Essays about: "Non finite clauses"

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  1. 1. Adverbial clauses in translation  : Translation of finite and non-finite (-ing, -ed and to-infinitive) adverbial clauses from English to Swedish in popular science

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Caroline Johansson; [2020]
    Keywords : adverbial clauses; translation; explicitation;

    Abstract : This study investigates adverbial clauses in a translation of a popular science text from English to Swedish. The clauses investigated are both finite and non-finite adverbial clauses. The non-finite adverbial clauses are ing-clauses (present participle), ed-clauses (past participle) and to-infinitive clauses. READ MORE

  2. 2. The long and the short of it : the translation of non-finite adverbial clauses and ly-adverbials

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Anna Görman; [2020]
    Keywords : Adverbial placement; explicitation; ly-adverbials; non-finite supplementive clauses; translation studies; transposition.;

    Abstract : This study investigates the translation of non-finite supplementive clauses and one-word adverbials with a suffix of -ly in an English non-fiction text of academic prose and its Swedish target text. The results show that the non-finite supplementive clauses often are translated into either a new main clause, a coordinated clause or a subordinate clause, where the latter in a majority of cases involves the use of explicitation. READ MORE

  3. 3. Translating between the lines : Decoding the syntactic condensation found in nominalisations and non-finite supplementive clauses

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Vivian Marshall; [2019]
    Keywords : congruence; explicitation; nominalisation; non-finite supplementive clauses; translation studies; transposition;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to examine how syntactically condensed structures are translated from English to Swedish in a non-fiction text. The analysis covers nominalisations and non-finite ing- and ed-clauses functioning as adverbials. READ MORE

  4. 4. Translating a cookbook : What happens to non-finite clauses when translating into Swedish?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Sara Lalloo; [2016]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This paper focuses on English non-finite clauses and their equivalences in a Swedish translation. The aim of the paper is to analyze non-finite clauses in an English cookbook and the methods that can be used for translating them into Swedish. READ MORE

  5. 5. The Finite Independency : A study of the relevance of the notion of finiteness in Hdi.

    University essay from Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Ghazaleh Vafaeian; [2009]
    Keywords : Finiteness; Hdi; Chadic language; Independent clauses; Dependent clauses.;

    Abstract : This paper argues that there is a finiteness distinction in Hdi and that the notion is of value for a description of the language. The definition of finiteness suitable for the language has been suggested to be the one given by Anderson (2007) combined with Bisang (2007). READ MORE