The scientific revolution and its repercussions on the translation of technical discourse

Translator

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-210

  Bennett, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Calquing; English; Hybrids; Language change; Linguistic imperialism; Portuguese; Scientific discourse; Scientific revolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054741170     PISSN: 13556509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1080/13556509.2011.10799486     Document Type: Article

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