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© 1999 by Gallaudet University

All rights reserved. Published 1999

Paperback edition. 2011

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Metzger, Melanie.

Sign language interpreting : deconstructing the myth of neutrality / Melanie Metzger.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN: 1-56368-074-2 (alk. Paper)

ISBN: 1-56368-344-2 (alk. Paper) softcover edition

1. Interpreters for the deaf — United States — Psychology.

2. American Sign Language — Translating. 3. Translating and Interpreting —United States —Psychological aspects. 4. Deaf — means of communication —United States. 1. Title

The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984.