Translation Theory - Chapter 5 Quiz

In a bottom-up model of comprehension, reading proceeds from larger units on to smaller ones.

• True

• False

1. In a top-down model, a reader relies on background knowledge, contextual information and other higher-order processing strategies to understand a text.

• True

• False

1. An important contribution of the top-down model is increased awareness of the role of background knowledge and schemata in reading comprehension.

• True

• False

1. Background knowledge is knowledge possessed by the writer that he/she contributes to his/her comprehension of the text.

• True

• False

1. Most researchers today believe that reading comprehension only relies on bottom-up models.

• True

• False

1. Scenes-and-frame semantics highlights the fact that dictionary look-up is a matter of linguistic replacement.

• True

• False

1. Due to his/her language proficiency and the need to work with a wider variety of texts, the translator will often face more challenges than a monolingual reader.

• True

• False

1. In a top-down model, a reader relies on ___ to understand a text.

• decoding

• encoding

• background knowledge

• phonics methods

1. Schemata is known as ___ known to the reader and related to a particular situation.

• organizational structures

• semantic models

• a combination of both top-down and bottom-up models

• new and given information

1. What offers an explanation of word meaning that ties into textual meaning, textual comprehension and the notions of top-down and bottom-up processing?

• Syntactic models

• Frames-and-scenes semantics

• Phonetic model

• Expert knowledge