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{"title":"The Academic Foundations of Interpreting Studies: An Introduction to Its Theories by Cynthia B. Roy, Jeremy L. Brunson, and Christopher A. Stone (review)","authors":"L. Leeson","doi":"10.1353/sls.2020.0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2020.0013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21753,"journal":{"name":"Sign Language Studies","volume":"20 1","pages":"533 - 540"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2020-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/sls.2020.0013","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47176832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Relationship between Text and Image on Literary Productions in Libras","authors":"R. Barros, Saulo Zulmar Vieira","doi":"10.1353/sls.2020.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2020.0005","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article describes the relationship between text and image in literature in Brazilian Sign Language (Libras). We selected different literary works that exploit visual devices through technological resources, filming techniques/video editing, and SignWriting. Based on the work of authors such as Pimenta (2013) and Machado (2013), we observed the influence of cinematographic language and paralinguistic aids on the visual impact of these works. We used Hoek's (2006) theory on the relationship between image and text to analyze the literary pieces through the categories of separability, self-sufficiency, and multitextuality; and the discourse was categorized into multimedial, mixed, syncretic, and imagelike text. We conclude that Brazilian Sign Language has a rich literature and is efficient in exploiting visuality, and that the use of technological aids enables artists to maximize this efficiency.","PeriodicalId":21753,"journal":{"name":"Sign Language Studies","volume":"20 1","pages":"392 - 410"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2020-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/sls.2020.0005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41344832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Creative Sign Language in the Southern Hemisphere","authors":"R. Sutton-Spence, M. Kaneko","doi":"10.1353/sls.2020.0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2020.0014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21753,"journal":{"name":"Sign Language Studies","volume":"20 1","pages":"367 - 374"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2020-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/sls.2020.0014","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46942919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Discourse Markers, Where Are You? Investigating the Relationship between Their Functions and Their Position in French Belgian Sign Language Conversations","authors":"Sílvia Gabarró-López","doi":"10.1353/sls.2020.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2020.0001","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article studies the position of two discourse markers, namely palm-up and same, and the existence of a possible functional paradigm in French Belgian Sign Language. The position is investigated at three different levels: the clause, the basic discourse unit, and the turn. The positions in which palm-up can appear in the basic discourse unit and the turn are more varied than the positions in which same can be found. Most functions of the two discourse markers predominantly appear in a particular position, whereas other functions have a great deal of variation. Most subjective meanings (i.e., related to the signer) expressed by the two discourse markers appear in left peripheral positions, but intersubjective meanings (i.e., related to the addressee) are not restricted to right peripheral positions. The two discourse markers in this position will predominantly occur with a directed gaze towards the addressee, but those in the left periphery occur with either an addressed or a nonaddressed eye gaze.","PeriodicalId":21753,"journal":{"name":"Sign Language Studies","volume":"20 1","pages":"231 - 263"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2020-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/sls.2020.0001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42640819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"American Sign Language Phonological Awareness and English Reading Abilities: Continuing to Explore New Relationships","authors":"T. Keck, K. Wolgemuth","doi":"10.1353/sls.2020.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2020.0004","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between American Sign Language (ASL) phonological awareness skills and English reading abilities in both DOD (ASL Early Learners) and DOH (ASL Later-Learners) school-age children. This study evaluated subjects' ASL phonological awareness skills as measured by the ASL Phonological Awareness Test (ASL PAT; McQuarrie and Abbot 2013) and compared those scores to performances on the Test of Early Reading Ability for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (TERA D-HH; Reid et al. 1991), a standardized test normed on children who are hard of hearing or deaf, and to the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP). Previous research has suggested that Deaf children with Deaf parents (DOD) tend to have stronger English literacy skills than deaf children with hearing parents (DOH), suggesting that early and strong foundational ASL skills may enhance the development of English reading proficiency for Deaf children using ASL as their primary language (Hermans et al. 2008; McQuarrie and Abbot 2013).Both ASL Early Learners and Later-Learners underwent ASL PAT, TERA-DHH, and MAP reading comprehension testing. All participants were tested using the Test of Nonverbal Intelligence (TONI-4) using nonverbal IQ as inclusionary criteria. Parents completed a demographic questionnaire to determine parental hearing status and the age the child was first exposed to ASL.Positive correlations between all test scores (ASL PAT, TERADHH, and MAP) were found for the ASL Early-Exposure Group. For the ASL Early-Exposure Group, a moderately strong positive correlation (** p ≤ .01) was found between the MAP Reading Assessment and the ASL PAT scores, and a mildly significant correlation between TERA-DDH and ASL PAT scores (**p ≤ .05). No positive correlations were observed for the ASL Later-Learner group on these measures.ASL Early-Exposure children (DOD) had overall stronger English literacy skills than ASL Later-Learner children (DOH). Prior studies have established that having a strong foundation in one oral language will help in the development of a second oral language. However, research is now suggesting that this phenomenon can be cross-modal (sign language to oral language) in nature. Future studies with larger numbers of children in the ASL Later-Learner group are needed to further examine the relationship between ASL phonological awareness and English literacy skills.","PeriodicalId":21753,"journal":{"name":"Sign Language Studies","volume":"20 1","pages":"334 - 354"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2020-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/sls.2020.0004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45102570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Variation in Indonesian Sign Language: A Typological and Sociolinguistic Analysis by Nick Palfreyman (review)","authors":"Erin Moriarty","doi":"10.1353/sls.2020.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2020.0006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21753,"journal":{"name":"Sign Language Studies","volume":"20 1","pages":"355 - 358"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2020-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/sls.2020.0006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44757084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Getting a Sign in Edgewise: User-Centered Design Considerations in Creating a Signed Language Mentoring Management System","authors":"Evan Hibbard, Martin Gerdzhev, Tara Stevens, Daniel Roush, D. Fels","doi":"10.1353/sls.2020.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2020.0002","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Teaching and learning resources for acquiring languages usually rely on the use of a conventional writing system or script of the target language as means to support learning. However, in the case of learning American Sign Language (ASL), there is no widely adopted ASL script, and many available software tools are designed around English (or other spoken language) script—which is not the target language the student is learning. As such, these resources must be redesigned or modified for use in supporting ASL learning. In this article, we describe the progress of a software development project called Terp-Tube intended to address this problem. We also report the results of a user study to validate the initial software design plans. The TerpTube project and software aim to support the language learning needs of ASL and interpretation students and their mentors. Because using English text in the software interface may hinder the learning of ASL and video format is the primary way to represent ASL, we designed the interface to be video-centric, or Deaf-centric. Using ASL video rather than English text comments to comment on videos is an example of Deaf-centric design. To evaluate our initial design cycle using usability and usefulness metrics, we recruited 20 participants from the interpreter training programs at Eastern Kentucky University in the United States and George Brown College in Canada. The study results demonstrate that participants found the software useful and easy to learn, although some issues were reported with the video commenting feature. Overall, participants reported an interest in, and the need for, using this software in ASL instruction. We continue to explore and evaluate principles of Deaf-centric software design. Such design principles include navigation features that do not rely on English text alone and options for user-generated content video. ASL immersion in software environments is likely to support students' learning of the language and demonstrates respect for the primary language of the users who mentor them.","PeriodicalId":21753,"journal":{"name":"Sign Language Studies","volume":"20 1","pages":"264 - 300"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2020-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/sls.2020.0002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43801225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Carl Croneberg: Unsung Hero","authors":"Carey M. Ballard","doi":"10.1353/sls.2019.0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2019.0017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21753,"journal":{"name":"Sign Language Studies","volume":"20 1","pages":"173 - 176"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2019-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/sls.2019.0017","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42704171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Event Structure Metaphors through the Body: Translation from English to American Sign Language by Daniel R. Roush (review)","authors":"R. Sutton-Spence","doi":"10.1353/sls.2019.0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2019.0019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21753,"journal":{"name":"Sign Language Studies","volume":"20 1","pages":"181 - 185"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2019-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/sls.2019.0019","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41962846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sign Language Articulators on Phonetic Bearings","authors":"Scott K. Liddell, Robert E. Johnson","doi":"10.1353/sls.2019.0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2019.0016","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article follows Johnson and Liddell (2011a, 2011b, 2011c, 2012), which introduce the concepts of sequentiality and contrast, a segmental framework consisting of postures and transforms, and features describing the configuration of the fingers and of the thumb. This paper further develops that theory of phonetics, focusing on the placement of the hand on the body and in space. We examine the use of spatial loci in phonetic representations of both indicating and nonindicating signs and find seemingly insurmountable problems. We propose that rather than describing the placement of the hands with respect to spatial loci, the hands locate on, move on, and sometimes align with bearings.","PeriodicalId":21753,"journal":{"name":"Sign Language Studies","volume":"20 1","pages":"132 - 172"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2019-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/sls.2019.0016","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43986292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}