Translation Between L2 Acquisition and L1 Attrition
Anaphora Resolution in Italian by English–Italian Trainee Translators
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22870649 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maja Miličević, Маја Miličević, Tihana Kraš (0000-0001-5359-9641) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 21-42 |
| Publication date | 2017-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Applied Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-6001 • E-ISSN: 1477-450X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/applin/amu070 |
| OpenAlex | W2305126125 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
This article reports on the findings of an empirical study that relates translation studies and research on language acquisition/attrition by looking at the interpretation of overt pronominal subjects, previously found to be problematic in both domains. The focus is on the resolution of intra-sentential anaphora and cataphora in Italian by two groups of native speakers, English-Italian trainee translators and a control group of non-translators. The participants did a picture selection task in which they had to identify the antecedents of third person null and overt subject pronouns in ambiguous anaphoric and cataphoric conditions. Contrary to what was expected based on previous work, proposing that translators undergo a form of first language attrition due to extended exposure to a second language, trainee translators did not exhibit evidence of overt pronoun overgeneralization (i.e. second language influence). In fact, they selected pragmatically inappropriate antecedents to a lesser extent than the control group, leading to the conclusion that in language comprehension, metalinguistic awareness can override other influences affecting translators.
Anaphora (linguistics) · Attrition · Linguistics · Resolution (logic) · Second-language acquisition · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Medicine · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
Expertise and Explicitation in the Translation Process
Anaphoric biases of null and overt subjects in Italian and Spanish
Memory and language skills in simultaneous interpreters
A DST Model of Multilingualism and the Role of Metalinguistic Awareness
Categorical data analysis
First language attrition and syntactic subjects
Effect of language proficiency and degree of formal training in simultaneous interpreting on working memory and interpreting performance
Methodological aspects of working memory assessment in simultaneous interpreters
An overview of mixed-effects statistical models for second language researchers
Anaphora resolution in near-native speakers of Italian
Theoretical and developmental issues in the syntax of subjects
Pinning down the concept of "interface" in bilingualism
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |