Deaf-Blind Interpreting: Interpreters' Use of Negation in Tactile American Sign Language

Researchers have recorded linguistic variation in discourse techniques that occur between visual and tactile ASL. Documentation of this kind benefits interpreters in the way they produce material in its target form. This study focuses on negation in tactile interpreting and the way nonmanual signals are transferred from a visual entity to a tactually accessible mode. Several aspects of variation occur during a communicative event that involves deaf-blind individuals, and negation is one element that requires additional consideration when moving between modalities.