From Topic Boundaries to Omission

by Metzger, Melanie; Collins, Steven; Dively, Valerie; Shaw, Risa

• ISBN13: 9781563681486
• ISBN10: 156368148X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Gallaudet Univ Pr

Summary

This new collection examines several facets of signed language interpreting. Claudia Angelelli's study confirms that conference, courtroom, and medical interpretation can no longer be seen as a two-party conversation with an "invisible" interpreter, but as a three-party conversation in which the interpreter plays an active role. Laura M. Sanheim defines different turn-taking elements in a medical setting as two overlapping conversations, one between the patient and the interpreter and the other between the interpreter and the medical professional. In her analysis of discourse at a Deaf revival service, Mary Ann Richey demonstrates how Deaf presenters and audiences interact even in formal settings, creating special challenges for interpreters. Jemina Napier shares her findings on the nature and occurrence of omissions by interpreters in Australian Sign Language and English exchanges. Elizabeth Winston and Christine Monikowski desire different strategies used by interpreters to indicate topic shifts when interpreting into American Sign Language and when translite

Table of Contents

Foreword,	vii
Introduction,	ix
PART I: INTERACTIVE DISCOURSE
The Visible Co-Participant: The Interpreter's Role in Doctor-Patient Encounters,	3	(24)
Claudia Angelelli
Turn Exchange in an Interpreted Medical Encounter,	27	(528)
Laura M. Sanheim
Analysis of Interactive Discourse in an Interpreted Deaf Revival Service: Question-Answer Adjacency Pairs Initiated in an ASL Sermon,	555
Mary Ann Richey
PART II: MONOLOGIC DISCOURSE
A Sociolinguistic Analysis of the Occurrence and Types of Omissions Produced by Australian Sign Language-English Interpreters,	99	(55)
Jemina Napier
Adverbials, Constructed Dialogue, and Use of Space, Oh My!: Nonmanual Elements Used in Signed Language Transliteration	154	(33)
Bruce A. Sofinski
Marking Topic Boundaries in Signed Interpretation and Transliteration,	187	(41)
Elizabeth Winston and Christine Monikowski
Contributors,	228	(1)
Index,	229