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The Structural Design of Language

By Thomas S. Stroik, Michael T. Putnam

In this book, Stroik and Putnam take on Turing's challenge. They argue that the narrow syntax – the lexicon, the Numeration, and the computational system – must reside, for reasons of conceptual necessity, within the performance systems.

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Title: The Function of Cultural Reference within the Hermeneutic Circle: A case study of Arabic-to-English Translation
Paper URL: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/french/as-sa/ASSA-No21/Article1en.html
Author: Mohammad Ahmad Thawabteh
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Institution: Al-Quds University
Linguistic Field: Translation
Abstract: The present paper examines the functions of Arabic cultural references within the scope of the hermeneutic circle of the translator. These functions are investigated through a corpus consisting in a translation of The Square Moon: Supernatural Tales by Ghada As-Samman. An English translation of As-Samman's work is analysed in terms of Steiner's four-move model, revealing a continuum in which each complements the others in the reconstruction of translated meaning. The moves are finally evaluated vis-à-vis equivalence theory and translation strategies. The analysis shows that realising the functions of Arabic cultural references in translation depends on the translator's hermeneutic circle.
Type: Individual Paper
Status: Completed
Publication Info: Applied Semiotics/Semiotique Appliquee (AS/SA). Vol. 8, No. 21, 2008: 5-14. Toronto: University of Toronto. ISSN 1204-6140.
URL: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/french/as-sa/ASSA-No21/Article1en.html


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