TY  - BOOK
AU  - Elisa Ghia
PY  - 2012
CY  - Oxford, United Kingdom
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 1664-249X
SN  - 9783035303902
TI  - Subtitling Matters
T2  - New Perspectives on Subtitling and Foreign Language Learning
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-0353-0390-2
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1052538
N2  - Drawing on recent theoretical developments in second language acquisition, this book proposes a new approach to the learning of foreign languages through subtitled audiovisual input. Subtitled text is explored as a source of language acquisition, and its dialogue and subtitle components are focused on as sources of linguistic input. The primary focus of the research is subtitling and the impact it can have on learners’ noticing and acquisition of linguistic structures. The concept of translational salience is introduced, a phenomenon that can occur due to an accentuated contrast between L2 dialogue and L1 subtitles. Two experimental studies on the acquisition of English syntax by Italian learners are used to test the role of translational salience in both noticing and L2 learning. The results lead to a definition of salience particular to the audiovisual medium and raise challenging issues in the pedagogic applications of subtitling.
KW  - dialogue, acquisition, translational salience
LA  - English
ER  -