Publications
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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 ...
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 ...
Poesie – Musik – Übersetzung
(2024)
The translation of art songs is an attractive subject of research: their musical aesthetics unite two "sacred originals" - the poetry of a renowned poet's text and the melody of a respected composer. In view of the long ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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). ...
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 ...
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 ...
East Asian Landscapes and Legitimation
(2024)
The conquest of Sichuan and Vietnam by the Chinese Empire led to very different outcomes. This volume examines the negotiations between central authority and local autonomy, the physical manifestations of socially constructed ...
Accessibility – Health Literacy – Health Information
(2022)
Recent studies show that more than half of the German population have difficulties in accessing, understanding, appraising, and applying health information, thus giving accessibility in health communication new traction. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Automatisierte Wissenskommunikation
(2024)
The Model of Automated Knowledge Communication outlined in this postdoctoral thesis aims to broaden the scope of current conceptualizations of specialized communication to account for self-adapting, AI-/LLM-based machines ...
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 ...
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 ...
Translation und Exil (1933–1945) II
(2023)
Translation does not work in a vacuum. Making it visible as action in a structured context is the goal of this book. This broad context includes individuals and, more significantly, collective actors-publishers, reviewers ...
A Responsibility to the World
(2023)
In a 1987 interview, José Saramago eloquently expressed what could be considered his political-philosophical manifesto: “Human beings should not content themselves with the role of mere observers. They bear a responsibility ...
Romper o solo instável
(2024)
O livro Romper o solo instável — Estudos sobre a Herança Filosófica e Poético-Política de José Saramago oferece uma ampla análise da herança multifacetada de José Saramago, com especial enfoque no seu pensamento filosófico ...