Comparison of Translational Activity in the Utterances of Multilingual Children with a Focus on Linguistic Equivalents

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https://doi.org/10.54937/2026.9788056112410.75-83

Autor/ Author: Karin Kopasová

In: DOKOR 2025. Recenzovaný zborník z interdisciplinárnej doktorandskej konferencie

ISBN: 978-80-561-1241-0

Strany/ Page Range: 75-83

Rok vydania/ Publication Year: 2026

Jazyk/ Language: Slovak

Vydavateľ/ Publisher: VERBUM – vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku

Abstrakt/ Abstract: The present study deals with the topic of the skill of natural translation of fairy tales in multilingual children, focusing on lexical equivalence in the target language. The research builds on a previous analysis of the language competence of six respondents who had acquired two to three languages (Slovak, English, German, and Spanish) from an early age. The data, collected through speech diaries and audio recordings, were transcribed using the CHILDES system and processed through qualitative analysis based on Miko’s system of expression and Popovič’s communicative model of translation. One of the aims of the study was to answer the question of whether the multilingual respondents were able to preserve the expressive value of a word in the target language. Part of the data analysis involved comparing the children’s responses in different languages, with regard to lexical equivalents and semantic shifts. We examined how the children intuitively substituted words without direct translation and what strategies they used when switching language codes.

Kľúčové slová/ Keywords: children’s multilingualism, translation, expressive value of a word, lexical equivalents, semantic shifts

Citácia/ How to cite:

KOPASOVÁ, Karin, 2026. Porovnanie translačnej činnosti vo výpovediach viacjazyčných detí so zameraním na jazykové ekvivalenty. In: DOKOR 2025. Recenzovaný zborník z interdisciplinárnej doktorandskej konferencie. Online. Ružomberok: VERBUM – vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku, 2026, s. 75-83. ISBN 978-80-561-1241-0. Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.54937/2026.9788056112410.75-83

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