Subtitling Matters: New Perspectives on Subtitling and Foreign Language Learning
by Ghia, Elisa
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 translatio…
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- Full title :Subtitling Matters : New Perspectives on Subtitling and Foreign Language Learning.
Summary
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.
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- Publication Date:2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Lang, Peter, AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (238 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9783035303902, 3035303908, 9783034308434, 3034308434
- oclc:ocn817912408
- LC Classification:P306.93
- Dewey Decimal:418/.02
Table of 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.
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