1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456820703321

Titolo

Language, discourse, and translation in the West and Middle East [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Robert De Beaugrande, Abdulla Shunnaq, Mohamed Helmy Heliel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c1994

ISBN

1-283-17454-5

9786613174543

90-272-8363-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Collana

Benjamins translation library, , 0929-7316 ; ; v. 7

Altri autori (Persone)

De BeaugrandeRobert

ShunnaqAbdulla

HelielMohamed Helmy

Disciplina

418/.02

Soggetti

Translating and interpreting

Arabic language - Translating

English language - Translating

Terms and phrases

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at an International Conference on Language and Translation held at Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan, April 1992.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Theory, cognition, ideology -- pt. 2. Aspects for comparison -- pt. 3. Arabic and English in contact -- pt. 4. Issues in lexicology and grammar -- pt. 5. Pedagogical applications -- pt. 6. Geopolitical outlooks.

Sommario/riassunto

The papers collected in this volume are a selection of papers presented at a conference on Language and Translation (Irbid, Jordan, 1992). In their revised form, they offer comparisons between Western and Arabic language usage and transfer. The articles bring together linguistic and cultural aspects in translation in a functional discourse framework set out in Part One: Theory, Culture, Ideology. Part Two addresses aspects for comparisons among translations and their cultural contexts (equivalence, stylistics and paragraphing). Part Three features Arabic-English language contact, specifically



2.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN0031314

Autore

Collins, Steven

Titolo

Pratical everyday english : a new method of learning vocabulary for advanced and intermediate students / by Steven Collins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harrow, : Montserrat, 1993

ISBN

09-528-3580-0

Descrizione fisica

211 p. ; 24 cm.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910978263603321

Autore

Websdale Neil

Titolo

Fatal Family Violence and the Dementias : Gray Mist Killings / / Neil Websdale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, , 2024

©2024

ISBN

9781003846598

1-003-84659-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (395 pages)

Collana

Routledge Studies in Criminal Behaviour

Disciplina

364.3/8

Soggetti

Dementia - Patients

Mentally ill offenders

Intimate partner violence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1 Mere Oblivion -- 1 Gray Mist Killing -- 2 Dementing Illness: A Brief



Introduction -- Part 2 Homicide Chronicles -- 3 Dementing Illness and Abnormalities of Mind -- 4 Mercy and Exhaustion -- 5 Prior Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse -- 6 Thieves and Fraudsters -- Part 3 Contemporary Interventions -- 7 Problematic Contemporary Responses -- 8 The Fiction of Prediction: Risk and Danger -- Part 4 Toward a Global Understanding -- 9 Making Sense of Gray Mist Killings -- 10 Global Implications -- Appendix -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores dementia-related aggression, violence, and homicide through a detailed analysis of "gray mist killings.".