Semantics and Pragmatics of False Friends

By Pedro J. Chamizo-Domínguez

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415957206
• ISBN13: 9780415957205
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"