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Direct linkRogers, K. Larry – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The American Sign Language construction commonly known as "role-shift" (referred to afterward as Constructed Action) superficially resembles mimic forms, however unlike mime, Constructed Action is a type of depicting construction in ASL discourse (Roy 1989). The signer may use eye gaze, head shift, facial expression, stylistic variation,…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Nonverbal Communication, Linguistics, Communication Strategies
Peer reviewedRudser, Steven Fritsch – Sign Language Studies, 1986
The performance of two sign language interpreters in interpreting and transliterating two English texts in 1973 and again in 1985 was analyzed. Both interpreters significantly increased their use of four linguistic features of American Sign Language: classifiers; rhetorical questions; noun-adjective word order; and nonmanual negation. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Body Language, Classification, Deaf Interpreting
