dictionary of idioms