Oral vs. Written English: A Case Study of Jonah by Christine Doi
Read the thesis.Listen to the SEB version of Jonah.I recently came across this new master’s thesis out of Dallas International University by Christine Doi on differences between oral and written English. It’s fascinating, but I know most people won’t have time to read all 166 pages of it. So I went ahead and generated a NotebookLM summary of it for you, and it turned out to be amazing. I hope you find it as useful and engaging as I did.Abstract: This thesis explores differences between spoken American English and written American English through a comparative analysis of two written translations of Jonah withan oral translation of Jonah. The author outlines research elements of analysis pertaining to the academic fields of orality studies, emotion studies, and prosody studies. Additional relevant elements regarding discourse analysis and contextual background of the source material are also covered. The author outlines the methodology of the analysis resulting in a two-part comparative analysis: a data analysis of features, and a qualitative analysis comparing the translations side-by-side. Included in both parts of the analysis are small-scope prosodic analyses of features of interest. The author observes, as a result from this analysis, differences in word and clause length, emotional coding, explication, and verbdiversity among other findings. These findings contribute evidence to the discussion regarding differences between oral and written language.website | books | twitter | music | Hebrew | articles | facebook | contact | download all episodes for offline
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Translation Principles from 1877 - part 6
In this episode we conclude our journey through the 1877 book Suggestions for Translators, Editors, and Revisers of the Bible by the Reverend R.B. Girdlestone.The Problem with Creative Commons SharealikeGet a free copy of Abolish the Jesus Trade"Interesting Book Summaries from Andrew Case" podcast"Libros Importantes" podcastwebsite | books | twitter | music | Hebrew | articles | facebook | contact | download all episodes for offline
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Translation Principles from 1877 - part 5
In this episode we continue working our way through the 1877 book Suggestions for Translators, Editors, and Revisers of the Bible by the Reverend R.B. Girdlestone, who was a superintendent of the translating and editorial department of the British and Foreign Bible Society. We cover the following sections:Marginal referencesItalics and other modes of marking supplementary wordswebsite | books | twitter | music | Hebrew | articles | facebook | contact | download all episodes for offline
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Translation Principles from 1877 - part 4
In this episode we continue working our way through the 1877 book Suggestions for Translators, Editors, and Revisers of the Bible by the Reverend R.B. Girdlestone, who was a superintendent of the translating and editorial department of the British and Foreign Bible Society. We cover the following sections:Cases in which a translator is liable to be misled by the English BibleAlternative renderings, explanations of proper names, etc.Marginal referenceswebsite | books | twitter | music | Hebrew | articles | facebook | contact | download all episodes for offline
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The Rise of the Bible Societies & the First Copyrighted Bible in America
This past week I presented two talks at Doreancon 2025 on the Stewardship of Scripture, where we launched a historic statement I would invite you to consider signing and sharing. This is the first talk that I presented. You can find an unfinished draft of the talk and others here.website | books | twitter | music | Hebrew | articles | facebook | contact | download all episodes for offline
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