Peculiarities of translation of comparative constructions in English-language popular science discourse

Tetiana Leleka; Viktoriia Prykhodko; Natalia Plakhotniuk; Yuliia Stakhmych; Tetiana Chukhno

doi:10.34069/AI/2023.61.01.34

Tetiana Leleka Volodymyr Vynnychenko Central Ukrainian State University, Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6134-4435
Viktoriia Prykhodko Lutsk National Technical University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8171-9823
Natalia Plakhotniuk State University “Zhytomyr Politechnic”Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7018-5299
Yuliia Stakhmych Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4661-8220
Tetiana Chukhno University of Customs and Finance, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4112-7388

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2023.61.01.34

Keywords: comparative construction marker, predicate type, locational type, causal word order.

Abstract

The paper examines the grammatical phenomenon of comparative constructions in English on the examples of popular science discourse. The linguistic phenomenon of comparative constructions is analyzed in terms of correlation with the word order and sentence combination features and in a comparative way in the context of English/French. The chosen methodology made the following scientific hypotheses: comparative constructions are endowed with correlations with causal word order; the main types highlighted are: locative construction with subtypes, admission construction, and conjunction construction; such constructions are widely repeated in different languages belonging to different groups. This study goes beyond classical theoretical grammar robotics in a number of important aspects. A more detailed classification is presented: we distinguish between two types of constructions a primary comparative construction and a secondary one, where the comparison parameter is conveyed by both the expressed predicate and the locative type. The study reveals a number of new universals: no language lacks a degree marker and a standard comparison marker, and almost no language lacks a standard marker, even if an asymmetric comparison degree marker is present. It is also found that there is a whole variety of comparative constructions than is represented in typological theoretical grammar and that quite a few languages do not fit into any of the types described.

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Author Biographies

Tetiana Leleka, Volodymyr Vynnychenko Central Ukrainian State University, Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine.

Ph.D. in Philology, Associate Professor of the Department of Translation, Applied and General Linguistics, the Faculty of the Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications Volodymyr Vynnychenko Central Ukrainian State University, Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine.

Viktoriia Prykhodko, Lutsk National Technical University, Ukraine.

Ph.D. (Philology), Associate Professor, Associate Professor Foreign and Ukrainian Philology Department, Faculty of Digital, Educational and Social Technologies, Lutsk National Technical University, Ukraine.

Natalia Plakhotniuk, State University “Zhytomyr Politechnic”Ukraine.

PhD in Pedagogics, Associate Professor of the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics State University “Zhytomyr Politechnic”Ukraine.

Yuliia Stakhmych, Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Ukraine.

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Institute of Humanities and Public Administration, Department of Philology, Interpreting and Translation Studies, Ukraine.

Tetiana Chukhno, University of Customs and Finance, Ukraine.

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor of Foreign Philology, Translation and Professional Language Training Department, Faculty of Economics, Business and International Relations, University of Customs and Finance, Ukraine.

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