Advances in Sign Language Corpus Linguistics
Edited by Ella Wehrmeyer
[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 108] 2023. xxii, 389 pp.
Ella Wehrmeyer
List of John Benjamins publications for which Ella Wehrmeyer plays a role.
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Subjects Corpus linguistics | Signed languages | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2023 Chapter 1. Sign language corpus linguistics: Taking stock of an emerging discipline Advances in Sign Language Corpus Linguistics, Wehrmeyer, Ella (ed.), pp. 1–27 | Chapter
Taking the 2004 LREC Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages (Streiter & Vettori 2004) as the watershed, this chapter takes stock of the development of sign language corpus linguistics over the past twenty years. After dispelling myths about sign languages, the chapter… read more
2023 Chapter 6. Verb classes in South African Sign Language: A corpus-driven approach Advances in Sign Language Corpus Linguistics, Wehrmeyer, Ella (ed.), pp. 155–191 | Chapter
This chapter presents a pioneer exploration of verb categories in South African Sign Language (SASL), using a corpus of authentic naturalistic narrative data. The paucity of linguistic descriptions of SASL meant that a theoretical basis for the study was derived using models developed for other… read more
2022 Psycholinguistic errors in signed simultaneous interpreting Interpreting 24:2, pp. 192–220 | Article
In this article, errors and repairs in a corpus of English news broadcasts interpreted simultaneously into South African Sign Language are explored from a psycholinguistic perspective according to Levelt’s (1989) cognitive levels (comprehension, conceptualisation, formulation, morphological… read more
2021 Additions in simultaneous signed interpreting: A corpus-driven grounded study Translation and Interpreting Studies 16:3, pp. 434–454 | Article
Until now, investigations of strategies used by signed language interpreters in the simultaneous mode have been sporadic and restricted to analyses of short transcripts. This article presents the first corpus-driven exploration of interpreter additions in news broadcasts simultaneously… read more
2020 Shifts in signed media interpreting: A corpus study International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 25:3, pp. 270–296 | Article
This study offers a unique contribution through the construction of an annotated text-based sign language interpreting corpus and its application in analyzing shifts (defined as deviations from source semantic content), which in turn enables researchers to identify and categorize interpreter… read more
2020 Different strokes for different folks: Exploring personality in professional translation Translation, Cognition & Behavior 3:2, pp. 189–208 | Article
Until recently, the translator’s personality was a relatively unexplored area of research, but growing evidence points to the influence of personality on the translator’s decisions. Although findings are not always statistically significant, empirical research indicates that professional… read more
2019 Rethinking handshape: A new notation system for sign language Sign Language & Linguistics 22:1, pp. 83–111 | Article
Concerted attention in sign language linguistics has focused on finding ways to document signs. Until now, most notation systems rely on a complex plethora of symbols and are under-specific, to the extent that visual images are still the most widely accepted way of recording primary data. This… read more
2019 A corpus for signed language interpreting research Interpreting 21:1, pp. 62–90 | Article
Because of the visual nature of signed language, the compilation of a signed language interpreting corpus along the lines of spoken-language interpreting corpora has been viewed as extremely challenging, if not impossible. This study offers a unique contribution in the construction of a… read more
2015 Comprehension of television news signed language interpreters: A South African perspective Interpreting 17:2, pp. 195–225 | Article
This questionnaire-based study evaluates interpretations of TV news broadcasts into South African Sign Language from the perspective of 360 adult Deaf respondents, who identify factors hindering comprehension. Methodologically, findings are based on both open-ended and closed questions. The… read more