The role of translation in shaping media and political discourses in times of conflict : the Syrian "Spring" in context
This study is a predominantly qualitative, target-oriented, descriptive and explanatory investigation. It tackles a critical translational issue that has increasingly drawn much research interest over the last couple of decades or so: Translation and Conflict. Generally, it explores the role of translation in shaping media and political discourses in times of conflict within the context of the startlingly unfurling events in Syria. Specifically, it traces the translators' normative behaviour and looks into their ideological intervention together with its potential distortion of the ST intended message. The study generally pertains to the realm of Critical Text Linguistics (CTL) and is located within a translational context. It considers ~language as a form of social practice~, (Fairclough 1989: 20) and ~social behaviour~, (Halliday 1978: 12-13) that cannot be studied in isolation from its socio-cultural and contextual considerations. Therefore, the analysis of the phenomenon under observation operates on three main fronts; the Faircloughian Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), the Hallidayan Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) and the Touryean Descriptive Translation Studies (DTS) at whose heart the Theory
Ayasrah, Bilal Mohammad Farhan
410 Linguistics ; 950 History of Asia; Far East
The role of translation in shaping media and political discourses in times of conflict : the Syrian "Spring" in context. This study is a predominantly qualitative, target-oriented, descriptive and explanatory investigation. It tackles a critical translational issue that has increasingly drawn much research interest over the last couple of decades or so: Translation and Conflict. Generally, it explores the role of translation in shaping media and political discourses in times of conflict within the context of the startlingly unfurling events in Syria. Specifically, it traces the translators' normative behaviour and looks into their ideological intervention together with its potential distortion of the ST intended message. The study generally pertains to the realm of Critical Text Linguistics (CTL) and is located within a translational context. It considers ~language as a form of social practice~, (Fairclough 1989: 20) and ~social behaviour~, (Halliday 1978: 12-13) that cannot be studied in isolation from its socio-cultural and contextual considerations. Therefore, the analysis of the phenomenon under observation operates on three main fronts; the Faircloughian Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), the Hallidayan Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) and the Touryean Descriptive Translation Studies (DTS) at whose heart the Theory
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