Language, Languages and New Technologies by Ulrich Ammon, Ger... - 9783631635360

Language, Languages and New TechnologiesICT in the Service of Languages- Contributions to the Annual Conference 2010 of EFNIL in Thessaloniki\nAuthor(s): Ulrich Ammon, Gerhard Stickel (EFNIL), Tams Varadi\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Peter Lang AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Peter Lang AG\nISBN-13: 9783631635360, 978-3631635360\nSynopsis\nThe development of smaller and more powerful computers and the introduction of new communication channels by the interlinking of computers, by the Internet and the World Wide Web, have caused great changes for linguistics. They affect the methods in the various disciplines of pure linguistics as well as the tools and ways of applied linguistics such as translation and interpretation, language teaching, learning, and testing. This volume presents general reflections and overview articles on these new developments by noted experts followed by reports on the concrete uses of information technologies for linguistic purposes in different European countries a.