Intertextuality, translation, and the semiotics of museum presentation
The case of bilingual texts in Chinese museums
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4472298 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Neather (0000-0002-8313-9870, Hong Kong Baptist University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 2012 |
| Issue | 192 |
| Pages | 197-218 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Semiotica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-1998 • E-ISSN: 1613-3692 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/sem-2012-0082 |
| OpenAlex | W2329572250 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
This paper seeks to explore the various verbal (linguistic) interactions within the intersemiotic environment of the museum exhibition space. Drawing on notions of intertextuality in the social semiotic tradition such as those developed by Lemke, it begins with a theoretical account of intertextuality in the bilingual museum, before focusing more specifically on two case studies from museums in the PRC and Hong Kong in which Chinese language Source Texts are accompanied by corresponding English language Target Texts. In each case the paper considers the particular relations that obtain between these co-spatially situated Source Texts, the strategies through which such intertextual usage is mediated in translation, and how the intertextual relationships of the Source Text cluster are reconfigured in the correspondent Target Text cluster. A number of factors are identified in the translation process, including discoursal shifts, re-prioritization and redistribution of Source Text material across different Target Texts, and the use of alternative types of lexicogrammatical repetition that seek to create a different form of recapitulation in translation, whether to correct perceived shortcomings in the original ST relationships, or for reasons of cultural or museological convention
Intertextuality · Linguistics · Semiotics · Situated · Sociology · Source text · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Translation Studies and Practices
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,73 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |