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Non-native Varieties of English in Italian Dubbing: Does Foreign-Accented English Become Foreign-Accented Italian?

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(Re)Creating Language Identities in Animated Films

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Abstract

This chapter focuses on non-native varieties of English or foreign-accented English. It examines how characters speaking foreign-accented English are represented in the animated films of the corpus and how their linguistic identity is dealt with in dubbed versions. By examining examples from various films containing foreign-accented English that is used to convey the foreign identity of the speaker, the chapter illustrates that such a linguistic identity is reproduced and often emphasised in dubbed versions. A few instances of reduction and neutralisation of the foreign accent are also discussed and the reasons for resorting to specific strategies are explored.

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    I would like to thank Julio De Los Reyes Lozano for his comments on the Spanish dubbed version of this film.

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    ‘Steve Carell on How He Created His Despicable Me 2 Character’s “Terrible Accent”’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-e72bwapPk (accessed on 23 December 2019).

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Minutella, V. (2021). Non-native Varieties of English in Italian Dubbing: Does Foreign-Accented English Become Foreign-Accented Italian?. In: (Re)Creating Language Identities in Animated Films. Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56638-8_7

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