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Language

Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.

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gloss translation
Language; Translation

The kind of translation which aims to re-produce as literally and meaningfully as possible the form and content of the original (as a study aid, for example). Alternatively, at ...

glossary
Language; Translation

In professional translation, this refers to online or tailor-made lists of source language technical terms with definitions and their target language correspondents.

gothic
Language; Translation

A fictional genre which makes salient the characters’ morbid feelings and general passivity.

Hallidayan linguistics
Language; Translation

A systemic-functional theory of language advanced by M. A. K. Halliday in the latter part of the twentieth century. Halliday focuses on language in use, as a communicative act, ...

hermeneutic movement
Language; Translation

The four-phase description of the interpretation and transfer of meaning from source text to target text (Steiner 1975/1998).

heuristics
Language; Translation

A set of analytic principles that rely on variable and not categorical rules in dealing with texts.

homonym
Language; Translation

A word that has the same sound and spelling as another word, but a different meaning (e.g. bank meaning a side of a river and bank meaning a financial institution).

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