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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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speech act
Language; Translation
An action performed by the use of an utterance to communicate in speech or writing, involving reference, force and effect. This level of meaning is also referred to as the ...
standardization
Language; Translation
The practice by which target text linguistic choices tend to be less varied than in the source text. One of Toury’s laws of translation.
style
Language; Translation
The patterns of deliberate or subconscious choices made by speakers or writers from among the lexicogrammatical resources of language (see lexicogrammar). In translation studies, ...
stylistics
Language; Translation
A branch of literary criticism that analyses style using interpretive tools from linguistics.
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