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The Translation of Modality from English into Arabic | ||
| Journal of Tikrit University for the Humanities | ||
| Article 1, Volume 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 370-391 | ||
| Author | ||
| Arif Abdullah Saleem Al-Ashoor | ||
| Abstract | ||
| AbstractThe study of modality and its translation was and is still controversial despite the fact that much ink has been spilt on it. Some linguists view it syntactically. Others view it semantically and / or pragmatically. For instance, it is reasonable to assume that "deontic necessity" and "deontic possibility" are semantic notions, whereas obligation and permission are pragmatic notions.This paper aims at studying modality from semantic and pragmatic points of view. It also aims at showing how semantic and pragmatic elements affect its translation from English into Arabic. Consequently, the paper hypothesizes that (1) modality is ambiguous in that it has more than one interpretation, and (2) it is polysemous and homonymous in that it has different related and unrelated meanings. Hence, a translator does not know whether to tackle its literal meaning or its intentional meaning. This study will solve such a problem. | ||
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