Chapter 9: Challenge of Mediating ASL and English Flashcards
English Modality
- functional elements (articles, prepositions, conjunctions) and content elements (nouns and verbs)
- auditory/vocal
ASL Modality
- visual/spatial
- spatial referencing, restricts use of functional elements
- utterances primarily made up of content elements
Degree of Detail
English and ASL discourse vary
imperative that interpreters develop techniques to truncate amount of detail in ASL in linguistically and culturally appropriate ways for English speakers
Expansion: Contrasting
makes a statement by presenting negative and positive side of idea (CAR NOT NEW, CAR OLD!)
type of redundancy frequented in ASL
Expansion: Faceting
refers to any one of several parts of possible aspects.
provides info in a visually clear manner to gives weight to certain ideas/info
HAPPY, SMILE-ON-FACE, SATISFIED
Expansion: Reiterating
sign or phrase repeated within same short utterance for clarity/emphasis
CAN’T GO CAN’T
Role-shifting/ Incorporation of 3D info
body-agreement, locatives and directional verbs engaged for constructed dialogue and action
Noun-listing/examples
-listing examples that fit a semantic category after introduction of term
MARGINALIZED PEOPLE: POOR, SENIOR CITIZEN, DISABLED, #BIPOC
may sign term than pause for reciprocal signal of familiarity from Deaf
Couching/nesting
-acts as introductory expansion or “set up” to ensure listener has schema or frame to understand upcoming discourse
(sewer)
YOU-KNOW, TOILET FLUSH, WATER SWIRL OUT, Metal cl PIPES, TOILET WATER )RUN THROUGH) S-E-W-E-R
Describe then do
two parts: signer states what she will do from narrator position then role-shifts and does what was described from position of person doing the action
POLICE CALL WILL: cl walk across room TELEPHONE PUT ON TTY, POLICE CALL, TYPE++
