Need Help

Tue Sep 8 15:30:21 UTC 2009

Dear Mr. Agbedejobi,

If you have not already done so, you should review the information and material available on the web page of SDAS [Slovensko drustvo za angleske studije = Slovene Association for the Study of English] http://www.sdas.edus.si/ -- especially their online series ELOPE [English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries]--v. 1, 2, 4 especially deal with English Language and Literature in Slovenia, including various articles on comparative English-Slovene linguistics.  http://www.sdas.edus.si/index_files/elope.htm

Perhaps one of the persons listed on their Contacts page will be helpful in recommending specific citations regarding your topic.

One dictionary which might be of help, but which does not seem to be readily available (located only at Yale University) is:

Kuster, David. Anglesko-slovenski slovar fraznih glagolov = English-Slovene Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.  Slovenj Gradec: 2003. 549p.

Although not specifically related to Slovene or Slovene modal verbs, perhaps the following articles will be of some help:

Vintar, Spela. "Corpora in Translator Training and practice: A Slovene perspective."  In: Incorporating corpora: the linguist and the translator. Clevdon; Buffalo: Multilingual Matters, 2008.

Dafouz, E.; Nunez, B.; Sancho, C. "Analysing Stance in a CLIL University Context: Non-Native Speaker Use of Personal Pronouns and Modal Verbs."  In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 10, 5 (2007): 647-62.

Mason, Ruth. "The Development of Narrative Skills and the Evaluative Use of Modal Verbs in the Narratives of Young Non-Native Speakers of English."  In: International Journal of Applied Linguistics 4, 1 (1993): 79-99.

Rabadan, Rosa. "Modality and Modal Verbs in Contrast: Mapping Out a Translation(ally) Relevant Approach: English-Spanish."  In: Languages in Contrast: International Journal for Contrastive Linguistics 6, 2 (2006): 261-306.

Modality and Its Interaction with the Verbal System. Ed. By Sjef Barbiers, Frits Beukema, Wim vand der Wurff. Amsterdam; Philadelphia: Benjamins, 2002. 288p.  [Includes a chapter on "Imperatives in Slovene" and another on "Modality and mood in Macedonian."]

Abdel-Fattah, Mahmoud M. "On the Traslation of Modals from English into Arabic and Vice Versa: The Case of Deontic Modality."  In: Bable 51, 1 (2005): 31-48.

Korytkowska, Malgorzata. "The Cognitive Aspect of the Mediative Category." In: Biuletyn Poskiego Towarzystwa Jezykoznawcego = Bulletin de la society polonaise de linguistique 51 (1995): 31-40. [comparative analysis of the expression of the meditative verbal category in Bulgarian & Polish]

Svendsen, Uffe Sonne. "On the Translation of Modality in an MT-system." In: Le Langage et l"home 27,1 (1992): 49-60. [a model for the translation of modal verbs within a machine translation system is outlined]

Sincerely,
June Farris

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-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Patrick Agbedejobi
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 8:48 AM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: [SEELANGS] Need Help

I am a Student of linguistics, i have a hard nut i can not crack, i need 
references, books or links to articles online as regards the following topic. 
Please Kindly assist: 

 Problems when translating English modal verbs English-Slovene and impacts 
on ESL.

Thanks i would appreciate your reply.

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