The impact of non-native accented English on rendition accuracy in simultaneous interpreting
Accent is known to cause comprehension difficulty, but empirical interpreting studies on its specific impact have been sporadic. According to Mazzetti (1999), an accent is composed of deviated phonemics and prosody, both discussed extensively in the TESL discipline. The current study seeks to examin...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Western Sydney University
2013-07-01
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Series: | Translation and Interpreting : the International Journal of Translation and Interpreting Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.trans-int.org/index.php/transint/article/view/206/137 |