Exploring the use of hypernyms in the target speech in relation to interpreter's agency

Diplôme Master Exploring the use of hypernyms in the target speech in relation to interpreter's agency eng 2018 author Urbini Carlotta 852818 director Class Barbara 0000-0002-5461-2307 500695 This exploratory study's objective is to consider the use of hypernyms in the target speeches in relationship to interpreter's agency. Researches underline the interpreters' agency and challenge the existing “conduit” metaphor. Can the use of hypernyms, or of an interpreting strategy, be considered a trace of interpreter's agency and of their active role? The qualitative analysis is carried out in the context of the EPIC Corpus, a trilingual corpus of 357 European Parliament speeches. The analysis focuses on 8 English source speeches interpreted into Italian. Results seem to indicate that the use of hypernyms makes the target speech less specific compared to the source speech and, depending on the context, the original meaning is preserved or not. This exploratory study seems to suggest that interpreters can influence the target speech, by using a hypernym, and this underlines their agency and suggests that interpreters play an active role in communication. Use of hypernyms Role Conference interpreters Simultaneous interpreting EPIC Corpus Qualitative analysis. Dewey 418.02 Maîtrise universitaire en Interprétation de Conférence 113 Département d'interprétation 93 false 06e7bf26-89e9-4771-a01f-ce3c0e81efb7 Master thesis Restricted Mémoire_Urbini.pdf 1035642 application/pdf restrictedAccess Faculté de traduction et d'interprétation / Département d'interprétation

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