Cynthia B. Roy

List of John Benjamins publications for which Cynthia B. Roy plays a role.

Title

The Sign Language Interpreting Studies Reader

Edited by Cynthia B. Roy and Jemina Napier

[Benjamins Translation Library, 117] 2015. xviii, 419 pp.

Subjects Interpreting | Signed languages | Translation Studies

Articles

Metzger, Melanie and Cynthia B. Roy 2011 The first three years of a three-year grant: When a research plan doesn’t go as planned Advances in Interpreting Research: Inquiry in action, Nicodemus, Brenda and Laurie Swabey (eds.), pp. 59–84 | Article

This chapter describes the progress and the challenges of a three-year, small grant-supported project designed to collect, transcribe, code, and analyze interpreted encounters in a variety of institutional settings. In keeping with our project goals, we videotaped nine interpreted interactions,… read more

Roy, Cynthia B. 2004 Review of Harrington & Turner (2001): Interpreting interpreting. Studies & reflections on sign language interpreting Interpreting 6:2, pp. 222–226 | Review

Roy, Cynthia B. 1996 An interactional sociolinguistic analysis of turn-taking in an interpreted event Interpreting 1:1, pp. 39–67 | Article

This paper describes several features of turns in the turn-taking exchange of an interpreted meeting between a professor and a student. Analysis of the transcript of the videotaped meeting revealed 1) turns with smooth transitions, or regular turns, 2) turns with pauses and gaps, 3) turns that… read more