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Semiotics of Visual Language (Hardcover): Fernande Saint-Martin Semiotics of Visual Language (Hardcover)
Fernande Saint-Martin
R1,300 Discovery Miles 13 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

..". the details of Saint-Martin s argument contain a wealth of penetrating observations from which anyone with a serious interest in visual communication will profit." Journal of Communication

Saint-Martin elucidates a syntax of visual language that sheds new light on nonverbal language as a form of representation and communication. She describes the evolution of this language in the visual arts as well as its multiple uses in contemporary media. The result is a completely new approach for scholars and practitioners of the visual arts eager to decode the many forms of visual communication."

Learning to See (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Sherman Wilcox Learning to See (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Sherman Wilcox
R665 Discovery Miles 6 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

As more and more secondary schools and colleges accept American Sign Language (ASL) as a legitimate choice for second language study, Learning To See has become even more vital in guiding instructors on the best ways to teach ASL as a second language. And now this groundbreaking book has been updated and revised to reflect the significant gains in recognition that Deaf people and their native language, ASL, have achieved in recent years. Learning To See lays solid groundwork for teaching and studying ASL by outlining the structure of this unique visual language. Myths and misconceptions about ASL are laid to rest at the same time that fascinating, multifaceted elements of Deaf culture are described. Students will be able to study ASL and gain a thorough understanding of the culture it represents, which will help them to grasp the language more easily. An explanation of the linguistic basis of ASL follows, leading into the specific, and above all, practical information on teaching techniques. This practical manual systematically presents the steps necessary to design a curriculum for teaching ASL, including the special features necessary for training interpreters. The new Learning To See again takes its place at the forefront of texts on teaching ASL as a second language, and it will prove to be indispensable to educators and administrators in this special discipline.

International Sign (Hardcover): Rachel Rosenstock International Sign (Hardcover)
Rachel Rosenstock
R2,178 Discovery Miles 21 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

International Sign (IS) is widely used among deaf people and interpreters at international events, but what exactly is it, what are its linguistic features, where does its lexicon come from, and how is it used at interpreted events? This groundbreaking collection is the first volume to provide answers to these questions. Editors Rachel Rosenstock and Jemina Napier have assembled an international group of renowned linguists and interpreters to examine various aspects of International Sign. Their contributions are divided into three parts: International Sign as a Linguistic System; International Sign in Action--Interpreting, Translation, and Teaching; and International Sign Policy and Language Planning. The chapters cover a range of topics, including the morphosyntactic and discursive structures of interpreted IS, the interplay between conventional linguistic elements and nonconventional gestural elements in IS discourse, how deaf signers who use different signed languages establish communication, Deaf/hearing IS interpreting teams and how they sign depicting verbs, how best to teach foundation-level IS skills, strategies used by IS interpreters when interpreting from IS into English, and explorations of the best ways to prepare interpreters for international events. The work of the editors and contributors in this volume makes International Sign the most comprehensive, research-based analysis of a young but growing field in linguistics and interpretation.

Sign Language Made Simple - A Complete Introduction to American Sign Language (Paperback): Karen Lewis Sign Language Made Simple - A Complete Introduction to American Sign Language (Paperback)
Karen Lewis
R478 R440 Discovery Miles 4 400 Save R38 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Sign Language Made Simple will include five Parts:

Part One: an introduction, how to use this book, a brief history of signing and an explanation of how signing is different from other languages, including its use of non-manual markers (the use of brow, mouth, etc in signing.)
Part Two: Fingerspelling: the signing alphabet illustrated, the relationship between signing alphabet and ASL signs
Part Three: Dictionary of ASL signs: concrete nouns, abstractions, verbs, describers, other parts of speech-approx. 1,000 illustrations. Will also include instructions for non-manual markers, where appropriate.
Part Four: Putting it all together: sentences and transitions, includes rudimentary sentences and lines from poems, bible verses, famous quotes-all illustrated. Also, grammatical aspects, word endings, tenses.
Part Five: The Humor of Signing: puns, word plays and jokes.



Sign Language Made Simple will have over 1,200 illustrations, be easy to use, fun to read and more competitively priced than the competition. It's a knockout addition to the Made Simple list.

Signed Language Interpreting Pedagogy - Insights and Innovations from the Conference of Interpreter Trainers (Hardcover):... Signed Language Interpreting Pedagogy - Insights and Innovations from the Conference of Interpreter Trainers (Hardcover)
Laurie Swabey, Rachel E Herring
R2,863 Discovery Miles 28 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Research Methods in Sign Language Studies - A Practical Guide (Paperback): E Orfanidou Research Methods in Sign Language Studies - A Practical Guide (Paperback)
E Orfanidou
R1,331 Discovery Miles 13 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Research Methods in Sign Language Studies is a landmark work on sign language research, which spans the fields of linguistics, experimental and developmental psychology, brain research, and language assessment. * Examines a broad range of topics, including ethical and political issues, key methodologies, and the collection of linguistic, cognitive, neuroscientific, and neuropsychological data * Provides tips and recommendations to improve research quality at all levels and encourages readers to approach the field from the perspective of diversity rather than disability * Incorporates research on sign languages from Europe, Asia, North and South America, and Africa * Brings together top researchers on the subject from around the world, including many who are themselves deaf

Advances in Educational Interpreting (Hardcover): Elizabeth A. Winston, Stephen B. Fitzmaurice Advances in Educational Interpreting (Hardcover)
Elizabeth A. Winston, Stephen B. Fitzmaurice
R2,205 Discovery Miles 22 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this follow up to Educational Interpreting: How It Can Succeed, published in 2004, Elizabeth A. Winston and Stephen B. Fitzmaurice present research about the current state of educational interpreting in both K-12 and post-secondary settings. This volume brings together experts in the field, including Deaf and hearing educational interpreters, interpreter researchers, interpreter educators, and Deaf consumers of educational interpreting services. The contributors explore impacts and potential outcomes for students placed in interpreted education settings, and address such topics as interpreter skills, cultural needs, and emergent signers. Winston and Fitzmaurice argue massive systemic paradigm shifts in interpreted educations are as needed now as they were when the first volume was published, and that these changes require the collaborative efforts of everyone on the educational team, including: administrators, general education teachers, teachers of the deaf, interpreters, and counselors. The contributors to this volume address research-based challenges and make recommendations for how interpreting practitioners, and all members of the educational team, can enact meaningful changes in their work towards becoming part of a more comprehensive solution to deaf education.

Learning American Sign Language - Beginning and Intermediate, Levels 1-2 (Paperback, 2nd edition): Tom Humphries, Carol Padden,... Learning American Sign Language - Beginning and Intermediate, Levels 1-2 (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Tom Humphries, Carol Padden, Robert Hills, Peggy Lott, Daniel Renner
R5,411 Discovery Miles 54 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Learning American Sign Language: Levels I & II--Beginning & Intermediate, Second Edition, is a major revision of the First Edition, designed to help learners successfully interact with deaf American Sign Language (ASL) users.

Written by two leading authorities in the field, the text is used as the basic text for a one-semester or full-year course in ASL. Lessons are structured around language needed for common-life situations, and examples are presented in the form of dialogues coupled with grammar and vocabulary instruction. Information is also included about the culture of Deaf people in the United States. The book is supported by a new videotape and an instructor's manual.

The Second International Symposium on Signed Lan - Selected Papers (Hardcover): Danielle I. J. Hunt, Emily Shaw The Second International Symposium on Signed Lan - Selected Papers (Hardcover)
Danielle I. J. Hunt, Emily Shaw
R2,047 Discovery Miles 20 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Second International Symposium on Signed Language Interpretation and Translation Research was a rare opportunity for hearing and Deaf students, researchers, educators, and practitioners to come together and learn about current research in Interpretation and Translation Studies. These selected papers are comprised of research conducted in places such as Australia, Flanders, France, and Ghana, creating a volume that is international in scope. Editors Danielle I. J. Hunt and Emily Shaw have collected papers that represent the advances in the depth and diversity of knowledge in the field of signed language interpretation and translation research. Chapter topics include the use of haptic signals when interpreting for Deafblind people, the role of French Deaf translators during the 2015 Paris terror attacks, and Deaf employees' perspectives on interpreting in the workplace. Signed chapter summaries will be available on the Gallaudet University Press YouTube channel upon publication.

Voyage to the Island (Paperback): Raija Nieminen Voyage to the Island (Paperback)
Raija Nieminen
R739 Discovery Miles 7 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Raija Nieminen, a deaf woman from Finland, had been leading a very full life as both a librarian and mother of two children. Then her husband Jukka won an exciting new job designing the harbor in the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. Raija suddenly needed to start her life over again in a small, hot, developing country where both the hearing and deaf populations used languages foreign to her. Voyage to the Island recounts the remarkable story of how she adjusted to a strange, exotic island, first by seeking out other deaf persons and learning their sign language. Later, she met Alfonso, a deaf child and an orphan, and realized that he was only one of many deaf children who needed her help. Soon, Raija was teaching at the island's school for the deaf. Her vivid stories of daily frustration mixed with moments of exhilaration at the school make Voyage to the Island an unforgettably moving book. It becomes even more poignant against the backdrop of her own accomplishments as a deaf person advocating complete communication among all people in all communities.

Forbidden Signs (Paperback, New edition): Douglas C. Baynton Forbidden Signs (Paperback, New edition)
Douglas C. Baynton
R974 Discovery Miles 9 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This text explores American culture from the mid-19th century to 1920 through the lens of one episode: the campaign led by Alexander Graham Bell and other prominent Americans to suppress the use of sign language amongst deaf people. The debate about sign language invoked such fundamental questions as what distinguished Americans from non-Americans, civilized people from "savages", humans from animals, men from women, the natural from the unnatural, and the normal from the abnormal. An advocate of the return to sign language, the author found that, although the grounds of the debate have shifted, educators still base decisions on many of the same metaphors and images that led to the misguided efforts to eradicate sign language.

The Sociolinguistics of Ethiopian Sign Language - A Study of Language Use and Attitudes (Paperback): Eyasu Hailu Tamene The Sociolinguistics of Ethiopian Sign Language - A Study of Language Use and Attitudes (Paperback)
Eyasu Hailu Tamene
R1,562 Discovery Miles 15 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

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 an under-researched language of Ethiopia. In this work, Eyasu Hailu Tamene presents a groundbreaking study of EthSL that touches on multiple aspects of Deaf people's lives in Ethiopia. Tamene collects data from three principal groups of people: deaf participants, teachers of deaf students, and parents of deaf children. He examines EthSL use within families, in formal and informal settings, and in various community spaces. He documents the awareness among different groups of the services available for deaf people, such as sign language interpreters and Deaf associations. He finds that members of the Deaf community show positive attitudes toward the use of EthSL and investigates the factors that impact those attitudes. His work indicates that there are still critical gaps in recognition and support for the use of EthSL, which can pose a threat to the vitality of the language. The Sociolinguistics of Ethiopian Sign Language will help to advance public understanding of EthSL and contribute to improved educational and social outcomes for the Deaf community in Ethiopia.

Legal Interpreting - Teaching, Research, and Practice (Hardcover): Jeremy L. Brunson Legal Interpreting - Teaching, Research, and Practice (Hardcover)
Jeremy L. Brunson
R2,055 Discovery Miles 20 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Linguistic minorities are often severely disadvantaged in legal events, with consequences that could impact one's very liberty. Training for interpreters to provide full access in legal settings is paramount. In this volume, Jeremy L. Brunson has gathered deaf and hearing scholars and practitioners from both signed and spoken language interpreting communities in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Their contributions include research-driven, experience-driven, and theoretical discussions on how to teach and assess legal interpreting. The topics covered include teaming in a courtroom, introducing students to legal interpreting, being an expert witness, discourses used by deaf lawyers, designing assessment tools for legal settings, and working with deaf jurors. In addition, this volume interrogates the various ways power, privilege, and oppression appear in legal interpreting. Each chapter features discussion questions and prompts that interpreter educators can use in the classroom. While intended as a foundational text for use in courses, this body of work also provides insight into the current state of the legal interpreting field and will be a valuable resource for scholars, practitioners, and consumers.

Here or There - Research on Interpreting via Video Link (Hardcover): Jemina Napier, Robert Skinner, Sabine Braun Here or There - Research on Interpreting via Video Link (Hardcover)
Jemina Napier, Robert Skinner, Sabine Braun
R2,431 Discovery Miles 24 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

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. As a result, new perspectives and research are necessary for interpreters to thrive in this environment. This volume fills that gap and features interdisciplinary explorations of remote interpreting from spoken and signed language interpreting scholars who examine various issues from linguistic, sociological, physiological, and environmental perspectives. Here or There presents cutting edge, empirical research that informs the professional practice of remote interpreting, whether it be video relay service, video conference, or video remote interpreting. The research is augmented by the perspectives of stakeholders and deaf consumers on the quality of the interpreted work. Among the topics covered are professional attitudes and motivations, interpreting in specific contexts, and adaptation strategies. The contributors also address potential implications for relying on remote interpreting, discuss remote interpreter education, and offer recommendations for service providers.

What's Your Sign for Pizza? - An Introduction to Variation in American Sign Language (Paperback): Ceil Lucas, Robert... What's Your Sign for Pizza? - An Introduction to Variation in American Sign Language (Paperback)
Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley, Clayton Valli
R1,002 Discovery Miles 10 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Let's Sign Dictionary: Everyday BSL for Learners (Paperback, 2nd revised and enlarged ed): Cath Smith Let's Sign Dictionary: Everyday BSL for Learners (Paperback, 2nd revised and enlarged ed)
Cath Smith; Illustrated by Cath Smith 1
R573 Discovery Miles 5 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Teach Your Baby to Sign, Revised and Updated 2nd Edition (Paperback, 2nd Revised And Updated Ed): Monica Beyer Teach Your Baby to Sign, Revised and Updated 2nd Edition (Paperback, 2nd Revised And Updated Ed)
Monica Beyer
R757 Discovery Miles 7 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Better communication is right around the corner with Teach Your Baby to Sign. You may feel like you can't possibly be any closer with your young child, but the truth is, you can--through sign language. The gift of signing helps children communicate well before they have the verbal ability to do so. Whether you have a young child who hasn't started talking yet, or a child with special needs, signing can open the door to better understanding and connection. In this revised and updated edition of the original Teach Your Baby to Sign, you'll find more than 200 easy-to-learn signs--all beautifully illustrated!--that you and your child can use to enhance your communication and understand more fully what your little one wants and needs. Parenting expert Monica Beyer provides you with 30 new pages of content, including new signs, photographs, and illustrations, as well as an improved layout (popular signs and opposites, such as on/off, listed first in each chapter). You'll find it easy to navigate and begin signing right away. On top of that, you'll find tips and activities to keep you and your child motivated, so that sign language becomes a welcome part of your daily life! Better communication is right around the corner with Teach Your Baby to Sign.

Sign Language Research - Theoretical Issues (Paperback): Ceil Lucas Sign Language Research - Theoretical Issues (Paperback)
Ceil Lucas
R1,618 Discovery Miles 16 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
English in International Deaf Communication (Paperback, New edition): Cynthia J. Kellett Bidoli, Elana Ochse English in International Deaf Communication (Paperback, New edition)
Cynthia J. Kellett Bidoli, Elana Ochse
R2,988 Discovery Miles 29 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Signed languages are forms of human communication based on visual/gestural perception as opposed to aural/oral. Those profoundly deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, who learn to sign from an early age, live in a bilingual/bicultural environment composed of deaf and hearing realities and hence learn both the signed and non-signed varieties of languages existing in their societies. Outside Englishspeaking countries, in an increasingly globalized world, deaf people come into contact with the English language in specific domains; indirectly through interpretation and translation or directly by learning it as a foreign language. The reception/production of verbal, visual, multimodal texts in English facilitates international communication and integration among the deaf and between deaf and hearing people. The volume aims to explore a range of intercultural/interlinguistic encounters with English, in a variety of international signed and non-signed combinations.

How Language Began - Gesture and Speech in Human Evolution (Paperback, New): David McNeill How Language Began - Gesture and Speech in Human Evolution (Paperback, New)
David McNeill
R998 Discovery Miles 9 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Human language is not the same as human speech. We use gestures and signs to communicate alongside, or instead of, speaking. Yet gestures and speech are processed in the same areas of the human brain, and the study of how both have evolved is central to research on the origins of human communication. Written by one of the pioneers of the field, this is the first book to explain how speech and gesture evolved together into a system that all humans possess. Nearly all theorizing about the origins of language either ignores gesture, views it as an add-on or supposes that language began in gesture and was later replaced by speech. David McNeill challenges the popular 'gesture-first' theory that language first emerged in a gesture-only form and proposes a groundbreaking theory of the evolution of language which explains how speech and gesture became unified.

Storytelling and Conversation - Discourse in Deaf Communities (Paperback): Elizabeth A. Winston Storytelling and Conversation - Discourse in Deaf Communities (Paperback)
Elizabeth A. Winston
R1,821 Discovery Miles 18 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this intriguing book, renowned sociolinguistics experts explore the importance of discourse analysis, a process that examines patterns of language to understand how users build cooperative understanding in dialogues. It presents discourse analyses of sign languages native to Bali, Italy, England, and the United States. Studies of internal context review the use of space in ASL to discuss space, how space in BSL is used to "package" complex narrative tasks, how signers choose linguistic tools to structure storytelling, and how affect, emphasis, and comment are added in text telephone conversations. Inquiries into external contexts observe the integration of deaf people and sign language into language communities in Bali, and the language mixing that occurs between deaf parents and their hearing children. Both external and internal contexts are viewed together, first in an examination of applying internal ASL text styles to teaching written English to Deaf students and then in a consideration of the language choices of interpreters who must shift footing to manage the "interpreter's paradox." Storytelling and Conversation casts new light on discourse analysis, which will make it a welcome addition to the sociolinguistics canon.

Far from Home - Memories of World War II and Afterward (Paperback): Mary Wright Far from Home - Memories of World War II and Afterward (Paperback)
Mary Wright
R904 Discovery Miles 9 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"She's got no more business there than a pig has with a Bible." That's what her father said when Mary Herring announced that she would be moving to Washington, DC, in late1942. Recently graduated from the North Carolina School for Black Deaf and Blind Students, Mary had been invited to the nation's capital by a cousin to see a specialist about her hearing loss. Though nothing could be done about her deafness, Mary quickly proved her father wrong by passing the civil service examination with high marks. "Far from Home: Memories of World War II and Afterward," the second installment of her autobiography, describes her life from her move to Washington to the present.
Mary soon became a valued employee for the Navy, maintaining rosters for the many servicemen in war theaters worldwide. Her remarkable gift for detail depicts Washington in meticulous layers, a sleepy Southern town force-grown into a dynamic geopolitical hub. Life as a young woman amid the capital's Black middle class could be warm and fun, filled with visits from family and friends, and trips home to Iron Mine for tearful, joyous reunions. But the reality of the times was never far off. On many an idyllic afternoon, she and her friends found somber peace in Arlington Cemetery, next to the grave of the sole Unknown Soldier at that time. During an evening spent at the U.S.O., one hearing woman asked how people like her could dance, and Mary answered, "With our feet." She became a pen pal to several young servicemen, but did not want to know why some of them suddenly stopped writing.
Despite the close friends and good job that she had in Washington, the emotional toll caused Mary to return to her family home in IronMine, NC. There, she rejoined her family and resumed her country life. She married and raised four daughters, and recounts the joys and sorrows she experienced through the years, particularly the loss of her parents. Her blend of the gradual transformation of Southern rural life with momentous events such as Hurricane Hazel creates an extraordinary narrative history. The constant in "Far from Home" remains the steady confidence that Mary Herring Wright has in herself, making her new memoir a perfect companion to her first.

Listen To Me - Communicating the Needs of People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (Paperback, Illustrated... Listen To Me - Communicating the Needs of People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
Pat Fitton
R890 Discovery Miles 8 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Written for parents, carers and professionals who have responsibilities for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities, Listen to Me focuses on two crucial issues: - How to cope with the complex problems of someone with this level of disability, interpret their needs successfully, and maintain effective contact with all the professionals and organisations who deal with them. - How to enrich that person's experience and ensure that others value him or her as a distinct individual with a right to a meaningful life. Highly practical, and using examples from the author's experience with her own daughter, each chapter deals with communicating such rights and needs in particular situations, and includes references for further information and reading. The author explains how to prepare a Care Book which includes the essential personal information, not simply about medication and physical procedures but about the individual's interests, preferences and background. She explains how it can be used to communicate effectively with busy professionals.

The Gallaudet Survival Guide to Signing (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition): Leonard Lane The Gallaudet Survival Guide to Signing (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition)
Leonard Lane
R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The standard sign language book for more than 200,000 people presents more than 500 of the most current American Sign Language (ASL) signs in use today, including cross-references for multiple words expressed by a single sign. The Gallaudet Survival Guide to Signing also offers tips on ASL usage, plus the manual alphabet and manual numbers.

Signing with Your Clients (Paperback): Florence C. Vold, Mary Ann Kinsella-Meier, Mary C. Hughes Hilley Signing with Your Clients (Paperback)
Florence C. Vold, Mary Ann Kinsella-Meier, Mary C. Hughes Hilley
R1,331 Discovery Miles 13 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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