Chapter 5 Paraphrasing discourse

Question 1

paraphrasing discourse

Answer 1

-Retelling a story or text in differnt signs than orginal

-paraphrase on a larger scale: entire stories, conversations, or ASL texts.
-Maintaining coherence, structure, register, and style

Question 2

length of paraphrase

Answer 2

overall length of orginal message and paraphrase message could be different.
the meaning remains the same.
ASL to English will be different in length from English to ASL. does not mean one expansion and the other compression.

Question 3

Question form

Answer 3

Y/N
Wh?
Closed question(usually y/n maybe anwser)
Open question(requires more information than Y/N)

Question 4

discourse

Answer 4

connected stretch of language larger than a sentence; in ASL this might be a story, an explanation, conversation

Question 5

difference between PARAPHRASING and SUMMARIZING

Answer 5

-summarizing is about pulling out the core or the
gist of the message, which helps the interpreter recall details and sort information into categories.
-paraphrasing focuses on restating the same message with different wording while preserving the intent, tone, and
meaning.