Title: The Application of Cohesion and Intertextuality in Consecutive Interpreting
Abstract:The application of discourse analysis in interpreting studies has ushered in a new area for interpretation.This thesis intends to apply two of the textuality standards,namely cohesion and intertextual...The application of discourse analysis in interpreting studies has ushered in a new area for interpretation.This thesis intends to apply two of the textuality standards,namely cohesion and intertextuality,into consecutive interpreting.The author conducted an in-depth observation on a corpus consisting of consecutive interpreting by senior interpreters for press conferences.Analysis of the corpus yielded the finding that shifts of cohesive devices in C-E CI takes mainly the forms of addition,omission and substitution.Furthermore,extratextuality and intratextuality and intertextality in conferences are proposed in this thesis,based on which,three steps of conference preparation are provided here so as to strengthen interpreters’ awareness of intertextuality and assist them in their information retrieval and save their energy for new information.Read More
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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