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Publication details [#45605]

Veisbergs, Andrejs. 2007. Occasional and systematic shifts in word-formation and idiom use in Latvian as a result of translation. In Munat, Judith, ed. Lexical Creativity, Texts and Contexts. (Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics 58). John Benjamins. pp. 239–261.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
creativity | idiom | translation | word formation
Language as a subject
Latvian
Place, Publisher
John Benjamins

Annotation

This paper discusses how translation engenders occasional and systematic shifts in Latvian word-formation and idiom use.