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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457769303321

Titolo

Multilingual discourse production [[electronic resource] ] : diachronic and synchronic perspectives / / edited by Svenja Kranich ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011

ISBN

1-283-31484-3

9786613314840

90-272-8518-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Collana

Hamburg studies on multilingualism, , 1571-4934 ; ; v. 12

Altri autori (Persone)

KranichSvenja

Disciplina

404/.2

Soggetti

Multilingualism

Discourse analysis

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Diachronic perspectives : long-term changes -- pt. 2. Diachronic perspectives : recent change.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume presents discourse production in multilingual contexts as a specific type of language contact situation. Translation may be seen as the prototypical type of multilingual discourse production, other types would include parallel text production in different languages (e.g. for websites) or the production of versions more loosely connected with the source text. When divergent communicative norms and conventions come into contact in any of these types of text production, one may find that such conventions transcend established language boundaries, potentially leading to the emergence o