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Table 2 Schema Of Textual Filters<br />

TEXT<br />

CULTURAL FILTER<br />

Items involving choice between s<br />

Exoticism<br />

Cultural borrowing<br />

Calque<br />

Grammatical transposition<br />

Communicative <strong>translation</strong><br />

Cultural transplantation<br />

FORMAL FILTER<br />

Intertextual level<br />

Discourse level<br />

Sentential level<br />

Grammatical level<br />

Structure level<br />

Prosodic level<br />

Phonic/ graphic level<br />

SEMANTIC FILTER<br />

Literal meaning<br />

Attitudinal meaning<br />

Associative meaning<br />

Reflected meaning<br />

Collocative meaning<br />

Allusive meaning<br />

Affective meaning<br />

‘VARIETAL’ FILTER<br />

Dialect<br />

Sociolect<br />

Social register<br />

Tonal register<br />

GENRE FILTER<br />

Oral genre types<br />

Written genre types ; fiction text<br />

books etc<br />

(Adapted from Harvey & Higgins, 1992:246)<br />

vi<br />

FEATURES (examples)<br />

Exotic geographical names<br />

Philosophical concepts<br />

Names of institutions<br />

Impersonal passive constructions<br />

Proverbs<br />

Jokes recast<br />

Pastiche<br />

Narrative sequence markers<br />

Colloquial tags<br />

Stylistic use of complex syntax<br />

Word systems<br />

Iambic pentameter<br />

Alliteration<br />

Particularizing<br />

Positive evaluation of referent<br />

Sexual stereotyping of referent<br />

Play on words<br />

Collocative clash<br />

Biblical echo<br />

Flattering attitude <strong>to</strong> addressee<br />

Provencal accent<br />

Middle class usage<br />

School teacher<br />

Patronizing<br />

Pop sing<br />

Detective novel<br />

Introduction <strong>to</strong> statistics

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