Construction of Shared Semantic Spaces through Gestures in Interpreter-Mediated Psychotherapy Sessions

Monika Chwalczuk

doi:10.37467/gkarevvisual.v9.2933

Authors

Monika Chwalczuk Université de Paris https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4548-8153

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37467/gkarevvisual.v9.2933

Keywords:

Public Service Interpreting, Gesture Studies, Iconic Gestures, Multimodal Corpus

Abstract

Gestures are an inherent part of all face-to-face interactions. Nevertheless, their role in interpreter-mediated events has so far been marginalized in the field of interpreting studies. Based on a multimodal corpus of interactions in child psychiatry with migrant patients, this research focuses on the use of iconic gestures, their role in bridging the linguistic gap and in performing cultural mediation. The results of the study suggest that gestures play a part in the construction of shared semantic spaces and act as a marker of interpreting fidelity, hence, becoming corner stones in the trust-building process between the migrant patients and the public service interpreters.

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