Books by Tomasz P. Krzeszowski

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

Translation entails transfer of meaning, even if the exact sense of the word "meaning" is vague. The same applies to the term "translation equivalence". Illustrated by numerous examples, this book is an attempt to cope with this and many other conceptual, terminological and practical difficulties resulting from this nebula of issues.

The volume consists of reprints of papers originally published between 1967 and 2009. Terms like "congruence", "equivalence" and "tertium comparationis" as well as fundamental principles of classical, structural contrastive studies are defined. The study also contains articles which lay foundations of cognitively based contrastive studies.

Addresses to students pursuing translation studies and also to those persons who are interested in semantics and translation for whatever other reasons. This book provides the prospective reader with a quantum of knowledge in the two areas.

English Contrastive Studies