Daniel Cassany

List of John Benjamins publications for which Daniel Cassany plays a role.

Zhang, Leticia Tian and Daniel Cassany 2021 “The murderer is him ✓”: Multimodal humor in danmu video commentsUnderstanding Chinese Social Media, Zhao, Sumin and Chaoqun Xie (eds.), pp. 272–294 | Article
This paper analyzes humorous comments created through a popular viewing-and-commenting system used in China and Japan, known as danmu (or danmaku). This system enables its users to superimpose anonymous comments on the video frame, which are displayed in subsequent viewing. We collected 327… read more
Zhang, Leticia Tian and Daniel Cassany 2019 ‘Is it always so fast?’: Chinese perceptions of Spanish through danmu video commentsSpanish in Context 16:2, pp. 217–242 | Article
While much research has proved the benefits of subtitled audiovisuals for foreign language learning, few studies address such practices in out-of-classroom settings or focus on Asia-based video-sharing platforms. This study bridges this gap by introducing an increasingly popular… read more
Documentamos y analizamos una comunidad china de fansub, que traduce y subtitula series y películas hispanas, explorando los recursos y estrategias que se utilizan para comprender y transcribir del español y traducir al chino. Con etnografía virtual (Hine, 2000), combinando observación… read more
Este estudio analiza las actitudes lingüísticas en torno a siete variedades del español y la variación léxica hispanoamericana en el ámbito digital. Nos centramos en los comentarios de la “batalla de idiomas”, un reto muy popular en YouTube que presenta prácticas lingüísticas lúdicas… read more