Language processing in discourse : a key to felicitous translation

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Language processing in discourse : a key to felicitous translation

Monika Doherty

(Routledge studies in Germanic linguistics, 9)

Routledge, 2002

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book argues that language systems determine language use to a greater extent than is generally assumed. The author demonstrates how the typological characteristics of a language determine even the most general aspects of our stylistic preferences. Through extensive analysis of examples in German and English, the author demonstrates how analogous options of sentence structure must be surrendered in order to achieve felicitous translations. Two major aspects that determine the appropriateness of language use are examined: language processing and discourse-dependency. Essential reading for translation scholars and linguists involved in the comparative study of English and German, this book will also be of interest to scholars of psycholinguistics and cognitive science, as well as translators and linguists more generally.

Table of Contents

1. Setting the Scene 2. Questions of Order 3. Complex Sentences 4. In Favour of Primary Relations 5. Structural Weight 6. Grammaticalized Clues 7. Shifting Boundaries 8. Relativizing Optimality

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  • NCID
    BA57375583
  • ISBN
    • 041528189X
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 190 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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