Naomi Sheneman
List of John Benjamins publications in which Naomi Sheneman is involved.
Articles
2026 Constructing meaning through translation: A cognitive linguistic analysis of ASL texts about cancer Sign Language & Linguistics: Online-First Articles | Article
One aspect of the author’s dissertation (Sheneman 2018) was the use of cognitive linguistics as a theoretical framework to address a relevant research question regarding how key cancer terms are translated from written English to American Sign Language (ASL). This study examined ASL translations… read more
2021 Chapter 3. Helpers, professional authority, and pathologized bodies: Ableism in interpretation and translation Translating Asymmetry – Rewriting Power, Carbonell i Cortés, Ovidi and Esther Monzó-Nebot (eds.), pp. 55–76 | Chapter
In this paper, we examine how ableism, undergirded by interlocking systems of oppression mediated by our social locations, exists in this profession with interpreters and translators acting as professional authorities-cum-helpers for pathologized bodyminds. The intersections of the nature of… read more