International Sign : Linguistic, Usage, and Status Issues /
International Sign (IS) is widely used among deaf people and interpreters at international events, but what exactly is it, what are its linguistic features, where does its lexicon come from, and how is it used at interpreted events? This groundbreaking collection is the first volume to provide answe...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2016
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Colección: | Sociolinguistics in deaf communities series ;
v. 21. Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : to international sign or not to international sign? That is the question / Rachel Rosenstock and Jemina Napier
- part I. Status
- What is international sign? the linguistic status of a visual transborder communication mode / Martje Hansen
- part II. Linguistics
- Telling, showing, and representing : conventions of the lexicon in international sign expository text / Lori Whynot
- Comparative analysis of depicting signs in international sign and natural sign language interpreting / Christopher Stone and Debra Russell
- Comprehension of expository international sign / Rachel Rosenstock
- part III. Usage
- International sign : an exploration into interpreter preparation / Maya de Wit and Irma Sluis
- From a to gestalt : critical points and interpreter strategies in interpretation from international sign into spoken English / Brett Best, Jemina Napier, Andy Carmichael, and Oliver Pouliot
- The complexities of interpreting international conferences : a case study / Naomi Sheneman and Pamela F. Collins
- Complexity of international sign for inexperienced interpreters : insights from a deaf IS instructor / Joni Oyserman.