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Volume 15:5 May 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

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A Cognitive Semantic Account of Translating Polysemy:
A Case of Korean-English Transferability

Ali R Fatihi, Ph.D.
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul

Dwarf Translation

Abstract

The present paper is a cognitive semantic account of translating polysemy in the semantic field of perception verbs in English and Korean. It explores why and how our experience and understanding of the five senses constrains and shapes the way in which we create mappings between the physical domain of perception onto more metaphorical and abstract conceptual domains of experience. The different extensions of meaning in these verbs, both synchronically and diachronically, have not taken place as a result of chance, but are grounded in our own conceptualisation of these sense modalities.

The paper attempts to analyse the translation strategies of Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton of Cho Se-hui’s, Korean short stories under the heading of “The Dwarf”. The paper analyses the mapping that has been made between the words and meanings represented in the translated text “The Dwarf”. It also attempts to explore whether any disambiguator has been incorporated into translation process.

Key words: Translating polysemy, cognitive-semantic account of transferability, English, Korean

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Ali R Fatihi, Ph.D.
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS)
Seoul 130-791
Korea
fatihi.ar@gmail.com
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