{"title":"Sounds Like Home: Growing up Black and Deaf in the South. Twentieth Anniversary Edition by Mary H. Wright (review)","authors":"G. Anderson","doi":"10.1353/sls.2021.0024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2021.0024","url":null,"abstract":"Sign Language Studie s Vol. 22 No. 2 Winter 2022 Glenn B. Anderson is a professor, School of Counseling, Human Performance, and Rehabilitation, University of Arkansas, Little Rock. Note. This review first appeared in the Fall 2020 issue of the American Annals of the Deaf, vol. 165, no. 4, pp. 472–75. Given that the general readership of the Annals and Sign Language Studies tend to comprise different audiences, the Gallaudet University Press granted the author permission to submit the original 2020 book review, with minor edits and additions, for publication in this current edition of Sign Language Studies. B O O K R E V I E W","PeriodicalId":21753,"journal":{"name":"Sign Language Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":"343 - 348"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46848987","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":"University American Sign Language Learners: Self-Awareness and Error Analysis within a Narrative Context","authors":"Jennifer S Beal","doi":"10.1353/sls.2021.0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2021.0019","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Second-language learners of American Sign Language (ASL) often struggle in the acquisition of more complex ASL aspects, such as role shift, constructed action, and eye gaze to represent characters and their actions with narratives. These learners also often overestimate their ASL skill level. This study investigated errors in second modality, second language (M2L2) university learners' ASL narrative retellings through rating comparisons (i.e., agreements and disagreements) between learners themselves and their instructor. Learners engaged in repeated viewings of ASL models of two Signing Naturally stories, Timber and Gum, paired with instructor analysis, modeling, and feedback on learners' productions within a sociocultural framework. Learners' self-evaluations were compared to instructor evaluations using an itemized list of narrative episode details and options for how they were produced to identify where these evaluations were in agreement or not. Overall agreement was high (i.e., M = 92%), however, agreement across specific ASL aspects, including role shift, constructed action, and accurate sign production, varied to a greater extent (i.e., 89–94%). Two types of disagreements occurred: those in which learners rated a detail as absent while the instructor rated it as present, and those in which learners rated a detail as present while the instructor rated it as absent. Omissions occurred infrequently, in which both the learner and instructor agreed that a detail was absent. The specific instructional framework used in this study and implications for university-level ASL instruction are discussed in this article.","PeriodicalId":21753,"journal":{"name":"Sign Language Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":"195 - 232"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45277894","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":"Interpreting in the Deaf President Now Protest: An Organizational Overview","authors":"Mark Halley","doi":"10.1353/sls.2022.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2022.0001","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:In 1988, members of the American deaf community protested the appointment of a hearing person as the president of Gallaudet University, the world's only university for deaf and hard of hearing students. After a week of protest, the university's board of trustees capitulated and bowed to all the protester's demands. As the protesters engaged in a variety of demonstrations and other public events, they were joined by dozens of American Sign Language/English interpreters, who worked to ensure communication between activists, journalists, members of the university's administration, the police, and others. In this paper, I use a case method approach and analyze archival and interview data to describe the provision of interpreting services in the protest. I employ concepts from social movement studies and contentious politics to contextualize the experiences of the interpreters. Using archival and interview data, I elucidate patterns in their experiences and provide a holistic description of their organization, work, and challenges.","PeriodicalId":21753,"journal":{"name":"Sign Language Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":"399 - 429"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48564575","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 Languages, Translation, and Interpreting: Creative Practices in Audiovisual Content","authors":"Ana Tamayo","doi":"10.1353/sls.2022.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2022.0003","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article explores current creative practices involving the representation of sign languages, sign language interpreting, sign language translation (Napier and Leeson 2016; HBB4ALL 2017; CNLSE 2017; Tamayo 2022), and sign language live translation (Tamayo 2022) in audiovisual content. To that end, a review of the concept creative sign language and a review of previous publications on the matter will be provided. Subsequently, the implementation of creativity at different production stages, and the use of different resources when sign languages are present in audiovisual content, will be discussed by analyzing some selected innovative examples (mostly of practices in Spain). Finally, a taxonomy that takes into account not only internal creativity (that is inherent to sign languages), but also collaborative and external creativity. Conclusions will focus on how creative practices can expand our understanding of different art expressions, human communication, and inclusion, and can help establish new and meaningful connections among them.","PeriodicalId":21753,"journal":{"name":"Sign Language Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":"484 - 519"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44325171","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}
Chan Yi Hin, Anita Yu On Lam, Aaron Wong Yiu Leung
{"title":"Translanguaging in Hong Kong Deaf Signers: Translating Meaning from Written Chinese","authors":"Chan Yi Hin, Anita Yu On Lam, Aaron Wong Yiu Leung","doi":"10.1353/sls.2022.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2022.0002","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Research on translanguaging practices of Deaf people have shown their creative multimodal resources to communicate (Kusters 2017; Holmström and Schönström 2017; Moriarty Harrelson 2017). These findings have enlightened disciplines like sociolinguistics and bilingual education and can be equally important for policy makers who make decisions that impact Deaf people's lives.Historically, Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL) has not played a crucial role in all aspects of society. It can be considered a \"language of limited diffusion\" (Johnston and Napier 2010), meaning that HKSL has not developed a rich vocabulary in various specialized domains. In recent years, Deaf people in Hong Kong have been advocating for more public services in HKSL. Their efforts are undermined by societal perceptions that HKSL has a modest lexicon.","PeriodicalId":21753,"journal":{"name":"Sign Language Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":"430 - 483"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46212636","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":"Deaf Culture: Exploring Deaf Communities in the United States by I. W. Leigh et al (review)","authors":"J. Mitchiner","doi":"10.1353/sls.2022.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2022.0005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21753,"journal":{"name":"Sign Language Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":"542 - 545"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44081580","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 Pointing Behavior of Deaf and Hearing Mothers in the Course of Their Infants' Signed/Spoken Language Acquisition","authors":"Orit Fuks","doi":"10.1353/sls.2022.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2022.0004","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This longitudinal pilot study examined the pointing behavior of two Israeli Deaf mothers and one hearing mother over the course of their infant's signed/spoken language acquisition. Three aspects were analyzed: (a) frequency of use; (b) function; and (c) pointing form. The findings indicated that the Deaf mothers used pointing more frequently than the hearing mother, but pointing was produced by all mothers to denote present referents and locations and to complement messages conveyed in speech/signing. All three mothers consistently used hand and handshape pointing, though only the Deaf mothers used the Israeli Sign Language (ISL) handshape for possessives. The duration of the Deaf mothers' pointing varied during the study period. The findings suggest that pointing gradually becomes sign-like units used by the Deaf mothers and changes according to their infants' growing communicative abilities. In contrast, the form of the hearing caregiver's pointing remains steady, as well as the reinforcement-complementary role it plays alongside speech. The results illustrate the significance of parental modifications in the course of their infants' signed/spoken language acquisition as a model that can help children learn new forms, functions, and structures.","PeriodicalId":21753,"journal":{"name":"Sign Language Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":"520 - 541"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48208277","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":"Alignment Mouth Demonstrations in Sign Languages","authors":"D. Napoli, R. D. de Quadros, C. Rathmann","doi":"10.1353/sls.2022.0000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2022.0000","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Nonmanual articulations in sign languages range from being semantically impoverished to semantically rich, and from being independent of manual articulations to coordinated with them. But, while this range has been well noted, certain nonmanuals remain understudied. Of particular interest to us are nonmanual articulations coordinated with manual articulations, which, when considered in conjunction with those manual articulations, are semantically rich. In which ways can such different articulators coordinate and what is the linguistic effect or purpose of such coordination?Of the nonmanual articulators, the mouth is articulatorily the most versatile. We therefore examined mouth articulations in a single narrative told in the sign languages of America, Brazil, and Germany. We observed optional articulations of the corners of the lips that align with manual articulations spatially and temporally in classifier constructions. The lips, thus, enhance the message by giving redundant information, which should be particularly useful in narratives for children. Examination of a single children's narrative told in these same three sign languages plus six other sign languages yielded examples of one type of these optional alignment articulations, confirming our expectations. Our findings are coherent with linguistic findings regarding phonological enhancement and overspecification.","PeriodicalId":21753,"journal":{"name":"Sign Language Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":"359 - 398"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43332252","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":"Deaf-Queer Signing in Process: A Qualitative Sociolinguistic Study of \"Queering Deafhood‚\" \"Deafing Queerhood,\" and \"Queer Sign Language Style\"","authors":"J. Schmitz","doi":"10.1353/sls.2021.0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sls.2021.0014","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The article poses questions about which (meta)linguistic discourses and processes take place among Deaf queers in Berlin, Germany: Which topics and reflection processes they deal with?; Which expressions, self-designations, and foreign appellations in sign language do Deaf queers consider as acceptable or as discriminatory?; How can the Deaf-queer community be described from a sociolinguistic perspective? And, derived from this: What interpreting-relevant implications arise from this? Answers to these questions were obtained from the expert opinions of Deaf queers in focus group interviews and are documented in the master's thesis \"Properties of Queer DGS—Implications for Interpreting. Qualitative Study of a Queer Sign Language Variation from a Sociolinguistic Perspective\"; parts of it published for the first time in German in DAS ZEICHEN 115/2020.","PeriodicalId":21753,"journal":{"name":"Sign Language Studies","volume":"22 1","pages":"42 - 74"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45877361","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}