Universals of Lexical Simplication  

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Blum-Kulka, Shoshana ; Levenston, E. A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Learning: A Journal of Research in Language Studies (Full Text) vol. 28 no. 2 (Dec. 1978), page 399-416.
Fulltext: 28_02_Blum_Levenston.pdf (927.32KB)

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/LLE/28 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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Lexical simplification-the process and/or result of making do with less wordscan be studied in a variety of linguistic contexts: translation, the usage of language learners, the usage of language teachers, pidginization, foreigner talk, simplified reading texts for learners. It operates according to universal principles that derive from semantic competence in the mother tongue. By means of a comparative study of some of these contexts-translation, the usage of second language learners and teachers, simplified reading textsthe operation of these universal principles is demonstrated. Aspects of simplification examined in detail include the use of superordinate terms, approximation, synonymy, transfer, cir- cumlocution and paraphrase. A distinction is drawn between strategies and processes of simplification. “Strategy” refers to the way the learnerluser arrives at a certain usage at a specific point in time, and “process” refers to the systematic series of steps by which the learner/user arrives at the same usage over time. Strategies may be process-initiating (e.g. over-generalization, trans- fer) or situation, bound (e.g. circumlocution, paraphrase).

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