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Depiction Beyond Hand Touch in an Interpreter-Mediated Setting Using Tactile Norwegian Sign Language

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Abstract

This paper presents data from Tactile Norwegian Sign Language (TNTS) focusing on signs that are realized on the body of the deafblind person (‘tactile sign language haptices’). It answers the question of how depiction can be expressed on the body of a deafblind person beyond hand touch in an interpreter-mediated setting with a goal that is two-fold: i) provide a classification of TNTS haptices and their interaction with depiction; ii) present the case study of the TNTS haptice blow realized on the body of the deafblind person not through touch, but through air vibration in a flow of air out of the interpreter’s mouth.


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Submitted: Nov. 13, 2024 | Accepted: Sept. 17, 2025 | Published Feb. 2, 2026 | Language: en

Keywords Depiction • Tactile Norwegian Sign Language (TNTS) • Haptices beyond hand touch • TNTS haptices • Interpreting

Copyright © 2026 Giorgia Zorzi, Eli Raanes, Johanna Mesch, Gro Hege Saltnes Urdal. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/979-12-5742-007-9/008


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