<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Many works written by Klára Buzássyová from the 1970s onwards were devoted to the issues of contrastive research of languages. The study analyses the role of metonymy in speech acts expressing agreement in a contrastive perspective. The paper deals with linguistic variation of Slovak translation equivalents of English pragmatic marker <italic>fair enough</italic> in the exploitation of discoursive­illocutionary metonymy within indirect speech acts. It analyses data drawn from English­Slovak parallel corpus which form a translation paradigm of the given pragmatic marker. In a search for an explanation for usage of largely heterogeneous translation equivalents from various semantic­pragmatic fields, metonymy is pointed out as a central motivating factor. It functions on the basis of evocation of various aspects constituting the idealized cognitive model of agreement.</p></abstract>

Many works written by Klára Buzássyová from the 1970s onwards were devoted to the issues of contrastive research of languages. The study analyses the role of metonymy in speech acts expressing agreement in a contrastive perspective. The paper deals with linguistic variation of Slovak translation equivalents of English pragmatic marker fair enough in the exploitation of discoursive­illocutionary metonymy within indirect speech acts. It analyses data drawn from English­Slovak parallel corpus which form a translation paradigm of the given pragmatic marker. In a search for an explanation for usage of largely heterogeneous translation equivalents from various semantic­pragmatic fields, metonymy is pointed out as a central motivating factor. It functions on the basis of evocation of various aspects constituting the idealized cognitive model of agreement.

Pragmatický Marker <italic>Fair Enough</italic> A Jeho Prekladové Ekvivalenty V Anglicko­Slovenskom Paralelnom Korpuse

Jazykovedný ústav Ľudovíta Štúra Slovenskej akadémie vied

Instytut Sławistyki Zachodniej i Poludniowej

Journal of Linguistics/Jazykovedný casopis

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Pragmatický Marker  A Jeho Prekladové Ekvivalenty V Anglicko­Slovenskom Paralelnom Korpuse

Many works written by Klára Buzássyová from the 1970s onwards were devoted to the issues of contrastive research of languages. The study analyses the role of...

Pragmatický Marker Fair Enough A Jeho Prekladové Ekvivalenty V AnglickoSlovenskom Paralelnom Korpuse

Published Online: Mar 12, 2019

Page range: 395 - 414

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2019-0019

Keywords
pragmatic marker, parallel corpus, translation paradigm, discursiveillocutionary metonymy, agreement, idealized cognitive model

© 2018 Martina Ivanová, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Pragmatický Marker Fair Enough A Jeho Prekladové Ekvivalenty V Anglicko­Slovenskom Paralelnom Korpuse

Published Online: Mar 12, 2019

Page range: 395 - 414

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2019-0019

Keywordspragmatic marker, parallel corpus, translation paradigm, discursiveillocutionary metonymy, agreement, idealized cognitive model

© 2018 Martina Ivanová, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Pragmatický Marker Fair Enough A Jeho Prekladové Ekvivalenty V AnglickoSlovenskom Paralelnom Korpuse

Keywords
pragmatic marker, parallel corpus, translation paradigm, discursiveillocutionary metonymy, agreement, idealized cognitive model