Sign Language Interpreting – Deconstructing the Myth of Neutrality - Hardcover

Metzger, Melanie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1563680742 ISBN 13: 9781563680748

Publisher: Gallaudet University Press, 1999

Synopsis

This study provides a look at the games and events that deaf people have organized for themselves. It is a look at the psychological forces that have influenced the development of cultural activities that are by and for the deaf community. The book gives an analysis of the sociological forces that have combined to create a community open to all deaf people regardless of race, education or social background. It takes readers to the schools to illustrate the responsibility that all people, deaf and hearing, have in making sure that young, deaf children have access to all that deaf sport has to offer.

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Review

This volume moves the theoretical discussion forward in a number of powerful and important ways and should be of considerable interest not only to the professional interpreting community, but also to anyone involved in the use of sign language interpreters.

Synopsis

Demonstrates that the ideal of a sign language interpreter as a nonpartisan language conduit does not exist in reality, and offers evidence of this disparity by analyzing two videotaped ASL-English interpreted medical interviews. Looks at how interpreters influence discourse, expectations of participants and interpreters in discussions, and the way

Edition details

• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1563680742
• ISBN 13: 9781563680748
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 216