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A contrastive translation study of the non-prototypical agent in subject position
Code
05V01810
Duration
01 January 2010 → 30 September 2015
Funding
Ghent University funding
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Dutch language
    • Translation studies
    • Interpreting studies
Keywords
translation studies french translation techniques subjects position semantics English pragmatics syntax dutch Linguistics
 
Project description
 

This study aims at a comparative survey of semantic, syntactic and lexical features of English, French and Dutch non-prototypical agens in subject position, the restreictions that apply to them and which alternative syntactic and lexical strategies are possible. A survey will also be provided of translation techniques with an in-depth analysis of the correlations between the linguistic features and the translation techniques.