Form, Meaning and Function in Collocation: A Corpus Study on Commercial Chinese-to-English Translation

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Title Page
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Dedication
Table of Contents
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Foreword
Acknowledgements
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1 Form, meaning and function in collocation: A corpus study on commercial Chinese-to-English translation
	1.1 Introduction
	1.2 Research objectives
	1.3 Translator training programmes in China
	1.4 Rationale for the research
	1.5 Research questions
	1.6 Chapter overview
2 Literature review: Collocation and Translation Studies
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Researching the nature of collocations with a corpus approach
	2.3 Collocation in language operation
	2.4 Corpus-based Translation Studies
	2.5 Summary
3 Preliminary study: Setting the stage
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Rationales for researching collocations in a learner corpus
	3.3 Distinction between translators and L2 learners
	3.4 Theoretical framework of the present study
	3.5 Summary
4 Research design: Methodology and data processing
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Research methodology and research method
	4.3 Corpora employed in this study: the NECCD and the TECCTC
	4.4 Data processing
	4.5 Filtering devices
	4.6 Collocation retrieval results
	4.7 Summary
5 Data analysis: Features of Chinese translators’ use of English collocations in the commercial register (Part I)
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Features of collocation density and distribution regarding overall frequency
	5.3 Features of collocation distribution regarding statistical values
	5.4 Lexical analysis for deviation of collocation use in translational English
	5.5 Summary
6 Data analysis: Features of Chinese translators’ use of English collocations in the commercial register (Part II)
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 Formal features of collocation use in the corpus of translational English
	6.3 Semantic features of collocation use in the corpus of translational language
	6.4 Functional features of collocation use in the translational corpus
	6.5 Summary
7 Translation universals in Chinese translators’ use of L2 English collocations
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 A model of the control mechanism between features of collocations and translation universals
	7.3 Factors responsible for the deviation in Chinese translators’ production of L2 English collocations
	7.4 Summary
8 Implications of findings
	8.1 Introduction
	8.2 Theoretical implications
	8.3 Practical implications
	8.4 Pedagogical implications
	8.5 Summary
9 Conclusion
	9.1 Summary of major findings
	9.2 Limitations of the present study
	9.3 Directions for future research
Appendices
Bibliography
Index