Visual Components of Scientific-technical Text

Pozuelo, Yoandry Sanchez; Dolzhich, Elena

doi:10.1016/j.procs.2017.01.071

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“…These are verbal and non-verbal semiotic systems, and their different combinations. Usage of polycode (non-verbal and verbal systems together) is of great interest for linguists nowadays [16], [17], [18]. The reasons of such popularity are the following.…”

Section: Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ways of text adaptation by means of creolization in pedagogical discourse

Pervukhina

Лысова

2021

E3S Web Conf.

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This research is focused on creolized or polycode texts functioning in pedagogical discourse and the ways of text adaptation by means of creolization. With the development of modern ways of communication, the number of texts combining verbal and non-verbal components has dramatically increased. In modern communication non-verbal component may be represented by pictures, photos, different printing types and colour coding, video and audio components. Due to their high efficiency such texts are used in all kinds of discourse: pedagogical, political, medical etc. One of the purposes of pedagogical discourse is the presentation of new information to students. This information should be adapted to the conceptual system of the addressee in order to facilitate the perception. Creolized or polycode texts often perform this function. According to our research, means of creolization can be used in adaptation of a notion, situational, motivational, and intensifying adaptation.

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Section: Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ways of text adaptation by means of creolization in pedagogical discourse

Pervukhina

Лысова

2021

E3S Web Conf.

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“…The ability of a person to adapt to the changing conditions of communication is manifested in the invention of new genres that meet the needs of communication to the highest degree [12,13,14]. Polycode texts have been attracting the interest of researchers for a long time because they give new opportunities to express complicated ideas from the point of view of cognitive logical information [15,16], and from the point of view of connotative information in advertising texts [17]. So, the nonverbal component of such texts serves for the following purposes in the DIY discourse:…”

Section: Computer-mediated Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Computer-mediated communication in DIY discourse

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Churikov

2021

E3S Web Conf.

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Do-It-Yourself discourse (DIY discourse) is communication aimed at teaching laymen to do professional processes and exchanging experiences in professional spheres. It is a very called-for tool for non-vocational training. DIY discourse comprises non-verbal, verbal, and polycode texts. In this research we analyzed general characteristics of DIY discourse. On the first stage of our research we selected articles from www.wikihow.com that teach the lay audience how to do different things. On the second stage of the research we analyzed genres that occur in the computer-mediated environment and polycode texts that represent the computer-mediated communication (CMC) in the DIY discourse. From a semiotic point of view, non-verbal texts are an emblem of a professional process, verbal texts provide a symbol side, and polycode texts combine an emblem and a symbol. We have found out that DIY discourse comprises several genres with different semiotic codes. It can have non-verbal, verbal and polycode format. We have come to the conclusion that polycode texts are the specific feature of computer-mediated communication. They are widely employed in DIY discourse to achieve a more profound comprehension of the professional processes.

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“…The role of images in scientific and technical texts has been considered in a number of studies (Cook, 2006;Dmitrichenkova & Dolzhich, 2017;Faber et al, 2007;Monterde, 2002;Prieto Velasco & Faber, 2012), thanks to which it becomes possible to determine the main characteristics of the images that I propose to use in the process of teaching technical translation.…”

Section: Types Of Visual Contextsmentioning

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Visual Context As A Means Of Teaching Technical Translation

Fedyuchenko¹

2021

European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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The purpose of the article is to describe visual context as one of the possible means of teaching technical translation. Using multimodal visual contexts, a student of technical translation is able to assimilate technical knowledge at the stage of pre-translation, which leads to understanding the content of a technical text and, as a result, to high-quality conscious translation. The work has stated that visual material is more efficiently classified in terms of its most important functions and in terms of its connection with the real world that it represents. Therefore, I proposed to take into account the following characteristics of the visual material: visual or verbal ways of presenting knowledge should be related in time and space; when choosing visual materials, excessive information should be avoided; dynamic phenomena are better represented through animation; highly interactive elements should be presented separately for beginners. Among these characteristics there are two main ones-iconicity and dynamism. The results of a comparative analysis of technical texts about the oil and gas industry showed that contexts are differentiated, taking into account two main characteristics of images, into the following types: static verbal-visual contexts with a low level of knowledge, static visual contexts with a low level of knowledge, dynamic verbal-visual contexts with a high level of knowledge, and dynamic visual contexts with a high level of knowledge.

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Visual Components of Scientific-technical Text

Cited by 4 publications

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Ways of text adaptation by means of creolization in pedagogical discourse

Ways of text adaptation by means of creolization in pedagogical discourse

Computer-mediated communication in DIY discourse

Visual Context As A Means Of Teaching Technical Translation

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