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A New Approach for Paraphrasing and Rewording a Challenging Text
Polat, Yahya; Bajak, Satylmysh; Zhumaeva, Ainuska
Arab World English Journal, v12 n2 p158-168 Jun 2021
This article aims to propose a practical model for intra-lingual translation or "paraphrase" in another term. Paraphrase is a restatement of a text, rewording something written or spoken, especially to achieve greater clarity. This approach could help a troubled translator who is having issues translating a complex text into a receptor language by assessing the source text and reconstructing the contents in a simpler semantic structure. (Larson, 2012) Noam Chomsky's generative--transformational model (1957, 1965) and Larson's (2012) methodology have been followed to analyze sentences into a series of related levels governed by the help of several other techniques. To achieve this, firstly, the concepts; "Intralingual translation," "rewording," "paraphrasing," and "restatement" are identified and explained. Secondly, methods of rewording are unpacked, then other elements that play an essential role in paraphrasing are presented. Thirdly, steps of paraphrasing are applied to the text Taj Mahal where skewings between semantic structure and grammatical features are studied and unskewed. Lastly, a conclusion is drawn from the findings to verify the hypothesis of the paraphrase. The findings and results of rewording are also briefly discussed.
Descriptors: Translation, Phrase Structure, Language Processing, Semantics, Second Languages, Language Usage, Generative Grammar, Text Structure, Linguistic Theory, Classification, Definitions
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