Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Cognitive approaches to specialist languages / edited by Marcin Grygiel. - 1 online resource (vii, 457 pages) : illustrations

"Many of the contributions to the this volume were originally presented during a theme session 'Cognitive Approaches to Specialist Languages' organized at the Polish Cognitive Linguistics Association 2015 Conference in Lublin."--Page viii

Includes bibliographical references.

Part IX. Translation, Terminology and CorporaChapter Eighteen; Chapter Nineteen; Chapter Twenty

Specialist languages, such as the languages of law, business, aviation, football, and politics, can be perceived as highly conventionalized, semi-natural and not fully autonomous communication codes limited to specific, and predominantly formal, situations. A large number of them can be best characterized by subject matter and semantic content, but the most important distinctive element in their make-up is the frame of context in which they are embedded. This volume discusses various ways of approaching the problems associated with the very broad phenomenon of specialist languages by means of.

ISBN: 9781443892209 (electronic bk.) 1443892203 (electronic bk.)

Source: 9781443892209 Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB795687 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 018364180 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sublanguage--Congresses.
Langues de spécialité--Congrès.
Language.
Linguistics.
Translation & interpretation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--General.
Sublanguage.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.

LC Class. No.: P120.S9 / C64 2017eb

Dewey Class. No.: 401/.47