Written by Bethany Jamison, NIC
Let’s define the word extralinguistic. Extrameaning “outside”, and linguistic meaning “language.” Extra-Linguistic Knowledge means any knowledge that is outside of the language itself. Naomi Sheneman, a Certified Deaf Interpreter, states, “As sign language interpreters in the United States, we know English and American Sign Language. Those two languages make up our linguistic knowledge. Everything else is knowledge that we built upon throughout our lives through our experiences, including implicit and explicit learning.” Click here to read the full article.
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