Pischedda, PS orcid.org/0000-0003-4190-2302 (2020) A Diachronic Analysis of the Translation of English Sound Symbolism in Italian Comics. Open Linguistics, 6 (1). pp. 19-37. ISSN 2300-9969
Abstract
Phonosymbolic elements such as ideophones and interjections test the translator’s ability in various ways. These forms would, in theory, require a complete change of form and substance of the source text but this has not always been possible because of graphical, cultural and linguistic reasons, and this led, in certain cases, to a foreignized target-text environment. Recent research has started to consider the relationship between verbal and visual modes as beneficial and not just as a mere constraint for the translator. This research aims to align itself with this approach in order to analyze how verbal and visual modes in Disney comic books have come together to welcome sound symbolic forms and how translators have dealt with them in Italian Disney comics, in particular. In order to clarify the behavior, function, translation and use of expressive sound symbolic devices in Italian Disney comics, this article will offer a diachronic analysis of these strategies as found in a diachronic bidirectional corpus compiled through extensive archival research.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Pier Simone Pischedda, published by De Gruyter. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Sound symbolism; Ideophones; Onomatopoeia; Disney; Comics studies; Translation studies |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > Linguistics & Phonetics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 05 Mar 2020 14:43 |
Last Modified: | 05 Mar 2020 14:43 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | De Gruyter Open |
Identification Number: | 10.1515/opli-2020-0002 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:158084 |