Semantics and Pragmatics of False Friends (Paperback)

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. This theoretical account is successively verified by appealing to texts from the fields of literature, science, philosophy, journalism, and everyday speech.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Linguistics
Release date:	November 2010
First published:	2008
Authors:	Pedro J. Chamizo-Dominguez
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-88788-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > Pragmatics
LSN:	0-415-88788-7
Barcode:	9780415887885

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