translation into film: is cinema a language? the structuralist definition states that a language has...
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Translation into film:Is Cinema a language?
The structuralist definition states that a language has 2 levels of articulation.
1: Articulation of Smallest Functional Units
2: Articulation of Smallest Meaningful Units
t,p, b allow for the articulation of different signs such as tin
go, come, take allow for the articulation of sentences such as
pinbin
we gowe comewe take
Translation into film:Is Cinema a language?
Is there such a system of double articulation in film that uses 2 types of unitsto produce a third one?
Units without meaningscombined to form
Units with meaningscombined to form
Syntactic units oflanguage
GraphemesPhonemes Words Sentences
Translation into film:Is Cinema a language?
No
Translation into film:Is Cinema a language?
Yes
Translation into film:Is Cinema a language?
Yes
Something else
Gustave GuillaumePsychomechanichs of language
andChronogenesis
“Language is a dynamic system of thoughts. Not a fixed system of signs.”
“Langue” or LanguageLangue refers to the system of signs used to communicate. The approach is grammatical.
“Parole” or DiscourseParole refers to utterances produced
by the use of Langue. The approach is pragmatic.
Gustave GuillaumePsychomechanichs of language
andChronogenesis
Language DiscourseLinguisticsGrammarGenerative GrammarPsychologyRhetoricStructuralism
Gustave GuillaumePsychomechanichs of language
1 Unsayable 2 Sayable 3 Saying 4 Said
Operative Time
Operative Time
LangueLanguage
ParoleDiscourse
1 Unsayable 2 Sayable 3 Saying 4 Said
Gustave GuillaumePsychomechanichs of language
Gustave GuillaumePsychomechanichs of language
Operative Time
LangueLanguage
ParoleDiscourse
What is Unsayable? And how does the Unsayable becomes Sayable?
1 Unsayable 2 Sayable 3 Saying 4 Said
Gustave GuillaumePsychomechanichs of language
Operative Time
LangueLanguage
ParoleDiscourse
Simple percepts in stage 1 are transformed into concepts in stage 2
1 Unsayable 2 Sayable 3 Saying 4 Said
Gustave GuillaumePsychomechanichs of language
Operative Time
LangueLanguage
ParoleDiscourse
Proper translation has to retrieve the intended message in stage 1
1 Unsayable 2 Sayable 3 Saying 4 Said
Gustave GuillaumePsychomechanichs of language
Operative Time
LangueLanguage
ParoleDiscourse
From a permanent system of signs to the actualization
1 Unsayable 2 Sayable 3 Saying 4 Said
Gustave GuillaumePsychomechanichs of language
Operative Time
LangueLanguage
ParoleDiscourse
From Representation to Expression
1 Unsayable 2 Sayable 3 Saying 4 Said
Gustave GuillaumePsychomechanichs of language
Operative Time
LangueLanguage
ParoleDiscourse
From Expression to Impression
1 Unsayable 2 Sayable 3 Saying 4 Said
Gustave GuillaumePsychomechanichs of language
Operative Time
LangueLanguage
ParoleDiscourse
From Expression to Impression
1 Unsayable 2 Sayable 3 Saying 4 Said
Gustave GuillaumeChronogenesis
Representing actions with words
The traditional scientific aporia of the many presents
The present of the action
The presentof the witness
The presentof the utterance
The presentof the reception
Gustave GuillaumeChronogenesis
Representing actions with words
The traditional scientific aporia of the many presents
The present of the action
The presentof the witness
The presentof the utterance
The presentof the reception
Sometimes, the performer, the witness, the receiver are present together
Gustave GuillaumeChronogenesis
Representing actions with words
The traditional scientific aporia of the many presents
The present of the action
The presentof the witness
The presentof the utterance
The presentof the reception
Most of the times, this is not the case!
Gustave GuillaumeChronogenesis
Representing actions with words
The traditional scientific aporia of the many presents
The present of the action
The presentof the witness
The presentof the utterance
The presentof the reception
Most of the times, this is not the case!
Gustave GuillaumeChronogenesis
Representing actions with words
The traditional scientific aporia of the many presents
The present of the action
The presentof the witness
The presentof the utterance
The presentof the reception
This is also possible!
Gustave GuillaumeChronogenesis
Representing actions with words
The traditional scientific aporia of the many presentshas its origin in this representation of time
Where several Nows separate the line of TimeInto several different Pasts and Futures.
Past Future
Past Future
Gustave GuillaumeChronogenesis
Instead of analyzing the representation of actions on the sole basis of a pre-determinedrepresentation of Time, Guillaume proposes that the representation of actions with words contributes to the representation of Time…
Gustave GuillaumeChronogenesis
The formation of the image of time or chronogenesis is observable as a thought process in the activity of the producer of the message.
in Posse in Fieriin Esse
Gustave GuillaumeChronogenesis
The action described by the verb is seen as a tension towards its achievement.The meaning of an occurrence is determined by its position in this process.
in Posse in Fieriin Esse
Possible Probable Actual
Gustave GuillaumeChronogenesis
The verb does not only point to the identification of the instant of the action(now) but also to the stage of development in the process of accomplishing the action
in Posse in Fieriin Esse
Possible Probable Actual
Gustave GuillaumeChronogenesis
We identify this capacity of the verb as its plasticity.Something very important when coming to translate words into images…
in Posse in Fieriin Esse
To goI will go
I am goingI will be going
I wentI will have gone
Je me suis couché de bonne heure