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The Auslan dictionary : for teachers, parents and professionals
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Auslan phrase book - a reference to workplace Auslan signs
Dictionary of Auslan : English to Auslan with regional sign variations
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Sign language interpreting : theory and practice in Australia and New Zealand
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Evidence-Based Practice in Educating Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing Students
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Deaf people around the world : educational and social perspectives
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Surviving in silence : a deaf boy in the Holocaust : the Harry I. Dunai story
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Auslan titles:
The Auslan company : Level 1 DVD
Certificate 2 in Auslan : sign with us
Deaf culture & history titles:
Audism unveiled, 2008
Auslan myths, legends, tales, anecdotes and other stories for young people 1
Auslan myths, legends, tales, anecdotes and other stories for young people 2
Beyond ordinary : growing up deaf 2005
Deaf holocaust: deaf people and Nazi Germany, 2005
Through deaf eyes 2007
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Deaf Epistemologies, Identity, and Learning : A Comparative Perspective [e-book]
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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Deaf Flourishing: A Framework for Developing Deaf People's Identity and Empowerment -- 2. Contributing to an Era of Epistemological Equity: A Critique and an Alternative to the Practice of Science -- 3. Deaf Ways of Education Leading to Empowerment: An Exploratory Case Study -- 4. Translated Deaf People Moving toward Emancipation: A Case Study of International Deaf People at Gallaudet University -- 5. The Challenge of "Serious" Scholarship: A Case Study of the Cameroonian Deaf Community -- 6. Deaf Identity Revisited: 21st-Century Pathways of Nomadic Deaf Citizenship -- 7. Reflections of a Deaf Scholar: Toward an Anthropology of Deaf Flourishing -- 8. Nurturing Deaf Flourishing Sustainably in Times of Diversity -- References -- Index.
Telling Deaf Lives [e-book]
Contents -- Preface / Kristin Snoddon -- Foreword / Anita Small -- Introduction / Joseph J. Murray -- Part 1: Autobiographies -- On Writing My Story as Deaf History / Ulla-Bell Thorin (Sweden) -- Reflections on Biographical Research and Writing / Harry G. Lang (United States) -- Part 2: Biographies of Deaf Pioneers -- Finding the Connections: Educated Deaf People in England in the Mid-Seventeenth Century / Peter Jackson (United Kingdom) -- Writing Resistance: Edwin A. Hodgson and the Controversy at St. Ann's Church / Jannelle Legg (United States) -- Hannah Holmes: A Case of Japanese American Deaf Incarceration / Newby Ely (United States) -- Józef Jerzy Rogowski: A Unique Figure in Polish Deaf History / Tomasz Adam Świderski (Poland) -- Matsumura Sei-ichirÔ: The First Deaf President of a Japanese School for Deaf People / Akio Suemori (Japan) -- Remembering a Legacy: Samuel Thomas Greene / Clifton F. Carbin (Canada) -- Written into History: The Lives of Australian Deaf Leaders / Darlene Thornton (Australia), Susannah Macready (Australia), and Patricia Levitzke-Gray (Australia) -- Laurent Clerc: A Complex and Conflicted Deaf Man in America / Christopher A. N. Kurz (United States) and Albert J. Hlibok (United States) -- Part 3: Deaf Community Collective Histories: Stories from the Continents -- The Siege of Leningrad and Its Impact on the Life of a Deaf Family / Tatiana Davidenko (Russia) -- The Oral History and Experience of the Deaf Community in Russia / Victor Palenny (Russia) -- Signs of Freedom: Deaf Connections in the Amistad Story / Kim A. Silva (United States) -- The Cosmopolitan Correspondence Club / Melissa Anderson (Australia) and Breda Carty (Australia) -- Part 4: Deaf Arts Evolution -- The History of Poetic Style: De'VIA Poetry / Theara Yim (Canada) and Julie Chateauvert (Canada).
Southwestern De'VIA: The Origin of Multicultural De'VIA / Tony Landon McGregor (United States) -- Photographing Deaf People: The Lives and Works of Three Pioneers in American Deaf Photography / Drew Robarge (United States) -- The Vineyarders: A Fusion of History and Fiction / Veronica Bickle (Canada), Bob Paul and Jennifer Paul (United States) -- Part 5: Preserving and Accessing Deaf History -- Digital Personal Documents: Preservation Challenges / Marc-André Bernier (Canada) -- Finding Hidden Treasures: Research Help in the Library and Archives / Diana Moore (United States) and Joan Naturale (United States) -- Contributors -- Index.
Deaf Interpreters at Work : International Insights [e-book]
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Deaf Interpreters at Work -- Deaf Interpreters at Work -- International Insights -- Contents -- Preface -- REFERENCES -- Figures -- Deaf Interpreters: -- DI(2) = Team Interpreting -- Testing Times -- Adverbial Morphemes in Tactile Sign Language -- Tables -- Testing Times -- Deaf and Hearing Interpreting Team Preparation -- Adverbial Morphemes in Tactile Sign Language -- Conference Interpreting and Interpreting Teams -- Deaf Interpreters at Work -- Deaf Interpreters: An Introduction -- RESEARCH TO DATE -- DIs: A New Concept? -- Terminology -- So What Is a Deaf Interpreter? -- What Is the Difference between a DI and a Non-DI? -- Deaf Extralinguistic Knowledge -- When Are DIs Assigned? -- How Are Deaf Interpreters Positioned in Various Interpreting Settings? -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- DI(2) = Team Interpreting -- DEAF INTERPRETERS -- TEAM INTERPRETING -- THE PARTICIPANTS -- PROCEDURE -- FINDINGS -- "Off," or Nonrendering Interpreter Strategies -- "On," or Rendering Interpreter Strategies -- DISCUSSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Deaf Interpreters: The Dynamics of Their Interpreting Processes -- THE BEGINNINGS OF DEAF PERSONS WORKING AS INTERPRETERS -- THE EVOLUTION OF DEAF INTERPRETING AS A PROFESSION -- METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS -- Deaf Interpreter-Hearing Interpreter Team Processes -- Power Issues between Team Members -- Strategies and Resources -- Mainstream Model vs. Community Model -- Silence -- Referential Context from the Deaf Consumer -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Testing Times: Toward the Professionalization of Deaf Interpreters in Australia -- Project Rationale and Purpose -- IDENTIFYING DI COMPETENCIES -- DI Work Contexts -- Standardized Nomenclature for a Complex Client Category -- TEST FORMAT AND ELIGIBILITY -- Monologic vs. Dialogic Test Construction -- Live vs. Video Format.
Mapping Competencies against Test Tasks -- Eligibility Criteria for Test Admission -- PILOT TESTING AND EVALUATION -- Pilot Test, Stage 1: Video Questions and Live Dialogues -- level of difficulty -- Pilot Test, Stage 2: Video Questions and Video Dialogues -- FINAL TEST PRODUCT, EXAMINER SELECTION, AND EVALUATING CRITERIA -- Test Structure -- introduction and orientation -- first set of four knowledge questions -- consecutive dialogue 1: medical appointment -- second set of four knowledge questions -- consecutive dialogue 2: work-readiness interview -- Examiner Panel Composition -- Grading Criteria -- PHASE 2: TEST ADMINISTRATION, SCORING PROCESS, AND OUTCOMES -- Test Rollout -- Scoring Procedure -- Test Outcomes -- POSTTEST FEEDBACK -- CHALLENGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Pretest Workshops -- pretest recommendations -- Testing Process -- testing recommendations -- Alternate Test -- alternate test recommendation -- Scoring Process -- scoring process recommendations -- Appeals -- appeals recommendation -- Protest -- CONCLUSIONS -- Suggestions for Future DI Training and Testing -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Appendix A: Consultations -- Appendix B: ASLIA/NABS DRICP Scoring Sheet -- Deaf and Hearing Interpreting Team Preparation: A Study Using Conversation Analysis -- TEAM INTERPRETING AND DEAF INTERPRETERS -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: CONVERSATION ANALYSIS -- Openings -- Turn Taking -- Adjacency Pairs -- Repairs -- Closings -- METHODOLOGY -- ANALYSIS -- RESULTS -- Opening -- Turn Taking -- Adjacency Pairs -- Repairs -- Closings -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Appendix A -- Adverbial Morphemes in Tactile Sign Language: Deaf-Blind Interpreting -- CODING AND MAINTENANCE OF THE VIDEOTAPES AND DATABASE -- FINDINGS AND INTERPRETATION -- Semantic-Based Categories -- Manner and Degree -- Time -- Duration -- Frequency -- Purpose.
Place/Position/Direction -- OVERALL PATTERNS AMONG THE VARIOUS ADVERBIAL TYPES -- SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Conference Interpreting and Interpreting Teams -- THE STUDY -- Participants -- Phase One: Interpreting Work -- Findings from the Interpreting Work -- Phase Two: Semistructured Interviews -- CATEGORIES AND THEMES -- Team Collaboration -- LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY AND FUTURE RESEARCH QUESTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Contributors -- Index.
The Use of Signing Space in a Shared Sign Language of Australia [e-book]
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Sign language acronyms -- Glossary -- Notational conventions -- Part I: Introduction -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Research aims and objectives -- 1.2 Outline of the book -- 2 Sign language types -- 2.1 Deaf community sign languages -- 2.2 Emerging sign languages -- 2.3 Village sign languages -- 2.3.1 Socioeconomic and demographic settings -- 2.3.2 Social homogeneity -- 2.3.3 (Socio-)Linguistic context -- 2.3.4 Degree of endangerment -- 2.4 Alternate sign languages -- 2.4.1 Sawmill Sign Language -- 2.4.2 Monastic sign languages -- 2.4.3 Plains Indian Sign Language -- 2.4.4 Keresan Pueblo Indian Sign Language -- 2.4.5 Australian Aboriginal sign languages -- 2.5 Shared sign languages -- 2.6 Summary -- Part II: Sociolinguistic Background & Methodology -- 3 Cultural and sociolinguistic context -- 3.1 Previous studies -- 3.2 Historic & demographic background -- 3.3 Cultural background -- 3.4 Linguistic context -- 3.5 The use of YSL in Yolngu communities -- 3.5.1 Communication with deaf Yolngu -- 3.5.2 Interaction over distance -- 3.5.3 Further aspects of YSL origin and use -- 4 Data collection -- 4.1 Fieldwork -- 4.1.1 Fieldwork sites -- 4.1.2 Cultural issue -- 4.2 Stimulus materials -- 4.2.1 Spontaneous signing -- 4.2.2 Elicited signing -- 4.2.2.1 Visual materials -- 4.2.2.2 Questionnaires and games -- 4.2.2.3 Translation from English and Djambarrpuy?u -- 4.3 Participants -- 4.4 Data annotation -- Part III: Selected Aspects of YSL Grammar -- 5 Phonological aspects -- 5.1 Handshapes -- 5.1.1 Basic handshapes -- 5.1.1.1 Token frequency -- 5.1.1.2 Type frequency -- 5.1.1.3 Non-dominant hand frequency -- 5.1.2 Marginal handshapes -- 5.2 Sign types: preference for one-handedness -- 5.3 Nonmanual markers -- 5.3.1 Mouth gestures -- 5.3.2 Mouthings.
5.3.3 Head movements -- 5.3.3.1 sleep vs. exist -- 5.3.3.2 bäy?u vs. yaka -- 5.4 Summary -- 6 Syntactic aspects -- 6.1 Negation -- 6.1.1 Negation in Djambarrpuy?u -- 6.1.2 Negation in YSL -- 6.1.3 Summary -- 6.2 Interrogatives -- 6.2.1 Content questions -- 6.2.1.1 Question word paradigm -- 6.2.1.2 Syntactic position of question signs -- 6.2.2 Polar questions -- 6.2.3 Nonmanual marking -- 6.2.4 Summary -- Part IV: Use of Space -- 7 The size of signing space -- 8 Pronominal reference -- 8.1 Pronouns in spoken languages -- 8.2 Pronouns in sign languages -- 8.2.1 Metaphorical pointing -- 8.2.2 Cross-linguistic variation in metaphorical pointing -- 8.3 Pronouns in Djambarrpuy?u -- 8.4 Pronouns in YSL -- 8.4.1 Person -- 8.4.2 Number -- 8.4.3 Clusivity -- 8.4.4 Case -- 8.4.5 Summary & comparison to NCDSLs -- 8.4.6 Pointing to a house: the use of metonymic pointing in YSL -- 8.5 Summary -- 9 Verb directionality -- 9.1 Verb agreement in spoken languages -- 9.2 Verb directionality in sign languages -- 9.2.1 Sign language verb classes -- 9.2.2 Disagreements on agreement -- 9.3 Verb directionality in YSL -- 9.3.1 YSL verb classes: plain vs. non-plain -- 9.3.1.1 Frequency of spatial modification in non-plain verbs -- 9.3.1.2 Directional verbs -- 9.3.1.3 Absence of number marking -- 9.3.1.4 Optional object or location marking on YSL verbs -- 9.4 Constituent order in transitive clauses -- 9.4.1 YSL constituent order -- 9.4.2 Djambarrpuy?u constituent order -- 9.4.3 Disscussion -- 9.5 Summary -- 10 Expression of motion -- 10.1 Classifiers in spoken languages -- 10.2 Classifiers in sign languages -- 10.2.1 Entity classifiers -- 10.2.2 Handling classifiers -- 10.3 Expression of motion in YSL -- 10.3.1 YSL Directionals -- 10.3.2 YSL Classifiers -- 10.3.2.1 Entity classifiers in YSL -- 10.3.2.1.1 The Ë handshape -- 10.3.2.1.2 The handshape.
10.3.2.1.3 The handshape -- 10.3.2.2 Handling classifiers in YSL -- 10.4 Summary -- 11 Expression of size and shape -- 11.1 Size and Shape Specifiers in sign languages -- 11.2 Size and Shape Specifiers in YSL -- 11.3 Summary -- Part V: Discussion & Conclusion -- 12 YSL in cross-linguistic perspective -- 12.1 The use of space in shared sign languages -- 12.1.1 The lack of metaphorical pointing -- 12.1.2 Limited use of spatial modification in transitive verbs -- 12.1.3 Restricted use of entity classifiers -- 12.2 Language-external factors and sign language structure -- 12.2.1 Age of language -- 12.2.2 Frame of reference -- 12.2.3 Size of community and context-dependency -- 12.2.4 Proportion of hearing signers -- 13 Concluding remarks -- Appendix I: List of YSL handshapes --
Sociolinguistic Variation in American Sign Language [e-book]
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