Coherence in consecutive interpreting : a comparative study of short and long consecutive interpretations of English texts into Turkish
This study addresses the consecutive mode of interpreting. With a novel three-way approach to assessing coherence, it investigates whether different ways of delivering the target text - short and long consecutive interpreting - contribute to or impede coherence. Cohesion, paralinguistic features and background knowledge are investigated as possible contributing factors to coherence. Accordingly, the study consists of three parts. The first part involves an analysis of cohesive ties in Turkish and English speeches, and in short and long consecutive interpretations of the English speeches into Turkish. The original English and Turkish speeches are used as a benchmark for comparison between non-interpreted and interpreted speech. Part two of the study involves the textual analysis of paralinguistic features in the short and long consecutive interpretations. Part three is a reception study which assesses the participantsâ perception of coherence in the short and long renditions. The participants of the reception study form two different groups: participants who had specialised background knowledge of the topics discussed in the texts and those who had not. The cohesion analysis shows that long consecutive interpretations
Ănal, Melis
Coherence in consecutive interpreting : a comparative study of short and long consecutive interpretations of English texts into Turkish. This study addresses the consecutive mode of interpreting. With a novel three-way approach to assessing coherence, it investigates whether different ways of delivering the target text - short and long consecutive interpreting - contribute to or impede coherence. Cohesion, paralinguistic features and background knowledge are investigated as possible contributing factors to coherence. Accordingly, the study consists of three parts. The first part involves an analysis of cohesive ties in Turkish and English speeches, and in short and long consecutive interpretations of the English speeches into Turkish. The original English and Turkish speeches are used as a benchmark for comparison between non-interpreted and interpreted speech. Part two of the study involves the textual analysis of paralinguistic features in the short and long consecutive interpretations. Part three is a reception study which assesses the participantsâ perception of coherence in the short and long renditions. The participants of the reception study form two different groups: participants who had specialised background knowledge of the topics discussed in the texts and those who had not. The cohesion analysis shows that long consecutive interpretations
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