Anglo-German Linguistic Relations
Overview
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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- ISBN-13: 9783039116560
- ISBN-10: 3039116568
- Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P
- Publish Date: November 2008
- Page Count: 184
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