Semantics and Pragmatics of False Friends (Routledge Studies in Linguistics) - Softcover

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Chamizo-Domínguez, Pedro J.

 
9780415887885: Semantics and Pragmatics of False Friends (Routledge Studies in Linguistics)
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ISBN 10: 0415887887 ISBN 13: 9780415887885
Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

This book approaches the topic of false friends from a theoretical perspective, arguing that false friends carry out a positive role as a cognitive device, mainly in literature and jokes, and suggesting some pragmatic strategies in order to restore the original sense of a text/utterance when a given translator (or a foreign speaker) falls victim to false friends. This theoretical account is successively verified by appealing to texts from the fields of literature, science, philosophy, journalism, and everyday speech.

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About the Author

Pedro J. Chamizo Domínguez lectures in Philosophy of Language at The University of Malaga (Spain). He has published five books and several papers in Spanish, Slovakian, English, and French.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415887887
ISBN 13 
9780415887885
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
200

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