Lexis and Creativity in Translation: A Corpus Based Approach

by Dorothy Kenny

Computers offer new perspectives in the study of language, allowing us to see phenomena that previously remained obscure because of the limitations of our vantage points. It is not uncommon for computers to be likened to the telescope, or microscope, in this respect. In this pioneering computer-assisted study of translation, Dorothy Kenny suggests another image, that of the kaleidoscope: playful changes of perspective using corpus-processing software...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1900650398
• ISBN13: 9781900650397
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.8" x 9.7"