Publications
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Semiotische Effizienz interfachlicher Sprache-Bild-Textsorten
(2019)
Communicative efficiency can be measured with conventions. Besides linguistic means, pictures and diagrams are also an expression of such conventions. In the practice of technical editing, this refers to multimodal text ...
Sprachlenkung
(2017)
Is it possible to change the language in a group? And if so, how? In politics and business, conclusive answers to these questions are of great interest. Karolina Suchowolec finds them by analysing the current state of ...
Kompetenzen in DaF/DaZ
(2019)
Competence orientation opens up always new perspectives for teaching German as an Foreign and as a second language (DaF/DaZ) . The current tendencies of competence orientation presented here are include: - Specialist ...
Translationspolitik für Regional- oder Minderheitensprachen
(2018)
A reasonable evolution model is indispensable for the comprehensibility and justification of translation policy decisions. On the one hand, this model should take into account the general objectives of protecting a regional ...
Virtuelle und hybride Fremdsprachenlehre
(2023)
Virtual and hybrid teaching: what has been a stopgap solution for many in recent years is becoming increasingly important for foreign language teaching today. This book presents current developments in digitised language ...
Gardens of the Iberian Peninsula
(2023)
In garden research, Spanish and Portuguese green spaces are scarcely visible. This is a striking contrast not only to their diversity and quality but also to the global network of both countries, especially during the Early ...
Optimierung von Gesprächen in der professionellen Telefonie
(2017)
Telephone service conversations are a central component of social and economic communication practice. They are to a considerable extent pre-planned and standardized. In addition to the desired positive effects (uniformity, ...
Kinder im Gespräch – mit Kindern im Gespräch
(2019)
How do children behave in conversations? The authors of this book provide answers that are relevant to research and practice. The analysis is based on authentic conversations in everyday situations. The discussion process ...
Stimmstörungen – ein Fokus der Klinischen Sprechwissenschaft
(2016)
Working on the voice, whether diagnosticly, therapeuticly, preventively or restoratively, is and will remain one of the core areas of clinical speech science. The authors of this volume provide information on current vocal ...
Easy Language – Plain Language – Easy Language Plus
(2020)
This book shows how accessible communication, and especially easy-to-understand languages, should be designed in order to become instruments of inclusion. It examines two well-established easy-to-understand varieties: Easy ...
Easy Language Research
(2020)
This volume presents new approaches in Easy Language research from three different perspectives: text perspective, user perspective and translation perspective. It explores the field of comprehensibility-enhanced varieties ...
Rechtskommunikation und Barrierefreiheit
(2019)
Accessible legal communication seems to be a contradiction in itself: Legal terminology places high demands on comprehension. Easy language, on the other hand, aims for maximum comprehensibility. Isabel Rink explores the ...
Evaluieren und Prüfen in DaF / DaZ
(2020)
Consistent evaluation is an important prerequisite for quality assurance and continuous further development in the area of DaF/DaZ. With a focus on virtual learning, this volume deals with the evaluation of the Inverted ...
Uncertainty in deliberate lexical interventions
(2020)
Language managers in their different forms (language planners, terminologists, professional neologists …) have long tried to intervene in the lexical usage of speakers, with various degrees of success: Some of their lexical ...
Handbuch Barrierefreie Kommunikation
(2018)
Barrier-free communication includes all measures to reduce obstacles to communication in various situations and fields of action. Due to disabilities, illnesses, different educational opportunities or drastic life events, ...
Schreiben mit der Hand
(2021)
Why do people still write by hand today? Is typing by hand actually handwriting? And what have signatures got to do with identity? Andi Gredig explores these and many other questions about handwriting from a linguistic and ...
Miteinander sprechen – verantwortlich, kompetent, reflektiert
(2021)
Speech science has a history of over 120 years. In addition to the self-image of the discipline, this book focuses on everything that makes the subject so attractive: With its vital research and teaching subject, speaking ...
Trauma – Generationen – Erzählen
(2020)
Reminiscent narratives on Eastern, Central Eastern and Southeastern Europe and their investigation from a comparative literary perspective are the core of the volume Trauma - Generations - Narrative. With recourse to trauma ...
Mehrsprachigkeit am Arbeitsplatz
(2021)
Communication at work as well as multilingualism, language policy and language politics are increasingly in the focus of linguistic research. Global division of labor, internationalization of labor and trade markets, ...
Medien – Sprechen – Klang
(2021)
This volume brings together empirical studies on language and speech as well as on their linkage with musical-sound elements in the media (radio, audio guide, audio book, radio play as well as YouTube and Instagram videos). ...
Multikodalität und Digitales Lehren und Lernen
(2021)
Nothing has highlighted the importance of digital teaching and learning opportunities more obviously than the Corona pandemic. This book therefore focuses on multicodal or multimedia digital teaching. The authors examine ...
Kontexte kreativen Schreibens
(2021)
Creative writing is booming: in writing institutes, adult education centers and schools, in therapy and integration work, as well as in writing workshops for amateurs. Universities in German-speaking countries are also are ...
Accessible Communication
(2020)
Easy-to-Understand (E2U) text practices enable and facilitate accessible communication. E2U refers both to Plain and to Easy Language. These two powerful methods of language and content comprehension enhancement are ...
Translation, Mediation and Accessibility for Linguistic Minorities
(2022)
Linguistic minorities are everywhere, and they are diverse. In this context, linguistic mediation activities – whether translation or interpreting – are key to the social inclusion of any kind of linguistic minority. In ...
Recherche im Translationsprozess
(2022)
What do I need to know in order to successfully complete a translation job? How do I acquire the relevant knowledge? This is what information mining is about. Gaps in a translator’s knowledge can occur in a variety of ...
Sprachmacht auf engstem Raum
(2021)
Audio films enable blind and visually impaired people to enjoy a feature film. An audio film consists of the original audio track of the film and the audio description. This film description compensates for the video track ...
The Dictionary of Accessible Communication
(2021)
Terminology on Accessible Communication has primarily evolved and been published within the borders of a given country with no or only little exchange across these borders. Since English can be regarded as the „lingua ...
Handbook of Easy Languages in Europe
(2021)
The Handbook of Easy Languages in Europe describes what Easy Language is and how it is used in European countries. It demonstrates the great diversity of actors, instruments and outcomes related to Easy Language throughout ...
Verbunden mit den Slaven
(2022)
"Connected with the Slavs" - this leitmotif unites contributions by Slavists and representatives of neighbouring disciplines. Together they show the wealth and impressive range of Slavic research: from language history to ...
Chapter Русский перевод книги Антуана де Плювинеля
(2022)
In the second half of the 17th century, the translators of the Russian ambassadorial office had to translate a large number of books. Among them, the equestrian books by Antoine de Pluvinel from the 1620s stand out: Maneige ...
Russland im Spiegel der Medien
(2022)
Is Russia a fearful giant, an economic partner or a belligerent aggressor? The answer to this question depends on the perspective. What perspectives and consequently what answers does the German press landscape have to ...
Krim – Erkundungen am Rand Europas
(2022)
The Crimean peninsula in the Black Sea, rich in history and charm, is of great geostrategic importance. This leads to political conflicts time and again. But what is everyday life like in Crimea beyond the discourses about ...
Paratexts in Translation
(2022)
As something that surrounds, extends, and presents a text to the world, the phenomenon of paratext is gaining more and more attention within the discipline of Translation Studies. This edited volume, with contributions by ...
Central Europe and the Non-European World in the Long 19th Century
(2022)
Central Europe and the Non-European World in the Long 19th Century explores various ways in which inhabitants of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy perceived and depicted the outside world during the era of European imperialism. ...
Auffindbarkeit, Wahrnehmbarkeit, Akzeptabilität
(2021)
Many public authorities are now obliged to use plain language on their websites. The aim is to improve the participation of people with disabilities. But are the legal requirements and the resulting textual practice suitable ...
Kognitive Aspekte des Übersetzungsprozesses
(2022)
What happens in the mind when we translate? And how does our mother tongue influence our speaking, writing, thinking and translating? In the answer to one question lies the resolution of the other. KyeongHwa Lee has explored ...
Ost und West in der Romania / Entre Est et Ouest
(2023)
Literary multilingualism and the transnational turn are currently hot topics in literary studies. They are best studied in the multilingual and widely networked Romanian literatures. The contributions collected here ...
O corpo-cronômetro
(2023)
The studies presented in this volume examine the intertwining of corporeality and temporality in Brazilian literature from interdisciplinary perspectives. In some narratives, the texts make explicit the protagonism of the ...
Translation und Exil (1933–1945) I
(2022)
Research into exile has so far focused on numerous groups of people persecuted by the National Socialists: Writers, artists, scientists, politicians and many others. One group, however, has remained largely invisible until ...
Die Ukraine als Objekt russischer Großmachtansprüche
(2024)
This volume brings together contributions on the background to the Russian attack on Ukraine from a (socio-)linguistic, linguistic and literary-historical and political perspective. The emphasis is not on day-to-day political ...