Semantics and Pragmatics of False Friends

Zusatztext '...an illuminating and fascinating book.' - Jan Harald Alnes! University of Tromso"Chamizo-Dominguez is a multilingual author who made the most of his knowledge of several languages to write a book with such scope and insightful depth....The diversity of languages! comprehensiveness of analysis! and the author's devotion to the topic make the book an essential reference for all scholars interested in the topic of false friends." --Ahmed Seddik Al-Wahy! The Canadian Journal of Linguistics Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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 falls victim to false friends. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments. Introduction 1. Clearing the Terrain 2. Synonymy! Polysemy and Homonymy 3. Semantics of False Friends: Borrowings! Calques and Inheritances 4. Semantics of False Friends: Tropical False Friends 5. Pragmatics of False Friends 6. Main theses Exposed and Conclusions. Notes. Bibliography. Index

Product details

• Authors: Pedro J. Chamizo-Dominguez, Pedro J. (University of Malaga Chamizo-Dominguez, Pedro J. Chamizo-Domínguez
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.07.2007
• EAN: 9780415957205
• ISBN: 978-0-415-95720-5
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Routledge Studies in Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc