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Language and Text
2018. Vol. 5, no. 1, 3–10
doi:10.17759/langt.2018010101
ISSN: 2312-2757 (online)

Nominalization as a means of increasing the communicative status of an adverbial modifier in English to Russian translation

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E.A. Balygina, O.A. Krukovskaya

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Abstract

In this paper, various types of nominalizations are examined in English to Russian translation. A predicative verb at the beginning of a simple English sentence can be replaced by a deverbal noun in translation in order to shift the focus of attention to an adverbial modifier. In a semantically complicated sentence, the nominalization of an adverbial phrase increases its status in the communicative structure of a particular sentence and the entire text. The study showed that the nominalization in English to Russian translation is an effective strategy for preserving the coherence of the text.

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Keywords: nominalization, translation, focus, rheme, text coherence

Journal rubric: General and Comparative Historical Linguistics

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/langt.2018010101

For citation: Balygina E.A., Krukovskaya O.A. Nominalization as a means of increasing the communicative status of an adverbial modifier in English to Russian translation [Elektronnyi resurs]. Âzyk i tekst = Language and Text, 2018. Vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 3–10. DOI: 10.17759/langt.2018010101. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Elena A. Balygina, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign and Russian Philology, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5558-1389, e-mail: baliginaea@mgppu.ru

Oksana A. Krukovskaya, PhD in Education, Department of Foreign and Russian Philology, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3394-1144, e-mail: okruk@bk.ru

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