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889012
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Li, Xin
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The reconstruction of modality in Chinese-English government press conference interpreting : : a corpus-based study /\ Xin Li.
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Singapore :: Springer,, 2018.
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Corpora and intercultural studies ;; 1
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1 online resource
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9789811051692
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: 9811051690
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9789811051685
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9811051682
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Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Rationale; 1.1.1 Corpus-based Interpreting Studies as an Offshoot of Corpus-based Translation Studies; 1.1.2 GPC Interpreting in the Chinese Context; 1.1.3 Modality in GPC Interpreting; 1.2 Research Questions; 1.3 Organization of the Study; References; 2 Previous Literature on Interpreting and Modality; 2.1 Corpus-based Interpreting Studies; 2.1.1 An Overview of Corpus-based Interpreting Studies; 2.1.2 Corpus-based Studies on the Sociocultural Aspects of Interpreting; 2.1.3 Corpus-based Studies on GPC Interpreting in China
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2.2 Studies of Modality in Translation Between Chinese and English2.2.1 Studies on the Translation of Modality from English to Chinese; 2.2.2 Studies on the Translation of Modality from Chinese to English; 2.2.3 Contrastive Studies on Modality in Chinese and English Political Speeches; 2.3 Summary; 3 Theoretical Framework and Methodology; 3.1 Theoretical Framework; 3.1.1 Toury's Framework of DTS; 3.1.2 The Semantic System of Modality; 3.1.3 The Sociocultural Context of Interpreting; 3.1.4 The Working Model for Descriptive-Explanatory Analysis; 3.2 Data and Method; 3.2.1 The Corpus
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3.2.2 Identifying High-Frequency Modality Markers3.2.3 Coding Modality Shifts; 3.2.4 Describing Modality Shifts in the Corpus; 3.2.5 Exploring the Relationship Between Modality Reconstruction and Its Sociocultural Context; References; 4 Modality Shifts in the Use of English Modality Markers; 4.1 General Features of Modality Shifts; 4.1.1 Overall Degree and Distribution of Modality Shifts; 4.1.2 Modality Shifts with Different ST Speakers; 4.2 Interpersonal Effects of the Major Types of Modality Shifts; 4.2.1 Weakening and Subjectivization; 4.2.2 Strengthening; 4.2.3 De-obligation; 4.3 Summary
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6.1.1.1 Published Discourse in the Academia from Institutional Insiders6.1.1.2 A Personal Interview with an Institutional Insider; 6.1.2 Juxtaposing the Reconstruction of Modality in GPC Interpreting with the Meta-Discourse; 6.2 Modality Reconstruction in GPC Interpreting in Relation to its Typological Features; 6.2.1 Participants and Goals of Communication; 6.2.2 Topics and Speech Type; 6.2.3 Temporal and Spatial Setting; 6.2.4 Working Mode and Directionality; 6.3 Summary; References; 7 Conclusion; 7.1 Major Findings; 7.2 Contributions and Implications
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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.--
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Modality (Linguistics)
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Translating and interpreting.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Grammar Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Syntax.
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Language: reference general.
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Modality (Linguistics)
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Translating and interpreting.
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Translation interpretation.
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| Dewey Classification
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415
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P299.M6
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