Is language somehow innate in the structure of the human brain, or is it completely learned? This debate is still at the heart of linguistics, especially as it intersects with psychology and cognitive science.
This book, largely derived from work being carried out by the partners of the TELRI (Trans-European Language Resources Infrastructure) projects, reflects the growing influence of corpus linguistics in a variety of areas such as lexicography, translation studies, genre analysis and language teaching. The book is divided into two sections, the first on monolingual corpora and the second addressing multilingual corpora. Although the methods used to examine these two types of corpora may differ, the contributors reveal that there are many similarities between the two. The chapters discuss: - the relationship between methodology and theory - the importance of computers for linking textual segments, providing teaching tools or translating texts - the significance of 'training corpora' and human annotation - how corpus linguistic investigations can shed light on social and cultural aspects of language - the importance of corpus linguistics in modern linguistic studies
Presenting fascinating research in the field, this book will be of interest to academics researching the applications of corpus linguistics.
versions of columns that appeared in the electronic journal Glot International, and partly of lectures and reviews that have either not been previously published or have been radically changed. They were initially addressed to an audience with some basic expertise in linguistics. As this cannot be expected of everyone reading this collection, and as I wish to make the essays as accessible as possible, I have provided a lengthy introduction to one version of current linguistics: that associated most closely with the work of Noam Chomsky.
Translation is a comprehensive resource book which provides students and researchers with support for advanced study of the subject. The authors examine the theory and practice of translation from a variety of linguistic and cultural angles. Drawing on a wide range of languages, including French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian and Arabic, they explore material from a variety of sources, such as the Internet, advertisements, religious texts, literary and technical texts. As with all books in the Routledge Applied Linguistics series, Translation is clearly structured in three main sections. Translation includes readings by Catford, Fawcett, Ernst-August Gutt, James S. Holmes, Eugene Nida, Werner Koller, Levy, Reiss, George Steiner, Vinay and Darbelnet.
Key Concepts in Language and Linguistics is an A-Z guide to the main terms and concepts used in the study of language and linguistics. The book includes definitions of terms used in grammatical analysis from phoneme to componential analysis; branches of linguistics from semantics to neurolinguistics; approaches used in studying language from discourse analysis to systemic linguistics; linguistic phenomena from code-switching to conversational implicature; and language varieties from pidgin to standard language. Each entry begins with a brief definition of the term followed by a more detailed description. Entries trace the origin of the concept, mention the key associated individuals, provide a guide to further reading and are extensively cross- referenced.
