Isabel Tello
List of John Benjamins publications in which Isabel Tello is involved.
Articles
2026 Between source language constructions and target language expectations: An analysis of passive constructions in translated and non-translated Spanish Review of Cognitive Linguistics 24:1, pp. 208–237 | Article
This paper is situated within Cognitive Translation Studies (CTS). It follows Halverson’s Gravitational Pull Hypothesis (2003, 2010, 2017, 2024), a framework that explains the translation process and its outcome by invoking the cognitive mechanisms of the bilingual mind. The paper adopts the… read more
When machines cannot stay silent: Exploring creative omissions and spectral material in translation Translation Spaces: Online-First Articles | Article
This study examines creativity in translation by analysing absences and disrupting presences in literary texts. It introduces the concepts of “creative omission” and “spectral material”, applying them to the analysis of five discourse markers in the EN–CAT triple-aligned corpus COVALT.… read more