Within translation studies, functionalist translations and even more specifically, guided by Skopos theory are very much purposeful activities. applied to Bible translation, however, is sometimes met with resistance practitioners who believe that betrays too of the source text. This article began outlining additional notion loyalty as introduced Christiane Nord. Even theory, many continue fear ...

This paper describes a naturalistic approach to the development of a large-scale, functional, cognitively plausible model of language comprehension, and contrasts the approach with mainstream cognitive modeling and computational linguistic research. An approach to research is described which accepts the theoretical constraints of a cognitive architecture, while replacing the fine-grained empiri...

This paper presents a theoretical analysis of men's experiences of pregnancy, birth and early fatherhood. It does so using a framework of ritual transition theory and argues that despite its earlier structural-functionalist roots, transition theory remains a valuable framework, illuminating contemporary transitions across the life course. The paper discusses the historical development of transi...