Catherine Resche, Economic Terms and Beyond: Capitalising on the Wealth of Notions

The title of Catherine Resche’s book, Economic Terms and Beyond: Capitalising on the Wealth of Notions, is a miniature model of what the author intends to achieve. Starting from terms, she explores the large and diversified field of economics in order to contribute to building the language content...

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Autore principale: Van der Yeught, Michel
Natura: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lingua:Anglais
Pubblicazione: Recherche et pratiques pédagogiques en langues 2015
Accesso online:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Riassunto:The title of Catherine Resche’s book, Economic Terms and Beyond: Capitalising on the Wealth of Notions, is a miniature model of what the author intends to achieve. Starting from terms, she explores the large and diversified field of economics in order to contribute to building the language content of what she names a “specialised variety of English”: English for economics. Extracting semantic value from notions is akin to an enriching capitalisation process and the “Wealth of Notions” aptly ...