february, 2024
Time
(Friday) 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
Virtual Workshop - Zoom
Presented in
ASL with English Interpretation
CEUs
0.2 Professional Studies
ASLIS is an Approved RID CMP Sponsor for Continuing Education Activities. This Professional Studies program is offered for a total of 0.2 CEUs at Some Content Knowledge Level.
Event Details
Have you ever been told to
Event Details
Have you ever been told to show more and tell less? Or that your use of space is amazing? Or has anyone asked you what “discourse mapping” is? All these questions are related to depiction. Depiction in linguistics is a cognitive phenomena that has observable manifestations that surround the body. However, the term depiction has an unspecialized colloquial definition in the field of interpreting that can lead to an oversimplified thinking about it and its cognitive underpinnings.
In this workshop, I will distinguish what depiction is for sign languages and spoken languages and provide a cursory introduction to the features that are considered depictive. We will also explore the notion of what depiction actually “shows” and what cognitive operations underpin it. We will then compare and contrast the linguistic notion of depiction with other terms that have attempted to classify the same phenomena.
Educational Objectives:
At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Define and provide one example of a “plain sign”
- Define and provide one example of a “depictive sign”
- Define the cognitive linguistic term “imagery”
- Demonstrate at least 3 different depictive features
- Explain how sign language depiction is similar but also different than spoken language depiction
- Explain how depiction is similar to other terms such as: Discourse mapping, spatial mapping, real space blends, use of space, and showing.
- Explain how Iconic signs can have their depictive component foregrounded or backgrounded leaving the latter an iconic item that does not depict
Presenter Bio
Wink, MA, MBA, NIC Master, enjoys researching and creating various workshops that focus on skill building through deliberate practice, which he wrote about in the RID Views, Winter 2012 issue. Presenting workshops the last ten years at national conferences (NAD, RID, Silent Weekend) regional conferences (RID I, II, III, IV, V), state conferences, and local workshops across the nation has given Wink experiences to enhance applications for interpreters of all levels. Wink is widely noted for the comfortable atmosphere he creates and the passion he exudes. Currently Wink travels full time performing, presenting workshops, and managing Winkshop, Inc, through which he has developed a dozen training DVDs. Wink currently is working on his PhD in linguistics from Gallaudet University where he investigates the embodied motivations of imagery in depiction. (ASL: https://youtu.be/o4Pv0mAqETA)
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