Stella Neumann

Neumann, Stella, Elma Kerz and Arndt Heilmann 2024 Chapter 8. Comparing contact effects in translation and second language writing Constraints on Language Variation and Change in Complex Multilingual Contact Settings, van Rooy, Bertus and Haidee Kotze (eds.), pp. 223–254 | Chapter

This chapter compares the role of the bilingual text production context in (second language) L2 writing and translation. Although both tasks involve activation of the two languages involved, their influence may differ. To explore this influence against the background of variation along the… read more

Heilmann, Arndt, Jonas Freiwald, Stella Neumann and Zoë Miljanović 2022 Analyzing the effects of entrenched grammatical constructions on translation Translation, Cognition & Behavior 5:1, pp. 110–143 | Article

This study analyzes translation behaviour with respect to the salience of two grammatical constructions that differ in frequency. We assumed that a more frequent construction is also more entrenched in the translator’s mind and that as a result different translation solutions are more readily… read more

Kerz, Elma, Stella Neumann and Paula Niemietz 2022 Assessing linguistic complexity and register flexibility in advanced second language learners: Evidence from group- and individual-level analyses Register Studies 4:1, pp. 55–90 | Article

The aim of the present study is twofold: (1) to assess the degree of register flexibility in advanced second language (L2) learners of English and (2) to determine whether and to what extent this flexibility is impacted by inter-individual variability in experiential factors and personality… read more

Neumann, Stella and Stephanie Evert 2021 Chapter 6. A register variation perspective on varieties of English Corpus-based Approaches to Register Variation, Seoane, Elena and Douglas Biber (eds.), pp. 143–178 | Chapter

This chapter reports an exploration of dimensions of register variation across varieties of English. We analyse 2,844 texts from the Hong Kong, Jamaica and New Zealand components of the International Corpus of English, using its text categorization scheme as a frame of reference. We apply… read more

Neumann, Stella 2020 On the interaction between register variation and regional varieties in English Language, Context and Text 2:1, pp. 121–144 | Article

This paper examines the extent to which regional varieties of English influence register variation. Register is a key concept in systemic functional linguistics (SFL), whereas regional variation is rarely studied in this framework. However, languages like Chinese, Spanish and English are used in… read more

Heilmann, Arndt, Tatiana Serbina, Daniel Couto Vale and Stella Neumann 2019 Shorter than a text, longer than a sentence: Source text length for ecologically valid translation experiments Target 31:1, pp. 98–124 | Article

This paper investigates what effect the length of the source text has both on the translation process and on the translation product. In an eye-tracking and keystroke logging experiment, we compared three conditions, namely full texts, three-sentence sequences and single sentences as source… read more

Heilmann, Arndt, Tatiana Serbina and Stella Neumann 2018 Processing of grammatical metaphor: Insights from controlled translation and reading experiments Translation, Cognition & Behavior 1:2, pp. 195–220 | Article

This paper investigates cognitive effort invested in the translation and reading of grammatical metaphor. It is based on the results of two experiments conducted using the methods of keylogging and eyetracking. To test differences in processing, we devised a number of metaphorical and congruent… read more

Neumann, Stella 2016 Cross-linguistic register studies: Theoretical and methodological considerations Genre- and Register-related Discourse Features in Contrast, Lefer, Marie-Aude and Svetlana Vogeleer (eds.), pp. 35–57 | Article

This chapter discusses register as a meaningful unit of contrastive linguistics and translation studies. Drawing on systemic functional register theory, it categorizes different approaches to register-oriented cross-linguistic studies emphasizing either the comparison of contrasted features… read more

Neumann, Stella 2014 Cross-linguistic register studies: Theoretical and methodological considerations Genre- and register-related discourse features in contrast, Lefer, Marie-Aude and Svetlana Vogeleer (eds.), pp. 35–57 | Article

This paper discusses register as a meaningful unit of contrastive linguistics and translation studies. Drawing on systemic functional register theory, it categorizes different approaches to register-oriented cross-linguistic studies emphasizing either the comparison of contrasted features organized… read more

Neumann, Stella 2011 Assessing the impact of translations on English-German language contact: Some methodological considerations Multilingual Discourse Production: Diachronic and Synchronic Perspectives, Kranich, Svenja, Viktor Becher, Steffen Höder and Juliane House (eds.), pp. 233–256 | Article

Translations have been widely described as one source of language contact phenomena in language maintenance situations. In particular the impact of English on German by translation is a topic of ongoing research interest. The present article reviews the place of translations in the study of… read more

Alves, Fabio, Adriana Pagano, Stella Neumann, Erich Steiner and Silvia Hansen-Schirra 2010 Translation units and grammatical shifts: Towards an integration of product- and process-based translation research Translation and Cognition, Shreve, Gregory M. and Erik Angelone (eds.), pp. 109–142 | Article

Drawing on corpus-based and process-based approaches, this paper reports on the results of an exploratory study using highly annotated translation corpora in conjunction with key logging, eye tracking, and retrospective verbalizations to identify translation units associated with cognitive effort… read more

Hansen-Schirra, Silvia, Stella Neumann and Erich Steiner 2007 Cohesive explicitness and explicitation in an English-German translation corpus Information Structuring Resources in Contrast, Behrens, Bergljot, Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen, Hilde Hasselgård and Stig Johansson (eds.), pp. 241–265 | Article

Explicitness or implicitness as assumed properties of translated texts and other texts in multilingual communication have for some time been the object of speculation and, at a later stage, of more systematic research in linguistics and translation studies. This paper undertakes an investigation… read more

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