Although it is widely agreed, if often only tacitly, that there is a close connection between focus and presupposition, recent research has tended to shy away from the null hypothesis, which is that focus is systematically associated with presupposition along the following lines: The Background-Presupposition Rule (BPR) Whenever focusing gives rise to a background λx.φ(x), there is a presupposi...

This paper proposes an approach to the interpretation of copular sentences in English that analyses be as a one-place predicate with underspecified semantic content. The interpretation of a copula clause is determined through the interaction of syntactic and pragmatic processes and depends on the properties of expressions collocated with be and general contextual factors, both local and non-loc...

Note-taking skills are critical to consecutive interpreting. As an important construct of translation competence and essential skill interpreting performance, note-taking merits rigorous systematic investigations as well reliable valid assessment instruments procedures. In the present study, we aim further validate fluency scale developed by Zhou Dong (2019), focusing on four dimensions, coordi...

Artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning technologies and big data have impacted on the interpretation market AI-based can be used in automated speech translation. The first experiments to create an automatic interpreter took place at end of 1980s early 1990s. Today, there are several devices available which attempt fully automatize interpreting process, both consecutive simultaneous mode a ...