The Past Tense in Polish and French - A Semantic Approach to Translation (Paperback, New edition)

This book presents the first detailed analysis of the mechanism of translating the Polish past tense into French. Grounded in the field of aspectual research, this study bridges the gap between theory and practice by presenting a set of equivalency rules for Polish past imperfective verb forms and French past tenses. Drawing on a wide selection of Polish literary texts and their translations into French, the author analyses the translation of Polish past imperfective verbs in factual contexts and their actual uses in narration. Using the semantic theory of aspect developed by Stanislaw Karolak, the author establishes rules of equivalency for imperfective uses in both languages as well as rules of equivalency between Polish past imperfective verbs and perfect tenses in French (passe compose, passe simple and plus-que-parfait). The translation rules developed in this study can be applied directly in translation practice as well as providing a resource for scholars of the French and Polish languages. Additionally, this book lays the foundation for future contrastive studies on aspect in languages from different language families.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Contemporary Studies in Descriptive Linguistics, 27
Release date:	August 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Magdalena Karolak
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	203
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-430968-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > Classical, early & medieval
LSN:	3-03-430968-6
Barcode:	9783034309684

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