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Ivbulis, Viktors, ed. 2002. Language, literature and translation manipulations. Special issue of Humanities and Social Sciences 1 (34) 150 pp.
Publication type
Special issue
Publication language
English
Keywords
culture=cultural approach | discourse | euphemism | European Union=European Commission | influence=impact=effect | interculturality=transculturality=cross-culturality | literary approach=literary discourse=literature | stereotype | stylistics=style | translation
Person as a subject
Flaubert, Gustave | Tzu, Lao
Title as subject
Madame Bovary | Tao-Te Ching
Place, Publisher
Riga: University of Latvia
Edition info
Special Issue. ISSN: 1022-4483

Abstract

This is a special issue on language, literature and translation-manipulations. It contains contributions on dysphemism and euphemism in Latvian language and the influence of Soviet Russian and Nazi German; on the future of Latvian language in the European union, on Latvian political discourse; on ethnic and political stereotypes in Latvian and Russian language press in Latvia; on the translation of Madame Bovary and Lao Tzu's Tao-Te Ching.
Source : F. Note

Articles in this volume

Veisbergs, Andrejs. Dysphemism and euphemism in Latvian - influence of Nazi German and Soviet Russian parlance. 5–33
Druviete, Ina. The future of the Latvian language in the enlarged European Union. 34–46
Šulmane, Ilze and Sergejs Kruks. Ethnic and political stereotypes in Latvian and Russian language press in Latvia. 71–90
Alksnis, Ivars. Divining Madame Bovary's Dessous. 91–103
Eihmanis, Kaspars. Clash of interpretations: the Latvian translation of Lao Tzu's Tao-Te Ching. 104–112
Zauberga, Ieva. Role of conventions in cross-cultural communication. 126–149