Semantics and pragmatics of false friends
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Semantics and pragmatics of false friends
（Routledge studies in linguistics, 7）
Routledge, c2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-177) and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments. Introduction 1. Clearing the Terrain 2. Synonymy, Polysemy and Homonymy 3. Semantics of False Friends: Borrowings, Calques and Inheritances 4. Semantics of False Friends: Tropical False Friends 5. Pragmatics of False Friends 6. Main theses Exposed and Conclusions. Notes. Bibliography. Index
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