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Thinking Translation eBook Series

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  • Thinking Arabic Translation

    A Course in Translation Method: Arabic to English

    by Sándor Hervey, Ian Higgins, James Dickins ...
    Series series Thinking Translation
    Thinking Arabic Translation is an indispensable book for linguists who want to develop their Arabic-to-English translation skills. Clear explanations, discussions, examples and exercises enable students to acquire the skills necessary for tackling a broad range of translation problems.The book has a practical orientation, addressing key issues for translators, such as cultural differences, genre, ... Read more

    Was $114.99 CAD Now $101.68 CAD

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  • Aitchison's Linguistics

    A practical introduction to contemporary linguistics

    by Jean Aitchison ...
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  • Linguistics

    A Very Short Introduction

    by P. H. Matthews ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
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  • Analytic Philosophy

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Michael Beaney ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Originating in the pioneering work of Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, and Ludwig Wittgenstein in the four decades around the turn of the twentieth century, analytic philosophy established itself in various forms in the 1930s. After the Second World War, it developed further in North America, in the rest of Europe, and is now growing in influence as the dominant philosophical ... Read more

    $4.79 CAD

  • A to Z of Arabic-English-Arabic Translation

    Edited by Ronak Husni, Daniel L. Newman ...
    The A to Z highlights common pitfalls faced by translators working on both Arabic-English and English-Arabic texts. Each translation problem is carefully contextualized and illustrated with examples drawn from contemporary literature and the media. Using a comparative analysis approach, the authors discuss grammatical, lexical and semantic translation issues, and offer guidance regarding correct ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to Arab Poetics

    by Adonis ...
    Translated by Catherine Cobham ...
    Poetry is the quintessence of Arab culture. In this book, one of the foremost Arab poets reinterprets a rich and ancient heritage. He examines the oral tradition of pre-Islamic Arabian poetry, as well as the relationship between Arabic poetry and the Qur'an, and between poetry and thought. Adonis also assesses the challenges of modernism and the impact of western culture on the Arab poetic ... Read more

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  • Cultural Encounters in Translation from Arabic

    by Said FAIQ ...

    $15.99 CAD

  • Investigating English Style

    by David Crystal, Derek Davy ...
    A series to meet the need for books on modern English that are both up-to-date and authoritative.For the scholar, the teacher, the student and the general reader, but especially for English-speaking students of language and linguistics in institutions where English is the language of instruction, or advanced specialist students of English in universities where English is taught as a foreign ... Read more

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  • Structure and Function of the Arabic Verb

    by Maher Bahloul ...
    Series series Routledge Arabic Linguistics Series
    Structure and Function of the Arabic Verb is a corpus-based study that unveils the morpho-syntax and the semantics of the Arabic verb.Approaches to verbal grammatical categories - the constituents of verbal systems - often rely on either semantic-pragmatic or syntactic analyses. This research bridges the gap between these two distinct approaches through a detailed analysis of Taxis, Aspect, Tense ... Read more

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  • Russian Translation

    Theory and Practice

    by Edna Andrews, Elena Maksimova ...
    Russian Translation: Theory and Practice is a comprehensive practical course in translation for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of Russian. The course aims to provide intensive exposure with a view to mastering translation from Russian into English while carefully analyzing the specific problems that arise in the translation process.Offering over 75 practical translation exercises ... Read more

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  • The Syntax of Arabic

    by Joseph E. Aoun, Elabbas Benmamoun, Lina Choueiri ...
    Series series Cambridge Syntax Guides
    Recent research on the syntax of Arabic has produced valuable literature on the major syntactic phenomena found in the language. This guide to Arabic syntax provides an overview of the major syntactic constructions in Arabic that have featured in recent linguistic debates, and discusses the analyses provided for them in the literature. A broad variety of topics are covered, including argument ... Read more

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