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Chapter 10. Representing orality through questions in original and translated film dialogue

  • Elisa Ghia
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Reassessing Dubbing
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Abstract

Due to their preeminently spoken nature, direct questions are favourite loci to represent orality in telecinematic talk, where they are overrepresented and fulfill both mimetic and diegetic functions (Ghia 2014). However, no systematic comparisons have been drawn between translated and non-translated film dialogue in the same target language to identify potential register-specificities in question representation. Based on the analysis of the Pavia Corpus of Film Dialogue (Pavesi 2014), this chapter investigates question usage across dubbed and original Italian film dialogue, on both a formal and a functional level. Findings show common traits between the two registers, but document differences in pattern distribution, which typify dubbed discourse and may result from both source text interference and T-universals (Chesterman 2004).

Abstract

Due to their preeminently spoken nature, direct questions are favourite loci to represent orality in telecinematic talk, where they are overrepresented and fulfill both mimetic and diegetic functions (Ghia 2014). However, no systematic comparisons have been drawn between translated and non-translated film dialogue in the same target language to identify potential register-specificities in question representation. Based on the analysis of the Pavia Corpus of Film Dialogue (Pavesi 2014), this chapter investigates question usage across dubbed and original Italian film dialogue, on both a formal and a functional level. Findings show common traits between the two registers, but document differences in pattern distribution, which typify dubbed discourse and may result from both source text interference and T-universals (Chesterman 2004).

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. The dubbing revolution 1
  4. Part I. Historical approaches
  5. Chapter 1. Undoing dubbing 17
  6. Chapter 2. When the Thief of Bagdad tried to steal the show 41
  7. Chapter 3. Locked into dubbing 63
  8. Chapter 4. Auteur dubbing 79
  9. Part II. New trends in dubbing research and practice
  10. Chapter 5. Audiovisual translation in the age of digital transformation 103
  11. Chapter 6. Are we all together across languages? 125
  12. Chapter 7. Fandubbing across time and space 145
  13. Chapter 8. To Europe with love 169
  14. Part III. The linguistics of dubbing
  15. Chapter 9. More than words can say 191
  16. Chapter 10. Representing orality through questions in original and translated film dialogue 211
  17. Chapter 11. English films vs Italian films 229
  18. Part IV. Identity construction in dubbing
  19. Chapter 12. Sleeping with the fishes 245
  20. Chapter 13. Constructing youth identities in dubbed movies 263
  21. General Index 281
  22. Name Index 283
https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.148.10ghi

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. The dubbing revolution 1
  4. Part I. Historical approaches
  5. Chapter 1. Undoing dubbing 17
  6. Chapter 2. When the Thief of Bagdad tried to steal the show 41
  7. Chapter 3. Locked into dubbing 63
  8. Chapter 4. Auteur dubbing 79
  9. Part II. New trends in dubbing research and practice
  10. Chapter 5. Audiovisual translation in the age of digital transformation 103
  11. Chapter 6. Are we all together across languages? 125
  12. Chapter 7. Fandubbing across time and space 145
  13. Chapter 8. To Europe with love 169
  14. Part III. The linguistics of dubbing
  15. Chapter 9. More than words can say 191
  16. Chapter 10. Representing orality through questions in original and translated film dialogue 211
  17. Chapter 11. English films vs Italian films 229
  18. Part IV. Identity construction in dubbing
  19. Chapter 12. Sleeping with the fishes 245
  20. Chapter 13. Constructing youth identities in dubbed movies 263
  21. General Index 281
  22. Name Index 283
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