Sign language brokering in deaf-hearing families

Sign language brokering in deaf-hearing families / Jemina Napier.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Napier, Jemina (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Subjects:
Sign language > Translating.
Interpreters for deaf people.
Deaf parents > Language.
Children of deaf parents > Language.
Interpreters for the deaf
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Table of Contents:
  • Signing deaf communities and language brokering
  • Child language brokering in context
  • Doing research on sign language brokering
  • 'I am who I am today because of my family' : international attitudes towards sign language brokering
  • 'My experience was just part of my life' : life, shame and brokering
  • 'I can't not help them...' : brokering as responsibility and cooperation
  • Understanding the implications of sign language brokering.

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