Semantics and pragmatics of false friends (review)
Al-Wahy, Ahmed Seddik;
Abstract
The phenomenon of false friends has been widely studied in linguistics, especially with reference to language learning and translation. Studies on false friends generally aim at warning their readers against the pitfalls that they may encounter when they translate or when they speak a foreign language.
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| Title | Semantics and pragmatics of false friends (review) | Authors | Al-Wahy, Ahmed Seddik | Issue Date | 2010 | Publisher | Cambridge University Press | Journal | The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique | Volume | 55 | Issue | 2 | Start page | 257 | End page | 269 | Description | An important reference for those interested in the phenomenon of false friends in different language pairs. |
ISSN | 1710-1115 | DOI | 10.1353/cjl.2010.0001 |
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