Michaux, Christine ; Université de Mons > Faculté de Traduction et d'Interprétation - Ecole d'Interprètes Internationaux > Service de Traduction spécialisée et Terminologie
Language :
English
Title :
The impact of simultaneous-interpreting prosody on comprehension: An experiment
Publication date :
01 January 2020
Journal title :
Interpreting: International Journal of Research and Practice in Interpreting
ISSN :
1384-6647
eISSN :
1569-982X
Publisher :
John Benjamins Publishing Company, Netherlands
Volume :
22:1
Pages :
1-34
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Research unit :
T204 - Traduction spécialisée et Terminologie
Research institute :
R250 - Institut de recherche pour le Développement sociétal et territorial
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