Brittany Arnold
About
Background
I hold a BA in Speech-Language, & Hearing Sciences with a minor in Linguistics from San Diego State University. Additionally, I have worked professionally as an American Sign Language-English interpreter since 2016. I received my MSc in 2019 from University College London (UCL) in Language Sciences with a specialization in Sign Language and Deaf Studies. My thesis focused on the discourse functions of the form palm-up in British Sign Language using data from the BSL Corpus.
Research Interests
- signed languages
- interaction
- multimodality/semiotic repertoires
- corpora
- gesture
Languages
- English
- American Sign Language
- British Sign Language
- Norwegian Sign Language (A2)
- Norwegian (A2)
Research
Current Research Project (December 2020-November 2023)
My research focuses on turn-taking in Norwegian Sign Language (NTS), specificially questions. The data for this study comes from the Norwegian Sign Language Corpus Project, which consists of naturalistic data of deaf signers from all over the country. This project will systematically explore how NTS signers manage their face-to-face interactions moment-by-moment, not only in dyadic, but also multiparty interactions. An Interactional Linguistics (IL) framework will provide insight into the complex and specific ways semiotic resources are used by NTS signers to manage their interactions by means of question-asking.
My supervisors are Lindsay N. Ferrara and Rein Ove Sikveland.
Media
2023
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Academic lectureArnold, Brittany Mason. (2023) Extending and revising manual holds when managing non-answers to questions in Norwegian Sign Language. De Norske Interaksjonsdagene , University of Oslo 2023-01-05 - 2023-01-06
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Academic lectureArnold, Brittany Mason; Sikveland, Rein Ove; Lindsay, Ferrara. (2023) Extending and revising manual holds when managing non-answers to questions in Norwegian Sign Language. International Society for Conversation Analysis and University of Queensland ICCA 2023-International Conference on Conversation Analysis , Brisbane, Australia 2023-06-26 - 2023-07-02
2022
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PosterFerrara, Lindsay Nicole; Arnold, Brittany. (2022) «Your turn!» Using finger pointing and palm-up actions to ask questions in Norwegian Sign Language. Loyola University Chicago & University of Chicago ISGS9 , Chicago 2022-07-13 - 2022-07-15
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PosterArnold, Brittany Mason. (2022) Expect the Unexpected: Eyebrow Signaling in Norwegian Sign Language Questions. SignCAFÉ2 , Ragusa 2022-10-13 - 2022-10-15