Anglo-German Linguistic Relations

Anglo-German Linguistic Relations
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Publisher : Peter Lang
Total Pages : 188
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ISBN-10 : 3039116568
ISBN-13 : 9783039116560
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Book Synopsis Anglo-German Linguistic Relations by : Falco Pfalzgraf

Download or read book Anglo-German Linguistic Relations written by Falco Pfalzgraf and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2008 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of papers presented at the conference «Anglo-German Linguistic Relations», held at Queen Mary, University of London in November 2007. The papers cover a wide variety of topics about the relationship between the English and German languages or relate to cultural and literary contacts between English-speaking and German-speaking regions. Individual papers discuss Anglo-German linguistic interplay and affinities both as contemporary phenomena and from a historical perspective. Themes include codification, translation and discourse production from the 17th century to the Second World War; shared metaphors in English and German; political propaganda in English and German; and authorial positioning and perspective in a selection of autobiographical and literary works.


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