The Reconstruction of Modality in Chinese-English Government Press Conference Interpreting : A Corpus-Based Study

This book investigates a special genre of interpreting in the Chinese context, namely Government Press Conference (GPC) Interpreting. Drawing on the modality system from Systemic Functional Grammar and a corpus of 21 interpreting events, the project explores the regular patterns of modality shifts in Chinese-English GPC interpreting and seeks explanations in the sociocultural context. As a corpus-based project, the book covers qualitative analysis of the sociocultural context, qualitative analysis of the interpersonal effects of modality shifts, and quantitative analysis of modality shifts. This book will contribute to the understanding of the distinctive features of GPC interpreting in China, shed new light on the rendition of modality between Chinese and English in specific contexts, and also inspire new thoughts on the nature of interpreting in general.-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Introduction (Xin Li)....Pages 1-10 Previous Literature on Interpreting and Modality (Xin Li)....Pages 11-34 Theoretical Framework and Methodology (Xin Li)....Pages 35-59 Modality Shifts in the Use of English Modality Markers (Xin Li)....Pages 61-87 Modality Shifts in the Translation of Chinese Modality Markers (Xin Li)....Pages 89-111 The Reconstruction of Modality in Relation to Its Sociocultural Context (Xin Li)....Pages 113-132 Conclusion (Xin Li)....Pages 133-140 Back Matter ....Pages 141-202