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Combining Functional Linguistics and Skopos Theory
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 309

Combining Functional Linguistics and Skopos Theory

This study explores how Halliday's Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) and Vermeer's Skopos theory of translation can be combined in a contrastive (quantitative and qualitative) linguistic and contextual analysis of two corpora of Greek Cypriot and British folktales. Several linguistic aspects are considered, providing insights into the original function of the source texts in both languages. Questions of narrative versus non-narrative and oral versus written discourse, authority and performance are examined alongside questions of the translator's expertise and of the sanctity of the source text. The findings are presented in concrete translation examples, illustrating how translation studies can become a science of cultural and linguistic transfer.

Connectivity in Grammar and Discourse
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 480

Connectivity in Grammar and Discourse

In this collection of carefully selected papers connectivity is looked at from the vantage points of language contact, language change, language acquisition, multilingual communication and related domains based on various European and Non-European languages. From typological and multilingual perspectives the focus of investigation is on the grammatical architecture of a number of linguistic devices that interconnect units of text and discourse. The volume is organized along central concepts: A general section deals with connectivity in language change and language acquisition, subdivisions are devoted to pronouns, topics and subjects, the role of finiteness in text and discourse, coordination and subordination and particles, adverbials and constructions. The editors' preface introduces connectivity as an object of linguistic research.

Hera
  • Language: en

Hera

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Hera, member of the Gultur race governing the Seven Islands, thought she knew right from wrong and what her future held in store. A chance meeting with a lesser mortal, though, will turn her world upside down and force her to see her race and the laws with different eyes. For Hera, knowledge means action, so she sets out to put things right and change her world.

Standard Languages and Language Standards – Greek, Past and Present
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 408

Standard Languages and Language Standards – Greek, Past and Present

Standard Languages and Language Standards: Greek, Past and Present is a collection of essays with a distinctive focus and an unusual range. It brings together scholars from different disciplines, with a variety of perspectives, linguistic and literary, historical and social, to address issues of control, prescription, planning and perceptions of value over the long history of the Greek language, from the age of Homer to the present day. Under particular scrutiny are the processes of establishing a standard and the practices and ideologies of standardization. The diverse points of reference include: the Hellenistic koine and the literary classics of modern Greece; lexicography in late antiqui...

Cyprus Today
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 514

Cyprus Today

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1993
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Cyprus To-day
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 420

Cyprus To-day

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1999
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Boreal and John Grey
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 536

Boreal and John Grey

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-12-03
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Centuries ago, they nearly conquered humankind. But their Gate to our world closed, leaving them out. Now the elves have found a way back.Ella Benson, agent of the Paranormal Bureau, fights the Shades when they cross into our world, keeping everyone safe. But increasingly dangerous creatures are slipping into her city, her work partner has just gone missing, and a mysterious - and, quite frankly, hot - guy saves her life. His name is Finn and, as it turns out, he's a natural when it comes to fighting the Shades.When the Gates between the worlds start opening and the elves make a comeback, Ella needs a new, temporary partner. Enlisting the mysterious Finn is a no-brainer, until she realizes he is guarding dangerous secrets of his own.Together with Finn, and the fate of the world on her shoulders, what's Ella to do but grab her weapons and figure it all out, one way or another.

The A.I. Chronicles
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 430

The A.I. Chronicles

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. Even today, machines that mimic human thinking surround us. As the intellectual feats of computing machines grow more and more astounding, will there be a day when their apparent intelligence approaches, or even surpasses, that of human beings? And what if these machines then become conscious, self-aware? In this latest title in the acclaimed Future Chronicles series of speculative fiction anthologies, thirteen authors confront the question of the Singularity: at and beyond that point of time when A.I. becomes more than simply a human construct. From first awareness to omniscience, these original short stories explore that territory where human intelligence comes face-to-face with what is either its greatest hope, or its greatest threat. The A.I. Chronicles features stories by bestselling author David Simpson (the Post-Human series), Prix Aurora winner Julie Czerneda (In the Company of Others), Amazon Kindle Scout sensation Peter Cawdron (Anomaly) plus ten more of today's top authors in speculative and science fiction.

Ride the Moon
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 228

Ride the Moon

For thousands of years, the Moon has inspired stories and legends about heroic animals, violent deities, and criminal humans. In modern times, those tales have been overshadowed by vampires and werewolves. It's time for the Moon and her denizens to take back the night. Follow us down a twisting path of fantasy and science fiction and rediscover the magic of the Moon. From Mermaids that collect souls to lunar colonies on the brink of disaster, inside these pages you will find out which lunar gods still walk among us and what new breed of monster should keep you fearful of the night. Ride the Moon contains 19 speculative fiction tales that showcase the breadth of writing styles from around the globe.

Tense-Switching in Classical Greek
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 333

Tense-Switching in Classical Greek

Explores the relationship between the present tense and the conceptualisation of 'presence' in Greek from a cognitive perspective.