This is a vocabulary research manual. It aims to give you the background knowledge
necessary to design rigorous and effective research studies into the behavior of L1 and L2 …

Sign language version of the abstract This article rethinks the impact of sign language
interpreting services (SLIS) as a social institution. It starts from the observation that “access” …

Sign language in action is a term that we have coined to encompass how sign languages
are used in everyday life. In Chapter 2, we framed the notion of sign language in action …

This book contains 28 chapters, divided into three separate parts. Part I provides a brief
introduction to healthcare interpreting, while Part II provides an overview of a range of …

This article explores what deaf signing diversity means for the creation of effective online
signed language translations in Australia and for language theory more generally. We draw …

This chapter explores the complexity of the healthcare interpreter's role, based on a
discourse analysis of naturally-occurring data collected in Australia. We draw on Llewellyn …

This dissertation reports on a linguistic investigation into the use of depicting signs in
Australian Sign Language (Auslan). Depicting signs are analyzed as partly lexical signs …

This paper explores the concept of “accuracy” in the context of interpreter-mediated
healthcare interaction by reporting on a study of simulated doctor-patient consultations …

Until recently no linguistic research had been carried out on Australian Sign Language
(Auslan) with regard to its use in healthcare settings, although anecdotal information …

There is a need for culturally competent health care providers (HCPs) to provide care to deaf
signers, who are members of a linguistic and cultural minority group. Many deaf signers …