Katharina Barbe
Biographic Data
| ID | 748294 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katharina Barbe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katharina |
| FAMILY NAME | Barbe |
| SIGNATURE | BARBE K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northern Illinois University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Victor Klemperer
The Dichotomy Free and Literal Translation
Historically, the status of translation and translators has changed with the ascendance of monolingualism. Even today, translation is not fully recognized as an independent field of study, and translators as well as translation theorists are not without blame for this. The requirements for a good translation vary with each text. The concepts of free and literal translation are questionable and need to be rexamined. A cross-cultural study of trans…
The dilemma with dichotomies
Irony in Context
Irony in Context
In her book, Barbe discusses verbal irony as an interpretative notion. Verbal irony is described in its various realizations and thus placed within linguistics and pragmatics. From the point of view of an analyzing observer, Barbe provides an eclectic approach to irony in context, a study of how conversational irony works, and how it compares with other concepts in which it plays a role. In addition, by means of the analysis of irony as an integr…
The translation of loans
Recent publications, including literature and the popular press, give evidence of the continued relevance and influence of English, in particular American English, in German. English has tremendous prestige among German speakers, who attempt to elicit certain effects by using anglicisms. that is, loans from English (both American and British). The use of anglicisms appeals not only to language understanding or knowledge as such but also to a feel…
“Isn't it ironic that…”
The Dichotomy Free and Literal Translation
Historically, the status of translation and translators has changed with the ascendance of monolingualism. Even today, translation is not fully recognized as an independent field of study, and translators as well as translation theorists are not without blame for this. The requirements for a good translation vary with each text. The concepts of free and literal translation are questionable and need to be rexamined. A cross-cultural study of trans…
The translation of loans
Recent publications, including literature and the popular press, give evidence of the continued relevance and influence of English, in particular American English, in German. English has tremendous prestige among German speakers, who attempt to elicit certain effects by using anglicisms. that is, loans from English (both American and British). The use of anglicisms appeals not only to language understanding or knowledge as such but also to a feel…
“Isn't it ironic that…”
The translation of loans
Recent publications, including literature and the popular press, give evidence of the continued relevance and influence of English, in particular American English, in German. English has tremendous prestige among German speakers, who attempt to elicit certain effects by using anglicisms. that is, loans from English (both American and British). The use of anglicisms appeals not only to language understanding or knowledge as such but also to a feel…
Irony in Context
In her book, Barbe discusses verbal irony as an interpretative notion. Verbal irony is described in its various realizations and thus placed within linguistics and pragmatics. From the point of view of an analyzing observer, Barbe provides an eclectic approach to irony in context, a study of how conversational irony works, and how it compares with other concepts in which it plays a role. In addition, by means of the analysis of irony as an integr…
Irony in Context
The dilemma with dichotomies
The Dichotomy Free and Literal Translation
Historically, the status of translation and translators has changed with the ascendance of monolingualism. Even today, translation is not fully recognized as an independent field of study, and translators as well as translation theorists are not without blame for this. The requirements for a good translation vary with each text. The concepts of free and literal translation are questionable and need to be rexamined. A cross-cultural study of trans…
Victor Klemperer
Linguistics (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Irony (3 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works)