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Tereza Sloupová: Cognitive salience and its effects on the translation process: Going beyond translation universals / Kognitivní výraznost a její vliv na proces překladu - Krok za překladové univerzálie, 2021 Abstract - EN The thesis is based on Sandra Halverson's 2003 "gravitational pull hypothesis," which aims to explain several of the so-called translation universals, using knowledge from cognitive linguistics, mainly concerning the structure of our conceptual and linguistic memory. The thesis comes up with an experiment aimed to support notions suggested by Halverson, and theoretical grounding of the experiment is explained (primarily Cognitive Grammar, prototypes, and basic- level categories). A two-part experiment (prototypicality survey and translation-based experiment with reflective questions) is realized, the results of which support the implementation of the notion of cognitive salience to translation universals. Other potentially useful patterns are discovered, such as the importance of connectivity in translation tasks and the role of entrenchment. To contextualize the universals and the interdisciplinary approach of cognitive linguistics and translation studies, an overview of relevant points in the history of translation studies is given at the beginning. Key words: cognitive salience,... |
