Determining Register in Sign-to-English Interpreting.

Shaw, Risa

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ERIC Number: EJ363606

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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Determining Register in Sign-to-English Interpreting.

Shaw, Risa

Sign Language Studies, 57 p295-322 Win 1987

Identifies indicators of register or style in selected portions of two lectures presented in American Sign Language, and in the interpretations of each made by two interpreters. The indicators used are speaking rate, pausing, syntax, intonation, and lexical choice. Transcripts of data are included in Appendix. (Author/LMO)

Descriptors: American Sign Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deaf Interpreting, Discourse Analysis, Interpretive Skills, Intonation, Language Patterns, Language Styles, Paralinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Speech Communication, Suprasegmentals, Syntax, Training Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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