Language Receptive & Expressive Skills Flashcards
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When a Deaf consumer uses a highly conceptual ASL sign that lacks a direct English equivalent, the NIC interpreter should:
Answer: Convey the underlying meaning using equivalent English vocabulary
Effective interpreting requires conveying meaning equivalence rather than word-for-word or sign-for-sign correspondence.
Prosody in spoken English refers to which of the following features an interpreter must perceive accurately?
Answer: Rhythm, stress, and intonation
Prosody encompasses the suprasegmental features of speech—rhythm, stress, and intonation—that carry meaning beyond individual words.
A Deaf presenter uses classifier predicates to describe a car accident. The interpreter's best approach to expressing this in English is to:
Answer: Describe spatial relationships and movement using precise English spatial language
Classifier predicates convey spatial and movement information that must be rendered into equivalent descriptive English phrasing.
Which receptive skill is MOST critical when interpreting a rapid-fire ASL monologue with minimal pausing?
Answer: Chunking information into meaningful units for processing
Chunking allows the interpreter to hold meaningful segments in memory during rapid delivery without losing information.
When interpreting into ASL and the English source includes an extended metaphor, the interpreter should:
Answer: Find a culturally and linguistically equivalent ASL conceptual expression
Metaphors must be interpreted at the conceptual level to preserve meaning within the target language's cultural framework.
An NIC interpreter notices a Deaf person signing with code-switching between ASL and Signed Exact English (SEE). The interpreter should:
Answer: Reflect the speaker's actual register and code-switching in the interpretation
Interpreters must preserve the source speaker's communicative intent, including code-switching, as it conveys identity and pragmatic choices.
In expressive interpreting (English to ASL), which element of the source message is MOST easily lost if the interpreter focuses solely on lexical items?
Answer: Discourse-level cohesion and topic flow
Discourse cohesion—how ideas connect across an entire text—is a macro-level feature that can be sacrificed when interpreters fixate on individual words.
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