Variation in English and German Nominal Coreference; A Study of Political Essays

The topic of this work is nominal coreference in English and German. Its focus is on coreference relations that establish textual coherence and continuity above the local level of the clause. The book shows how linguistic options for creating coreference in English and German can be interpreted against the background of their motivating factors. It discusses mental text processing, German-English systemic contrasts and register peculiarities as possible sources for variation on different linguistic levels. Hermeneutic and example-based observations are complemented by a corpus-linguistic analysis of English and German political essays and German translations from the English originals. The study finally highlights linguistic and functional correlations of coreference instantiations in English and German texts, additionally shedding light on coreference strategies employed in translations. It thus yields an incentive for future research as well as providing a wealth of insights for language and translation teaching.

Author: Kerstin Anna Kunz

Publisher: Peter Lang D

Publication Date: Sep 17, 2010

Number of Pages: 420 pages

Binding: Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10: 3631610173

ISBN-13: 9783631610176