Beschreibung
The book offers an interdisciplinary account of linguistic research. The reader gets acquainted with the developments in the field of conceptual semantics, humour in translation and foreign language didactics.
Autorenportrait
Magdalena Grabowska, Grzegorz Grzegorczyk and Hadrian Lankiewicz are Academic Teachers at the Faculty of Languages of the University of Gdansk. The three of them are graduates of the Department of English and specialize in linguistics.
Inhalt
Contents: Compression – Conceptual Blending – Objectification – Subjectification – Bible – Construal profile – Perspective – Metaphor – Conceptualiser – Humour – Cultureme – GVTH – Translation – Wordplay – Ecology – Educational linguistics – Language awareness – Quality in education – Glottodidactics – Procedural knowledge.