Metalinguistic Knowledge/Awareness/Ability in Cognitive Translation Studies: Some Questions

Metalinguistic Semantics for Echo Questions

This paper proposes a novel formal semantic analysis of echo questions built upon the idea that they are questions about expressions. Although similar concepts have been occasionally expressed in the literature, no formal models have been proposed that directly reflect this metalinguistic concept. Specifically, we propose a compositional semantics of echo questions formulated in the structured ...

ترجمه بخشی از کتاب "critical readings in translation studies"

چکیده در دنیای پیچیده ی امروز، تغییرات زیادی در زندگی بشری در حال وقوع اند و شاهد رقابت های بسیار فشرده ی جوامع در دستیابی به فناوری برتر و قدرت بیشترهستیم. به نظر می رسد که فرد وجامعه مجبورند به طریقی در وضعیت خویش دگرگونی ایجاد کنند تا از قافله ی علم، فناوری، و پیشرفت عقب نمانند. رشته مطالعات ترجمه نیز از این قاعده مستثنا نیست. علی رغم وسعت روز افزون پژوهش در این حوزه و میان رشته ای بودن مطال...

Appraisal Theory in Translation Studies: An Introduction and Review of Studies of Evaluation in Translation

Translation studies (TS), as a young (inter)discipline, has partly relied on metadiscussions, critical assessments of its literature, and compilation of bibliographies to deal with certain problems of its youth, such as polarity and fragmentation. While the current status of TS shows general maturity, there are still young areas of inquiry in the discipline that are faced with similar issues. T...

Exploratory-cumulative vs. Disputational Talk on Cognitive Dependency of Translation Studies: Intermediate level students in focus

The present study set out to determine the effect of implementing exploratory-cumulative talk in comparison to disputational talk on cognitive (meaning development and organization of thought as well as problem solving ability) dependency of intermediate level students in translation studies. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, a quasi-experimental-pretest-posttest-statistical stud...

Translation: a bilingual metalinguistic skill that facilitates better comprehension