Examine the past and present models of interpreting by taking a journey from the early days of interpreting to today's professionalization of interpreters. The goal of this book is to further the understanding of all stakeholders -- to provide a basis from which you can determin…
The linguistics of sign languages: an introduction
How different are sign languages across the world? Are individual signs and signed sentences constructed in the same way across these languages? What are the rules for having a conversation in a sign language? How do children and adults learn a sign language? How are sign langua…
Signed language interpreting in the workplace
"This book presents in revised form and as a single monograph three papers on a sign language from the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea. Originally published in 1980, for more than twenty years these papers remained the only report of a sign language from that part of the world…
This first linguistic study of British Sign Language is written for students of linguistics, for deaf and hearing sign language researchers, for teachers and social workers for the deaf. The author cross-refers to American Sign Language, which has usually been more extensively s…
The Second International Symposium on Signed Language Interpretation and Translation Research was a rare opportunity for hearing and Deaf students, researchers, educators, and practitioners to come together and learn about current research in Interpretation and Translation Studi…
Introduction -- Ethnic acculturation in the deaf schools -- Founders -- Ethnic societies in the deaf world -- Major international congresses -- The role of the press in ethnic maintenance -- Founders in the arts -- Epilogue -- Appendix : ethnicity and the deaf world. "Elements …