Translating Politeness Across Englishes: The Princess and the Pea

by Rehana Mubarak-Aberer

Overview

Based on a transcultural understanding of politeness and translation, this book proposes a transdisciplinary methodology for detecting patterns of perceiving and realizing politeness by users of English with different lingua-cultural biographies. It contains aspects of automated data processing and is designed for long-term research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631725320
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	06/30/2017
Series:	Translation Happens , #3
Pages:	146
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Rehana Mubarak-Aberer studied International Technical Communication – Languages & Technology at the University of Hildesheim (Germany) and received her PhD in Transcultural Communication at the Centre of Translation Studies at the University of Vienna (Austria).

Table of Contents

Perception and realization of politeness in speech acts by users of English with different lingua-cultural biographies – Translation of politeness across different lingua-cultural contexts in ELF communication – Long-term politeness research methodology incorporating aspects of data mining.