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Knowledge organization

A field of study invloving the indexing and classification of knowledge that is usually performed in libraries, databases and archives etc. It is related to Library and Information Science(LIS).

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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).

hybridity

Language; Translation

The dynamic cultural and linguistic environment of migrant or border communities, where interaction and overlap highlights cultural difference and interrogates identity.

in-betweenness

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The dynamic cultural and linguistic environment of migrant or border communities, where interaction and overlap highlights cultural difference and interrogates identity.

hybridization

Language; Translation

Text types are rarely if ever pure. More than one text-type focus is normally discernible in a given text. This is known as hybridization.

hyponym

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The inclusion of one meaning within another. For example, the sense of walk is included within the sense of move; hence, walk is a hyponym of the superordinate move.

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