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Abstract Classifiers - Answers -Classifiers that are smaller than life sized, the shape
and movement of which does not necessarily have iconic features.
Abstract Language - Answers -describes ideas and qualities, rather than observable or
specific things
adventitious deafness - Answers -deafness that occurs after birth
Affect - Answers -Refers to emotions or feelings
A-Language or L1 - Answers -One's first language
Anglicized ASL - Answers -English and ASL sign blends (More ASL than English)
AVLIC - Answers -Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada
Audism - Answers -Attitude causing negative stigma toward anyone unable to hear
Auditory feedback loop - Answers -The channel through which hearing people hear
(and monitor) their own voice as they speak
Aural-oral languages - Answers -Languages based on a structured set of linguistic
rules in which the communication is based on sound
Bicultural - Answers -used to describe a person who crosses two cultures, lifestyles,
and sets of values
bilingual-bicultural philosophy of interpreting - Answers -Based on the belief that
effective interpretation requires cultural and linguistic mediation in order to accomplish
speaker goals and maintain dynamic equivalence
B-Language or L2 - Answers -Refers to ones 2nd language learned
CDI - Answers -certified Deaf Interpreter
Classifiers - Answers -Designated handshapes and/or rule-grounded body pantomime
used to represent nouns and verbs.
Cloze skills - Answers -The ability to mentally "fill in the blanks"
, code of ethics - Answers -Principles of conduct within an organization that guide
decision making and behavior.
code switching - Answers -the practice of changing language or dialect to
accommodate to the communication situation (unconscious)
code mixing - Answers -using various combinations of words or phrases from more
than one language (conscious)
Communication dynamics - Answers -The way people in a communication interaction
react to or engage with one another and to the overall interaction
Communication facilitation philosophy - Answers -Set of beliefs including that Deaf
people are handicapped, ASL as a means of communicating only with less educated
individuals
CASE - Answers -Conceptually accurate signed English (ASL signs, English order)
Conduit or machine philosophy - Answers -Interpreter has no responsibility for
interaction or communication dynamics taking place.
CIT - Answers -Conference of Interpreter Trainers
congenital deafness - Answers -deafness from birth
Consecutive interpretation - Answers -More accurate than simultaneous.
Cultural and linguistic mediation - Answers -Interpreting so that information has
equivalent meaning and impact for individuals with different language and cultural
schemas
Cultural Expansion - Answers -Provide contextual information needed to help
understanding
Cultural reduction - Answers -Reducing the volume and sometimes the detail of info
without affecting the meaning intended
Culture - Answers -Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
DI - Answers -Deaf Interpreter
Dynamic Equivalence - Answers --concerned with expressing the MESSAGE of the
original language in the words of the target language(speaker's goals should be
accomplished)
PASS
Abstract Classifiers - Answers -Classifiers that are smaller than life sized, the shape
and movement of which does not necessarily have iconic features.
Abstract Language - Answers -describes ideas and qualities, rather than observable or
specific things
adventitious deafness - Answers -deafness that occurs after birth
Affect - Answers -Refers to emotions or feelings
A-Language or L1 - Answers -One's first language
Anglicized ASL - Answers -English and ASL sign blends (More ASL than English)
AVLIC - Answers -Association of Visual Language Interpreters of Canada
Audism - Answers -Attitude causing negative stigma toward anyone unable to hear
Auditory feedback loop - Answers -The channel through which hearing people hear
(and monitor) their own voice as they speak
Aural-oral languages - Answers -Languages based on a structured set of linguistic
rules in which the communication is based on sound
Bicultural - Answers -used to describe a person who crosses two cultures, lifestyles,
and sets of values
bilingual-bicultural philosophy of interpreting - Answers -Based on the belief that
effective interpretation requires cultural and linguistic mediation in order to accomplish
speaker goals and maintain dynamic equivalence
B-Language or L2 - Answers -Refers to ones 2nd language learned
CDI - Answers -certified Deaf Interpreter
Classifiers - Answers -Designated handshapes and/or rule-grounded body pantomime
used to represent nouns and verbs.
Cloze skills - Answers -The ability to mentally "fill in the blanks"
, code of ethics - Answers -Principles of conduct within an organization that guide
decision making and behavior.
code switching - Answers -the practice of changing language or dialect to
accommodate to the communication situation (unconscious)
code mixing - Answers -using various combinations of words or phrases from more
than one language (conscious)
Communication dynamics - Answers -The way people in a communication interaction
react to or engage with one another and to the overall interaction
Communication facilitation philosophy - Answers -Set of beliefs including that Deaf
people are handicapped, ASL as a means of communicating only with less educated
individuals
CASE - Answers -Conceptually accurate signed English (ASL signs, English order)
Conduit or machine philosophy - Answers -Interpreter has no responsibility for
interaction or communication dynamics taking place.
CIT - Answers -Conference of Interpreter Trainers
congenital deafness - Answers -deafness from birth
Consecutive interpretation - Answers -More accurate than simultaneous.
Cultural and linguistic mediation - Answers -Interpreting so that information has
equivalent meaning and impact for individuals with different language and cultural
schemas
Cultural Expansion - Answers -Provide contextual information needed to help
understanding
Cultural reduction - Answers -Reducing the volume and sometimes the detail of info
without affecting the meaning intended
Culture - Answers -Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
DI - Answers -Deaf Interpreter
Dynamic Equivalence - Answers --concerned with expressing the MESSAGE of the
original language in the words of the target language(speaker's goals should be
accomplished)
