Essays about: "Carina Sjöberg-Hawke"

Found 1 essay containing the words Carina Sjöberg-Hawke.

  1. 1. Translating a guidebook: addressing reader expectation : A small-scale corpus study of direct reader address in a Swedish-English translation

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Carina Sjöberg-Hawke; [2018]
    Keywords : direct reader address; English; first-person; guidebooks; imperatives; interpersonal; personal pronouns; reader expectation; secondary reader; second-person; Swedish; target reader; text conventions; tourist text; translation; translator strategy;

    Abstract : This study analyses the comparative frequency of “direct reader address” in English and Swedish walking guidebook texts. Through a quantitative and qualitative analysis of specific linguistic features that constitute “direct reader address”, the study aims to highlight the importance of considering reader expectation of a text, i.e. READ MORE