Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Research Background

1.1.1 The Primacy of Spoken Discourse

1.1.2 The Study of Translatese

1.1.3 Interpretese as Spoken and Translated Discourse

1.1.4 The Oral-Literate Continuum

1.2 Aims of the Study

1.3 Significance of the Study

1.4 Methodology and Data

1.4.1 Methodology

1.4.2 Data Selection

1.4.3 Data Preparation

1.4.4 Data Description

1.5 Structure of the Thesis

1.6 Terminology

Chapter 2 Literature Review

2.1 The Study of Language as Discourse

2.2 The Study of Spoken Discourse

2.2.1 Reawakening to the Primacy of Spoken Discourse

2.2.2 Spoken Discourse vs.Written Discourse

2.2.3 Orality vs.Literacy

2.3 Genre and Register

2.4 Corpus-Based Translation Studies

2.4.1 Impact of Corpus Linguistics

2.4.2 From“Equivalence”to“Norms”

2.4.3 Translatese and Translation Universals

2.4.4 The Study of Translatese in China

2.5 Corpus-Based Interpreting Studies

2.5.1 Challenges of Corpus-Based Interpreting Studies

2.5.2 Headways in Corpus-Based Interpreting Studies

2.5.3 Shlesinger's Work on Interpretese

2.5.4 Study on Interpretese in China

2.6 Evaluation of Previous Research

2.6.1 Inadequate Study of Interpretese as Spoken Discourse

2.6.2 Weakness in the Study of Interpretese as Translated Discourse

2.6.3 Issues with Chinese-English Interpreting Corpus

2.6.4 Methodological Issues of Studying Chinese-English Interpretese

Chapter 3 Theorectical Framework

3.1 G＆RT as Conceptual Framework

3.1.1 Definition of Genre

3.1.2 Types and Functions of Genre

3.1.3 Differentiating Genre and Register

3.2 The MD Approach as Methodological Framework

3.2.1 The Dimensions

3.2.2 MD as a Macroscopic Approach

3.2.3 MD as a Microscopic Approach

3.2.4 MD as Quantitative and Qualitative Method

Chapter 4 Interpretese as a Genre

4.1 Defining Interpretese

4.1.1 Interpreting vs.Translating

4.1.2 I nterpretese Defined

4.1.3 Is Interpretese a Genre？

4.2 Describing Interpretese as a Genre

4.2.1 Modality

4.2.2 Ontology

4.2.3 Registers

4.3 Interpretese on the Oral-Literate Continuum

4.3.1 Zellermayer's Shifts on the Continuum

4.3.2 Shlesinger's Parameters of Orality

4.3.3 Biber's Dimensions of Orality

4.3.4 Measuring Orality：An Integrated Model

4.3.5 Modifying the Model for Chinese

Chapter 5 An MD Analysis of Interpretese

5.1 The Corpus

5.1.1 Strengths of the Current Corpus

5.1.2 Describing the Corpus

5.2 Selection of Linguistic Features

5.2.1 Dimension A：Involvedness

5.2.2 Dimension B：Constrainedness

5.2.3 Dimension C：Context-Boundedness

5.2.4 Dimension D：Abstractness

5.2.5 Dimension E：Prosody

5.3 Frequency Counts and Analysis

5.3.1 Dimension A

5.3.2 Dimension B

5.3.3 Dimension C

5.3.4 Dimension D

5.3.5 Dimension E

5.4 Gender as a Variable

5.4.1 Male Speakers vs.Female Speakers

5.4.2 Male Interpreters vs.Female Interpreters

5.5 Language Status as a Variable

5.5.1 English A Speakers vs.English B speakers

5.5.2 English A Interpreter vs.English B Interpreters

5.5.3 Chinese A Interpreters vs.Chinese B Interpreter

5.6 Factor Analysis

5.6.1 Why Factor Analysis？

5.6.2 Explaining Loadings

5.6.3 Identifying Factors

5.7 Interpreting the Data

Chapter 6 On the Oral-Literate Continum：Panel Discussions vs.Other Registers

6.1 Panel Discussion as a Register

6.2 Panel Discussions vs.Other Registers

6.2.1 Along the Continuum of Involvedness

6.2.2 Along the Continuum of Constrainedness

6.2.3 Along the Continuum of Context-Boundedness

6.2.4 Along the Continuum of Abstractness

6.2.5 A Multidimensional Description of Registers

Chapter 7 Conclusion

7.1 Findings from the Current Investigation

7.2 Significance and Implications

7.3 Limitations and Future Research

References

Appendices

Appendix 1 A sample of E-ST

Appendix 2 A sample of E-TT

Appendix 3 A sample of C-ST

Appendix 4 A sample of C-TT

Acknowledgements