Audience design in interpreted press conferences (Chinese-English) : face management and information management
The aim of this study is to investigate the potential influence of audience design on interpretersâ behaviour in the genre of interpreted government press conferences. The interpreters of these government press conferences are required to follow the principle of âfaithfulness, accuracy and completenessâ but casual observation suggests that the interpreters do depart from this principle. The hypothesis on which the present study is founded is that audience design, that is the adjustment of a speakerâs output to suit a particular participation framework, is involved in interpretersâ performance. In order to test this hypothesis, the theoretical framework of the study draws upon theories from interpreting studies, sociolinguistics and pragmatics. The investigation is carried out through a study of participation frameworks, face management strategies and information management strategies in an authentic corpus constructed by the author, comprising three interpreted and televised press conferences held by the Chinese Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister. Both quantitative and qualitative methods are chosen to analyze the selected parameters in order that recurrent patterns can be identified. The study
Liu, Hui
Audience design in interpreted press conferences (Chinese-English) : face management and information management. The aim of this study is to investigate the potential influence of audience design on interpretersâ behaviour in the genre of interpreted government press conferences. The interpreters of these government press conferences are required to follow the principle of âfaithfulness, accuracy and completenessâ but casual observation suggests that the interpreters do depart from this principle. The hypothesis on which the present study is founded is that audience design, that is the adjustment of a speakerâs output to suit a particular participation framework, is involved in interpretersâ performance. In order to test this hypothesis, the theoretical framework of the study draws upon theories from interpreting studies, sociolinguistics and pragmatics. The investigation is carried out through a study of participation frameworks, face management strategies and information management strategies in an authentic corpus constructed by the author, comprising three interpreted and televised press conferences held by the Chinese Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister. Both quantitative and qualitative methods are chosen to analyze the selected parameters in order that recurrent patterns can be identified. The study
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