Subtitling Matters: New Perspectives on Subtitling and Foreign Language Learning (New Trends in Translation Studies)

✍ Scribed by Elisa Ghia

• Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 238
• Edition: New
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Drawing on recent theoretical developments in second language acquisition, this book proposes a new approach to the learning of foreign languages through subtitled audiovisual input. Subtitled text is explored as a source of language acquisition, and its dialogue and subtitle components are focused on as sources of linguistic input. The primary focus of the research is subtitling and the impact it can have on learners’ noticing and acquisition of linguistic structures. The concept of translational salience is introduced, a phenomenon that can occur due to an accentuated contrast between L2 dialogue and L1 subtitles. Two experimental studies on the acquisition of English syntax by Italian learners are used to test the role of translational salience in both noticing and L2 learning. The results lead to a definition of salience particular to the audiovisual medium and raise challenging issues in the pedagogic applications of subtitling.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Tables
Figures
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Subtitled Audiovisual Input and L2 Learning
Chapter 3 Salience and Translational Salience
Chapter 4 Perceptual Salience in Audiovisual Input: A Noticing Study
Chapter 5 Translational Salience and L2 Acquisition: An Empirical Study
Chapter 6 Results
Chapter 7 Discussion of Findings: Towards a Comprehensive Account of Translational Salience
Chapter 8 Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix
Index