The Journal of Specialised Translation · 2006 · 40 citations · 12 references
Language StudiesLinguisticsTranslation StudiesPragmaticsSubtitlingTranslation TheoryComparative PragmaticsCross-cultural PragmaticsIntercultural PragmaticsPoliteness StrategiesPragmatics In TranslationPragmatics Of ComplimentsCompliment ContentCompliment FunctionsCompliment InterpretationCompliment PolitenessCompliments In Intercultural CommunicationLinguistic PolitenessNegative PolitenessPoliteness Strategies In Translation
This paper focuses on the strategic function of implicit compliments, aiming to evaluate their contribution to positive and negative politeness and their translation in interlingual subtitles (from English into Italian).
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