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entity, our model - which we label 'rhetorical' - focuses on the
concept of 'meaning shifts' according to which the meaning of a text is
classifiable into obligatory, extended, and accessory meanings. This
does not suggest that the semantic structures of a text exist in a
state of utter un-relatedness. On the contrary, they survive in the
form of inter-related layers within the macro-structure of the text.
The relative dominance of any of the three meaning categories
determines the type of text.
According to this model, texts are broadly classified into
literary, non-literary, and hybrid texts. In a literary text, extended
and accessory meanings abound leaving a tiny room for obligatory
meaning. In non-literary texts, on the other hand, extended and
accessory meanings recede to the background leaving the obligatory
meaning in the foreground. In hybrid or fuzzy texts, semantic
structures are disproportionately distributed with no dominance of any
specific category. The topic and scope of a hybrid text determine the
volume of extended and accessory meaning in relation to obligatory
meaning.
The model is not intended for translation quality assessment only.
It has pedagogical implications as well. Translation students and
trainees can implement this model in textual analysis before they
embark on the process of translation. Phonological, grammatical,
syntactic, semantic, and lexical correspondences between SL and TL
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