Achieving understanding via interpreter participation in sign language/English map task dialogues : an analysis of repair sequences involving ambiguity and underspecificity in signed and spoken modes
Research into the role of the interpreter in dialogue interpreting has so far established that the interpreter participates in the interaction just as much as the two primary participants,particularly in the area of turn-taking. Less has been written about the nature of participation by the interpreter when interpreting. This thesis has contributed to knowledge through research into the extent and the manner of participation by the interpreter when there are problems due to seeing/hearing, producing or understanding: ârepairâ (Schegloff , Sacks and Jefferson 1977). Using an established tool (a Map Task) in order to distract participants from their language use, the actions of the interpreter were examined through a Conversation Analysis lens, to observe what it is that interpreters do in these situations of uncertainty. The findings were that the participation by interpreters, often described by practitioners as âclarifyingâ, was due, for the most part, to what I have defined as âambiguityâ and âunderspecificityâ. The interpreter must change stance from âotherâ to âselfâ. I have considered this action, positing a model Stop â Account â Act, and also the responses from the participants
Crawley, Victoria Louise
Achieving understanding via interpreter participation in sign language/English map task dialogues : an analysis of repair sequences involving ambiguity and underspecificity in signed and spoken modes. Research into the role of the interpreter in dialogue interpreting has so far established that the interpreter participates in the interaction just as much as the two primary participants,particularly in the area of turn-taking. Less has been written about the nature of participation by the interpreter when interpreting. This thesis has contributed to knowledge through research into the extent and the manner of participation by the interpreter when there are problems due to seeing/hearing, producing or understanding: ârepairâ (Schegloff , Sacks and Jefferson 1977). Using an established tool (a Map Task) in order to distract participants from their language use, the actions of the interpreter were examined through a Conversation Analysis lens, to observe what it is that interpreters do in these situations of uncertainty. The findings were that the participation by interpreters, often described by practitioners as âclarifyingâ, was due, for the most part, to what I have defined as âambiguityâ and âunderspecificityâ. The interpreter must change stance from âotherâ to âselfâ. I have considered this action, positing a model Stop â Account â Act, and also the responses from the participants
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