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Chapelle, Carol A. 2012. The encyclopedia of applied linguistics. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell. 
Publication type
Reference work
Publication language
English
Keywords
Main ISBN
9781405194730
Edition info
This encylopedia consists of 10 volumes.
Online version: 978-1-4051-9843-1
Abstract
This is a reference work encompassing the range of research on language-related problems that arise in the real-world contexts where languages are learned and used. It is composed of 27 topic areas, each of which was developed by an area editor or area editors with the appropriate expertise to identify the specific topics and perspectives relevant to applied linguists. The area “Translation and interpreting” is an area rapidly expanding because of increased language-contact situations, such as new multinational economic and political entities (e.g., the European Union), where access to high-quality communication is expected by participants who are dealing with sophisticated and important topics. These purposes for communication among people of diverse languages are supported technically by the communication infrastructure made possible by the Internet, but the achievement of actual communication is often the result of work by translators and interpreters. Claudia V. Angelelli, Nadja Grbic, and Brian Baer have gathered entries that express today’s complex interface between communication needs, technologies, and translation and interpreting.
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