English-arabic Translations Of Selected Business And Economic Texts: A Discourse Analysis

This study is a descriptive study which aims at describing the relation between macrostructures and microstructures in English business and economic texts and their translations in Arabic. It also aims to find the similarities and differences of English and Arabic macrostructures and microstructures...

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Main Author:	Talafha, Dua'a Khalifah Mohammad
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2023
Subjects:	P1-1091 Philology Linguistics(General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/60346/1/DUA%27A%20KHALIFAH%20MOHAMMAD%20TALAFHA%20-%20TESIS24.pdf
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spelling	my-usm-ep.603462024-04-04T03:16:14Z English-arabic Translations Of Selected Business And Economic Texts: A Discourse Analysis 2023-06 Talafha, Dua'a Khalifah Mohammad P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) This study is a descriptive study which aims at describing the relation between macrostructures and microstructures in English business and economic texts and their translations in Arabic. It also aims to find the similarities and differences of English and Arabic macrostructures and microstructures in business and economic language. It links four linguistic devices including tenses, voices, modality and cohesion to their situational features represented in the Hallydian model (1979). It follows a descriptive qualitative method where Van Dijk's (1977) conceptions of macrostructures and microstructures were used as the parameters. The sample was taken from two websites; namely World Bank blogs and Finance and Development Magazine where 20 online texts were selected from each website along with their translations in Arabic. The findings show that the semantic function of tenses and modalities are affected by the translation choices and the Arabic language norms which in turn affect the ideational (field) and interpersonal functions (tenor) of the Arabic texts. Voices and cohesion show no significant effect as translators translated them according to language norms in Arabic. The study substantiates the importance of linking linguistic devices to their situational features and how the meanings are affecting the latter. The study recommends researchers to adapt this approach to other linguistic devices that prove to be lacking in this genre such as mood and structures. 2023-06 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/60346/ http://eprints.usm.my/60346/1/DUA%27A%20KHALIFAH%20MOHAMMAD%20TALAFHA%20-%20TESIS24.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Bahasa Literasi & Terjemahan
institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
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topic	P1-1091 Philology Linguistics(General)
spellingShingle	P1-1091 Philology Linguistics(General) Talafha, Dua'a Khalifah Mohammad English-arabic Translations Of Selected Business And Economic Texts: A Discourse Analysis
description	This study is a descriptive study which aims at describing the relation between macrostructures and microstructures in English business and economic texts and their translations in Arabic. It also aims to find the similarities and differences of English and Arabic macrostructures and microstructures in business and economic language. It links four linguistic devices including tenses, voices, modality and cohesion to their situational features represented in the Hallydian model (1979). It follows a descriptive qualitative method where Van Dijk's (1977) conceptions of macrostructures and microstructures were used as the parameters. The sample was taken from two websites; namely World Bank blogs and Finance and Development Magazine where 20 online texts were selected from each website along with their translations in Arabic. The findings show that the semantic function of tenses and modalities are affected by the translation choices and the Arabic language norms which in turn affect the ideational (field) and interpersonal functions (tenor) of the Arabic texts. Voices and cohesion show no significant effect as translators translated them according to language norms in Arabic. The study substantiates the importance of linking linguistic devices to their situational features and how the meanings are affecting the latter. The study recommends researchers to adapt this approach to other linguistic devices that prove to be lacking in this genre such as mood and structures.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Talafha, Dua'a Khalifah Mohammad
author_facet	Talafha, Dua'a Khalifah Mohammad
author_sort	Talafha, Dua'a Khalifah Mohammad
title	English-arabic Translations Of Selected Business And Economic Texts: A Discourse Analysis
title_short	English-arabic Translations Of Selected Business And Economic Texts: A Discourse Analysis
title_full	English-arabic Translations Of Selected Business And Economic Texts: A Discourse Analysis
title_fullStr	English-arabic Translations Of Selected Business And Economic Texts: A Discourse Analysis
title_full_unstemmed	English-arabic Translations Of Selected Business And Economic Texts: A Discourse Analysis
title_sort	english-arabic translations of selected business and economic texts: a discourse analysis
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Bahasa Literasi & Terjemahan
publishDate	2023
url	http://eprints.usm.my/60346/1/DUA%27A%20KHALIFAH%20MOHAMMAD%20TALAFHA%20-%20TESIS24.pdf
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English-arabic Translations Of Selected Business And Economic Texts: A Discourse Analysis

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