In this Book
- International Sign: Linguistic, Usage, and Status Issues
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Gallaudet University Press
summary
International Sign (IS) is widely used among deaf people and interpreters at international events, but what exactly is it, m what are its linguistic features, where does its lexicon come from, and do all signers understand it in the same way? This groundbreaking collection is the first volume to provide answers to these questions. Editors Rachel Rosenstock and Jemina Napier have assembled an international group of renowned linguists and interpreters to examine various aspects of International Sign. Their contributions are divided into three parts: International Sign as a Language; International Sign in Action—Interpreting, Translation, and Teaching; and International Sign Policy and Language Planning. The articles cover a range of topics including the morpho-syntactic and discursive structures of interpreted IS, the effect on comprehension of the interplay between conventional linguistic elements and nonconventional gestural elements in IS discourse, how deaf singers who use different signed languages establish communication, Deaf/hearing IS interpreting teams and how they sign depicting verbs, how best to teach foundation-level IS skills, the work of the International Sign Interpreting Assessment and Certification project, and explorations of the best ways to prepare interpreters for international events.
Table of Contents
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- Editorial Advisory Board
- pp. vii-viii
- Contributors
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. 1-12
- Part I: Status
- Part II: Linguistics
- Part III: Usage
Additional Information
ISBN
9781563686573
Related ISBN(s)
9781563686566
MARC Record
OCLC
935989747
Pages
220
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-27
Language
English
Open Access
No