Bibliograph

Sign Language Brokering in Deaf-Hearing Families, by Jemina Napier

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Sign Language Brokering in Deaf-Hearing Families, by Jemina Napier

Language

eng

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sign Language Brokering in Deaf-Hearing Families

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1253560610

Responsibility statement

by Jemina Napier

Series statement

Springer eBooks.

Summary

This book details a study of sign language brokering that is carried out by deaf and hearing people who grow up using sign language at home with deaf parents, known as heritage signers. Child language brokering (CLB) is a form of interpreting carried out informally by children, typically for migrant families. The study of sign language brokering has been largely absent from the emerging body of CLB literature. The book gives an overview of the international, multi-stage, mixed-method study employing an online survey, semi-structured interviews and visual methods, to explore the lived experiences of deaf parents and heritage signers. It will be of interest to practitioners and academics working with signing deaf communities and those who wish to pursue professional practice with deaf communities, as well as academics and students in the fields of Applied Linguistics, Intercultural Communication, Interpreting Studies and the Social Science of Childhood. Jemina Napier is Chair of Intercultural Communication at Heriot-Watt University, UK, and is currently the Director of the Centre for Translation & Interpreting Studies in Scotland and Director of Research in the School of Social Sciences. Jemina is a heritage signer from a multigenerational deaf family and has practised as a sign language interpreter since 1989.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Chapter 1: Signing Deaf Communities and Language Brokering -- Chapter 2: Child Language Brokering in Context -- Chapter 3: Doing Research on Sign Language Brokering -- Chapter 4: 'I Am Who I Am Today Because of My Family': International Attitudes Towards Sign Language Brokering -- Chapter 5: 'My Experience Was Just Part of My Life': Life, Shame and Brokering -- Chapter 6: 'I Can't Not Help Them': Brokering as Responsibility and Cooperation -- Chapter 7: Understanding the Implications of Sign Language Brokering

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