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When is a universal not a universal?
Some limits of current corpus-based methodologies for the investigation of translation universals
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Silvia Bernardini
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Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
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I. Conseptualising universals
- Probabilistic explanations in translation studies 15
- Beyond the particular 33
- When is a universal not a universal? 51
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II. Large-scale tendencies in translated language
- Corpora, universals and interference 65
- Untypical frequencies in translated language 83
- Untypical patterns in translations 101
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III. Testing the basics
- Translation-specific lexicogrammar? 129
- Explicitation 143
- Explicitation of clausal relations 165
- Unique items — over- or under-represented in translated language? 177
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IV. Universals in the translation class
- What happens to “unique items” in learners’ translations? 187
- The fate of “The Families of Medellín” 205
- Author index 215
- Subject index 219
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
-
I. Conseptualising universals
- Probabilistic explanations in translation studies 15
- Beyond the particular 33
- When is a universal not a universal? 51
-
II. Large-scale tendencies in translated language
- Corpora, universals and interference 65
- Untypical frequencies in translated language 83
- Untypical patterns in translations 101
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III. Testing the basics
- Translation-specific lexicogrammar? 129
- Explicitation 143
- Explicitation of clausal relations 165
- Unique items — over- or under-represented in translated language? 177
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IV. Universals in the translation class
- What happens to “unique items” in learners’ translations? 187
- The fate of “The Families of Medellín” 205
- Author index 215
- Subject index 219
