Translators as agents of lexical transfer: evidence from the standardization of curacaoan papiamentu
This research investigates whether professional Curaçaoan Papiamentu translators act as agents of lexical transfer in Papiamentu and also whether they do so in a subservient manner. The research adopts a mixed-methods approach and is triangulated. The quantitative aspect of it develops on a question...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Rovira i virgili (URV) |
| Repositorio: | Repositori Institucional de la Universitat Rovira i Virgili |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:urv.cat:TDX:1983 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX1983 http://hdl.handle.net/10803/296445 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 81 - Lingüística i llengües 00 - Ciència i coneixement. Investigació. Cultura. Humanitats |
| Sumario: | This research investigates whether professional Curaçaoan Papiamentu translators act as agents of lexical transfer in Papiamentu and also whether they do so in a subservient manner. The research adopts a mixed-methods approach and is triangulated. The quantitative aspect of it develops on a questionnaire sample of 205 translators and non-translators. The qualitative aspect builds on an open-ended question on the questionnaire, an interview sample of three official language planners and on selected Papiamentu (non)translated texts. The results show that the translators make more lexical transfers than do the non-translators, and that language prestige, text sensitivity, employment stability, professional experience and formal training play important roles in this. Further, it is ultimately the language planners who carry out by consensus the formal admission of all lexical items into Papiamentu. But generally what English-to-Papiamentu lexical transfer implies is an overlooked agentive involvement of the translators rather than translator subservience in this process. |
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