Contacts and Contrasts in Educational Contexts and Translation (Second Language Learning and Teaching)

ISBN 10: 3030049779 / ISBN 13: 9783030049775

Published by Springer, 2019

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1st ed. 2019 edition NO-PA16APR2015-KAP.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Contacts and Contrasts in Educational Contexts and Translation (Second Language Learning and Teaching)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030049779
• ISBN 13: 9783030049775
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This volume covers descriptions and interpretations of social and cognitive phenomena and processes which emerge at the interface of languages and cultures in educational and translation contexts. It contains eleven papers, divided into two parts, which focus respectively on the issues of language and culture acquisition and a variety of translation practices (general language, literature, music translation) from socio-cultural and cognitive perspectives.

About the Author

Dr. habil. Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk is a full professor of English and Applied Linguistics at the State University of Applied Sciences in Konin, Poland and head of the Department of Research in Language, Literature and Translation. She previously served for many years as head of the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics at the University of Lodz, Poland. She is the author or editor of numerous books and papers on cognitive and corpus linguistics, collaborative knowledge acquisition and translation. She is a recipient of Polish Academy of Sciences awards, was selected as an Honorary Professor in Linguistics and Modern English Language at the University of Lancaster, UK, and has been invited to read papers at conferences and give workshops at various European, American and Asian universities.