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The reconstruction of modality in Chinese-English government press conference interpreting : a corpus-based study / Xin Li.
Van Pelt Library P306.8.C6 L53 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Li, Xin (Professor of English translation), author.
- Series:
- Corpora and intercultural studies ; 2510-4802 1.
- Corpora and intercultural studies, 2510-4802 ; 1.
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Translating and interpreting--China.
- Translating and interpreting.
- China.
- Chinese language--Translating.
- Chinese language.
- English language--Translating.
- English language.
- Modality (Linguistics).
- Physical Description:
- xii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Springer, [2018]
- Language Note:
- Text in English and Chinese.
- Summary:
- This book investigates a special genre of interpreting in the Chinese context, namely Government Press Conference (GPC) Interpreting. Drawing on the modality system from Systemic Functional Grammar and a corpus of 21 interpreting events, the project explores the regular patterns of modality shifts in Chinese-English GPC interpreting and seeks explanations in the sociocultural context. As a corpus-based project, the book covers qualitative analysis of the sociocultural context, qualitative analysis of the interpersonal effects of modality shifts, and quantitative analysis of modality shifts. This book will contribute to the understanding of the distinctive features of GPC interpreting in China, shed new light on the rendition of modality between Chinese and English in specific contexts, and also inspire new thoughts on the nature of interpreting in general.-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Previous Literature on Interpreting and Modality
- Theoretical Framework and Methodology
- Modality Shifts in the Use of English Modality Markers
- Modality Shifts in the Translation of Chinese Modality Markers
- Reconstruction of Modality in Relation to its Sociocultural Context
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Top 350 Wordlist of the English TTs
- Appendix B: Top 350 Wordlist of the Chinese STs
- Appendix C: Coding Sample of Modality Shifts: I/We think
- Appendix D: Telephone Interview with Mr. Chen Mingming.
- Notes:
- Originally presented as the author's doctoral dissertation (Shanghai Jiao Tong University).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9789811051685
- 9811051682
- OCLC:
- 987282702
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