Directionality effects in simultaneous language interpreting: The case of sign language interpreters in the Netherlands

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-55

  van Dijk, Rick ^a   Boers, Eveline ^b   Christoffels, Ingrid ^c   Hermans, Daan ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL DUTCH KENTALIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIGN LANGUAGE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SIGN LANGUAGE;

EID: 79959804930     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: 15430375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aad.2011.0013     Document Type: Article

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