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Onomatopoeia, translation and relevance

Sasamoto, Ryoko ORCID: 0000-0002-1644-6897 (2022) Onomatopoeia, translation and relevance. Pragmatics and Cognition, 28 (2). pp. 347-375. ISSN 0929-0907

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Abstract

It is generally acknowledged that onomatopoeia poses challenges for translation. However, there is little research into the translation of onomatopoeia in Pragmatics. This study seeks to examine the nature of onomatopoeia and its implications for translation from the perspective of Relevance Theory, addressing, in particular, the following questions: (i) Can notions from pragmatics help to account for the perceived challenges involved in translating onomatopoeia? (ii) Does the Relevance-Theoretic notion of showing–meaning affect translation of onomatopoeia? (iii) What other factors result in difficulties in translating onomatopoeia and why? To this end, a corpus-based analysis of onomatopoeia was conducted using user-generated data provided by Cookpad Inc. Findings show that the Relevance-Theoretic notions of the showing-meaning continuum and perceptual resemblance can indeed help account for the perceived challenges in translating onomatopoeia. Findings also show that stylistic aspects, such as types of expressions and text types, also impact on the translation of onomatopoeia.

Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Pragmatics; relevance theory; corpus analysis; onomatopoeia; showing-meaning continuum; perceptual resemblance; translation, relevance; food discourse
Subjects:Humanities > Japanese language
Humanities > Language
Humanities > Linguistics
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies
Research Initiatives and Centres > Centre for Translation and Textual Studies (CTTS)
Publisher:John Benjamins
Official URL:https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.21011.sas
Copyright Information:© 2022 John Benjamins Publishing
Funders:DCU Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
ID Code:27333
Deposited On:01 Jul 2022 11:20 by Ryoko Sasamoto . Last Modified 14 Mar 2023 15:53

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