The Reconstruction of Modality in Chinese-English Government Press Conference Interpreting

<div>Chapter 1 Introduction</div><div>1.1 Background</div><div>1.2 Rationale</div><div>1.3 Research questions</div><div>1.4 Theoretical framework</div><div>1.5 Data and method</div><div>1.6 Organization of the book</div><div>Chapter 2 Corpus-based Interpreting Studies</div><div>2.1 An overview of corpus-based interpreting studies</div><div><2.2 Corpus-based studies on the sociocultural aspects of interpreting</div><div>2.3 Corpus-based studies on GPC interpreting in China</div><div>Chapter 3 Modality in English and Chinese</div><div>3.1 Studies on English modality</div><div>3.2 Studies on Chinese modality</div><div>3.3 Studies of modality in translation between Chinese and English</div><div>3.4 Contrastive studies on modality in Chinese and English political speeches </div><div>3.5 A Systemic Functional view of modality in English and Chinese</div><div>Chapter 4 Modality Shifts in the Use of English Modality Markers</div><div>4.1 General features of modality shifts </div><div>4.1.1 Overall degree and distribution of modality shifts </div><div>4.1.2 Modality shifts with different ST speakers </div><div>4.2 Interpersonal effects of the major types of modality shifts</div><div>4.2.1 Weakening and subjectivisation</div><div>4.2.2 Strengthening</div><div>4.2.3 De-obligation</div><div>4.3 Summary </div><div>Chapter 5 Modality Shifts in the Translation of Chinese Modality Markers </div><div>5.1 General features of modality shifts </div><div>5.1.1 Overall degree and distribution of modality shifts </div><div>5.1.2 Modality shifts with different ST speakers </div><div>5.2 Interpersonal effects of the major types of modality shifts</div><div>5.2.1 Strengthening and objectivisation</div><div>5.2.2 De-obligation </div><div>5.3 Summary </div><div>Chapter 6 The Reconstruction of Modality in Relation to Its Sociocultural context</div><div>6.1 Modality reconstruction in GPC interpreting in relation to its meta-discourse</div><div>6.1.1 The meta-discourse on diplomatic interpreting in China</div><div>6.1.2 Juxtaposing the reconstruction of modality in GPC interpreting with the meta-discourse</div><div>6.2 Modality reconstruction in GPC interpreting in relation to its typological features </div><div>6.2.1 Participants and goals of communication</div><div>6.2.2 Topics and speech type</div><div>6.2.3 Temporal and spatial setting</div><div>6.2.4 Working mode and directionality</div><div>6.3 Summary</div><div>Chapter 7 Conclusion</div><div>7.1 Major findings</div><div>7.2 Contributions and implications </div><div>7.3 Limitations and suggestions for future research</div><div>References </div><div>Appendices </div><div><br/></div>