This paper examines the utilization of first-person (singular) subject pronouns in a Finnish literary text and its translation into Italian. A crucial distinction between Finnish and Italian lies in the null subject parameter, but it is noteworthy that first-person pronouns in subject position is expected to be null in both languages when not motivated by discourse function. The study addresses four primary aspects: (i) the occurrence of overt pronouns in the Finnish source text; (ii) their analysis concerning Topic and Focus categories; (iii) the examination of whether, in the Italian translation, the corresponding pronouns are realized as overt or null; and (iv) the assessment of whether the discourse function is retained or compromised. The examination of overt first-person pronouns extends beyond the classification under discourse functional categories, incorporating an analysis of the impact of interference in the translator’s interlanguage.

Minä-pronoun in literary translation: Observations on a Finnish-Italian translation / Lena Dal Pozzo. - In: ANNALI DELL'ISTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO ORIENTALE DI NAPOLI. STUDI FINNO-UGRICI. - ISSN 1826-753X. - ELETTRONICO. - (2023), pp. 3.1-3.48. [10.6093/1826-753X/10971]

Minä-pronoun in literary translation: Observations on a Finnish-Italian translation

Lena Dal Pozzo
2023

Abstract

This paper examines the utilization of first-person (singular) subject pronouns in a Finnish literary text and its translation into Italian. A crucial distinction between Finnish and Italian lies in the null subject parameter, but it is noteworthy that first-person pronouns in subject position is expected to be null in both languages when not motivated by discourse function. The study addresses four primary aspects: (i) the occurrence of overt pronouns in the Finnish source text; (ii) their analysis concerning Topic and Focus categories; (iii) the examination of whether, in the Italian translation, the corresponding pronouns are realized as overt or null; and (iv) the assessment of whether the discourse function is retained or compromised. The examination of overt first-person pronouns extends beyond the classification under discourse functional categories, incorporating an analysis of the impact of interference in the translator’s interlanguage.
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