Words, Words, Words. the Translator and the Language: The Translator and the Language Learner

A collection of papers on vocabulary seen from a range of perspectives. This book aims to highlight some of the ways in which translation and language learning can be viewed as complementary in relation to the lexicon.

List of contents

The language learner and the translator, Gunilla Anderman and Margaret Rogers; taming the wilderness - words in the mental lexicon, Jean Aitchison; the classical research in L2 vocabulary acquistion, Paul Meara; the word is my oyster - the langauge learner and the translation, peter Newmark; lexical innovation - neologism and dictionaries, John Ayto, beyond the dictionary - the translator, the L2 learner and the computer, Margaret Rogers.

Product details

• Authors: Anderman
• Assisted by: Gunilla Anderman (Editor), Gunilla M. Anderman (Editor), Margaret Rogers (Editor), Margaret A. Rogers (Editor)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2001
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 215 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 154 g
• Series: Topics in Translation; Topics in Translation
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies