| Description |
vi, 283 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Cultural keywords across communities of practice, languages and cultures: the glass-ceiling (effect) / Silvia Cacchiani -- Metaphors we translate by? Towards a domain-based approach to conventional metaphor in L2 translation pedagogy / Dermot Heaney -- A computation approach to meaning evolution in law / Daniela Tiscornia and Maria Teresa Sagri -- 'Europeanization' of family law: interaction/intersection of cultural and lexical diversities / Patrizia Ardizzone and Giulia Adriana Pennisi -- Register variation in tourism terminology / Virginia Pulcini -- New sport media language: lexicon and culture in new media / Richard Chapman -- Hofstede's cultural dimensions in ELF company websites of European countries: lexical choices in Sweden and Greece / Costanza Cucchi -- Unexpected lexical creativity: the rise of context-dependent cultures? / Francesca Vigo -- World Englishes and ELF in ELT textbooks: how is plurality represented? / Paola Vettorel and Sara Corrizzato -- Lexicon and intercultural competence in EFL manuals / Maria Angela Ceruti and Lucilla Lopriore -- The general service list: vocabulary selection beyond frequency / Andrea Nava and Luciana Pedrazzini |
| Notes |
"... a selection of the papers originally presented at the LEXIS conference in Verona on 11-13 November 2010, entitled The study of lexicon across cultural identities and textual genres"--P. 5 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
English language -- Context -- Congresses.
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English language -- Lexicography -- Congresses.
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English language -- Lexicography.
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English language.
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Language and culture.
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Sociolinguistics.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Facchinetti, Roberta, 1967-
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EBSCOhost
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| LC no. |
2012429359 |
| ISBN |
1443835099 |
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9781443835091 |
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