German and English : academic usage and academic translation /: academic usage and academic translation. (2020)
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- Book
- Title:
- German and English : academic usage and academic translation /: academic usage and academic translation. (2020)
- Main Title:
- German and English : academic usage and academic translation
- Further Information:
- Note: Dirk Siepmann.
- Authors:
- Siepmann, Dirk, 1966-
- Contents:
- Contents Preamble Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: academic language today 2. Academic grammar 2.1 Number and countability: making abstractions concrete 2.2 Determiner use: using fewer articles 2.2.1 English zero article 2.2.2 German zero article 2.3 Phrasal complexity: packing information into word groups 2.3.1 Predicative nouns and their complementation 2.3.2 Non-predicative nouns 2.3.3 Compounds and multi-word expressions 2.3.4 Nominal compounds 2.3.5 Adjectival compounds 2.3.6 Complex postmodification in English and German 2.3.7 German premodification vs. English postmodification 2.4 Clausal complexity: making information flow 2.4.1 Basic word order rules and clause-initial framing 2.4.2 Countervailing tendencies in clause structure 2.4.3 Elaboration: Relative clauses and supplements 3. Academic vocabulary 3.1 General-language items 3.1.1 Nouns 3.1.2 Verbs 3.1.3 Adjectives 3.1.4 Small words: adverbs and particles 3.1.5 Informal words and expressions 3.2 Learned words (Bildungssprache) 3.3 General academic words and phraseology 3.3.1 Simplexes 3.3.2 Compounds 3.3.3 Particle constructions and spatial metaphor 3.4 Sub-technical vocabulary used in one or more disciplines 3.5 Subject-specific terminology 3.6 Subject-specific phraseology 4. Vocabulary and grammar: constructions 4.1 Lexicon and grammar vs. constructicon 4.1.1 Constructions and creativity 4.1.2 Nominal vs. verbal constructions 4.2 Constructions and word combining 4.3 Common constructions in academic text 5.Contents Preamble Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: academic language today 2. Academic grammar 2.1 Number and countability: making abstractions concrete 2.2 Determiner use: using fewer articles 2.2.1 English zero article 2.2.2 German zero article 2.3 Phrasal complexity: packing information into word groups 2.3.1 Predicative nouns and their complementation 2.3.2 Non-predicative nouns 2.3.3 Compounds and multi-word expressions 2.3.4 Nominal compounds 2.3.5 Adjectival compounds 2.3.6 Complex postmodification in English and German 2.3.7 German premodification vs. English postmodification 2.4 Clausal complexity: making information flow 2.4.1 Basic word order rules and clause-initial framing 2.4.2 Countervailing tendencies in clause structure 2.4.3 Elaboration: Relative clauses and supplements 3. Academic vocabulary 3.1 General-language items 3.1.1 Nouns 3.1.2 Verbs 3.1.3 Adjectives 3.1.4 Small words: adverbs and particles 3.1.5 Informal words and expressions 3.2 Learned words (Bildungssprache) 3.3 General academic words and phraseology 3.3.1 Simplexes 3.3.2 Compounds 3.3.3 Particle constructions and spatial metaphor 3.4 Sub-technical vocabulary used in one or more disciplines 3.5 Subject-specific terminology 3.6 Subject-specific phraseology 4. Vocabulary and grammar: constructions 4.1 Lexicon and grammar vs. constructicon 4.1.1 Constructions and creativity 4.1.2 Nominal vs. verbal constructions 4.2 Constructions and word combining 4.3 Common constructions in academic text 5. Communicative purpose and linguistic form 6. Language use in the disciplines 6.1 Literary and cultural studies, art and art history: research proposal (abstract), talk 6.2 History: monograph 6.3 Sociology: journal article and monograph 6.4 Economics: textbook and research report 6.5 Philosophy: popularizing book 6.6 Geography: journal article 6.7 Musicology: journal article and abstract Appendix I Index … (more)
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
- Subjects:
- 438.0221
German language -- Translating into English
Academic writing -- Translating
Academic writing -- Germany
German language -- Grammar, Comparative -- English
English language -- Grammar, Comparative -- German - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781000222968
9781000222920
9781000222944
9781003107057 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780367619046
9780367619022 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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