The Characters’ Background in the African-American English Dialect of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Should the Translation Retain It?

The Characters’ Background in the African-American English Dialect of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Should the Translation Retain It?

This study looks at how African-American (AA) dialects in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn novel should be translated into the Indonesian language. For the data, sayings by AA characters featuring the African-American English (AAE) phonological dialect were selected. An emphasis was p...

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Main Authors: Ida Kusuma Dewi, M.R. Nababan M.R. Nababan, Riyadi Santosa, Djatmika Djatmika
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Journal of Social Studies Education Research 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Social Studies Education Research
Subjects:
dialect, African-American English, characters, translation technique
Online Access:http://jsser.org/index.php/jsser/article/view/351

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