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TargetVol. 7:2 (1995) ► pp.285–304
Headlining in Translation
English vs. Greek Press [1] 1
A hundred translated article headlines appearing in the Greek press are contrasted to their originals in the English press. The cognitive, cultural and social constraints on headline formation observed relate to a higher degree of directness associated with the Greek version of the corpus, on the one hand, and differences with respect to 'thematic ' preferences, on the other. The quantity and quality of information to be included in the schematic category Headline, in Greek, differs: the quantity of information relates to the genre the article belongs to and the difference in quality is a result of a different 'macro-rule' application.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.News Discourse in the Press
- 3.Headlining across Cultures
- 3.1.Linguistic Choices in Headlining
- 3.1.1.Quotations
- 3.1.2.Direct Questioning
- 3.1.3.Illocutionary Force
- 3.1.4.First-ZSecond-Person Pronouns
- 3.2.Thematic Choices in Headlining
- 3.2.1.Quantity of Information
- 3.2.2.Quality of Information
- 3.1.Linguistic Choices in Headlining
- 4.Conclusion
- Note
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