Gallaudet University Press: 71 books
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Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
In this volume, editor Cynthia B. Roy presents a stellar cast of cognitive linguists, sociolinguists, and discourse analysts to discover and demonstrate how sign language users make sense of what is going on within their social and cultural contexts in face-to-face interactions. In the first chapter,...
The Sociolinguistics of Ethiopian Sign Language
A Study of Language Use and Attitudes
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Ethiopian Sign Language (EthSL) emerged relatively recently; its development is closely tied to the establishment of the first school for deaf students in Addis Ababa by American missionaries in 1963. Today, EthSL is used by more than a million members of the Ethiopian Deaf community, but it remains...
Case Studies in Deaf Education
Inquiry, Application, and Resources
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Case Studies in Deaf Education provides comprehensive materials that will prepare prospective teachers to work with the diverse spectrum of students who are d/Deaf and hard of hearing (d/Dhh) and empower them to better understand these complex and unique learners. The text presents an extensive series...
Understanding International Sign
A Sociolinguistic Study
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
In Understanding International Sign, Lori A. Whynot examines International Sign (IS) to determine the extent to which signers from different countries comprehend it. She focuses exclusively on expository lecture IS used in conference settings and presents the first empirical research on its effectiveness...
Here or There
Research on Interpreting via Video Link
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
The field of sign language interpreting is undergoing an exponential increase in the delivery of services through remote and video technologies. The nature of these technologies challenges established notions of interpreting as a situated, communicative event and of the interpreter as a participant....
The Stories They Told Me
The Life of My Deaf Parents
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
In this heartfelt memoir, Maria Wallisfurth recounts the lives of her deaf parents in Germany from the turn of the twentieth century through the 1930s. Her mother, Maria Giefer, was born in 1897 and her father, Wilhelm Sistermann, was born in 1896. The author captures the seasonal rhythms and family...
My Mother Made Me Deaf
Discourse and Identity in a Deaf Community
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
The term deaf often sparks heated debates about authority and authenticity. The concept of Deaf identity and affiliation with the DEAF-WORLD are constantly negotiated social constructions that rely heavily on the use of American Sign Language. However, given the incredible diversity of Deaf people,...
Language, Power, and Resistance
Mainstreaming Deaf Education
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
The current policy of educating d/Deaf and h/Hard of hearing (DHH) students in a mainstream setting, rather than in the segregated environments of deaf schools, has been portrayed as a positive step forward in creating greater equality for DHH students. In Language, Power, and Resistance, Elizabeth...
Interpreting in the Zone
How the Conscious and Unconscious Function in Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
Successful interpretation can feel seamless, an intuitive and efficient translation of meaning from one signed or spoken language to another. Yet the process of interpretation is actually quite complex and relies upon myriad components ranging from preparation to experience to honed judgment. Interpreting...
The Next Generation of Research in Interpreter Education
Pursuing Evidence-Based Practices
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2018
This collection contributes to an emerging body of research in sign language interpreter education, a field in which research on teaching practices has been rare. The Next Generation of Research in Interpreter Education investigates learning experiences and teaching practices that provide the evidence...
Turning the Tide
Making Life Better for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Schoolchildren
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
Both Gina A. Oliva and Linda Risser Lytle know what it is like to be the only deaf student in a mainstream school. Though they became successful educators, they recognize the need to research the same isolation experienced by other deaf and hard of hearing persons. In this way, they hope to improve...
Sister and Brother
A Family Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2018
In this historical narrative, Swedish novelist Agneta Pleijel follows the lives of two ancestors, a sister and brother, each of whom played a role in the cultural life of Stockholm in the 19th century. Using old letters, records, and stories passed down through her family, Pleijel imagines the lives...
The Deaf Heart
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Told through a series of quirky, irreverent short stories and letters home during the early 1980s, The Deaf Heart chronicles a year in the life of Dempsey “Max” McCall, a Deaf biomedical photography resident at a teaching hospital on the island of Galveston, Texas. Max strives to become certified...
The Academic Foundations of Interpreting Studies
An Introduction to Its Theories
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018
The Academic Foundations of Interpreting Studies is the first introductory course book that explores the theoretical foundations used in sign language interpreting studies. Authors Roy, Brunson, and Stone examine the disciplines whose theoretical frameworks and methodologies have influenced the academic...