In:Explicitation in Consecutive Interpreting
Fang Tang
[Benjamins Translation Library 135] 2018
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Published online: 22 February 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.135.toc
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Table of contents
Acknowledgements
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List of abbreviations
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List of figures
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List of tables
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Transcription key
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Chapter 1.Introduction
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1.1Justifications and motivations for the present research
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1.1.1The rationale for studying explicitation in interpreting
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1.1.2The rationale for limiting this study to consecutive interpreting
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1.1.3The rationale for making a comparison between professional and student interpreters
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1.1.4The rationale for exploring explicitation patterns in both the C-E and the E-C direction
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1.2Research questions
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1.3Content and structure of the volume
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Chapter 2.Review of studies on explicitation
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2.1Defining explicitation
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2.1.1Explicitation: what should be the inferential source?
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2.1.2Explicitation: obligatory or optional?
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2.1.3Explicitation: conscious or subconscious?
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2.1.4Forms of explicitation: addition or substitution?
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2.1.5Explicitation: specification or generalisation?
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2.2Typology of explicitation
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2.2.1Typology of explicitation: parallel corpus-based vs comparable corpus-based
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2.2.2Typology of explicitation in translation
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2.2.3Typology of explicitation in interpreting
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2.3Motivations for explicitation
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2.4Professional experience and explicitation
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2.5Explicitation Hypothesis vs explicitation as a Translation Universal
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2.6Directionality of interpreting and explicitation
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2.7Summary
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Chapter 3.Theoretical framework
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3.1Working definition of explicitation
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3.2Typology of explicitation in CI
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3.3Shifts excluded from the analysis
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3.4Overlapping explicitation shifts
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3.4.1The unit of explicitation
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3.4.2The distinction between modifier-based explicitation and circumstance-based explicitation
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3.4.3The distinction between conjunctive adjuncts and circumstantial adjuncts
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3.4.4The distinction between process-based explicitation and attitude-based explicitation
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3.4.5The distinction between modifier-based explicitation and attitude-based explicitation
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3.4.6The distinction between circumstance-based explicitation and attitude-based explicitation
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3.5A process-oriented explanatory framework of explicitation in CI
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3.6Summary
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Chapter 4.Research methods
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4.1Subjects
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4.2Variables
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4.3Materials
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4.4Procedure
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4.5Data analysis
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4.5.1Transcription of the interpreting products
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4.5.2Transcription of the retrospection protocols
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4.5.3Statistical analysis of explicitation patterns and interpreting experience
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4.5.4Statistical analysis of explicitation patterns and interpreting direction
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Chapter 5.Experiential explicitations
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5.1Experiential explicitation patterns and interpreting experience in C-E CI
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5.1.1Results of modifier-based explicitation and interpreting experience in C-E CI
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5.1.2Results of process-based explicitation and interpreting experience in C-E CI
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5.1.3Results of circumstance-based explicitation and interpreting experience in C-E CI
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5.1.4Results of participant-based explicitation and interpreting experience in C-E CI
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5.1.5Results of experiential explicitation patterns and interpreting experience in C-E CI
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5.2Experiential explicitation patterns and interpreting experience in E-C CI
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5.2.1Results of modifier-based explicitation and interpreting experience in E-C CI
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5.2.2Results of process-based explicitation and interpreting experience in E-C CI
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5.2.3Results of circumstance-based explicitation and interpreting experience in E-C CI
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5.2.4Results of participant-based explicitation and interpreting experience in E-C CI
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5.2.5Results of experiential explicitation patterns and interpreting experience in E-C CI
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5.3Experiential explicitation patterns and interpreting direction
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5.3.1Results of modifier-based explicitation and interpreting direction
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5.3.2Results of process-based explicitation and interpreting direction
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5.3.3Results of circumstance-based explicitation and interpreting direction
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5.3.4Results of participant-based explicitation and interpreting direction
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5.3.5Results of experiential explicitation patterns and interpreting direction
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Chapter 6.Interpersonal explicitations
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6.1Interpersonal explicitation patterns and interpreting experience in C-E CI
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6.1.1Results of engagement-based explicitation and interpreting experience in C-E CI
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6.1.2Results of attitude-based explicitation and interpreting experience in C-E CI
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6.1.3Results of graduation-based explicitation and interpreting experience in C-E CI
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6.1.4Results of interpersonal explicitation patterns and interpreting experience in C-E CI
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6.2Interpersonal explicitation patterns and interpreting experience in E-C CI
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6.2.1Results of engagement-based explicitation and interpreting experience in E-C CI
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6.2.2Results of attitude-based explicitation and interpreting experience in E-C CI
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6.2.3Results of graduation-based explicitation and interpreting experience in E-C CI
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6.2.4Results of interpersonal explicitation patterns and interpreting experience in E-C CI
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6.3Interpersonal explicitation patterns and interpreting direction
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6.3.1Results of engagement-based explicitation and interpreting direction
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6.3.2Results of attitude-based explicitation and interpreting direction
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6.3.3Results of graduation-based explicitation and interpreting direction
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6.3.4Results of interpersonal explicitation patterns and interpreting direction
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Chapter 7.Textual explicitations
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7.1Textual explicitation patterns and interpreting experience in C-E CI
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7.1.1Results of reference-based explicitation and interpreting experience in C-E CI
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7.1.2Results of ellipsis-based explicitation and interpreting experience in C-E CI
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7.1.3Results of conjunction-based explicitation and interpreting experience in C-E CI
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7.1.4Results of textual explicitation patterns and interpreting experience in C-E CI
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7.2Textual explicitation patterns and interpreting experience in E-C CI
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7.2.1Results of reference-based explicitation and interpreting experience in E-C CI
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7.2.2Results of ellipsis-based explicitation and interpreting experience in E-C CI
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7.2.3Results of conjunction-based explicitation and interpreting experience in E-C CI
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7.2.4Results of textual explicitation patterns and interpreting experience in E-C CI
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7.3Textual explicitation patterns and interpreting direction
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7.3.1Results of reference-based explicitation and interpreting direction
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7.3.2Results of ellipsis-based explicitation and interpreting direction
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7.3.3Results of conjunction-based explicitation and interpreting direction
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7.3.4Results of textual explicitation patterns and interpreting direction
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Chapter 8.Notes-related explicitations
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8.1Results of notes-related explicitation and interpreting experience in C-E CI
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8.2Results of notes-related explicitation and interpreting experience in E-C CI
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8.3Results of notes-related explicitation and interpreting direction
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Chapter 9.Findings and discussion
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9.1Interpreting experience and explicitation patterns in C-E CI
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9.1.1Explicitations for clarifying in C-E CI
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9.1.2Explicitations for time management in C-E CI
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9.1.3Explicitations for gap-filling in C-E CI
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9.1.4Explicitations for subjectivity reinforcement in C-E CI
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9.1.5Notes-related explicitations in C-E CI
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9.2Interpreting experience and explicitation patterns in E-C CI
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9.2.1Explicitations for clarifying in E-C CI
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9.2.2Explicitations for time management in E-C CI
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9.2.3Explicitations for gap-filling in E-C CI
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9.2.4Explicitations for subjectivity reinforcement in E-C CI
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9.2.5Notes-related explicitations in E-C CI
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9.3Interpreting direction and explicitation patterns
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9.3.1Interpreting direction and explicitations for clarifying
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9.3.2Interpreting direction and explicitations for time management
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9.3.3Interpreting direction and explicitations for gap-filling
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9.3.4Interpreting direction and explicitations for subjectivity reinforcement
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9.3.5Interpreting direction and notes-related explicitations
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9.4Features of explicitation in CI
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9.4.1Features of explicitation in C-E CI
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9.4.2Features of explicitation in E-C CI
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Chapter 10.Conclusion
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10.1Major findings in summary
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10.2Implications of the study
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10.3Limitations of the study
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10.4Suggestions for further studies
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References
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Appendix 1.Information about the subjects
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Appendix 2.Briefing handout
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Notes on the author
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Name index
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Subject index
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